COTTINGLEY TOWN HALL CHURCH
AND COMMUNITY CENTRE






Cottingley Sunday School - Whitsuntide 1906 - Photo courtesy John Snowden

Class of 1921 at Cottingley Town Hall School>

Miss Bertha Jackson, Jack Firth, Frank Goode, Harry Ives, Harry Hopwood, Tom Hope, Alf Fearnside, Malcolm Robinson
Middle Row - Maurice Abberton, Nancy Greenwood, Eric Frear, Dorothy Fielding, Emma Greenwood, Renee Whitley, Phyllis Whittingham, Wilf Craven, Billy Rawnsley
Front - Peggy Whittingham, Freddie Marsh, Mary Rawnsley, Jack Leahy, Alice Haigh, Audrey Bentley
Other Cottingley Town Hall School Classes

I wonder if they were told not to smile





Photo courtesy John Snowden


Photo courtesy John Snowden



Town Hall Congregation in the 1930's





Outside Town Hall June 1950

Christmas Party at Town Hall
Christmas party

Play at Town Hall

Production at Town Hall
Late 1940's


Cottingley Town Hall Women's Guild's Centenary Tea 8th May 2004

The Rev. John Maylard


The Rev John Maylard 1816 to 1896


Pages about his stay at Cottingley from his autobiography

A poem he wrote in 1859

'Tis sweet to think of Jesus,
When fears oppress the soul;
He'll calm the raging tempest,
The fiercest winds control.

'Tis sweet to rest on Jesus,
In peaceful calm repose;
When wealth and friends forsake us
And multiply our foes.

'Tis sweet to trust in Jesus,
when guilt, and sin, and shame
Destroy the heart's false refuge,
There's pardon in his name.

'Tis sweet to live with Jesus,
In any state or place;
There's safety in His presence,
There's comfort in His grace.

'Tis sweet to work for Jesus,
His easy yoke to bear;
Who labour in His vineyard,
The Father's smile shall share.

'Tis sweet to wait on Jesus,
In all the means of grace;
To worship Him in spirit,
Until we see His face.

'Tis right to follow Jesus,
Where'er He leads to go;
He conquered when He suffered,
And we shall conquer too.

'Tis safe to die in Jesus,
When death has lost its sting;
Death is the gate to glory,
Where deathless spirits sing.

At last to reign with Jesus,
In realms of light and peace;
Around the throne in concert,
Our songs shall never cease.

Extract from his Obituary

He was as often in great request for special services during the nineteen years he resided at Cottingley. After a long day's work, well and faithfully done, he fell asleep in Jesus August 11th, 1896, in the 80th year of his age. The funeral service was held in the Hill-street chapel, Bingley, in which the Revs. A. McKechinie, G.H. Beeley, and W. Thoseby took part. On the following Sunday the Rev. M. Knowlson improved his death to a large congregation in the Cottingley Town Hall from the text, 'For me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.'_
W. Thoseby

Rev. John Maylard's grave at Bingley records

"Affectionate Remembrance
The Rev. John Maylard
of Cottingley
who departed this life Aug 11th 1896
In his 80th Year
Trim your lamps and be ready for the midnight cry.
Also Eliza Jane his daughter
who departed this life Feb 16th 1889
Aged 25 years
She has gone to be with Jesus

I am indebted to his descendants Rob and Sue for information about the Rev. Maylard



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