Rock Mission, Huddersfield
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The Mission was established in 1877 using a cottage in Thomas Street; it was an inter-denominational mission for the poor, run mainly by Methodists.
In 1879 it moved to an upstairs room in Rosemary Lane and in 1886 moved to the 'Rock' in Lord Street.
In 1889 a wooden chapel was built on a site off St Andrew's Road between Turnbridge Chemical Works and Aspley Mills.
Between 1915-1918, the Mission moved to premises further along St Andrew's Road between Aspley Mills and Aspley Dyeworks.
From 1921 it was run from the Queen Street Mission and eventually closed in 1945.
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