Part of the parish of Kippax with Allerton Bywater and, from June 2017, part of the United Benefice of Allerton Bywater, Kippax and Swillington.[4] Some of the stained glass came from the church of St Aidan, Great Preston (now closed).[5]
The church was founded in 1967 as a combined Congregational and Presbyterian congregation, before formation of the United Reformed Church. The church is a member of CTMAS (Churches Together in Moor Allerton and Shadwell).[12] Original plans for the High Ash estate in the 1960s included space for a church to be built with a synagogue immediately adjacent, but the proposed synagogue congregation withdrew at an early date.[13]
So named because it is at the corner where Armley, Bramley and Kirkstall meet.[15] Services are held weekly in the Yoruba language.[16]
Church of the Venerable Bede
Stanningley Road, Wyther, LS13 4AU
Church of England
1937
Designed by Gribbon, Froggit and Brown,[17] the church was opened in 1937 by C. H. Tetley of the brewing family. The tower has a single 1.5 cwt bell believed to have come from St. Stephen's Church in Burmantofts.[18]
Emmanuel Earth Ministries
Mistress Lane LS12 2LJ
Evangelical
Building formerly The Redeemed Evangelical Mission
The prison chapel is located within the "Inner Range", a Grade II* listed building designed by William Belton Perkin and Elisha Backhouse, constructed in 1847.[21]
Sri Guru Nanak Sikh Temple
62 Tong Road LS12 1LZ
Sikh
Originally the Mount Pisgah United Methodist Free Church, built in 1868,[22][23] later Mount Pisgah Methodist Church, part of the former Leeds West Methodist Circuit.[24]
Redundant C of E St Peter's Church, designed by George Gilbert Scott, built 1864, taken over and renamed in 2007.[29] It serves a congregation living in West, North and East Yorkshire.[30]
Earliest parts from 825. Upper tower is Saxon (10th century), church enlarged 1100 to 1400.[31] The Church of St Mary Magdalene in East Keswick is part of the same parish.
The oldest part is 14th century; the tower is 15th century. Part of Elmete Trinity Benefice (which consists of the parishes of All Saints, Barwick in Elmet, St Philip's, Scholes and St Peter's, Thorner).[32][33]
The church is a Local Ecumenical Partnership with members from the Baptist, Methodist and United Reformed churches. It is part of the Leeds South and West Methodist Circuit and the URC Yorkshire Synod.
Originally a Baptist Chapel, now part of the Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches and a member of the Yorkshire Gospel Partnership.[38]
Gurdwara Guru Nanak Nishkan Sewak Jath (GNNSJ)[39]
78 Lady Pit Lane, LS11 6DP
Sikh
1986
Former Ringtons tea-packing factory, purchased by the Sikh community and converted into a Gurdwara in December 1986. The building is built on the birthplace of Ringtons' founder, Samuel Smith.[40]
Jamia Masjid Abu Huraiara
1 Hardy Street, LS11 6BJ
Islam Sufi - Bareilvi
1986
Based in 1897 building of former Leeds Co-operative Society. Opened as Kashmir Muslim Welfare Association in 1986. Upper floor for worship, others for community events.
The church is a twentieth-century brick building and is part of the Leeds South and West Methodist Circuit.
St Anthony of Padua Church
Old Lane, LS11 7AA
Catholic
1904
The church was designed by Kelly and Birchall, with addition of a bell tower and narthex in 1966.[42] Now part of the parish of St. Maximillian Kolbe.[43]
St Luke's Church
Malvern Road LS11 8PD
Church of England
II
1872
Gothic revival, gritstone, designed by Richard Adams of Leeds architects' firm Adams and Kelly
Now used as a charity shop, with monthly services. Other services are at the United Reformed Church in South Leeds in Belle Isle.[48]
Belle Isle[]
Name
Image
Location
Denomination
Grade
Opened
Notes
St John and St Barnabas Church
175 Belle Isle Road, LS10 3DN
Church of England
1938
C of E parish church of Belle Isle and Hunslet. Anglo Catholic churchmanship. Brick built 1938 to replace two churches in Holbeck, St John's Church and St Barnabas' Church, now demolished.[49] Belle Isle Library was located in the crypt until a new library was built in 1965.[50]
St Peter's Church
Petersfield Avenue, LS10 3QN
Catholic
1948
Catholic parish church of Belle Isle since 1958, part of the parish of St. Margaret Clitherow.
Independent church located off West Grange Drive, previously located on the East Grange Estate. The church is visible, but not accessible, from Belle Isle Road
Designed by Wildblood MacDonald Architects of Wetherby and opened in 2005,[56] it replaced the previous chapel which was lost when Whitby Lodge, a separate unit for teenagers and young people, was built.[57]
The church is part of the Wharfedale and Aireborough Circuit [61]
Bramhope Puritan Chapel
Otley Road LS16 9JE
Puritan, later Church of England
I
1649
The chapel was built by Robert Dyneley of Bramhope Hall, at his own expense. It is now maintained by Bramhope and Carlton Parish Council. Not used for regular worship but available for weddings, funerals and blessings.[62]
Bramhope Scout Campsite
Occupation Lane LS16 9HR
Non-denominational
There is an outdoor chapel within the grounds of the campsite.[63]
Built plot of land formerly called Cripple Garth, referring to a "cripple" meaning a hole in a stone wall which would allow sheep to pass through, but not cattle.[65] Designed by Richard Adams and John Kelly and built by local contractors. Freeman of Otley (masons) used millstone grit from nearby quarries on the Chevin. The roof has Westmorland slates. The church was dedicated on 28 November 1881.[66]
Situated on the Moorside Estate in Bramley. St Margaret's and St Peter's both form the parish of Bramley, part of Churches Together around Leeds 13.[71]
St Peter's Church
Hough Lane LS13 3JF
Church of England
St Margaret's and St Peter's both form the parish of Bramley, part of Churches Together around Leeds 13.[71]
Redeveloped 2009, part of the Leeds South and West Methodist Circuit. The first Methodist Chapel in Bramley was built in 1777, on the site of the existing Church.[73]
Formerly Burley Methodist Church, which closed in June 2012.[75] Built in Gothic Revival style.
Leeds Chinese Christian Church
155 Kirkstall Rd, LS4 2AG
Independent
1990
Makkah Jamia Masjid
36 Thornville Road, LS6 1JY
Islam
2003
Between Brudenell Road and Royal Park Road
Our Lady of Lourdes Church
Cardigan Road, LS6 1LU
Catholic
1930
Built by the Society of Jesus as Sacred Heart Chapel, and handed over to the Diocese of Leeds in 1947, renamed 1954, and part of the parish of St Jeanne Jugan since 1997
The church was completed in 1854; the north aisle and the west porch were added in 1886. Leeds healing rooms, affiliated to the International Association of Healing Rooms, are based in the church centre.[76]
Bridge Community Church is the operational name for Bridge Street Pentecostal Church. The church traces its origins back to a pastoral appointment at Mount Tabor Mission in 1910.[79]
The church is situated on Town Street and was completed in 1983, replacing another church also on Town Street, still standing and used as the church centre. The church is part of the Leeds North and East Methodist Circuit.[7] In January 2005 Chapel Allerton Methodist Church signed a local ecumenical covenant with St. Matthew's Parish Church. Grace Gospel Church, whose members are of Ethiopian and Eritrean origin, also meets here.[89]
The church was designed by George Frederick Bodley (1827-1907) and built on land gifted by a parishioner in 1897.[91] In January 2005 St Matthew's signed a local ecumenical covenant with Chapel Allerton Methodist Church. Russian Orthodox church services also take place here.[92]
Formerly Trinity United Reformed Church, now a community church. The foundation stone was laid by Henry Robinson, Mayor of Kensington. Listed building status includes the neighbouring Sunday School building.[93] The United Reformed Church is now part of Trinity United Methodist/URC Church in Harehills.[94]
Church of God of Prophecy
Austin Burke Memorial Centre 196 Chapeltown Road LS7 4HZ
Pentecostal
1992
Purpose-built church and community centre, hence no religious symbols inside. Congregation formerly in Baptist Chapel, Meanwood Road. Part of Region 5 of the Church of God of Prophecy in the UK.[95]
Gurdwara Guru Kalgidhar Sahib
Cowper Street, LS7 4EE
Sikhism
2008
Moved from 128 Chapeltown Road (the first Gurdwara in Leeds) to larger premises on Cowper Street [96]
Holy Rosary Church
Chapeltown Road LS7 4BZ
Catholic
1937
An earlier church of the Holy Rosary was built in Barrack Street in 1886. The present church, which was designed to seat 500 people in the nave and transepts and cost £12,300, was opened by Bishop Henry Poskitt of Leeds on 30 September 1937. It was reordered around 1987 to create a smaller nave and a narthex.[97] Part of the parish of Mother of Unfailing Help.
