SALEM METHODIST CHURCH
Richmond Street, HALIFAX HX1 5SX
Contact: John M Hoyle
Tel: 01422 340805 Email: John.jmhoyle@btinternet.com
Car Park to rear
Salem began as a Methodist ‘Kilhamite’ split in 1797 and was the first Methodist New Connexion society to build a specific chapel. Salem was a mother church for subsequent New Connexion chapels in the area.
Being in the heart of industry, Salem was close to the social problems and unrest. Ben Rushton, possible Luddite and prominent Chartist, was a New Connexion member and local preacher at one time.
Conversely, among founder members of Salem were the Akroyd family whose later members were prominent and wealthy industrialists, builders of the Akroyden and Copley estates, Bankfield House (now Museum) and All Souls Church. John Mackintosh (Quality Street) was another member when he first came to Halifax.
The magnificent 1870s building (the third) hosted conferences of the United Methodists in the early 20th century, but this building was compulsorily acquired for road use and demolished in 1970, just one year after the present Salem was opened to replace it.
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Date |
Event / Activity |
Start/ End |
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Sun 12 Sep |
Display of maps from 1797 to 1970, books, leaflets, photos, memorabilia, uniforms etc. The place of Salem in the history of Methodism, schism to union. |
11.45am-1.30pm |
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Wed 15 Sep |
As above |
10am-2 pm |
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Sun 19 Sep |
As above |
11.45am-12.20pm |
