MORLEY AND DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP

 

Places of worship and associated buildings past and present in the Morley area

 

 

Name

 

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
Sunday School

United Methodist Free Church

Elland Road

Churwell - St Brigid's Roman
Catholic Church

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
(Drighlington and Adwalton)

Temperance Society

Whitehall Road Drighlington

Drighlington - Wesleyan Chapel

Wesleyan Methodist

King Street

Drighlington

Drighlington - Wesleyan Chapel
Sunday School

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

 

Morley - Catholic Apostolic

Catholic Apostolic

Town School Building Troy Road

Morley - Catholic Apostolic

Now National Spiritualist Church

Zoar Street Morley

Morley - Cemetery Chapel

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Calvinists

Zion Yard off Wesley Street Morley

Morley - Zion Independent Sunday School

Calvinists

Zion Yard off Wesley Street Morley

 

Morley- Zoar Peculiar Baptist. On 1894 map as Zora Chapel

 

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

 

Congregationalist

Old lane Nethertown

Nethertown – URC Congragationalist Dale Lane Cockersdale

Tingley - Church of the Nazarene

Wesleyan Evangelical

 

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

 

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.

 

 

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