Accrington Rd. Methodist Sunday School, Burnley

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240742

Reference identifier

EBU20131114005

Title

Accrington Rd. Methodist Sunday School, Burnley

Place

Burnley

General notes

The first Methodist chapel in the Accrington Road area was Bartle Hills, which was built in 1849 and located on Cog Lane. However, by 1871 the building was deemed inadequate because of the growing congregation. Therefore, a new chapel was built on Accrington Road. A school was then added in 1874 (pictured here).

In 1961 Accrington Road merged with the Howard Street, after the closure of the later. This led to a change in name, and it became known as Westhill Methodist Chapel. It was forced to close in 1967 due to dry rot and was demolished in the same year. The services were moved to the church hall which was built only three years before. By 1971 attendances had dropped significantly and Westhill merged with the modern Parkside Chapel.
The school building remains, but is now home to a local business.

Medium

Photographic print

Colour

Monochrome

Original image size

17 x 11

Year of image

1979

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Locator

J61: Accrington Road

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