Batley Zion Methodist New Connexion chapel

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Zion MNC chapel, Batley

The centenary of the Methodist New Connexion 1797-1897 by T.D. Crothers, T. Rider, W. Longbottom and W.J. Townsend. London: Geo. Burroughs, 1897

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Zion Methodist New Connexion chapel, Batley Yorkshire

Steve Wild's postcard collection

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Batley Zion MNC 1889; OS Town Plan CCXXXII.11.19

reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland

This illustration originally appeared on page 195 of The centenary of the Methodist New Connexion 1797-1897 by T.D. Crothers, T. Rider, W. Longbottom and W.J. Townsend. London: Geo. Burroughs, 1897

The photograph is from the Rev Steve Wild’s collection.

G.W. Oxley adds:
Batley Commercial Street, Zion Methodist New Connexion Chapel was built at an unknown date to replace an earlier and smaller building, qv. By 1901 £11000 had been spent on the original construction and subsequent enlargement of the chapel, school and a manse. A further £1000 had been spent on purchasing an organ or other musical instrument. The chapel seated 1200 and the school 750 In 1940 the stone built chapel seated 1170 in pews and there were three school halls and five other rooms.
Sources
Methodist New Connexion: Returns of Trust Estates as presented in Special Schedules, January 1901 Leeds District, Batley Circuit
John Rylands Library University of Manchester, MAC Lawson Returns of Accommodation provided