Slack Chapel

A General Baptist Church founded in 1807 by 40 members of Birchcliffe. Until the chapel was completed, the congregation met for a year in the disused Stone Slack building. In the mid 19th century, it had over 500 members and founded several rural causes, including Blake Dean. It closed in 1973 and its purchase by a Baptist minister prevented it becoming a centre for witchcraft. It is now used by an independent congregation and the graveyard is administered by the Yorkshire Baptist Association. This graveyard is situated almost opposite Robertshaw Farm, and contains hundreds of graves, stretching down the hill-side.

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