The Lost Churches of Warrington

The
Lost Churches
of
Warrington
A random collection of photographs in the Public Domain
• If all the people who stated on our
Facebook page that they “used to go to
that church” still did, then most of them
would still be open.
• Just saying so please do not take offence.

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Unknown Church, Located on Academy Street between
the two passages to the Friends Meeting House.
Warrington Academy Street Independent Methodist Church was built in
approximately 1867.  It closed around 1907 and today the building is now
used by a Spiritualist church. May have started off as Primitive Methodist
but later became IM. IM records show start date as 1867 PM shows 1860’s.
 First Elmwood Avenue
Congregational Church
1913 - 1931

Second church
1935 – 1993 when both
buildings were
demolished in 1972 the
church became part of
the United Reform
Church
 The Third and Present
Elmwood Avenue United
Reform Church

With added front porch

St Ann’s Church Winwick
Road now used as a climbing
centre also shown is the
replacement building.
 Welsh Chapel
Crosfield Street

Chapel is now closed.

The congregation now
hold services in
Wycliffe URC building
Opened in 1826 at Old Road,
Latchford, by the
Primitive Methodists.
Rebuilt as the Zion Chapel at
Legh Street in 1870.
Closed in 1954.
OUTRINGTON METHODIST CHURCH LYMM
 Stepney Congregational Chapel,
King Street, Warrington

It’s on
the 1849
map but
gone by
the 1884
map
See Next Slide
Parish merged with St Augustine's Latchford,
Both Churches Closed and Moved to New Church
on Knutsford Road Latchford
Saint Augustine of Canturbury
and English Martyrs Church
Latchford (Closed)
St Margaret's Church Latchford (Now Community Hub)
Workingmen’s Mission Church
Thewlis Street, Bank Quay

Now known as
Hope Alive Church
This is not a lost church but a interesting building
formerly Presbyterian.
 St Mark’s Church
C of E
Longshaw Street
Dallam

URBAN CHURCH
(Wesleyan
Methodist)
These extracts are taken from the WBC Buttermarket Street
Conservation Area booklet
 Ellesmere Street
(Wesleyan) Methodist Church
Winwick Methodist Chapel, Golborne Road
Ebenezer Chapel, Ebenezer Place, Legh Street, Warrington
 Elim Pentecostal Church
Formerly Knutsford Road Primitive Methodist
Unable to confirm this was a PM Chapel, also see slide for
Mersey Street Independent Methodist / Spiritualist Church
St Katherine’s Chapel
was in the grounds of St
Katherine’s Training College

Now known as St Elphin’s

Community Centre,
it is located on St Katherine’s
Way, Howley
Reorganised Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Community of Christ)

Zion Church Fitzherbert Street.

A branch of the Latter Day Saints Church known
as the Community of Christ they do not use the
name Mormon and are Trinitarian.
Reorganised Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Community of Christ)
Fitzherbert Street, Warrington Internal view
Below is the replacement
building on Sankey Street
opposite Bank Park.
Both Buildings have been
demolished
Baptist Churches are at
Loushers Lane, Lymm and
Hill Cliffe
Now known as Kent Street
Community Church
(Independent Methodist)

Still an active Church

Buckley Street Free Methodist Church is a member of the
Independent Methodist Connexion – Still Active
Silver Street Wesleyan
Sunday School
 Houghton Green
Primitive Methodist Mission Rooms
Radley Lane off Mill Lane

We are still looking for a

photograph before it was
converted into a house If you
have any please email them to us
rex.houghton@protonmail.com

Primitive Methodist
Back Dallam Lane
Sunday School
Moore Methodist
 NEW ROAD
WESLEYAN METHODIST
CHAPEL. LYMM
(Demolished)

From the Lymm Archive Collection

Whitley Methodist
Bethany Church
Old Liverpool Road
Former Methodist Chapel

Former Sankey Bridges Methodist Church Now at Hood Manor

 Inset:
Present Church

First Grappenhall Independent Methodist Chester Road

This is thought to be the first
place the Independent
Methodists met in Grappenhall in
a room above a bake house on
Knutsford Road. The bake house
stood behind what is today a
modern detached house which is
the third property from the
junction of Knutsford and
Chester Roads.
High Leigh Independent Methodist Chapel ...

Now known as the Northwood Christian Centre Still Independent Methodist

A book called The Northwood Story is available from the IM Resource Centre in Pemberton Wigan
The chapel was demolished 1977for the building of M6 junction 21.
A new church St Martin’s was built in Gig Lane Woolston
 < St Martin’s Methodist Church
Gig Lane, Woolston opened
on 8th February 1975

Location >
of old chapel
At M6 J21
Cherry Lane Lymm
Particular Baptist Chapel
 RISLEY INDEPENDENT
METHODIST CHURCH

STILL ACTIVE

Above: First Chapel

now residential

Right: Present Church

Fearnhead Lane
Fearnhead
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