Shelley Far Bank Methodist New Connexion Church

Far Bank, Shelley, Huddersfield HD8 8HT

Shelley Bank Methodist New Connexion Church near Huddersfield

Steve Wild's old Methodist Postcard Album

Shelley Bank Chapel in 1898

Mallinson, Joel History of Methodism in Huddersfield, Holmfirth, and Denby Dale. London: C.H. Kelly, 1898 p31

From my old Methodist Postcard Album

This series showing MNC Methodist New Connexion churches

Here is Shelley Bank Methodist New Connexion Church near Huddersfield. Opened on Whit Sunday 1785 and seceded to the Methodist New Connexion in 1797. An organ loft was added mid-nineteenth century. It is now one of the oldest Methodist chapels still in use.

This is how it looked in 1999

Author

Steve Wild

Keywords

Methodist New Connexion (218)

Page added

13/12/2020

Comments about this page

Photographs of the chapel in 1898 and a hundred years later in 1999 have been added.
By Philip Thornborow (21/06/2025)
I’ve combined a second page on Shelley Far Bank Methodist New Connexion chapel with this one.
The chapel is a grade II Listed Building. You can read the formal description here.
The chapel is wider than it is long and has galleries on three sides.
Grid Reference: SE 20187 10919
By Christopher HILL (17/08/2021)