Wainsgate Baptist Chapel - BIM01090
Churches & Chapels, Colour, Organ, Wainsgate Baptist Church
The Baptist cause was particularly strong in the Hebden Bridge area where several chapels were built from the mid 18th century onwards. None is earlier than Wainsgate, founded in 1759 by the famous Baptist preacher and author Dr John Fawcett. The present chapel is the third on the site and is dated 1859. The richness of its interior, one of the finest in Calderdale, is in startling contrast to its plain and simple appearance from outside. Almost a hundred years ago £1,000 was raised by subscription in a fortnight to install new seating, choir stalls, pulpit and organ. The local Mitchell family paid for the ornate octagonal marble pulpit with Carrara panels which was designed by Anthony Welsh of Leeds.
Text from: Calderdale Architecture and History.
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Interior of Wainsgate Baptist Church - MCH00152
Churches & Chapels, Marble, Old Town, Organ, Wainsgate Baptist Church
Wainsgate Baptist Church is a redundant chapel standing in an elevated position above the town of Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, England. The chapel and its attached school are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building. Wikipedia
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Interior of Wainsgate Baptist Church - MCH00151
Churches & Chapels, Marble, Old Town, Organ, Wainsgate Baptist Church
Wainsgate Baptist Church is a redundant chapel standing in an elevated position above the town of Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, England. The chapel and its attached school are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building. Wikipedia
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The Memorial Poster at Wainsgate - ALV00139
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The men from Walker Lane Methodist Sunday School who gave their lives in WWI are remembered at Wainsgate.
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Inside Wainsgate Chapel, Old Town - ALC00138
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The Walker Lane Methodist Chapel War Memorial was moved to Wainsgate Chapel in August 2014. The poster with the photographs of the soldiers was placed beside the memorial in July 2019.
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Production at Wainsgate Chapel - JET00153
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Margaret Ashworth in The Mikado - JET00152
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Wainsgate Chapel, Old Town
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Production of the Mikado at Wainsgate Chapel - JET00151
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Wainsgate Chapel - ALC08266
Wainsgate, Old Town
Wainsgate Baptist Chapel (closed - 2001) stands in Wainsgate Lane, off Akroyd Lane, between Pecket Well and Old Town (Chiserley).
The church was started in 1750, the present church was build in 1859/60. At the back of the church was the Manse, but in 1890 it became a School. It is National Heritage Listed and is a Grade 2* listed building managed by the Historic Chapels Trust from 2004 and the Friends of Wainsgate.
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Harry Haigh - ALC04401
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Harry died 27.5.1956, aged 53. He was a teacher and Superintendent at Wainsgate Baptist Sunday School. This portait is hanging in the ground floor lobby at Wainsgate.
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Wedding Guests at Wainsgate Chapel - ALC01298
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The Rev John Fawcett. Baptist Minister at Wainsgate and Ebenezer - HLS05118
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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 Hebden Bridge, the building is now the Arts Centre on Market Street. He retired in 1805 and had a new house built named Machpelah at the junction of Commercial Street and New Road. He died in 1817 and was buried at Wainsgate.
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Stage performance at Wainsgate Chapel, c1950. - DEP00170
Church, Churches & Chapels, Costume, Wainsgate Baptist Church
Wainsgate Chapel is at Old Town, near Hebden Bridge.
Back row, L to R: Pauline Lumb; Sylvia Butler; Judith Crossley, (her mother was possibly the Choir mistress at Wainsgate); Mabel Pollard; Cathleen Lumb; Bernard Mortimer (nephew of Harry Mortimer), relation of Harry Mortimer; Christine Gregson (went to live in Australia); Patricia Greenwood; Middle row: Sylvia Gibson; Richard Gibson; Derek Pollard (with pipe); Kenneth Gregson; girl behind him don't know; unknown Gregson; in top hat Dorothy Ellwood ;
Front row: 3rd from left is Jean Butterworth, 5th is Christine Butterworth, both daughters of Ronnie and Vera of Galstones Farm Boston Hill, Old Town. The little one between the sisters is another unknown Gregson.
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Entrance to Wainsgate Chapel - JCA00191
Church, Churches & Chapels, Old Town, Wainsgate Baptist Church
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2015-05-17T15:20:12.40
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Wainsgate Baptist Church, Old town - JCA00190
Church, Churches & Chapels, Gravestone, Graveyard, Old Town, Wainsgate Baptist Church
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2015-05-17T15:11:10.40
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Wainsgate Baptist Church, Old Town - JCA00189
Church, Churches & Chapels, Gravestone, Graveyard, Old Town, Wainsgate Baptist Church
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