Clayton West Methodist New Connection chapel, Yorkshire

Clayton West Methodist New Connection chapel was built in 1835. In 1851 it provided 20 free and 105 other sittings. By 1901 £800 had been spent on the original construction and the subsequent enlargement of the chapel and a school A further £130. had been spent on purchasing an organ. The chapel seated 200 and the school 80. The seating capacity fell slightly as the twentieth century progressed until the chapel was closed sometime after 1970
Sources
J Woolfe, Yorkshire returns of the 1851 census of religious worship, Vol 3 West Riding, South No. 2157 (TNAHO129/506/18)
A Digest of the Minutes, Institutions, Polity, Doctrines, Ordinances and Literature of the Methodist New Connexion, by William Baggally, p 148, Barnsley Circuit
Methodist New Connexion: Returns of Trust Estates as presented in Special Schedules, January 1901, Sheffield District, Barnsley Circuit
John Rylands Library University of Manchester, MAC Lawson, Methodist Church Buildings: Statistical returns including seating accommodation as at July 1st 1940 No 489 Barnsley West Circuit
The Methodist Church Department of Chapel Affairs, Statistical Returns, Part 1, 1972 Returns made 06.01.1970 25/17 Barnsley West Circuit
OS 25 inchCCLXI.16 1891, 19041913, 1929