Ambler Thorn Methodist New Connexion chapel, Yorkshire

Ambler Thorn Methodist New Connexion chapel was built of stone in 1860. It was situated at the top of a large plot on the east side of the Bradford to Halifax road just south of Shibden Head Lane. Most of the land was used as a burial ground. There was another burial ground on the north side of Shibden Head Lane and a Sunday school on the opposite side of the main road. It is unclear whether they were associated with the Methodist chapel. By 1901 £2700 had been spent on the original construction and the subsequent enlargement of the chapel, school, and manse. A further £200. had been spent on purchasing an organ. The chapel seated 350. This figure rose to 540 in 1940 but had fallen back to 400 by 1970. There was also a school which seated 225 in 1970 and two or three other rooms The chapel has since been closed and appears to have ben demolished…
Sources
List of the Methodist New Connection Chapels in England, 1861 p 149,
Methodist New Connexion: Returns of Trust Estates as presented in Special Schedules, January 1901, Halifax North Circuit
John Rylands Library University of Manchester, MAC Lawson Returns of Accommodation provided by Methodist Chapels and other Preaching Places, 1940/576 Halifax, North Circuit
OS 25 inch Yorkshire CCXVI.13 1891, 1903, 1914. 1932
The Methodist Church Department of Chapel Affairs, Statistical Returns, Part 1, 1972 Returns made 06.01.1970 27/2 Halifax North Circuit