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Description: | c1865-1875. This was originally a small sepia-toned print of Morley Old Chapel done on thin printing paper and stuck to a sheet of card. The photograph was taken between 1865 and 1875. The first date is chosen because that was the year in which considerable alterations were made to the Old Chapel to try to improve the seating capacity. One thing present on this picture but not part of the original Old Chapel was the Galilee chapel at the west end of the building, where a new way into the chapel was made. It looks as if one of the graves with iron railings has been moved in front of this while that of Lady Loughborough has remained by the side of the nave. There has been some more work done on the roof to try to improve ventilation and a better heating system installed. Most of the other improvements were done on the interior rather than the exterior of the building. But these were not radical enough due to the size of the building, so with a continuous growth in the congregation as the population of Morley increased, it was decided to build a completely new church on the same site. This was done from 1875 to 1878 after the building in this picture was completely demolished in 1875. Photograph from the David Atkinson Archive. | License: | http://www.leodis.net/article.aspx?id=12 | Rights holder: | Leeds Central Library | Subjects: | Morley Old Chapel chapel | Source: | Leodis - A photographic archive of Leeds | Identifier: | http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?id=20... | Go to resource |
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