Yorkshire covers such a large area that it needs to divided into three counties. The West Riding, covering 1,708,000 acres with a population in 1861 of 1,500,00 was also deemed by the mapmakers to be too large to fit on a single sheet. As they managed to fit counties larger than the West Riding, and counties with larger populations, onto a single sheet, it seems likely the mapmakers were from Yorkshire.
This is a list of chapels that had been registered by 1867, derived from ‘A list of places of meeting for public religious worship, certified to the Registrar General’. Remember that registration was not compulsory. As registration was valid until cancelled, however, there may be duplication: i.e. both the old and new chapels in a place may be listed. We have also discovered that the official location may not be the same as the name by which the chapel is commonly described.
Unless otherwise stated each of these places of worship is described as a chapel.
The numbers on the list relate to places, and match those on the maps. The base maps are provided under this licence
The two maps overlap, so you will find some chapels marked on both. The greatest concentration of settlements and chapels is in the centre of the West Riding. Conversely, it has not been possible to discover an exact location for some of the chapels listed by the Registrar General.
Use the search box to find out more about a chapel.
Chapel | Notes | Registration District | |
Addingham | 1 | Skipton | |
Adlingfleet | 2 | Goole | |
Appletreewick, Burnsell | 3 | Skipton | |
Arkendale | 4 | Great Ouseburn | |
Armley, Town Street | 5 | Kirkstall | |
Armthorpe | 6 | Doncaster | |
Austerfield | 7 | Doncaster | |
Baildon, Browgate, Zion | 8 | Otley | |
Balby | 21 | Doncaster | |
Barnoldswick | 9 | Skipton | |
Barnsley, Westgate | 10 | Barnsley | |
Barugh | 11 | Barnsley | |
Batley | 12 | Dewsbury | |
Batley Carr | Preaching Room | 13 | Dewsbury |
Battyeford, Mirfield | 14 | Dewsbury | |
Battyeford, Mirfield | Dewsbury | ||
Bawtry | 15 | Doncaster | |
Beal | Room | 16 | Castleford |
Beeston | 17 | Kirkstall | |
Bilton with Harrogate, Back Westmoreland Street | 18 | Knaresborough | |
Bingley, Saint John Street, Zion | 19 | Keighley | |
Birstall, Zion | 20 | Dewsbury | |
Booth Town in Northowram | Preaching Room | 22 | Halifax |
Booth Town, Mount Carmel | Halifax | ||
Bowling, Bailey Street | 23 | Bradford | |
Bowling, Dudley Hill | [List reads Banling] | Bradford | |
Bradford, 191 Wapping Road | 24 | Bradford | |
Bradford, Laister Dyke | Bradford | ||
Bradford, Sun Street, Philadelphia | Bradford | ||
Bradley | 25 | Skipton | |
Bradshaw in Ovenden | 26 | Halifax | |
Bramham | 27 | Bramham | |
Bramley, Town Street | 28 | Bramley | |
Bretton West | Preaching place | 29 | Wakefield |
Brierley | 30 | Hemsworth | |
Brighouse | Preaching Room | 31 | Halifax |
Brighouse, Lane Head | Halifax | ||
Brightside | 32 | Sheffield | |
Brotherton | Room | 34 | Castleford |
Brotherton, Bethel | Castleford | ||
Burley | 35 | Otley | |
Burley, Peel Place | Otley | ||
