LDS chapel, Neville Street, Oldham

There was no graveyard.

This was the purpose-built chapel where the Oldham branch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints met from 1908 until 1958. Over the years the Oldham branch would include members in Oldham, Rochdale, and later Ashton and Hyde.

• There were large pictures on the wall inside the chapel. One was of the prophet David O. McKay wearing white clothing; another was the prophet Joseph Smith.

• There was no font so baptisms took place at the swimming pool or Wythenshawe chapel

• The chapel had wooden floors and wooden seats, so every little noise echoed.

• The classrooms at the back of the stage were very small and could be very cold; there was an old electric bar fire for heat, that didn’t work properly.

• There was a mat well at the front door as you entered the building. Non members would say it was a trap door that people would fall into and be shipped to America.

It was located at SD9133505316 (Lat/Lon 53.544407, -2.132238). You can see this on maps provided by:

• OpenStreetMap
• Google Maps
• StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
• Bing (was Multimap)
• Old Maps Online
• National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
• Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
• English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
• Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
• GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)