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Methodist Chapel in historic part of a pretty West Yorkshire village.

Stainton was first recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as ‘Stantone with Helgebi’ (Hellaby).

Overlooking fields that descend to the shores of the River Dee, St Bartholomew's is built entirely of local sandstone and is a splendid example of a Victorian revival of mid gothic architecture.

With its stark white walls and impressive high dome the outside of this building tempts visitors to explore further.

A church has stood on this site since pre Saxon times.

Attractive 19th century church with 15th century tower, built in sandstone and placed prominently in attractive village.

The first church on this site was completed in 1841 but suffered significant fire damage, in May 1891 it was reported that that the Vicar had ‘conducted a wedding in the ruins’.

The earliest known evangelistic services in Meols were held in 1889 in a tin chapel which had previously been used in West Kirby before being dismantled and relocated to Fornalls Green Lane, Meols.

The core of the present church, one of the best surviving Anglo Saxon buildings in West Yorkshire, was built about 1200 years ago, and much remains of the tall narrow Saxon nave and tower.

Little is known about the early history of the church.