Burn | 36 | Selby | |
Burncross | 37 | Wortley | |
Burncross, Ecclesfield | Wortley | ||
Burton Leonard | 38 | Knaresborough | |
Calverley | 39 | Bradford | |
Camblesforth | 40 | Selby | |
Campsall | 41 | Doncaster | |
Carbrook, Attercliffe Common | 42 | Sheffield | |
Carleton | 43 | Skipton | |
Carlton | 44 | Kirkstall | |
Carlton | 45 | Selby | |
Castleford, Bradley Street, Ebenezer | 46 | Castleford | |
Cawood | 47 | Selby | |
Cawthorne | 48 | Wortley | |
Charlestown in Northowram | 49 | Halifax | |
Charwell | 50 | Kirkstall | |
Clapham Green, Birstwith | 51 | Pateley Bridge | |
Clayton West | 52 | Wortley | |
Coat Hill in Warley | 53 | Halifax | |
Colne Bridge, Kirkheaton | 54 | Huddersfield | |
Conisbrough | 55 | Doncaster | |
Cononley | Preaching Room | 56 | Skipton |
Copley in Skircoat | Preaching Room | 57 | Halifax |
Crabtree, Sheffield | 58 | Sheffield | |
Cudworth | 59 | Barnsley | |
Cumberworth | 60 | Huddersfield | |
Daisy Hill | 61 | Bradford | |
Darfield, Broom Hill | Building occupied by Thomas Sutton and others | 33 | Barnsley |
Dawgreen, Dewsbury | A building | 62 | Dewsbury |
Delph, The Co-operative Assembly Room | 63 | Saddleworth | |
Denby Dale | 64 | Wortley | |
Denholme Clough | 65 | Bradford | |
Dent | 66 | Sedbergh | |
Dewsbury Moor, New Brunswick | 67 | Dewsbury | |
Dewsbury, Wellington Road | 68 | Dewsbury | |
Doncaster, Spring Gardens | 69 | Doncaster | |
Drax | 70 | Selby | |
Drighlington | 71 | Bradford | |
Dungworth | 72 | Wortley | |
East Keswick | 73 | Wetherby | |
East Moor, near Wakefield | The Old School | 74 | Wakefield |
Eastburn | 75 | Keighley | |
Elland | Preaching Room | 76 | Halifax |
Elland, South Wells, Zion | Halifax | ||
Embsay | 77 | Skipton | |
Emley | 78 | Wakefield | |
Esholt | 79 | Wharfedale | |
Farnhill | Preaching Room | 80 | Skipton |
Farnhill | Skipton | ||
Farnley | Preaching Room | 81 | Kirkstall |
Garforth | 82 | Castleford | |
Gargrave | 83 | Skipton | |
Garsdale, Pry Hill | 84 | Sedbergh | |
Gildersome, The Nook | 85 | Bramley | |
Glass Houghton | Room | 86 | Castleford |
Gomersal, Moor Lane, Bethel | 143 | Dewsbury | |
Goole Banks, the Mill House | 87 | Goole | |
Goole Moors | Dwelling house occupied by William Tenney | 88 | Goole |
Goole, Cross or North Street | 89 | Goole | |
Grassington, Linton | 90 | Skipton | |
Great Horton | 91 | Bradford | |
Greengates | 92 | Bradford | |
Greenoside | 93 | Wortley | |
Greetland | 94 | Halifax | |
Guisley, New Road Side | 95 | Wharfedale | |
Haigh Moor, West Ardsley, Ebenezer | 96 | Wakefield | |
Halifax, Ebenezer | 97 | Halifax | |
Halifax, New Bank | Halifax | ||
Harecrofts, Wilsden | 98 | Bradford | |
Hartshead, Common Bottom | 99 | Halifax | |
Hatfield, The Low Levels | 205 | Thorne | |
Hebden, Linton | 100 | Skipton | |
Heckmondwike, Ebenezer | 101 | Dewsbury | |
Hepworth, Gate Head | 102 | Huddersfield | |
High Bentham | 103 | Settle | |
High Town | Preaching Room | 104 | Dewsbury |
Highburton, Kirkburton | 105 | Huddersfield | |
Holdforth Street, near Wortley, Salem | 106 | Kirkstall | |
