Halifax Brunswick Rhodes Street United Methodist Free Church
King Cross Street United Methodist Free Church chapel, schools, classrooms, lecture room, and houses were built in 1874. They were designed by C F L Horsfall of 1 Lord Street, King Cross Street, Halifax
Building News 6.2.1874 p.XXBy G.W. Oxley (07/03/2025)Vauxhall Bridge Road United Methodist Free Church, Middlesex
There is also a report of the opening in the UMFC Magazine
“The friends who have hitherto worshipped at Lewisham Street have procured a site for the erection of a new chapel”
The foundation stone was laid on Thursday May 1st, 1873. “The company afterwards adjuorned to Eccleston Congregational School Room for a tea and public meeting.”
The architect was Mr. W. Ranger. The building would cost about £1,500. It had taken thirteen years to find a site, and in that time £820 had been raised.United Methodist Free Churches Magazine Vol.16, 1873 pp370-371
By Philip Thornborow (07/03/2025)Moston Gill Street United Methodist Free Church chapel
The UMFC Magazine reported:
“We are thankful to report that the opening of our beautiful sanctuary has been marked with the most cheering signs of increasing prosperity. Congregations have been good.”They went on to state that the chapel had a membership of 50 to 60, and that they had raised £1,100 for the Chapel Fund in the previous two years. The chapel would accommodate between 320 and 350, and would cost about £1,500. An organ had been bought.
United Methodist Free Churches Magazine. Vol. 16, 1873 pp495-496
By Philip Thornborow (07/03/2025)
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Eighton Banks The Mount United Methodist Free Church
I was brought up in the Mount, where my father was choir master for many years. I later was the choirmaster for a short period before leaving for the south of England.
Happy times at the Mount
Denys Hood
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