About Us
All are welcome to come and worship with us at Altofts Methodist Church.
Our Church is part of the Pontefract and Normanton Circuit in the Leeds District (16/19) of the Methodist Church. There are 13 chapels in our circuit. All are welcome to join with us in worship and we hope that these pages will encourage you to join in worshipping God with us or wherever you may be. For details of our services click here. As well as regular Sunday worship there are a number of groups that meet on our premises during the week, click here to find out more.
History
In 1809 a little group of Methodists worshipped in a small
meeting place believed to be the granary at Greystones, just across
the road from the existing site of Altofts Methodist Church.
In 1833 they built Upper Altofts Wesleyan Chapel. It was enlarged
and renovated in 1865 and refurbished after a fire in 1886. In 1929
a Sunday School was built.
When the Yorkshire - Lancashire Railway came through Altofts in
1840, followed by the establishment of the coal mines in 1851, the
population of the village increased. In 1871 Lock Lane Primitive
Methodist Chapel was built.
Methodists in Lower Altofts worshipped in a wooden building erected
in 1875, and in 1892 built Lower Altofts Wesleyan Chapel.
In 1989 the three Chapels joined in Christian unity and together
they built...
Altofts Methodist Church
Opened Easter Eve, April 14th 1990.