Leeds Islamic Centre
46 Spencer Place LS7 4BR
Muslim
2001
The site was originally the Chassidishe Synagogue.[98]
Our Lady of Czestochowa and St. Stanislaw Kostka
Newton Hill Road LS7 4EY
Polish Roman Catholic
1976
The church is a Polish language Roman Catholic church. Entrance as postcode but faces Chapeltown Road.
Ramgarhia Board Gurdwara
8-10 Chapeltown Road LS7 3AP
Sikh
1987
Former post office. Replaced the building at 138 Chapeltown Road. Opened by Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester.[99]
Parish Church in the Parish of Leeds City, along with Leeds Minster. It was built in 1722–7, but the steeple dates from 1839. Now used by the Riverside Church.[103]
Officially the Cathedral Church of St Anne, commonly known as Saint Anne's Cathedral, is the Cathedral of the Diocese of Leeds, part of the parish of Mother of Unfailing Help and the seat of the Bishop of Leeds.
In the centre of the (Grade I listed) old buildings of the LGI, dedicated to St Luke.
Leeds Minster (Minster and Parish Church of St Peter at Leeds)
Kirkgate, LS2 7DJ
Church of England
I
1841
Formerly Leeds Parish Church before becoming a Minster in 2012. Now an important church for the new Diocese of Leeds, though neither a cathedral nor a pro-cathedral.
Mill Hill Unitarian Chapel
36 Lower Basinghall Street, LS1 5JA
Unitarian
II*
1848
Faces onto City Square, about 200 yards to the north of the current Mill Hill
The church is situated on Nursery Way close to the centre of the village and is part of the Tadcaster Circuit.[54] It incorporates the Methodist church which recently closed in neighbouring Bramham. Though similar in age to the other churches in Clifford, it is not a Listed Building.
Building began in 1845 on the site of a former Wesleyan Chapel, consecrated 1859, tower finished 1866.[107] Unusually for an English village, the Catholic church is the "dominant building".[108]
The church was in the former Richmond Hill Methodist Circuit, later renamed Leeds East Circuit,[35] and is now part of the Leeds North and East Methodist Circuit;[7] it is also part of Churches Together in Leeds 15.
Tinshill Road, LS16 7DF (corner with Otley Old Road)
Methodist
1962
Architects: W F Dawson and Bennett. The church was part of the Leeds (Headingley and West) circuit [115] and is now part of the Leeds South and West Methodist Circuit.
Church of England, United Reformed Church and Methodist
1981
Shared church also serves as a community centre. Part of the Anglican parish of Beeston, along with St Mary's, Beeston, and also part of the Leeds South and West Methodist Circuit (formerly Leeds South Circuit). Pastoral support is provided by the URC minister.[45][120][121]
Cross Gates[]
Name
Image
Location
Denomination
Grade
Opened
Notes
Christ Church
Sandiford Close, LS15 8EY
Evangelical
1960
On the corner with Manston Gardens. The Free Church of England (Evangelical Connexion)
Designed by architect G F Danby, opened 13 May 1893, replacing the former Wesleyan church on an adjacent site.[123] Opposite the Cross Gates Centre and is part of the Leeds North and East Methodist Circuit (formerly Leeds East Circuit).[7][35]
Building fund opened in 1845.[128] Built by Yorkshire architect J. T. Micklethwaite for Anglo-Catholic worship.[129] Church is affiliated to the Mission Society of St. Wilfrid and St Hilda and to Forward in Faith.[130]
Temple and residence for Thai monks. Formerly Mencap support centre: the rest of the building is still used as Mencap's Hawthorn Family Support Centre.[134] Looks out onto East Park Parade.
St Makarios the Great (formerly St Michael and All Angels) Church
Lawns Lane LS12 5ET
Romanian Orthodox
II
1885
Formerly Church of England until 2010. The Anglican congregation relocated to St Michael's Community Church which meets in Hillside Community Centre.[135] The building transferred to the Romanian Orthodox Church on 20 October 2011, an iconostasis (rood screen) consistent with the style of the building and the existing furniture was sculpted in oak in Romania and was installed on Good Friday in 2013, and repairs were completed in July 2015.[136] The parish covers Yorkshire and Greater Manchester and falls under the jurisdiction of the Romanian Orthodox Metropolis of Western and Southern Europe based in Paris.[137]
St Wilfrid's Church
Whincover Drive LS12 5JW
Roman Catholic
1957
The church has been used by St. Mary's Syro Malabar Catholic Mission since 18 October 2015.[138]
On the junction of New Street and Old Road. The church has a stained glass window which depicts the figure of Christ in Australian shepherd's garb.[141] Supported by the Friends of St. John's, a secular society working to conserve the historic building and its heritage.[142]
After the Baptist Church on Bryan Street, Farsley closed down in 2004, the local Baptist congregation signed an agreement with the Methodist church on Back Lane to allow them to share the facilities and use of the church.[143] Part of the Leeds South and West Methodist Circuit, formerly part of the Leeds (Wesley) Circuit.[144]
Opened 1872 as a Salem Chapel (Methodist) [145] on the left, closed 1969. After commercial use, it was bought the 1980s by Garforth Evangelical Church, who added a brick extension.[146]
Garforth Library
Main Street
The Dayspring Church, part of the Pioneer Church Network, worship first and third Sundays of the month at Garforth Library.[147]
Originally Wesleyan Chapel. Formerly known as Brunswick Methodist Church until congregations from two other Methodist churches in Garforth amalgamated as their buildings went to other uses. Part of the Leeds North and East Methodist Circuit, formerly Leeds East Circuit.[35]
The first church on this site was built in 1964 but blew down the week before its official opening. A second building, made out of wood and glass, had to be demolished in 1994. The present church, designed by Vincente Steinlet, was opened on 11 July 1998.[149]
Formerly a manse, the church is part of the Leeds North and East Methodist Circuit,[7] formerly Leeds East Circuit.[35] It also hosts the Leeds Malayalam Christian Church.[154]
St Nicholas Church
Oakwood Lane, LS9 6QY
Catholic
1961
The church is part of the parish of Blessed Edmund Sykes[155] and was built to serve the area's large Irish population.
Part of the parish of Guiseley with Esholt.[158] The marriage of the parents of the Brontë sisters, Patrick Brontë and Maria Branwell, took place in the church on 29 December 1812.[159]
A Local Ecumenical Partnership church formed in 1989,[161] formerly part of Leeds East Circuit,[35] now part of the Leeds North and East Methodist Circuit.[7]
The church was opened as a daughter church to the now closed Mount St. Mary's Church in neighbouring Richmond Hill. Clergy were from the Oblates of Mary Immaculate until 2008 [164] and the church is now part of the parish of Blessed John Henry Newman.[126] The church has a large high school, Corpus Christi Catholic College, and a primary school adjacent to it.
Harehills[]
Name
Image
Location
Denomination
Grade
Opened
Notes
Church of Jesus Christ Apostolic
50 Gledhow Road, LS8 5ES
Pentecostal
1983
On the corner with Gledhow Terrace. Originally built 1900 as a chapel for the Churches of Christ
Jamia Tul Batool Islamic Centre and Mosque
7 Beck Rd, LS8 4EJ,
Islam (Sunni)
Licensed for marriages.
Markazi Jamia Masjid Bilal (Harehills Mosque)
Conway Rd, LS8 5JH
Islam (Barelvi)
1999
Moved from site on Harehills Place to present building off Harehills Lane.
Masjid Al Towbah
2 Whitfield Street, LS8 5AJ
Islam (Salafi)
2008
Al Towbah Islamic Centre functions as mosque and madrasa
Formerly the Third Church of Christ Scientist built in 1927, worship registration cancelled in November 1984.[167] The New Testament Church of God was first established in Louis Street, Harehills, in 1959 [168] and moved to this building in May 1985.[169]
Shah Jalal Mosque
25-27 Ellers Road, LS8 4JH.
