Parkside Weslayan Methodist Church, Heckmondwike

Also known as Greenside Wesleyan Methodist Church.

Services were originally held in a house in Walkeley Lane in the 1700's. A Sunday School was established by J Wilkinson, c1800, using his house near Puddledock Mill. A chapel was built at the green between 1810 - 1811 and opened in 1811 - 1812. Impetus for building the chapel was revival work of the Rev William Bramwell in Spen Valley and was known as Greenside chapel, it was demolished in 1864. A new chapel was built on the same site between 1865 - 1866 and became known as Parkside chapel, it closed in 1959 and was later demolished.


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