The foundation stone of Staincross Methodist Church

It's good of you to drop by . . . .

The place is called "Staincross", which means "stone cross". Centuries ago, a stone cross stood as a landmark and gave it's name to the village, which lies about 3 miles to the north of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England. The stone cross disappeared for centuries until a new one was built into the front wall of Staincross Methodist Church.

With continued property development the village has grown and now joins seamlessly with the neighbouring community of Mapplewell (the maple tree next to the well). The Methodist church in Mapplewell and Staincross united some years ago and moved to the Primitive Methodist building on Greenside in Staincross.
On 1st December 2001 the New Staincross Methodist Church building officially opened. Just to confuse you - It's in Mapplewell (about 200 yards from the old chapel) But hey! "The World Is My Parish" so who cares about borders!

The inscription at the front of the building tells all who enter that Jesus Christ is the foundation of the Church. We'd like you to come along to visit us sometime when you're sure to get a warm welcome. We also get out and about in the community living the faith in our whole lives and we have loads of activities for everyone so there's something happening every day of the week.

We update this website several times each week as events unfold so keep surfing in.
Anyway, we're glad you surfed by.

Be blessed by our wonderful God

Click on the picture of the front of the church to get inside.

The Stone Cross In 1761 John Wesley stayed overnight in the village after preaching to a large gathering of people. Consequently house-meetings were held and in 1800 the first Methodist church was built. Over the years further churches have been built and closed, mainly due to age or damage by mining subsidence. The two remaining Methodist churches of the village united. in the 1990s. The buildings were inadequate to meet the needs of what is a 'seven days a week' church so the current Church was built in 2001.

The village suffered great social deprivation in 1985-86 with the closure of two large collieries; North Gawber in the centre of the village, and Woolley, one mile to the west. The new church is virtually rising out of the ashes of the mining industry and was built on the site of the demolished Miners Welfare Hall.