This is Bradford | CommuniGate | Clayton History Group Feedback WELCOME - NEWS - INFORMATION CLAYTON a BRIEF HISTORY PROMINENT CLAYTONIANS CLAYTON MILLS HISTORICAL DATES LOCAL WEB SITES IMAGES of CLAYTON CENSUS RECORDS RAILWAYS 19th CENTURY NEWS THE PIERREPOINTS A People's War By Robert Brown SPORT OLD MAPS Clayton Baptist Church Ter-Jubilee 1828 – 1978 The History of St John's Clayton FROM THE ARCHIVE - JANUARY SCHOOLDAYS FROM THE ARCHIVE - FEBRUARY The METHODIST CHURCH MARCH ARCHIVE - Clayton's Treasure Houses From the Archive - April Clayton Baptist Infant School FROM THE ARCHIVE - MAY From the archive June From the archive July Appaling Tragedy at Clayton in 1863 The Rialto Cinema Clayton Adverts from the Past THE GREAT NORTHERN TRAIL Bygone Clayton 1829 - 1878 CLAYTON THEN AND NOW Margaret Dalgety NOW AND THEN IN PICTURES CLAYTON FOOTBALL CLAYTON GOLF CLUB Contact Information for Clayton History Group Message Board Guestbook Event Calendar Mail Form How do you score our web site. Excellent Good Fair Poor  Results Methodism in Clayton THE NEW ORGAN 1st May 1926 The first Wesleyan Chapel in Clayton was opened in 1834. Sunday School work must have opened about the same time, as the first anniversary was held in 1833. In 1838 the first Sunday School was built and according too an old minute, it was resolved "That there be a piannafortee for the ocation and that Mr Jackson bear it to its place and back" The Methodists in those days, were evidently fond of music, for about this time we find that a tea party was held to raise funds for a double base, an instrument in much favour in those days. The land on which the present Sunday school stands was purchased in1873. Two years later the Rev W.O.Simpson laid the foundation stone of the school which was opened in 1878 and enlarged in 1907. A two manual organ was erected in the old chapel in 1864 by Messers Radcliffe and Sagar of Leeds. The present chapel was built in 1888 and the organ was enlarged in 1896. A new organ has been erected by members of the congregation and friends at a cost of £2.500, in memory of the late Edwin Ward who was organist and choirmaster from 1864 to 1883 and a chorister from 1883 until 1903. Ministers and trustees 1926 **** Clayton Methodist Church in Pictures Weslyan Chapel 1832 ***** Sunday School Anniversary c 1950 Pat Dodgson, Aileen Sugden, Janet Sowden, Mr W Gross, Jean Exley, Margaret Wood. ***** A Gateway of Service 1926 ***** Methodist Chapel 1906 xxxxx Methodist Church 1910 xxxxx Chapel Anniversary 1950 xxxxxxx West Lodge Beamsley c 1949 xxxxx Wesley Guild Addingham 1949 xxxx Choir Trip c 1950 xxxx Choir Trip c1948 xxxx Choir Trip c1949  Email page  Feedback  Home WELCOME - NEWS - INFORMATION |CLAYTON a BRIEF HISTORY |PROMINENT CLAYTONIANS |CLAYTON MILLS |HISTORICAL DATES |LOCAL WEB SITES |IMAGES of CLAYTON |CENSUS RECORDS |RAILWAYS |19th CENTURY NEWS |THE PIERREPOINTS |A People's War By Robert Brown |SPORT |OLD MAPS |Clayton Baptist Church Ter-Jubilee 1828 – 1978 |The History of St John's Clayton |FROM THE ARCHIVE - JANUARY |SCHOOLDAYS |FROM THE ARCHIVE - FEBRUARY |The METHODIST CHURCH |MARCH ARCHIVE - Clayton's Treasure Houses |From the Archive - April |Clayton Baptist Infant School |FROM THE ARCHIVE - MAY |From the archive June |From the archive July |Appaling Tragedy at Clayton in 1863 |The Rialto Cinema |Clayton Adverts from the Past |THE GREAT NORTHERN TRAIL |Bygone Clayton 1829 - 1878 |CLAYTON THEN AND NOW Margaret Dalgety |NOW AND THEN IN PICTURES |CLAYTON FOOTBALL |CLAYTON GOLF CLUB |Contact Information for Clayton History Group |Message Board |Guestbook |Event Calendar |Mail Form