Chapel Lane Methodist Chapel, Hadfield

Chapel Lane

(Wesleyan Methodist)

This was the original Methodist Chapel (later replaced by a new one at Bank Street, Hadfield) and was built in 1804 by Mr. John Thornley who was the owner of Valehouse Cotton Mill at a cost of £200. The original meeting room had been in his mill which is now under water at Valehouse Reservoir. The Chapel was enlarged in 1826 costing £260 and again in 1845 costing £140. New lamps costing £2. 9s. 8d were introduced in 1829 to replace candles. This was the first Methodist Chapel to be built in the Borough of Glossop and surrounding districts. A harmonium costing £26 was given in 1853 and in 1867 a small pipe organ costing £40 was installed. The existing Chapel was proving too small for the expanding congregation, for at this time cotton mills were being built along the valley and people from other parts were coming to live in the district.

In 1876 the insufficient accommodation and dilapidation convinced the Trustees to build a new church – Bank St.

After the new housing estate was built around it, the graveyard was gifted to Glossop Borough Council to be maintained as an open space.