Islam (Deobandi)
2004
Bangladeshi Islamic Society is co-located. Men only.
The chaplain to the Eritrean community in Leeds is also based here. Services held for Kerala Malayalam, Ukrainian and Zimbabwean communities and in Latin.[170] Twinned with St. Thomas More Parish, Itaka, in the Diocese of Mbeya in Tanzania.[171]
At the corner of Bellbrooke Avenue. St Cyprian's Church originally opened as a district mission church in the parish of St Agnes, Burmantofts on 3 October 1903. The first building was a wooden hut set on brick foundations. The congregation at St Cyprian's was enlarged when St James's Church at Cross York Street, Leeds, was closed in February 1949. The church was licensed for the conduct of marriage services from 1950 and the new parish of St Cyprian with St James, Harehills, was formed in April 1959. The temporary church was replaced by the new brick church of St Cyprian with St James in 1959.[173]
On junction with Roundhay Road. It overlooks Banstead Park and is part of the Leeds North and East Methodist Circuit.[7] The Zimbabwean Methodist Fellowship also meets at this church.[174]
The chapel is supported jointly by the Church of England and the Methodists. Services on the first and fourth Sundays are led by the Vicar of Collingham or a lay reader. Services on the second, third and any fifth Sunday are led by the Methodist Minister or a local preacher. It is part of the Leeds North and East Methodist Circuit.[7]
Hawksworth (LS5)[]
Name
Image
Location
Denomination
Grade
Opened
Notes
St Mary the Blessed Virgin Church
Hawksworth Avenue, LS5 3PN
Church of England
II
1935
Knapped flint with sandstone dressings and a Westmorland slate roof. One of two churches in the Parish of Moor Grange and Hawksworth Wood, the other being St Andrew the Apostle.
Opposite the junction with St Michael's Lane. Leeds Arabic Christian Fellowship also meets at South Parade Baptist Church.[181] Became Cornerstone Baptist Church in 2020, "one church with three sites", Cragg Hill in Horsforth, Headingley, and the Copperbeech Hub in Bramley.[182]
Parish church of Far Headingley. Part of Churches Together in Headingley.[183] It has been used on many occasions as a Yorkshire Television filming location.
Part of Churches Together in Headingley and the Leeds Partnership of United Reformed Churches.[183] "The principal facades are to the north because they were intended to face a new Headingley bypass road which was never built."[185]
Brethren's Meeting Room according to sign outside. Called Horsforth Gospel Hall by the Charity Commission, Church by Leeds City Council. Replaced an earlier Gospel Hall.
Central Methodist Church
Town Street, Horsforth
Methodist
The church was formerly a Primitive Methodist chapel and still retains internal signage pertaining to the Primitive Methodist church. The church was part of the Leeds (Wesley) Circuit [115] and is now part of the Leeds South and West Methodist Circuit.
Cragg Hill Baptist Church
Cragg Avenue, Horsforth
Baptist
II
1803
Emmanuel Baptist Church
Hall Lane, LS18 5JE
Baptist
2014
Former St Margaret's Parish Church Hall, rented from 2014, bought 2016.[190]
Replaced an 1886 building damaged by fire. See leodis.net Part of the benefice of Leeds St. Margaret and All Hallows.[205] Open land in front of the church is being used to form All Hallows' Community Garden.[206]
The mosque was formerly Sacred Heart Catholic Church, changed to a mosque in 1994. According to a Leeds City Council planning department the building is "of a distinctive modernist design".[209]
Situated on the corner of Hyde Park Road and Hyde Park Terrace, funded by the Leeds Church Extension Society. Part of the benefice of Woodhouse and Wrangthorn. The parish was established in 1865.[211]
The church is part of the Aire and Calder Methodist Circuit.[214] The current building replaced the now-demolished Wesleyan Chapel on the opposite side of the road.
St Mary's Church
Leeds Road LS25 7HF
Church of England
I
1125
Extensive 19th century restoration; part of the Team Benefice of Allerton Bywater, Kippax and Swillington. The church contains the remains of an Anglo-Danish Cross shaft.[215]
Formerly part of the Leeds South and West Methodist circuit, the church was closed in October 2014 and the church community now worships at Holy Trinity Church in Meanwood.[222] The building (unsigned) is now used by the Iglesia ni Cristo church.[224]
The church is part of the Aire and Calder Methodist Circuit.[214]
Saint Oswald's Church
Church Side, LS26 9BJ
Church of England
I
14th century
Parish church. Formerly had a spire, but this was removed for safety in 1937.[229]
Micklefield[]
Name
Image
Location
Denomination
Grade
Opened
Notes
St Mary the Virgin
Old Great North Road LS25 4AG
Church of England
1861
Located in the northern part of the village known as "Old Micklefield". Part of the benefice of Aberford with Micklefield [230] and the Sherburn in Elmet Group of Parishes.[231] The church has a memorial to the 63 victims of the Peckfield Colliery disaster and a plaque dedicated to the victims' widows. On the site of a former Chapel of Ease, demolished 1860.[232]
Middleton[]
Name
Image
Location
Denomination
Grade
Opened
Notes
Middleton Baptist Church
Middleton Park Avenue
Baptist
The church is situated on Middleton Park Avenue in the heart of the Middleton council estate.
Funded by the Leeds Church Extension Society, the church was opened in 1933 to serve the new Middleton council estate. In 1935 it became a separate parish rather than a mission church of St. Mary's.
Name means "Gateway to Knowledge" and incorporates facilities for prayers, educational and social activities.[233] Next door to the Lubavitch Centre and opposite the UHC synagogue.
Previously located at Templar Street in the original Jewish quarter in Leeds (1874), then in St. Alban's Street until 1886, then in Upper Hope Street, then moved to Newton Road, Chapeltown (1937), then to current location in 1969.[235]
Etz Chaim Synagogue
411 Harrogate Road LS17 7BY
Orthodox Judaism
1981
Architect: Stuart Leventhall
Immaculate Heart of Mary Church
294 Harrogate Road LS17 6LE
Roman Catholic
1959
Immaculate Heart parish was the first new parish to be established in Leeds after the Second World War. Two mass centres, the Queen's Arms in Harrogate Road and the Corner House Social Club in Moortown, were previously in use and from 1945 The Grange, now part of St Gemma's Hospice, was used. The present church was consecrated in 1959.[236] Now part of the Parish of Saint John Mary Vianney [10]
Not used for Methodist services since September 2015.[247] The North Leeds Foodbank used the premises for food distribution until February 2019.[248]
St Gemma's Hospice Chapel
329 Harrogate Road LS17 6QD
Non-denominational
1982
The Hospice Chapel is in the main reception area: a multi-faith space open for anyone to use day or night. Regular Roman Catholic, Church of England and Methodist/Free Church services.[249]
Part of the Moor Allerton and Shadwell Team Ministry.[9]
St Stephen's Church
Cranmer Road LS17 5PX
Church of England
1954
The church is situated off King Lane and was built to serve the Moor Allerton council estate. Part of the Moor Allerton and Shadwell parish and served by the Moor Allerton and Shadwell Team Ministry.[251] A cross outside the church commemorates a Franciscan Mission held at the church in September 1964.
UHC Synagogue
151 Shadwell Lane LS17 8DW
Orthodox Judaism
1986
Formerly the United Hebrew Congregation Leeds synagogue[252]
Parish legal name is St. Paul, Morley, Townend.[261] Known as "the church on the spoil heap", as the hill on which it stands is not a natural hill but the spoil heap of Morley Railway Tunnel.[262]
Image shows St James' church, which is now a multi-purpose community building including St James' and St Michael's church services. Part of the Benefice of Wortley and Farnley.
Architect F. L. Charlton. Early English style: brick facings over reinforced concrete arched trusses. Awarded the RIBA West Yorkshire Medal in 1936.[185] The altar and interior woodwork are by Robert Thompson, the 'Mouseman'.
