Lockwood Baptist Church
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Records relating to this church can be found at WYAS: Kirklees under reference numbers NB/L, KC1067, KC0167.2, WYK1108, WYK1141.
Meetings for Baptist worship were established in 1790 from Salendine Nook using a barn near Bridge Street, owned by Benjamin Ingham, a mill owner who was a member of Salendine Nook Church.
In 1792 a chapel was built in Lockwood Road and was paid for entirely by Benjamin Ingham. The congregation was established in 1795.
In 1817 a Baptistery was added to the chapel (prior to this the congregation used the River Holme for baptisms) and in 1821 a Sunday School was built partly in front of the chapel.
In 1848 a new Sunday School was built in Hanson Lane and the one next to the chapel was demolished in 1849. The chapel was also rebuilt between 1849-1851 and the Sunday School was enlarged in 1864.
By 1869 the chapel was being enlarged and a new Sunday School was built behind it. Chapel vestries and a new sewing room were built over them in 1887.
The Sunday School in Hanson Lane was sold to the WMCA in 1947; it later became the British Legion Headquarters.
In the late 1980s the chapel and Sunday School were refurbished and reopened in 1988.
The church is still in existence in 2009.