Morley Ebenezer Primitive Methodist chapel

Primitive Methodism “begins (in Morley) in the year 1820, services being then commenced in a house occupied by a Mr. William Benn. Soon the rapidly growing society migrated to the barn of Farmer Robinson. In 1821 it is recorded that the Rev. William Clowes  visited Morley to open the first chapel. The infant Society, however, suffered from a great controversy which arose in Leeds regarding the methods of a prominent female revivalist, and the result was a split which led to the sale of the chapel, and the suspension of the services for some four years. In 1830 a new start was made, and from that time onward with steady success the good work has continued. On September 25th, 1835, the first Ebenezer Chapel, standing at the end of the Hunger Hill, and opposite to which its handsome successor has been built, was opened by Rev. Hugh Bourne. “

The 1885 Primitive Methodist magazine records  the laying of the foundation stones for a new Primitive Methodist chapel at Morley, also to be called Ebenezer. It was expected to cost £3,000, of which nearly half had been raised, and hold 900 people. The 1886 magazine records the opening.

The new chapel was located at the junction of Oddfellow Street and Fountain Street. The building still exists in 2019

Reference

Christian Messenger 1919/295

Primitive Methodist magazine 1885 page 636

Primitive Methodist magazine December 1886 page 762