Crigglestone, Providence Methodist New Connexion chapel, Yorkshire

Crigglestone, Providence Methodist New Connexion Chapeland school were built in 1845. In 1851 the chapel provided 200 free and 90 other sittings. By 1901 £2000 had been spent on the original construction and the subsequent enlargement of the chapel and a school. A further £100. had been spent on purchasing an organ. The chapel seated 400 and the school 150
sources
J Woolfe, Yorkshire returns of the 1851 census of religious worship, Vol 3 West Riding, South No. 1915 (TNAHO129/503/19)
Criggleston Methodist New Connection Chapel,
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

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  • There is a full account of the two successive chapels on pages 178 to 185 of Paul Dawson’s “Wakefield Methodism 1743-2000” which may be viewed here.
    There is a photograph of the 1877 chapel. The third chapel on the site, built in 1956, continues in use as a Methodist chapel

    By Philip Thornborow (24/11/2025)

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