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Title: Wesleyan Chapel, Cragg Vale, 1961 - HBC00839
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Title
Wesleyan Chapel, Cragg Vale, 1961 - HBC00839
Description
The last service at Cragg Vale Methodist Church took place in September 1971, and was conducted by Rev E.C. Matkovich.
From a newspaper article dated 19/9/1971 we learn:
The chapel was built in 1835, but prior to this services were held in a building at Higher Cragg and later in a cottage at Smithy Stead.
The opening sermons were preached by Rev J. Farrar and Rev. W. Calson. At the time the chapel was built there no road ran through Cragg Vale, and what are now fields were dense woods. From an old manuscript we learn that “so recently at the time of the building of Cragg Wesleyan Chapel the road from Bottoms was embowered in trees on each side, so that on a dark night it was like going through a tunnel.”
From Sam Hellowell's History of Cragg Vale.
From a newspaper article dated 19/9/1971 we learn:
The chapel was built in 1835, but prior to this services were held in a building at Higher Cragg and later in a cottage at Smithy Stead.
The opening sermons were preached by Rev J. Farrar and Rev. W. Calson. At the time the chapel was built there no road ran through Cragg Vale, and what are now fields were dense woods. From an old manuscript we learn that “so recently at the time of the building of Cragg Wesleyan Chapel the road from Bottoms was embowered in trees on each side, so that on a dark night it was like going through a tunnel.”
From Sam Hellowell's History of Cragg Vale.
Creator
J. Uttley
Source
Hebden Bridge Camera Club
Date
1960s
Rights
PHDA - Hebden Bridge Camera Club
Relation
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
Identifier
HBC00839.tif
Citation
J. Uttley, “Wesleyan Chapel, Cragg Vale, 1961 - HBC00839,” Pennine Horizons Digital Archive, accessed April 23, 2024, https://penninehorizons.org/items/show/5785.
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