MORLEY AND DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP
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Places of worship and associated buildings past and present in the Morley area |
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Name
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Denomination |
Location |
Adwalton - Methodist New Connection |
Methodist New Connection |
Wakefield Road |
Adwalton - Methodist New Connection Sunday School - aka Zion |
Methodist New Connection |
Wakefield Road |
Adwalton - United Methodist Free Church |
Methodist |
Moor Side |
Bruntcliffe – Church Mission (Formally Haigh’s Iron Chapel) |
Church of England (used prior to the building of Morley St Andrews |
Chapel Street Bruntcliffe Road |
Bruntcliffe – Haigh’s Chapel (Iron Chapel) |
New Connection |
Chapel Street Bruntcliffe Road . |
Bruntcliffe - Kingdom Hall |
Jehovah Witnesses |
Bruntcliffe Road Morley |
Bruntcliffe - Methodist |
Primitive Methodist |
Howden Clough Road (aka Elland Road Morley) |
Bruntcliffe – Methodist New Connection |
New Connection (Replaced Haigh’s Iron Chapel) |
Chapel Street Bruntcliffe Road . |
Bruntcliffe - St Andrew’s Church Schools |
Church of England |
St Andrew’s Avenue |
Bruntcliffe- St Andrew’s |
Church of England |
Bruntcliffe |
Churwell - All Saints Mission Church |
Church of England |
Elland Road |
Churwell - Mount Zion |
United Methodist Free Church |
Elland Road |
Churwell - Zion (Daffil Chapel) |
Calvinists |
Junction of Crossland Road and Elland Road |
Churwell – Mission Room (Mission Chapel) |
Church of England – prior to building of Churwell All Saints |
Town Hall, Victoria Street . aka Town Vestry |
Churwell – Mission Room Sunday School |
Church of England used after building of All Saints |
Town Hall, Victoria Street . aka Town Vestry |
Churwell - Primitive Methodist |
United Methodist Free Church |
Elland Road |
Churwell - Primitive Methodist |
United Methodist Free Church |
Elland Road |
Churwell - St Brigid's Roman |
Roman Catholic |
Elland Road Churwell |
Churwell - Wesleyan |
Wesleyan Methodist |
Back Green Churwell |
Churwell – Wesleyan – Sunday School |
Wesleyan Methodist |
Back Green Churwell |
Churwell/Millshaw – W L Ingles – Millshaw Mission |
Methodist |
Ingles Leather Works Canteen |
Drighlington |
Primitive Methodist |
Station Road Drighlington |
Drighlington - (Old Bell Chapel) (see also Gildersome Baptist Chsapel) |
Moravian |
Whitehall Road Drighlington |
Drighlington - St Paul’s |
Church of England (formally Old Bell Chapel) |
Whitehall Road Drighlington |
| Drighlington - St Paul’s | Church of England | Whitehall Road Drighlington |
| Adwalton, Drighlington – Moorside Methodist |
Methodist Free Church | Moorside Road Drighlington |
| Drighlington - Salvation Army | Salvationist | Formally Temperance Hall - Whitehall Road |
| Drighlington – Primitive Methodist |
Methodist | Junc. Whitehall Road and Station Road |
Drighlington - Zion Methodist |
Wesleyan Methodist
|
Drighlington
|
Drighlington - Baptist |
Baptist (formally Old Bell Chapel) |
Whitehall Road Drighlington |
Drighlington - Temperance Hall |
Temperance Society |
Whitehall Road Drighlington |
Drighlington - Wesleyan Chapel |
Wesleyan Methodist |
King Street Drighlington |
Drighlington - Wesleyan Chapel |
Wesleyan Methodist |
King Street Drighlington |
| Drighlington - Methodist Church (amalgamation of Weslyan Chapel & Zion) |
Wesleyan Methodist | King Street Drighlington |
East Ardsley - Bethel |
Primitive Methodist |
Main Street East Ardsley |
East Ardsley - Salvation Army Hall |
Salvationist |
Jeffrey View, Royston Hill, Bradford Road East Ardsley |
