Mount Zion Chapel
Welcome to the
website of Hawes Junction (Mount Zion) Chapel. Regular
services are no longer held, but the "Friends of Hawes
Junction Chapel" are committed to keeping the
building open for special events and for community use.
We are
delighted that our new extension is now almost completed and
paid for, and we thank all who have contributed to
the work. The extension has won an award from the Yorkshire Dales
National Park (details to follow). We still need funds to
maintain the building in
good
condition, and we have arranged a programme of events for 2010.
Our next big event is our Harvest Supper on September 25th when we welcome "Living Purpose"
at 7:30 p.m. This will be followed by a supper and sale.
On September 26th we have a Primitive Methodist service led by Mr Peter Murcott from the
Isle of Man. This will be followed by a buffet lunch.
Pictures of the walk at Kilnmire, Ravenstonedale on Saturday, June 19th >>>>>>>
Here are some pictures of the railway service:
Please click here for other
events: >>>>>>
It
is still possible to buy a stone. Please e-mail David@Garsdale.info
for details.
Pictures of the work on the extension are on the following page:
>>>>>>
Click here>>>>
for a brief history of the chapel.
Pictures
of the opening are here
>>>>>
Mount
Zion Chapel was built in 1876, the same
year in which the Midland Railway Company opened the famous Settle to
Carlisle
railway, in fact Reuben Alton laid the foundation stone on the very
day of the first passenger train on the new line.
From the
chapel windows can be seen Garsdale
(formerly Hawes Junction)
station, and the "Dandrymire" viaduct. For more than a
hundred
years, a regular congregation met weekly in the chapel, and there was a
thriving "Sunday-School".
There
is no longer a Methodist Society here, and the
chapel would have closed, but a group of friends who are interested in
the
history of the chapel decided to keep it open for occasional special
events. We are delighted at the support which we have
received from so
many people, including many who have had links with the chapel in the
past. Their generosity has paid for this extension.