Formerly Artamis Gifts, Carole's Dress Shop and Beech Hill Studios, became home to Beech Hill Church (the new name for Bethel Evangelical Church) in 2021. Listed building along with the property at 18 Beech Hill.[265]
Curtis House Business Centre, 4 Berking Avenue LS9 9LF
Part of the ‘Supernatural Global Network’ family of churches under the "spiritual covering" of Apostle Guillermo Maldonado and King Jesus International Ministry, Miami, USA.[280]
The church is part of the Leeds North and East Methodist Circuit (formerly Leeds East Circuit),[35] and is also used by God's International Deliverance Church (GIDC) for services conducted in Ghanaian
The church is part of the Leeds North and East Methodist Circuit and the Circuit Office is based there.[7] The church produces a monthly magazine called The Link.[286] Ecumenical partnerships are in place with St Edmunds and St Andrews.
Oakwood Church
Springwood Road LS8 2QA
Methodist and Church of England
1986
A Methodist-Anglican Partnership, joint with St John's Church of England Parish, in the Methodist church building (formerly Roundhay Methodist Church) since 1 December 2013.[287] Part of the Leeds North and East Methodist Circuit.[288]
Roundhay Parochial Hall
Fitzroy Drive LS8 4AB
Muslim and Evangelical
1928
Hosts worship by the Ahmadiyyah Muslim Association UK on Fridays and Roundhay Evangelical Church on Sundays.[289]
In ecumenical partnership with Lidgett Park Methodist Church.[286] Part of the Leeds Mission and Care Group (URC) and the Leeds Dementia Alliance.[291]
St Edmund's Church
Lidgett Park Road LS8 1JN
Church of England
II
1910
In ecumenical partnership with Lidgett Park Methodist Church.[286]
Used by Chapel Allerton Baptist Church (Chapel A) as its Sunday venue since 2017; previously the church met at Chapel Allerton Primary School. Chapel A is part of the Yorkshire Baptist Association and the Baptist Union of Great Britain.[294]
Scott Hall Church
9 Scott Hall Grove, LS7 3JH
Evangelical
1970s
Previously Scott Hall Christian Fellowship
Seacroft[]
Name
Image
Location
Denomination
Grade
Opened
Notes
Church of the Ascension
Ironwood Approach LS14 6EW
Forward in Faith
1961
It is still owned by the Church of England although they have vacated it as of January 2012 (reducing their number of churches on the estate from three to two). It is now used by Forward in Faith.
Our Lady of Good Counsel
Kentmere Avenue LS14 6QY
Roman Catholic
1954
Seacroft Congregational Church
134 Brooklands Avenue LS14 6RS
United Reformed
1951
Seacroft Congregational Church is on Brooklands Avenue and was built in 1951 along with the surrounding estate.
The church is part of the Leeds North and East Methodist Circuit, formerly Leeds East Circuit.[35] The new church was built as an extension to the 1874 building, which is now used by Chapel FM.[296] A community organisation, South Seacroft Friends and Neighbours shares the use of the premises.[297]
Since 2011 the church has been part of the parish of Blessed John Henry Newman.[126]
Swarcliffe Baptist Church
Mill Green Road, LS14 5JU
Baptist
1970s
On the corner of Mill Green Road and Mill Green Place. Part wooden and part brick. Also known as Swarcliffe Streams Baptist Church.[308] The church was established in 1957.[309]
The church is situated on Church Causeway outside of the village. It is of twelfth century origin, although most of the building dates from its restoration by George Edmund Street in 1871–72. Part of the Lower Wharfe Group of Parishes.[313]
St. Peter's, in the Parish of Lower Wharfe,[319] is part of the Benefice of Bramham in the Diocese of York. The church is believed to have been built in the year 1350.[320]
On the corner of Butcher Hill and Old Oak Drive; part of the parish of St Mary, Hawksworth Wood and served by the Abbeylands Team Ministry.[323] There are currently no services held at this church.[323]
West Park United Reformed Church
Spen Lane, LS16 5BB
United Reformed Church
1937
On the corner of Spen Lane and West Park Drive. Formerly West Park Congregational Church.[324]
Wetherby[]
Name
Image
Location
Denomination
Grade
Opened
Notes
Church on the Corner
Hallfield Estate
Church of England
1873
The Church on the Corner is a Church of England place of worship in the grounds of Wetherby Cemetery and built on land granted by the Burial Board.[325] It was originally a mortuary chapel. It is situated next to a near-identical chapel of rest.
Replaced earlier chapels on North Street (now demolished) and Victoria Street (now converted to commercial premises). The church is part of the Tadcaster Circuit.[327] It was refurbished in 2012.
Located at the base of Broadcast Tower, also known as "The Rusty Building", which is part of Leeds Beckett University. Replaced previous church building which closed in 2007. Twinned with First Baptist Church of Richardson, Texas.[330]
Cemetery Lodge
Off Clarendon Road on the University of Leeds campus
Muslim
II
The building contains a Muslim Prayer Room for the north side of the campus.
Replaced the former Carlton Hill Meeting House lower down Woodhouse Lane, which is now part of Leeds Metropolitan University
Claire Chapel
Emmanuel Centre, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane
Christian
While the building in which it is housed is a former church, it is not as a whole a place of worship. However a small chapel has been constructed making use of one of the stained glass windows.
Built as a Church of England Commissioners' Church in 1826, became redundant in 2005+. The church was used as the 'Parish Church of St Matthew' in The Beiderbecke Affair. Renovated and used for Gateway Church and functions including exams for the University of Leeds.
Greater World Sanctuary
14 Clarendon Road, LS2 9NN
Spiritualist
II
Grade II listed 19th century residence adapted for worship.
Part of an NHS building providing inpatient and outpatient care related to mental health. Open to all for prayer and reflection, but Christian symbols and Communion is held there, according to a notice.
University of Leeds Conference Auditorium
University of Leeds, Willow Terrace Road
Muslim
This facility of the University provides a Muslim Prayer Room for the south side of the campus
Woodlesford[]
Name
Image
Location
Denomination
Grade
Opened
Notes
All Saints' Church
Pottery Lane, Woodlesford
Church of England
II
1870
Due to flooding at St. John's Church, Oulton, Sunday morning worship has temporarily moved to All Saints Parish Hall in Woodlesford.[335]
The church is part of the Wharfedale and Aireborough Circuit [61]
Former places of worship[]
Aberford[]
Name
Image
Location
Denomination
Grade
Opened
Closure
Notes
Aberford Methodist Church
Main Street South, LS25 3DA
Methodist
1912
Replaced 1814 chapel. Sold in 2017 as a house
Gascoigne Almshouses
Bunker Hill, LS25 3DF
II
1845
1976
(Now Priory Park) The almshouses had a residents' chapel at the south end (left of picture).[343][344]
Lotherton Hall Chapel
Collier Lane, Aberford
1830
Twelfth century Norman chapel in the grounds of Lotherton Hall, which was in use until 1830 and renovated between 1913 and 1917, when it was used as part of a Voluntary Aid Detachment hospital.[345]
The Chapel of a reformatory school operated by the Leeds Society for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders. Later used as a lecture room and a gym. The school was founded in 1857 and the chapel was added to the south in 1882. Derelict from the 1990s. Grade II Listed Building.[347]
Alwoodley[]
Name
Image
Location
Denomination
Grade
Opened
Closure
Notes
St Barnabas's Church
The View, LS17 7NA
Church of England
1930s
1963
Now used as a church hall; a new church was built alongside (left of this picture).[348]
St Paul's Church
Buckstone Crescent, off King Lane
Roman Catholic
1953
1996
Now used as a church hall; a new church was built alongside (behind in this picture).
Armley[]
Name
Image
Location
Denomination
Grade
Opened
Closure
Notes
Branch Road Methodist Chapel 1877
Branch Road, LS12 3AQ
Methodist
1877
1905
The grey building on the left is the original, architect Thomas Howell. Replacement chapel to the right. The white addition is the entrance when it was converted to a cinema in 1910. Later a laundry, then a supermarket, currently unused.[185]
Part of the former Leeds Sixth Circuit of the Primitive Methodist Church[351] and one of the chapels used when the Primitive Methodist Conference came to Leeds in 1898.[350] Now in commercial use.
