1906 - Former Wesleyan School - Todmorden, UK
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dtrebilc
N 53° 42.847 W 002° 05.758
30U E 559663 N 5952093
This building was originally built as a Wesleyan Sunday School, but is now used as the Methodist Chapel.
Waymark Code: WMTRHV
Location: Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 01/03/2017
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When this school was built a Wesleyan Chapel was also built next door. There two separate chapels in Todmorden at the time, but the size of the congregations fell and the two chapels merged at the Bridge Street Chapel.
At a later date the chapel next door to here was demolished and eventually the school closed and the congregation took over the school and converted it to the current chapel building.
The building has a number of date plaques and foundation stones including one from the previous school.
Year of construction: 1906
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Full inscription:
The old date plaque from previous building
WESLEYAN SCHOOL
BUILT 1846
ENLARGED 1870
The date plaque for this building
NEW SCHOOL
ERECTED
1906
The foundation stone at right hand side of building
THIS STONE
WAS LAID BY
GALEB HOYLE J.P.
FIRST MAYOR OF TODMORDEN
MAY 6th 1906
foundation stone on left of the entrance
THIS STONE
WAS LAID
ON BEHALF OF THE
SUNDAY SCHOOL
BY THE
SUPERINTENDENT
JAMES A HIRST
JUNE 23rd
1906
foundation stone on right of the entrance
THIS STONE
WAS LAID
ON BEHALF OF THE
SUNDAY SCHOOL
BY THE
SUPERINTENDENT
SAM DAWSON
JUNE 23rd
1906
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