Class collections and records date from 1786 and Chapel accounts from 1796.
The class records include details of sums received and paid quarterly and even £0.14.6., for dinner at J. Goldthorpes when Quarterday was held at Shelley on 24th March, 1788
The first quarterage payment was £4.10.0.
From this record we learn that classes were originally held in Shelley, Shepley, Copley lain (probably Brookhouse), Cumberworth, Highburton, Steadbrook (location unknown), and Skelmanthorpe. [Dykeside, (Denby Dale),Kirkburton and Stocksmoor appear later].
Day-to-day running expenses and receipts for the Chapel have been recorded since 1796.
The original book is headed
‘Geo. Armitage accounts for money collected and lade out in and for Shely Chapel 1796 May 23rd Money remanes in hand £5.14.11.’
Shelley Methodist Church
From the Archives - Accounts and Finances