Architect Temple Moore. John Betjeman knew and admired the building. The porch, designed by George Pace, was added in the 1960s. Now home to an arts and creative space called Left Bank Leeds. The church previously occupied a temporary iron building built in 1898.[361]
Originally built in 1818 as a school, with the school master's house adjoining, it then became St Bartholomew's Church, listed as a "mission church",[362] and is now a private house (August 2015).[363]
According to Christopher Hill, "[Photographer] Keith Guyler’s notes simply say that Carlton Primitive Methodist chapel in Primitive Street was closed in the 1960s. At the time of the photograph in 1999 it was derelict, but on Google Street View in 2008 it has been impressively converted into a house. On the Leeds City Council Leodis website, however, it shows a 2005 picture of the building undergoing renovation. It is labelled as the Primitive Methodist Sunday School and says that the Primitive Methodist Chapel stood to the right of it and has since been demolished. It was built in 1867 on land donated by Mr. Horn of Fleet Mills."[364][365]Leeds City Council's Public Access for Planning site records that a "change of use involving alterations of former chapel to 5 bedroom dwelling house" was approved on 14 December 2004.[366]
Chapel Allerton[]
Name
Image
Location
Denomination
Grade
Opened
Closure
Notes
Chapel Allerton Methodist Church
Town Street, Chapel Allerton
Methodist
1878
1983
This church has been replaced by the 1983 Methodist Church also on Town Street. The former church now serves as a 'church centre'.
Blue Plaque reads: "Built soon after 1860 for residents of the affluent middle class suburb, in 1924 it became a Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue, and from 1952 to 1960 the Sinai Reform Synagogue. From 1961 to 1974, as the Jinnah Mosque, it was the first mosque in Leeds." It is now flats.
New Synagogue
98 Chapeltown Road LS7 4BH
Jewish
II
1929
1985
Byzantine style designed by J Stanley Wright of Albion Street, once the most popular synagogue in Leeds.[367] Now occupied by the Northern School of Contemporary Dance. On closure some of the fittings were removed to the new synagogue in Shadwell Lane, Leeds 17.[368]
Ramgarhia Board Gurdwara
138 Chapeltown Road LS7 4EE
Sikh
1980
1987
Built in 1966 as a social centre for the Ramgarhia community, it was registered as a place of worship in 1980. In 1987 transferred to larger premises at 8/10 Chapeltown Road.[369] Now used as a children's nursery.
Union Chapel
218a, Chapeltown Road, LS7
Various
II
1887
1999
Originally joint usage by Baptists and Congregationalists. Later let as synagogue then a Hindu temple. From 1960 to 1999 a Sikh temple. Interior destroyed by fire in 2003.[370]
In 1931 replaced earlier churches around the city from 1910. Was itself replaced by the Bridge Community Church, Burmantofts in 2016.[371]
Lady Lane Chapel
Lady Lane LS2
Methodist
II
1840
Wesleyan Methodist Association chapel, known as Templar House,[372] designed by James Simpson,[373] later a warehouse, later offices, listed in 1975, currently not in use.[374] As a chapel it reportedly "had space enough for 1,700 worshippers, along with provision for 400 children in a classroom beneath the building".[375] Signage refers to "British Road Services".
1903 Chapel, became a church in 1980 with some rebuilding. The Leeds Mission Circuit became part of the Leeds South and West Methodist Circuit in September 2015. The premises were shared with Oxford Place Centre, which As of January 2020 is being redeveloped as an ethical 70-room hotel with a restaurant and meeting rooms.[377] In May 2017, "the Church Council realised that attempting to maintain a worshipping community over the period of the re-development would be very difficult. The Council, therefore, decided that the church should close. On Sunday, 8th October 2017, the Church held its final services, celebrating 182 years of witness and worship in the centre of Leeds."[378] A prayer room called the Brunswick Prayer Chapel was retained for a while until the building closed.
The Salem Chapel opened in 1791, while the bow front was added in 1906. Leeds United Football Club was founded there in 1919. The chapel closed in 2001 and is now used as an office and conference facility.[379]
St John the Evangelist Church
New Briggate LS2 8JD
Church of England
I
1634
1975
The architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner refers to St. John's as 'the only church at Leeds of more than local interest'. It was designated redundant on 1 November 1975.
Viewed from Priesthorpe Road showing the Sunday School extension to the original church. Now a residential property. The congregation now worships in Farsley Community Church.[143]
Garforth[]
Name
Image
Location
Denomination
Grade
Opened
Closure
Notes
Dayspring Church
62C Main Street, LS25 1AA
Evangelical
Was open in 2008, but as of 2016 the premises are a beauty salon. The congregation now meets at Garforth library.
Primitive Methodist Chapel
5 Chapel Lane, Garforth, LS25 1AG
Primitive Methodist
1877
1932
Earlier chapel on this site from 1821. Amalgamated with Brunswick Chapel on Church Lane 1932 and building went to commercial use. Now a college.[384]
Harehills[]
Nam
Image
Location
Denomination
Grade
Opened
Closure
Notes
Ashley Road Methodist Church
Ashley Road
Methodist
1964
This building is located at the junction of Ashley Road and Ashley Mount. The earlier Ashley Road United Methodist Church was located next door, near the junction with Darfield Crescent.[385]
Congregational Church
Harehills Road and Harehills Place LS8 5LJ
Congregational
1901
1985
Originally Congregational, later United Reformed Church. Converted after closure into a community centre known as "The Harehills Place",[386] now a carpet showroom.
Headingley Lane, junction with Cumberland Road LS6 2EB
Congregational church, later United Reformed Church, later the City Church.
II
1864
Built by Cuthbert Brodrick.[389] Used as offices between 1978 and 1996.[390]
Moorfield House
11, Alma Road LS6 2PG
II
Built in 1855/56 as a house for William Glover Joy, owner of a Leeds chemical firm.[391] In 1936 the building became Moorfield House Missionary College. There is a Gothic Revival vaulted octagonal chapel within the building, which is now used as architects' offices.[392]
Holbeck[]
Name
Image
Location
Denomination
Grade
Opened
Closure
Notes
St Matthew's Church
Stocks Hill
Church of England
II
1830s
The building is now St. Matthew's Community Centre. The multi-site Mosaic Church [393] uses the building for a monthly meeting.[394] Much of the housing around it including the high rise flats (with the exception of one block) have been demolished.
Wesleyan Chapel
Czar Street LS11 9PR
Wesleyan
Around 1850
The former Wesleyan chapel building became Old Chapel Rehearsal Studios in 1992. The studios are operated by a Community Interest Company and part of Leeds Music Trust.[395] The original red brick chapel was built around 1850 and is not a listed building.[396]
Built in 1890 as a mission church sponsored by St. Chad's, Far Headingley to provide the people living in the Highbury/Meanwood part of St. Chad's parish with a place of worship nearer to their homes. Closed 2002, now in residential use.[397]
Built in 1811, replaced by the grander building on Green Lane. From 1883 to 1973 was Meanwood Laundry, then Acorn Glass Merchants, now in residential use.[398]
Middleton[]
Name
Image
Location
Denomination
Grade
Opened
Closure
Notes
Top of the Town Cottages
228 Town Street, LS10 3SH
Methodist
II
mid 18th century
c 1860
228 Town Street is one of a row of mid-eighteenth century cottages, and is "reputed to have been used as a Methodist meeting house until c1860".[399]
Middleton Methodist Chapel
Hopewell View LS10 3TE
Methodist
1896
2014
Replaced an 1860 chapel and Sunday School on the same site.[400] Now converted for residential use.[401]
Moortown[]
Name
Image
Location
Denomination
Grade
Opened
Closure
Notes
Moortown Methodist Chapel
8 Shadwell Lane LS17 6DR
Methodist
II
1850, rebuilt 1876
1932
Later used as a synagogue, then converted for business use, and has had several tenants. Currently a nursery.[402]
The Chapel was erected in 1895 and opened in 1896. Closed in the 1970s, now residential. The house next door to the chapel building is thought to have been used as the Chapel Keeper's dwelling.[404]
Founded as a school by Joseph Lancaster, a Quaker, in 1813. Monthly Church of England services were held there until April 2016.[407]
Otley[]
Name
Image
Location
Denomination
Grade
Opened
Closure
Notes
Bethel Church Hall
Myers Croft
Evangelical
2021
Home to Bethel Evangelical Church (now Beech Hill church) prior to their move, and before that it was home to a Brethren assembly and known as Bethany Chapel.
Craven Street Primitive Methodist Mission
Craven Street
Primitive Methodist
1901?
