Ebeneezer Chapel - Rodley

D2G · Post by **D2G** » Wed 07 May, 2008 9:52 pm

The organ that was - might still be? in the same chapel

D2G · Post by **D2G** » Wed 07 May, 2008 10:04 pm

United Chapel - 06/05/2008

D2G · Post by **D2G** » Wed 07 May, 2008 10:06 pm

United Chapel - 06/05/2008

Trojan · Post by **Trojan** » Wed 07 May, 2008 10:08 pm

D2G wrote: Aye, thats the cemetery. I think it still comes under rodley. I have a couple of old pictures of the chapel/church , not sure how well they will come out. ill have a go nowDid u know there were 5 different Churches in rodley at one time, why so many?ST Andrews United Methodist Free ChurchRodley Wesleyan ChurchRodley Baptist ChurchThe Ecumenical Centre Chicken feed compared to Morley.In the centre of Morley alone - an area covering less than 1 square mile whenI was a kid there were 15 Free churches, a Catholic and an Anglican.Rehoboth - Congregational emptyBanks Hill - Methodist - Primitive emptyBrunswick - Methodist Primitive demolishedSt Marys - Congregational closed OctoberEvangelical meeting house - now Spiritualist ChurchChurch of Christ still openZoar Particular Baptist Now Morley Labour PartyBaptist FlatsBethel -Methodist United FlatsSt Mary's Mission - Congregational a warehouseTemperance Hall FlatsEbenezer - Methodist Primitive FlatsQueen Street Methodits Wesleyan still openNazarene - Evangelical still openZion - Free Presbyterian still open - justSt Pauls - Anglican still openSt Francis - Catholic still openAnd that's just in the centre. No wonder there isn't a decent pub in the town centre!

D2G · Post by **D2G** » Wed 07 May, 2008 10:17 pm

Ok you win lol, but rodley is smallerI'd love to see if the organ is still there, i assume it will be?

Yorkshire Pud · Post by **Yorkshire Pud** » Wed 07 May, 2008 10:50 pm

D2G wrote: Aye, thats the cemetery. I think it still comes under rodley. The cemetery comes under Farsley, the boundary sign for the start of Rodley is further down on Bagley Lane opposite bright screw factory.

Trojan · Post by **Trojan** » Wed 07 May, 2008 11:43 pm

D2G wrote: Ok you win lol, but rodley is smaller I'm not talking about the whole of Morley even, just the centre.There's probably 5/6 more in Morley proper - not counting Drigh, Gildersome, East and West Ardlsey, Churwell or Tingley. Morley must have been a very religious place at one time, I know I'm off topic - but I've never seen anywhere like Morley for lack of pubs in the centre and plethora of places of worship.Batley and Dewsbury have lively areas where youngsters carouse and get p!ssed Morley has no scene like that - if you want that sort of thing you have to go to one of those places. In the centre of Ossett (not as big as Morley) there's about a dozen pubs - on Queen Street there are two - and the Slip on Albion Steet - I've been brought up here so until I thought about it it never struck me as odd - but it is - it's an odd place is Morley.

D2G · Post by **D2G** » Thu 08 May, 2008 7:54 pm

I guess "newer" towns are less religous now and that is why there are a lack of churches. This also explains why they are all being turned into apartments. You will find smaller places such as Shadwell seem to have a larger congregation rather than say a larger place such as Bramley has in the church there. I think this is more to do with location and also average population age