Micklegate Methodist Church, Pontefract

Micklegate Methodist Church is an active Methodist Church of Great Britain church in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England.

Micklegate Methodist Church
Micklegate Methodist Church
53.694°N 1.305°W / 53.694; -1.305
LocationMicklegate, Pontefract,
West Yorkshire
CountryEngland
DenominationMethodist Church of Great Britain
Website

Location

The church is situated on Micklegate to the east of Pontefract town centre close to Pontefract Castle. It is one of two Methodist churches in the town, the other being Central Methodist Church situated to the west of Pontefract town centre.

History

The church replaced the former Tanshelf Primitive Methoduct Church which burned down in 1965.[1] There hare records of Methodist churches on this site since 1854. The cuurent church was opened on the 8th September 1969. The current minister is Revd Ruth Gilson-Webb.

Tanshelf Primitive Methoduct Church

Tanshelf Primitive Methoduct Church stood on the current site of Micklegate Methodist Church. The church was two story and of red brick construction with a gabled front. It was of 19th century origin. The church was burned down in an arson attack in which nobody was injured.

Architecture
The southern and western facades

The church is of a modernist style. It is two stories high with a gabled south facing front with extensive glazing, double doors and canopy. The western facia features a large crucifix.

War memorial

Inside the church is a war memorial to the First World War which was salvaged from the former Tanshelf Primitive Methodist Church which reads 'Great War 1914 – 1919, in tender loving memory of Cpl JL Harvey, J Walker, Gunr F Wilson, W Boothman, Pte GE Spurr, JW Paver, Pte EA Ogly, SS Trueman, Pte E Moxon, WS Heseltine, Pte GR Beaumont, Pte C Turner, H Crabtree, Pte E Garner, TW Crewe, Pte D Leng, C Cotton, Pte JW Lister, JH Heeley, Drir GH Waller, Men of Pontefract and Tanshelf Prim Meth Church who made the supreme sacrifice'.

References
  1. "Micklegate Methodist Church, Pontefract". Methodist Church of Great Britain. Retrieved 28 July 2020.

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