The Churches Of Britain and Ireland
Whitby, North Yorkshire
The former Brunswick Methodist Chapel (disused). Built in 1891, it replaced the earlier Skate Lane Chapel (built 1814) on the same site. © Colin Waters.
The now demolished Cliff Street Chapel (previously Cliff Lane Chapel), from an old postcard in Colin Waters' Collection.
The Congregational Church on Skinner Street (© Colin Waters), dating from the 1860's, is evidently the same building as in this old engraving of West Cliff Congregational Church, from the Colin Waters Collection.
The former Friends' Meeting House (Quaker), which was sold in 2006. The local Quaker congregation dates from 1676. © Colin Waters.
Former Methodist Church on Church Street. Has been a private residence, but is now in use as a restaurant.
St. Hilda at West Cliff. Built between 1884 and 1886 to serve the growing tourist trade, it replaced a corrugated iron church (known as the tin church). © Colin Waters. The tin church appears in this old illustration from Colin Waters Collection.
St. Hilda (R.C.) on Brunswick Street was built in 1867 to replace a Roman Catholic Meeting Hall (built 1805). The spire is of fibre glass, and was put up to replace a stone one in 1990. The original was causing structural damage to the rest of the building. © Colin Waters.
St. John the Evangelist. © Colin Waters.
St. Mary. From an old postcard, Bulman Collection. Link.
St. Ninnian's Church, formerly St. Ninian's Proprietory Chapel. Colin explains "It is a privately owned (but public) 'high church' with many of its congregation being share-holders." © Colin Waters.
The former St. Patrick (R.C.), on Church Street, which has recently been decommissioned and put up for sale. The only indication of a church is the panel above the door, in an otherwise normal Georgian House.
Former Salvation Army Hall. The building has a new frontage and is a chip shop. © Rob Brettle.
Trinity Reformed Church (formerly Presbyterian), on Flowergate. © Colin Waters.
Unitarian Chapel (formerly Presbyterian) on Flowergate. This chapel, which dates from 1676, has no frontage on any street, other than this doorway. © Colin Waters.
The former Wesley Hall. © Tom Halstead.
Whitby Abbey. Another view. Both © David Nicholson. An old engraving in Colin Waters' Collection, showing the Abbey before the tower fell (1700's). The ruined St. Mary's Chapel stands in the grounds, and dates originally from about 1000 A.D. © Tom Halstead. Link.
07 October 2007
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