Honley | 107 | Huddersfield | |
Horbury, Lidgit | 129 | Wakefield | |
Horsforth | 108 | Wharfedale | |
Houses, Kirkheaton | 109 | Huddersfield | |
Hoyland Common | Building occupied by Samuel Hickling | 110 | Barnsley |
Hoyland Common | Barnsley | ||
Hoyland Nether | 111 | Barnsley | |
Hoylandswaine | Building occupied by Jonathan Lockwood and others | 112 | Wortley |
Huddersfield, Northumberland Street | 113 | Huddersfield | |
Huddersfield, South Street | Huddersfield | ||
Hunslet, Princes Field | 115 | Hunslet | |
Hunslet, Waterloo Road | Hunslet | ||
Idle | 116 | Bradford | |
Intake, in the parish of Handsworth | 117 | Sheffield | |
Keighley, Queen Street | 118 | Keighley | |
Kettlewell | 119 | Skipton | |
Kippax | 120 | Castleford | |
Kirkby Malzeard | 121 | Ripon | |
Kirkhamgate | 122 | Wakefield | |
Knaresborough, Briggate | 123 | Knaresborough | |
Knottingley | Room | 124 | Pontefract |
Lane Ends, Keighley | 125 | Keighley | |
Lea Green, Mirfield | Preaching Room | 126 | Dewsbury |
Lee Green in Mirfield, Rehoboth | Dewsbury | ||
Leeds, Byron Street | 127 | Leeds | |
Leeds, Elam Street, Bank | Dwelling house occupied by Rebecca Thorpe | Leeds | |
Leeds, Quarry Hill | Leeds | ||
Leeds, St. Peter’s Hill, Park Lane, Rehoboth | Leeds | ||
Lepton | 128 | Huddersfield | |
Little Smeaton | 130 | Hemsworth | |
Little Town, Liversedge | 131 | Dewsbury | |
Littletown, Liversedge | the chamber of a building in the occupation of Abarham Sykes, Coal Miner | Dewsbury | |
Lofthouse, Fountain’s Earth | A building | 132 | Pateley Bridge |
Low Laithe, Hartwith | A building | 133 | Pateley Bridge |
Low Moor | 134 | Bradford | |
Lower Houses, Almondbury | Preaching Room | 135 | Huddersfield |
Lower Wortley | 136 | Kirkstall | |
Lundhill, Wombwell | Building occupied by the Lundhill Coal Company | 137 | Barnsley |
Marton cum Grafton | 138 | Great Ouseburn | |
Methley | 139 | Castleford | |
Mexbrough | 140 | Doncaster | |
Middlestown | 141 | Wakefield | |
Morley, Hungerhill | 114 | Dewsbury | |
Morley, Middlethorpe | Sabbath School | 142 | Dewsbury |
Mortonbanks, near Keighley | 144 | Keighley | |
Mytholmroyd in Midgley | 145 | Halifax | |
Nether Hallam, George Street | Building in the occupation of Saml. Watkins | 146 | Eccleshall Bierlow |
Netherton | Preaching Room | 147 | Wakefield |
New York, Brinsworth | 148 | Rotherham | |
New York, Hartwith-cum-Winsley, Bellevue | 149 | Pateley Bridge | |
Newton Abberth | Room | 150 | Castleford |
Norland | 151 | Halifax | |
Norton | 152 | Doncaster | |
Old Goole, Bulah | 153 | Goole | |
Oldfield, Bethel | 154 | Keighley | |
Ossett | A building | 155 | Dewsbury |
Ossett Common | 156 | Dewsbury | |
Ossett Green, Mount Zion | 157 | Dewsbury | |
Ossett Street Side | 158 | Dewsbury | |
Otley, New Cross Street | 159 | Otley | |
Ovenden, Bradshaw Lane, Providence | 160 | Halifax | |
Pateley Bridge, Ebenezer | 161 | Pateley Bridge | |
Pontefract | Room | 162 | Pontefract |
Pudsey | 163 | Bradford | |
Queenshead in Northowram | Preaching Room | 164 | Halifax |
Rawcliffe | 165 | Goole | |