East Ardsley - Salvation Army Hall |
Salvationist |
Mill Lane, East Ardsley |
East Ardsley - Salvation Army Hall
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Salvationist |
Not known. Building owned by Perseverance Mills |
East Ardsley - St Gabriel’s |
Church of England |
Fall Lane East Ardsley |
East Ardsley – Church of Christ |
Non Conformist |
Main Street East Ardsley |
East Ardsley – Parson Hill Club (The Club) |
Institute |
Main Street, East Ardsley |
East Ardsley - St Michael’s |
Church of England |
Church Lane East Ardsley |
East Ardsley - St Michael’s – Sunday School |
Church of England |
Church Lane East Ardsley |
East Ardsley - St. Paul |
Wesleyan Methodist |
Chapel Street East Ardsley |
East Ardsley - St. Paul – Sunday School |
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Chapel Street East Ardsley |
East Ardsley - Zion |
United Methodist |
Bradford Road, East Ardsley |
| Gildersome - Baptist Chapel | Baptist | see Old Bell Chapel Drighlington |
Gildersome - Baptist Chapel |
Baptist |
Church Street Gildersome |
Gildersome - Baptist Chapel |
Baptist |
Church Street Gildersome |
Gildersome - Baptist Sunday School (from c 1860) |
Baptist |
Church Street Gildersome |
Gildersome - Mount Zion (Nazarene) |
United Methodist Free Church |
Gildersome, Bottom of Harthill |
Gildersome - Greenside |
Wesleyan |
Town End Gildersome |
Gildersome - Greenside - Sunday School |
Wesleyan |
Town End Gildersome |
Gildersome - Friends Meeting House |
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The Nooks |
Gildersome - Friends Meeting House |
Quakers |
Street Lane Gildersome |
Gildersome – A meeting room – prior to building of Greenside |
Wesleyan |
Black Bank, The Bottoms |
Gildersome – A Meeting room – Sunday School - |
Wesleyan |
Mill Lane |
Gildersome – St Bernard’s Methodist Chapel |
Wesleyan |
St Bernard’s Gelderd Road Gildersome |
Gildersome - St Peters |
Church of England |
Church Street Gildersome |
Gildersome - Street United Methodist |
United Methodist (Evangelical) |
Gildersome Street Gildersome |
Gildersome -Wesleyan Sunday School |
Wesleyan
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Near to St Bernard’s Gelderd Road Gildersome |
Howden Clough - Wesleyan |
Wesleyan |
Nab Lane, Birstall |
Morley - Birks |
Primitive Methodist |
Bridge Street Morley |
Morley - Cross Hall
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Wesleyan Methodist |
Britannia Road Morley |
Morley - Ebenezer |
Primitive Methodist |
Albert Road Morley |
Morley - Ebenezer |
Primitive Methodist |
Fountain Street Morley Junction with Hunger Hill |
Morley - Ebenezer |
Primitive Methodist |
Fountain Street Morley junction with Oddfellow Street . |
Morley - Ebenezer Sunday School |
Primitive Methodist |
Fountain Street Morley junction with Oddfellow Street . |
Morley - National Spiritualist Church |
Spiritualist |
Junction Fountain Street Oddfellow Street Morley |
Morley - Banks Hill Morley Preaching Room? |
Wesleyan Methodist |
New Bank Street Morley |
Morley - Baptist Tabernacle |
Baptist |
Commercial Street Morley |
Morley - Baptist Tabernacle |
Baptist |
Oddfellows Hall Fountain Street |
Morley – Bethel (United Free Church) |
United Methodist |
Commercial Street Morley |
Morley – Bethel (United Free Church) Sunday School |
United Methodist |
Commercial Street Morley |
Morley - Brunswick Methodist |
Primitive Methodist |
Albert Road Morley |
Morley - Brunswick Methodist Newlands |
Wesleyan Methodist |
Albert Drive Morley
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Morley - Catholic Apostolic |
Catholic Apostolic |
Town School Building Troy Road |
