Bethel Independent Methodist Chapel
Shelf, Yorkshire
To the casual passerby on the busy main road between Bradford and Halifax, Bethel Chapel, may signify nothing more than a large sombre building with a very large well kept graveyard.
The church was built in 1843 by James Mallinson, the East end being restored in 1885 by TH and F Healey.
Queensbury , Yorkshire
Originally sponsored by the Foster family of Black Dyke Mill fame and still the home of the famous Black Dyke Mill Band. The tower was rebuilt and moved from the west to north west position in 1906.
The church has many excellent stained glass windows with an elaborate East window in memory of John Foster (d1879)and his wife Ruth (d1882).
It is recorded that this parish church possesses the highest peal of bells in the British Isles.
Shelf, Yorkshire
To the casual passerby on the busy main road between Bradford and Halifax, Bethel Chapel, may signify nothing more than a large sombre building with a very large well kept graveyard.
Halifax, Yorkshire
Mount Zion Methodist Heritage Chapel is a significant site in the history of Methodism; Methodism's founder, John Wesley, regularly visited and stayed in the cottage which adjoins the chapel.
Northowram, Yorkshire
St Matthew's is a prominent Gothic building in the centre of Northowram village, retaining its original external character and detail.