The former United Methodist Free Church on Spark Lane, Mapplewell became business premises and in 2023 is in residential use as Bethel Gardens. Dated 1829, the two storied building is built of stone with a Welsh slate roof, hipped at the rear.
It is a listed building.
Thanks to Jonathan Fox for the two pictures of groups outside the chapel, retrieved from his family archive. Paul believes the pictures were taken around 1910. Paul’s great aunt, May Bamford, is on the front row of the smaller group, third along on the right.
The current state of the building can be seen here
Grid Reference: SE3296109948
Further north-west along Spark Lane are both former Methodist New Connexion and Wesleyan Methodist chapels
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Mapplewell, Wesleyan Methodist Association Chapel
Mapplewell, Wesleyan Methodist Association Chapel was built in 1829. In 1851 it provided 60 free sittings, no other sittings and standing room for 100
J Woolfe, Yorkshire returns of the 1851 census of religious worship, Vol 3 West Riding, South No.2091
The group photograph seems to depict a wedding . Cn anyone name the happy couple and hence establish the date or the photograph?
I’ve added a photograph of the building from more recent times, although note that the datestone still survives.
I’ve added two pictures of groups at the chapel, provided by Jonathan Fox. The pictures were initially submitted to My Wesleyans, our sister site, requesting help in finding the unknown location.
We were able to identify the chapel as Mapplewell as it was the only chapel built in 1829 on this site. Google Street View confirmed the building still exists in 2023.
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