Bingley Methodist Church
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Bingley Methodist Church
Image: © Roger Templeman Taken: 8 Aug 2015
Bingley Methodist Church was known as Mornington Road Methodist Church until the mid 1990's. The foundation stone for the former Church building was laid on 4 November 1871, and the official opening was on 23 September 1874. However, the large building was proving to be very expensive to maintain so the decision was taken to demolish it and build a new church. The plans for the new Church building were finally approved by Bradford Council's planners on 19 July 2001. Demolition of the building commenced in March 2002 and the site had been levelled by the following June. During demolition and construction, the congregation of Bingley Methodist Church worshipped next door at Priestthorpe Primary School Image Construction of the new church building took place from July 2002 to March 2003 and the first service in the new church took place on Sunday 16 March 2003. The spire of the original church was an Ordnance Survey intersected station trig point, http://www.trigpointing.uk/trig/12832 : its top is preserved in the new church's grounds and can be seen to the left of the church name notice board.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.850269
Longitude
-1.83306