Early 1950s
Thought to have been built in 1901. Now a scout troop HQ with an adjoining community centre.[408]
Salvation Army worship and community halls
New Market, Otley
Salvation Army
2019
Pudsey[]
Name
Image
Location
Denomination
Grade
Opened
Closure
Notes
Pudsey Unitarian Church
Church Lane
Unitarian
1861
Founded in 1854, the church was built in 1861.[409] It was converted for residential use around 2012 and is now known as "Churchfield House".[410]
Trinity Methodist Church
Wesley Square
Methodist
II
c. 1899
Listed in 1980. Interior has a U-shaped gallery carried on cast-iron columns.[411] Now a nightclub.
Rawdon[]
Name
Image
Location
Denomination
Grade
Opened
Closure
Notes
Christian Science Church
Quakers Lane LS19 6HU
Christian Science
1949
?
Built 1912 as an Adult School: church from 1949[275] now a residence "Knotta Cottage".
Situated adjacent to Mount St Mary's School. Only basic structural repairs have been made to the building since its closure. It is in a state of relative dilapidation.
Roundhay[]
Name
Image
Location
Denomination
Grade
Opened
Closure
Notes
St John's Church
Wetherby Road
Church of England until 2008
II
1826
2008
The church opened in 1826 off Wetherby Road. The area is generally considered Oakwood these days but in 1826 was considered part of the village of Roundhay. The church is situated behind the almshouses; both were built at the expense of S. Nicholson. The church was closed by the Church of England in 2008, who then sold it to an evangelical denomination for a nominal £1, although they have never opened it. The church and churchyard are now in a state of dilapidation. An organisation called "the Friends of Roundhay St. John's Church" was founded in 2014 to work for the restoration and conservation of the church and two adjacent graveyards.[412]
Worship transferred to the church in 1892. Was Shadwell public library, but closed 2012 and re-opened as community-run Shadwell Independent Library, Arts Centre and Cafe.
Stanningley Methodist Church, later Church of the Holy Spirit
Leeds and Bradford Road
Methodist, later Roman Catholic
2010
There was originally a Primitive Methodist chapel in Richardshaw Lane.[416] The Catholic parish registers are now held at Christ the King Church, Bramley.[417]
Ashlar facade, hammer-dressed stone to sides and rear, Welsh blue-slate roof.[419]
Swarcliffe[]
Name
Image
Location
Denomination
Grade
Opened
Closure
Notes
St Luke's Church
Stanks Lane North, Swarcliffe
Church of England
1963
2012
Designed by M. J. Farmer to serve the council estate. Stone faced with slate roof.
Temple Newsam[]
Name
Image
Location
Denomination
Grade
Opened
Closure
Notes
Temple Newsam House Chapel
Colton Road LS15 0AE
Church of England
1
1877
1974
The Palladian library of 1738–45, built in the end of the Jacobean Long Gallery, was converted into a chapel in 1877 by G F Bodley, and reconverted in 1974.[420]
Thorner[]
Name
Image
Location
Denomination
Grade
Opened
Closure
Notes
Bishop's House (Eltofts)
Carr Lane LS14 3HF
Roman Catholic
II
Originally the dower house of the Earls of Mexborough, occupied later by the Roman Catholic Bishop of Leeds. The Bishop's private chapel was on the ground floor; lintels to the ground-floor windows were broken through to form long lights to provide lighting for the chapel.[421]
Thorner Methodist Church (1878-1985)
Carr Lane
Methodist
II
1878
1985
Built 1876-78 by C. E. Danby (Leeds),[422] and now converted into flats. There was previously a Methodist chapel in Main Street, Thorner, founded in 1754.[423]
Now known as "The Old Chapel" and converted to residential use.[426]
Wetherby[]
Name
Image
Location
Denomination
Grade
Opened
Closure
Notes
Calvinist Chapel, Victoria Street
Victoria Street, Wetherby
Calvinist
1817
c. 1835
The former Calvinist chapel closed along with the Methodist chapel on North Street after mergers within the Methodist church brought about the building of a new church on Bank Street. While the North Street chapel has since been demolished and is now a car park, the Victoria Street chapel survived. It is currently in use as a hairdressers.
Christian Army Meeting House
Bank Street, Wetherby
Independent
unknown
unknown
The premises are now used for commercial purposes.
Whinmoor[]
Name
Image
Location
Denomination
Grade
Opened
Closure
Notes
St. Margaret Clitheroe's Chapel of Ease
Catholic
1981
2006
Former chapel of ease served by St. Gregory's Church, Swarcliffe [427]
Leeds Meeting purchased Carlton House and part of an estate in Woodhouse Lane from John Jowitt in 1864. The house was demolished, and new premises were built on the site, including the meeting room and school rooms, committee rooms and a caretaker's house. After the Society moved to new premises further north on Woodhouse Lane, the building was used as [Old] Broadcasting House, headquarters of BBC Yorkshire, and it is now part of Leeds Beckett University.[429]
Emmanuel Church
Woodhouse Lane
Church of England
II
1880
Now the Emmanuel Centre, a building of the University of Leeds, close to the Parkinson Building.
Leeds Grammar School Chapel
Moorlands Road LS2 9JT
Church of England
II
1868
1997
First listed August 1976.[430] Now part of the Leeds University Business School
New Jerusalem Church
Willow Terrace Road
Swedenborgian Church
1885
Now used as a store by the University of Leeds
Trinity St David's Congregational Chapel
Woodhouse Lane
Congregationalist
II
1898
The Trinity St. David's Church was converted into a nightclub, Halo and a bar, The Quilted Llama, which opened in 2005. Both closed in May 2014.[431] The building is currently unused.
Yeadon[]
Name
Image
Location
Denomination
Grade
Opened
Closure
Notes
Yeadon Primitive Methodist Chapel
Devonshire Place (Town Square) LS19 7PP
Primitive Methodist
1875
Also known as Yeadon Central Primitive Methodist Chapel;[432] now used as offices.[433]
Demolished places of worship[]
Adel[]
Remains of Roman tombstones and altars have been found near Adel Mill along Roman road 72b,[434] which ran from Ilkley to Tadcaster. An altar dedicated to Brigantia and a stone slab with an inscription surrounding a phallus are both preserved in Adel parish church.[435]
Alwoodley[]
Name
Site now
Location
Denomination
Opened
Demolished
Notes
Alwoodley Crags
Off Stairfoot Lane, LS17
Ancient Celtic religion
Reputedly a site of pagan worship.[436] A rock-carved human figure, 570 metres (1,870 ft) south of King Lane Farm, has been identified as a Celtic warrior god, Cocidius.[437]
Alwoodley Gates Methodist Chapel
Wigton Lane LS17 8SA
Methodist
Formerly a Wesleyan chapel.[438]West Yorkshire Archive Service holds papers dating from 1846 to 1972.[439]
Armley[]
Name
Site now
Location
Denomination
Opened
Demolished
Notes
Armley Chapel, later St Bartholomew's Church
In the grounds of the present St Bartholomew's Church
Church of England
1630
1909
Armley Chapel constructed 1630, consecrated 1674, enlarged to St Bartholomew's Church 1834
St Dunstan's District Church
Parliament Terrace
Church of England
1898
After 1964
St Bartholomew's Mission Hall from 1898, St Dunstan's District Church from 1909, closed 1957.[440] St Bartholomew's, St Dunstan's and St Hugh's formed a single parish.[441] Parliament Terrace no longer exists but Parliament Road and Parliament Place still form part of the housing estate off Ley Lane which now occupies the area.
The priory was home to a community of nuns of the CluniacBenedictineorder established through a grant by Peter de Arthington. The site of the priory church is possibly now occupied by a farmhouse called The Nunnery.[442]
Beeston[]
There was a chapel in Beeston with an anchorite cell attached, built before 1257.[443]
Belle Isle[]
Name
Site now
Location
Denomination
Opened
Demolished
Notes
Belle Isle Congregational Church
Nesfield Road, LS10 3LG
Congregational
1952
2010
Opened 4 October 1952 by the Belle Isle Fellowship of the Leeds Congregational Council. A wooden hut had been used by the congregation from 1949 to 1952.[444] Replaced in 2010-11 by United Reformed Church in South Leeds.
Bramhope[]
The original Methodist chapel in Bramhope was built in 1837, near to the site of the current church, which replaced it in 1896.[445]
Bramley[]
Name
Site now
Location
Denomination
Opened
Demolished
Notes
Sandford Methodist Church
Broad Lane, Sandford, Bramley LS13 2RU
Methodist
2017
Closed 2007: picture is prior to demolition.