Rawcliffe Bridge | Dwelling house occupied by Esau Wells | 166 | Goole |
Rawden | 167 | Otley | |
Rawden | Otley | ||
Reedness | 168 | Goole | |
Ripon, Priest Lane, Providence | 169 | Ripon | |
Roecliffe | 170 | Great Ouseburn | |
Rothwell, Ebenezer | 171 | Kirkstall | |
Round Hill in Northowram | 172 | Halifax | |
Royd House, Shelley | 173 | Huddersfield | |
Roydnook, Mirfield, Salem | 174 | Dewsbury | |
Roystone | Building occupied by Richard Harrison and others | 175 | Barnsley |
Ryecroft, Ebenezer | 176 | Keighley | |
Scholes | 177 | Huddersfield | |
Seacroft Green | Dwelling house occupied by Benjamin Leaf | 178 | Kirkstall |
Selby, Gowthorpe Street | 179 | Selby | |
Settle | 180 | Settle | |
Sheffield, Hoyle Street, Jubilee | 181 | Sheffield | |
Sheffield, Princess Street, Attercliffe Road | Jubilee School | Sheffield | |
Shelf | 182 | Halifax | |
Shibden in Northowram | Preaching Room | 183 | Halifax |
Shipley, Ebenezer | 184 | Bradford | |
Shire Green | 185 | Wortley | |
Silkstone | 186 | Wortley | |
Silkstone | Wortley | ||
Silsden | 187 | Skipton | |
Skilmanthorpe, Cumberworth Half | 188 | Huddersfield | |
Smithies, Monkbretton | Building occupied by William Coulson | 189 | Barnsley |
Snaith | 190 | Goole | |
Snowgate Head in Fulstone | 191 | Huddersfield | |
South Elmsall | 192 | Hemsworth | |
South Milford | Room | 193 | Castleford |
Southowram, Bank Top, Bethesda | 194 | Halifax | |
Sowerby Bridge | 195 | Halifax | |
Staincross Common, Darton | Building occupied by William Parkinson and others | 196 | Barnsley |
Stank, near Seacroft | Dwelling house occupied by David Wilby | 197 | Kirkstall |
Stanningley | School | 198 | Bradford |
Stannington, Wood End, Jehovah Jireh | 199 | Wortley | |
Staveley | 200 | Great Ouseburn | |
Steeton | 201 | Keighley | |
Swinefleet | 202 | Goole | |
Tadcaster East | 203 | Tadcaster | |
Taylor Hill | 204 | Huddersfield | |
Thorncliffe Green, Kirkburton | Preaching Room | 206 | Huddersfield |
Thorne, South Parade | 207 | Thorne | |
Thorp Audlin | 208 | Hemsworth | |
Thorpe Hesley | 209 | Wortley | |
Thurgoland | 210 | Wortley | |
Thurlstone | 211 | Wortley | |
Todmorden, Sobriety Hall | 212 | Todmorden | |
Townend, Wooldale | 213 | Huddersfield | |
Wakefield, Market Street | 214 | Wakefield | |
Walsden, Bottom’s Schoolroom | 215 | Todmorden | |
Warburton in Emley | The Ranters’ Chapel | 216 | Wakefield |
Wath-on-Dearne, West Street | 217 | Rotherham | |
West Cowick, Snaith | 218 | Goole | |
West End, Thruscross | 219 | Pateley Bridge | |
West Town, Dewsbury, Bethsaida | 220 | Dewsbury | |
West Wicker, Stanley Street | 221 | Sheffield | |
Wetherby | 222 | Wetherby | |
Whitgift | 223 | Goole | |
Whixley | 224 | Great Ouseburn | |
Wilsden | 225 | Bradford | |
Wistow | 226 | Selby | |
Worsborough, Blacker Hill | 227 | Barnsley | |
Worsborough Dale | Building occupied by John Jackson and others | 228 | Barnsley |
Wortley Royds | 229 | Kirkstall | |
Wortley, Silver Royd Hill | 230 | Kirkstall | |
Yeadon | 231 | Wharfedale |
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