The chapel was built in 1777. Seen here in use as the premises of the Hebden Bridge Times. This photo therefore predates its move to a new location in Crown Street in1979.
The following text is taken from Looking Back at Hebden Bridge by Frank…
Ebenezer Particular Baptist Chapel, or Meeting House, was opened by John Fawcett in 1777. In 1858 it became the Sunday School for Hope Baptist Chapel and when a larger Sunday School was opened there in 1873 it was first leased and then sold becoming…
Arts centre and antique market, former Ebenezer chapel. Dated 1777. Dressed stone, stone slate roof. 2 storeys. 5-bay symmetrical facade, ABCBA. Quoins, band, eaves cornice, raised ashlar dressings. Outer bays have sash window with plain…
Arts centre and antique market, former Ebenezer chapel. Dated 1777. Dressed stone, stone slate roof. 2 storeys. 5-bay symmetrical facade, ABCBA. Quoins, band, eaves cornice, raised ashlar dressings. Outer bays have sash window with plain…
Arts centre and antique market, former Ebenezer chapel. Dated 1777. Dressed stone, stone slate roof. 2 storeys. 5-bay symmetrical facade, ABCBA. Quoins, band, eaves cornice, raised ashlar dressings. Outer bays have sash window with plain…
The former Ebenezer Chapel on Market Street, Hebden Bridge. The Latin inscription on the sun dial reads "What thou seekest is a shadow". The Hebden Bridge Times moved out many years ago to Crown Street and now no longer have an office in the town!
Market Street, Hebden Bridge. The former Ebenezer Chapel. Now a gallery and the Hebden Bridge Times no longer has a presence in the town! See it now. The following text is taken from Looking Back at Hebden Bridge by Frank Horsfall & Terry Wyke…
HLS05118. John Fawcett from Bradford became minister to the Particular Baptists at Wainsgate in 1764. Whislt still minister there he moved to Brearley Hall and opened a college there for young men. Then in 1777 he opened Ebenezer Chapel down in…