Burley[]
Name
Site now
Location
Denomination
Opened
Demolished
Notes
Catholic Mass Centre, later Sacred Heart Church
The corner of Poplar Street and Burley Road
Roman Catholic
1890
A cottage on the corner of Poplar Street and Burley Road was used as a Roman Catholic mass centre for the Burley area from 1890 onwards. Later the Jesuits took it over and built a church on the site of the cottage, which became the original Sacred Heart Church serving the Burley area.[446]
Export Mission Church, later Christadelphian Meeting Room
Makkah Jamia Masjid Mosque
The corner of Brudenell Road and Thornville Road
Methodist
1890s
1997
Constructed by the Walmsley brothers from sections imported from the USA. From 1924 to 1988 used by Christadelphians.[447]
The church was designed by John Dobson and consecrated on 9 November 1854. It had an octagonal turret and a spire containing 2 bells. The ecclesiastical parish of St. Stephen's had been formed in 1851 out of St. Peter's parish, and became part of the parish of St. Agnes when the church closed.[460] The west window stained glass in St Agnes' church was originally in St Stephen's.[461]
York Road Baptist Church
Ebor Gardens Estate
York Road, between the junctions of Halton Place and Ainsty Road
Designed by W.H. Harris of Leeds.[463] Demolished for housing estate. A replacement church located on Haslewood Drive closed in 1986.[464]
Buslingthorpe[]
The Church of St Michael was built in 1852–1854 on Buslingthorpe Lane and demolished in the late 1950s or early 1960s. The architect was O. W. Burleigh, of Leeds.[465] The church was located at the western (Woodhouse Carr) end of Buslingthorpe Lane.[466]
Chapel Allerton[]
Name
Site now
Location
Denomination
Opened
Demolished
Notes
Capella de Alreton
Catholic
Referred to in a land grant of around 1240, possibly established by the monks of Kirkstall Abbey for the use of their lay brothers working at the grange or small farm (the present site of the Allerton Grange estate), or possibly a manorial chapel.[467]
Congregation moved from the Leylands to Spencer Hall, which was then demolished and a purpose-built synagogue constructed. This was in turn demolished for a mosque, now the Leeds Islamic Centre.[98]
City Centre[]
Name
Site now
Location
Denomination
Opened
Demolished
Notes
Albion Chapel
Albion Walk, off Albion Street
Various
1793
1889
Foundation stone of Albion Zion Chapel laid 1793, chapel opened 1794. Became an Anglican chapel in 1796 and consecrated as St. James' Chapel, 30 September 1801. Became a Scottish Presbyterian Chapel, 2 January 1802. In February 1837 it became a Congregational chapel and in July 1840 it became the New Connexion General Baptist Chapel. Rev. Jabez Tunnicliff was minister from 1842. From 1847 to 1883 it was a Swedenborgian chapel. Then for six years it served as a wool warehouse and later storage for the Leeds Mutual Supply Company, until the building burned down on 12 July 1889. A graveyard was discovered in 1973.[468] The site is now Pinnacle, formerly West Riding House.[469]
Call Lane Chapel
Metro Bus Stand K5 and open space
Call Lane LS1
Independent or Arian
Marked on an 1847 Ordnance Survey map with the word "Arian".[470] It is not marked on an 1890 OS map.[471] Baptismal records covering the years 1695-1778 are held by the National Archives.[472]
Ebenezer Methodist New Connexion Chapel
Victoria Quarter
Harewood Street LS2 7JA
Methodist New Connexion
Alexander Kilham preached here. The chapel burialyard was ordered closed to further burials by a motion passed at Leeds Town Council in June 1848.[473]
The chapel of Harrison's Almshouses, built by John Harrison in the churchyard of St John the Evangelist, was converted for use as the Leeds Charity School in 1726. The Charity School rebuilt the premises in or around 1815 before moving to Regent Street in Chapel Allerton in the 1890s.[475] A blue plaque mentions the chapel.
St Anne's former cathedral
The Headrow
Roman Catholic
1838
1904
St. Anne's church originally stood at the junction of Guildford Street (the present Headrow) and Cookridge Street. It became a cathedral in 1878 when the Diocese of Leeds was established. The site was purchased by Leeds Corporation in order to widen The Headrow.[457]
Built to provide a place of worship for the residents of the Park Estate.[476][477] Described as "a plain but neat edifice of brick, with stone quoins and dressings".[478] The ground was given by Christopher Wilson, Bishop of Bristol, who was educated at Leeds Grammar School and laid the first stone on 20 September 1791.[478]
Clifford[]
Name
Site now
Location
Denomination
Opened
Demolished
Notes
Wesleyan Church
Chapel Lane LS23 6HU
Methodist
Before 1838
Before 1845
An early trade directory of 1838 identifies a Wesleyan Chapel and it is believed this was on the site of the present tower of St Edward's Church.[108]
Cross Gates[]
Name
Site now
Location
Denomination
Opened
Demolished
Notes
Cross Gates Wesleyan Church
Austhorpe Road LS15 8QR
Wesleyan
1882
1893
Opened on 6 December 1882; the building cost £836. 15. 7d and was dedicated by Revd. Marshall Randles, later President of the Methodist Conference, who also preached at the opening ceremony. Replaced by the current Methodist church on adjacent land in 1893.[123]
Eccup[]
Kelly's Directory of the West Riding of Yorkshire (1881) refers to a Methodist (Wesleyan) chapel in Eccup.[479][480]
Farsley[]
Mediaeval Wadlands Hall, Priesthorpe Road, now the location of Wadlands Farm and Wadlands Cottage,[481] had its own private chapel and chaplain. The field "Chapel Ing" commemorates this chapel, and it is possible that the name "Priesthorpe" is so called from the priest at the hall.[482]
Guiseley[]
Leeds City Council's Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Plan for Guiseley notes that "a number of fragments from a 9th century Anglo-Saxon cross were discovered reused in the north wall of St Oswald’s Church. The remains of the cross and the dedication to an early saint may be evidence of a preconquest church at Guiseley."[483]
The church was a chapel of ease served by St Theresa's Church, Cross Gates, now a children's nursery.[485]
Harehills[]
Name
Site now
Location
Denomination
Opened
Demolished
Notes
Ashley Road United Methodist Church
Ashley Road, Harehills, at the junction with Darfield Crescent
United Methodist Church
1906
The church was used as a furniture warehouse after the church members had moved to the new Ashley Road Methodist Church next door (now closed).[486] The architect was H. Ascough Chapman.[487]
Harewood[]
Name
Site now
Location
Denomination
Opened
Demolished
Notes
All Saints Church
Predecessor to the present-day church. The original church, founded in 1116, was completely re-built in the 15th century by the descendants of Sir William de Aldeburgh (the builder of Harewood Castle). Its founder was William de Curcy, son-in-law of Robert de Romelli, the Norman Baron to whom the manor of Harewood was given by William the Conqueror after the Battle of Hastings.[488]
These two churches, St John's Church and St Barnabas' Church, were demolished and replaced in 1938 by St John and St Barnabas Church in Belle Isle.[49]
St John's Church
Church of England
Around 1938
These two churches, St John's Church and St Barnabas' Church, were demolished and replaced in 1938 by St John and St Barnabas Church in Belle Isle.[49]
Horsforth[]
Name
Site now
Location
Denomination
Opened
Demolished
Notes
The Grove Methodist Chapel
New Street
Methodist
11 May 1796
The predecessor of the present Grove Methodist Church, located in New Street opposite the present church.[490]
Meadow Lane, south of the junction with Great Wilson Street
Church of England
1826
1972
Constructed between 1823 and 1826 of stone]]. This was the first of the Million Churches built in Leeds, named after the special Government grant of £1,000,000 which was used to build over 600 churches across the country. Designed by R. D. Chantrell. The church was built in the decorated style with a square tower and pinnacles along each side.[491][492]
St. Jude's Church
Leeds City College
On the corner of Leathley Road and Hunslet Road
Church of England
The final service was held in 1950, the church was deconsecrated in 1954 and in 1955 the Alf Cooke Printworks acquired the site. A window from the church was preserved in the factory building,[493] was moved for a time to St. Mary the Virgin Church in Hunslet, and has been installed in the Leeds City College board room since October 2017. The church also maintained a mission room about 500 yards away on Cross Myrtle Street.[494]
Baptism and marriage registers, minutes, accounts, pew sittings and other papers dating from 1838 to 1934 are held by West Yorkshire Archive Service.[499]
Back Nile Street Synagogue (Beth Hamedrash Hagodel Synagogue)
North Street and Back Nile Street (now Nile Street).[501]
Jewish
1908
Back Nile Street had a new synagogue built in early 1908 to replace the previous one on Hope Street, which was demolished as part of the "Hope Street Improvement Programme".[502]
St Luke's Church
Northgate House (Henton's Chartered Accountants)
On the corner of Skinner Lane and North Street.
