Birkenshaw Bottoms United Free Methodist Chapel was built of iron in 1896. In 1940 the chapel estate consisted of the chapel which seated 160 on forms. There was no school hall and no other rooms. By 1970 the chapel seating had been reduced to 136 but there were two other rooms. The chapel has since been closed.
Sources
Free Methodist Manual: London: Andrew Crombie, 1899 p 265 Birstall Circuit
John Rylands Library University of Manchester, MAC Lawson Returns of Accommodation provided by Methodist Chapels and other Preaching Places, 1940/297 Birkenshaw and Gomersal Circuit
The Methodist Church Department of Chapel Affairs, Statistical Returns, Part 1, 1972 Returns made 06.01.1970 25/16 27/29 Birstall and Birkenshaw Circuit
OS 25 inch Yorkshire CCXVII.14 1892, 1905, 1915
OS SE2127-A and B, 1956 and 1973

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