Morley - Catholic Apostolic |
Now National Spiritualist Church |
Zoar Street Morley |
Morley - Cemetery Chapel |
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Bruntcliffe Lane Cemetery |
Morley - Church of Christ aka Christian Meeting Room |
Non Conformist |
Zoar Street Morley |
Morley - Church of St Nicholas ) Morley St Mary’s |
Church of England. later Congregationalist |
Commercial Street Morley |
Morley - Church of the Latter Day Saints |
Mormon |
Bridge Street Morley |
Morley - Church of the Nazarene |
Wesleyan Evangelical |
Albion Street Morley |
Morley - Fletcher Memorial (aka Cross Hall) |
Wesleyan Methodist |
Fountain Street Morley |
Morley - Fletcher Memorial (Sunday School) (AKA Cross Hall) |
Wesleyan Methodist |
Britannia Road Morley |
Morley - Friends Adults |
Society of Friends? |
Ackroyd Street Morley |
Morley - Methodist Chapel |
Wesleyan Methodist
|
Wesley Street Morley |
Morley - Methodist Chapel |
Wesleyan Methodist
|
Wesley Street Morley (later Queen Street Infant School ) |
Morley - National Spiritualist Church |
Spiritualist. Formally Catholic Apostolic |
Zoar Street Morley |
Morley - New Chapel Independent
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Congregationalist |
Chapel Hill Morley |
Morley - Old Chapel or Old Chapel Independent (St Mary’s-in-the-Wood or Church of St Nicholas ) |
Congregationalist (formally Church of England) |
Commercial Street Morley |
Morley – Quaker Burial ground |
Quaker Burial Ground |
Bruntcliffe Lane Morley |
Morley - Queen Street Spiritualist Church |
Spiritualist |
96 Queen Street Morley
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Morley - Rehoboth |
Congregationalist |
Dawson Hill/Brunswick Street Morley |
Morley - Salvation Army Citadel |
Salvationist |
Ackroyd Street Morley |
Morley - Salvation Army Barracks |
Salvationist |
Albion Street Morley |
Morley - Salvation Army |
Salvationist |
Queen Street Market Building Morley |
Morley - St Francis of Assisi |
Roman Catholic |
Corporation Street Morley |
Morley - St Mary in the Wood |
Congregationalist |
Commercial Street Morley |
Morley - St Mary’s Mission (Congregational Hall) |
Congregationalist |
Middleton Road Morley |
Morley - St Paul’s |
Church of England |
King Street Morley |
Morley - St Paul ’s – Sunday School -formally First National School |
Church of England |
High Street Morley |
Morley - St Paul ’s –formally First National School |
Church of England |
High Street Morley |
Morley - St Peters |
Church of England |
Victoria Road Morley |
Morley - St Peters – School |
Church of England |
Victoria Road , Morley |
Morley - St Peters – Young Men’s Society (Church Institute) |
Church of England |
Rooms Lane, Morley |
Morley - St Peters – Young Men’s Society (Church Institute) |
Church of England |
Victoria Road , Morley |
Morley – Wesleyan Reform Chapel |
United Methodist (later Bethel Methodist) |
Commercial Street Morley |
Morley - Zion Independent
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Calvinists |
Zion Yard off Wesley Street Morley |
Morley - Zion Independent Sunday School |
Calvinists |
Zion Yard off Wesley Street Morley
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Morley- Zoar Peculiar Baptist. On 1894 map as Zora Chapel
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Baptist |
Commercial Street Morley. ‘Labour rooms’ |
Morley - Brunswick |
Primitive Methodist |
Albert Road Morley |
Morley - Community Church |
Evangelical Alliance |
Fountain Primary School , Fountain Street Morley |
Morley -Temperance Hall |
Temperance Society |
Fountain Street Morley |
Nethertown – URC