Church of England
1841
Designed by architects William Perkin and Elisha Backhouse.[503]
St Thomas' Church
Melbourne Street, east of St. Thomas Row
Church of England
1851
Built in 1850/1 at a cost of £7,000. It was paid for by M. J. Rhodes. The designer was W Butterfield, the exterior of the building was contrasting black and red brick, it stood on a 36-acre site.[504]
The church was demolished in 2007. The picture is of the site prior to demolition.
Merrion Centre[]
Name
Site now
Location
Denomination
Opened
Demolished
Notes
First Leeds Synagogue
Back Rockingham Street
Jewish
1846
1963
A Civic Trust plaque on the side of a staircase in the Merrion Centre marks the site.[506]
New Briggate Synagogue
Merrion Street
Jewish
1927
This was the second largest synagogue in Leeds during the early part of the 20th century. The site is now a mock Tudor building in New Briggate/Merrion Street.[506]
Newsam Green[]
Archaeologists believe that there may have been a chapel at the Temple Newsam Preceptory, south east of Temple Newsam House, a few yards to the south-east of junction 45 of the M1 motorway. Excavations in 1903 found human remains, stone coffins and a possible chapel,[507] but a rescue dig in 1989-1991 failed to find the chapel, which was surmised to be under an industrial spoil heap to the south.[508] The Gatehouse Gazetteer refers to "the area immediately north of the chapel", which had been disturbed by animal burials before the 1989-1991 excavation.
Otley[]
Name
Site now
Location
Denomination
Opened
Demolished
Notes
Archbishops' Palace
Manor Square LS21 3HU
Roman Catholic
The Archbishops of York had an episcopal palace at Otley which was occupied from medieval times until 1606. Ruined at the time of the English Civil War. Excavations by the Otley Archaeological and Historical Society have found chapel buildings dating from three periods: a Saxon/Norman building, an early 13th century chapel of two storeys with a vaulted undercroft, and a later single-storey building.
Leeds City Council notes that there may have been another chapel on the current site of St. Wilfrid's Church in the 17th century, or alternatively it may have been located at a site immediately to the west of Manor House and the current Church. The Pool tithe award map of 1850 indicates the field name ‘Chapel Garth’ at this location.[509]
The Old Boggart House was demolished following the opening of the adjacent St Peter's Chapel in 1834. The site is marked by a blue plaque originally located on the steps leading up to the Playhouse and relocated to the side of the building in 2019.
Quarry Hill Ebenezer Primitive Methodist chapel
Chapel Street
Primitive Methodist
1822
Originally called "Chapel Street Chapel", later "Quarry Hill Chapel".[511] New frontage was added in 1846 and the chapel was enlarged in 1874. It closed in 1933.[512]
A Commissioners' Church, architect Thomas Taylor.[514] Located on the top of the hill, looking over New York Road towards the city centre, and known both as "St. Mary's Mabgate" and "St. Mary's Quarry Hill".[515] The site is now a Diocesan Office. The Sunday school remains, as does the burial ground, a green area sloping down to Mabgate.
Early English style with seating for 250, often known as "The Ladywood".[521]
The first post-Reformation Catholic church in Leeds was the Roundhay Mission.[522]
Rothwell[]
Name
Site now
Location
Denomination
Opened
Demolished
Notes
Rothwell Primitive Methodist Chapel
Leeds City College
Marsh Street LS26 0AE
Primitive Methodist
There were two Primitive Methodist chapels in Rothwell.[523] The site in Marsh Street was formerly Joseph Priestley College[524] and is now Leeds City College's Rothwell Centre.[525]
St. George's Hospital Chapel
Private housing
Wood Lane LS26 0RW
The chapel closed in 1990 or 1991 with the rest of the hospital site [526] and was subsequently demolished for the construction of a housing estate.[527]
Scarcroft[]
A Roman altar has been identified near Milner Beck in Scarcroft.[528]
The Leeds, Stourton and Thwaitegate War Memorial, erected by the Stourton St Andrews War Memorial Committee, originally stood at the church.[530]
Swillington[]
The Doomsday Book states that 'a church is there', but no record of that building now remains.[310]
Thorpe Park[]
Northern Archaeological Associates make reference to an altar of Iron Age or Roman origin at Grim's Ditch, part of an archaeological site investigated as part of the Thorpe Park commercial development.[531]
The church closed after mergers within the Methodist church, closing this and the Calvinist Chapel on Victoria Street (now a hairdressers). The Bank Street church effectively replaced them. The site is now a car park.
Woodhouse[]
Name
Site now
Location
Denomination
Opened
Demolished
Notes
Camp Road Baptist Chapel
Housing off Grosvenor Hill
Camp Road, facing onto Grosvenor Hill
Baptist
1874
After 1966
The chapel was in use as a warehouse from the 1940s until at least 1967.[532]
At the junction of Servia Road and Cambridge Road [535][536]
After 1967
Designed by Chorley and Cannon, built in 1881 at a cost of £4000. There was seating for 450, with a schoolroom for 700 children. It fell into disuse as a church and became a furniture store for Leeds City Council's Education Department. Demolished some time after 1967.[535]
Nether Green Chapel
At the corner of the former Royston Place and Coldcall Terrace, Nether Green
A small (30 seat) [538] mission church supported by Headingley Congregational Church.[539] Registers, minutes and papers are held by West Yorkshire Archive Service.[540]
^"Armley Jail, chapel". www.leodis.net. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 3 December 2018. View of a chapel in Armley Jail in Stanningley Road. This place was where the condemned prisoner would go to pray.
^HM Chief Inspector of Prisons (2018). "Report on an unannounced inspection of HMP Leeds"(PDF). www.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk. Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons. Retrieved 3 December 2018. Services took place in the single multi-faith area, formerly the prison chapel,
^ Jump up to: ab"Leeds-West Christadelphians". thechristadelphians.co.uk. West Yorkshire Christadelphians. Retrieved 3 December 2018. The congregation has been meeting in the current premises since 1970.
^ Jump up to: abBatty (ed), Andrew (2000). East Keswick Millennium Book(PDF). East Keswick: East Keswick Millennium Group. pp. 81–2. ISBN0-9538815-0-4.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
^Yorkshire 203 Map surveyed in 1847 and published in 1851, reproduced in WSP, for Leeds City Council, Alwoodley Gates Park and Ride: Historic Environment Desk-Based Assessment, March 2019, p. 15
^Leeds City Council Department of Planning and Environment / Bramhope Village Design Statement Group, Bramhope Village Design Statement, accessed 8 January 2018
^Braithwaite, W., Discovery of Ancient Foundations and Human Remains at Temple Newsam. Publications of the Thoresby Society, Vol XV, Miscellania, 1909, pp 174-182
^ Jump up to: abcdWorthington, Barbara (2001). "Some notes about the history of Roundhay Methodist Church". Oak Leaves. Vol. Autumn 2001 no. 2. Leeds: Oakwood and District Historical Society. pp. 13–14.
^Reproduced by Sub Surface North East Ltd in Leeds City Council Planning Application 11/05195/FU - Erection of two part 6 storey and part 7 storey blocks of 72 student cluster flats (300 bedrooms) with landscaping and car parking - Servia Road Leeds LS7 1NJ, Desk Top Study Part Seven, page 23, accessed from Public Access for Planning, on 17 September 2020
^Marked as a Congregational Church on a 1949 National Grid map reproduced by Sub Surface North East Ltd in Leeds City Council Planning Application 11/05195/FU - Erection of two part 6 storey and part 7 storey blocks of 72 student cluster flats (300 bedrooms) with landscaping and car parking - Servia Road Leeds LS7 1NJ, Desk Top Study Part Seven, page 23, accessed from Public Access for Planning, on 17 September 2020