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Congregationalist |
Old lane Nethertown |
| Nethertown – URC | Congragationalist | Dale Lane Cockersdale |
Tingley - Church of the Nazarene |
Wesleyan Evangelical
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Thirlmere Drive Tingley |
Tingley - Common Wesleyan Chapel |
Wesleyan Methodist |
Tingley Common Tingley |
Tingley - The Lady of the Nativity RC Church |
Roman Catholic |
Westerton Road Tingley |
Tingley - Topcliffe Chapel (see also West Ardsley ) |
Congregationalist |
Tingley Hall, off Dewsbury Road Tingley |
Tingley – Topcliffe Chapel – Burial Ground |
Congregationalist |
Off Dewsbury Road Tingley |
Tingley - Zion |
Primitive Methodist |
Chapel Street Tingley |
West Ardsley – Common Top (Rehoboth) |
Primitive Methodist |
Haigh Moor Road West Ardsley |
West Ardsley - Ebenezer |
Primitive Methodist. In Batley Circuit |
Common Side, Haigh Moor Road Tingley |
West Ardsley – Hill Top. Mrs Auty’s (nee Tolson) Chapel |
Methodist Free Church |
Later old Hill Top School Batley Road West Ardsley |
West Ardsley – Topcliffe Chapel |
Congregationalist |
Upper Green – West Ardsley |
West Ardsley -Wesleyan Chapel (Tingley Methodist) |
Wesleyan Methodist |
Upper Green, Westerton Road |
West Ardsley -Wesleyan Chapel Sunday School |
Wesleyan Methodist |
Upper Green, Westerton Road |
Woodkirk - St Mary |
Church of England |
Woodkirk |
In addition to the above there have been many houses and buildings in the area which
have been used as places of worship prior to the building of the more recognised premises.
Some of these were:-
Building/occupant |
Location |
prior to building of
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| An upper room | Hunger Hill Morley | Possibly the same building as the Ebenezer on Hunger Hill |
| An upper room | Queen Street - opposite the Fountain Inn | Not Known |
| The Parsonage | Back Lane Morley | Probably part of the Old Chapel |
A cottage |
Mill Lane Gildersome |
Chapel on Black Bank |
Mr Whitehead’s barn |
Topcliffe |
Tingley Zion Chapel Steet |
An upper room |
Not known |
Haigh’s Iron Chapel |
Cross Hall |
Cross Hall Bruntcliffe |
Not known |
Farmer Robinson’s barn |
Not known |
Morley Ebenezer Troy Hill |
John Cockermans’ Day School |
Hunger Hill Morley |
Queen Street Wesleyan |
Margeson’s house |
Churwell |
Daffil Chapel |
Mr Edward Davis’s house |
No 22 Balaclava Terrace. Tingley |
Tingley Zion Chapel Street |
Not known |
No 35 Balaclava Terrace. Tingley |
Tingley Zion Chapel Street |
Not known |
No 4 Balaclava Terrace. Tingley |
Tingley Zion Chapel Street |
Robert Morley’s house |
Town End Morley |
Queen Street Wesleyan |
Wm. Benn’s house |
Morley Hole |
Morley Ebenezer Troy Hill |
William Tolson’s house |
Troy Hill |
Morley Zion (Sunday School) |
| Old Tan House | Drighlington | Wesleyan Methodist |
| Mechanics Institute | Wakefield Road Drighlington | Possibly used as the Salvation Army |
| Wire Hall | Drighlington | Wakefield Road - Moravian |
| John Booth's House | Moorside Road Drighlington | John Nelson preached there |
Information gathered by Kevin Scarth
With grateful thanks for their help from:-
1. Peter Aldred
2. Neil Brittlebank’s ‘East Ardsley Reflections’ published 1988
3. Carol Skilnar
4. Ronnie Barraclough
5. Brian Furness
6. Fred and Barbara Moxon
Additional information obtained from:-
1. ‘Snapshot A Parish Church at the end of the Nineteenth Century’ St Peter’s Morley
2. William Smith’s History and Antiquities of Morley and Morley Ancient and Modern
3. Robinson’s Directory of Morley 1905
4. Morley Borough 1886 – 1994 David K Atkinson
5. Telephone Directories.
6. A little local knowledge.