Located on the corner of Richmond Grove and Stockport Road, this church opened its doors in 1870. It operated until 1960-61 and was demolished as part of the redevelopment project of the 60s.

The picture below on the left is a clip from a photograph taken across Stockport Road from the old Longsight Police Station yard. The church can be seen in the background on the right. It would appear that the decoration on the peak of the roof above the front door changed over time.

This picture taken in or before 1910 shows the Weslyan Methodist Chapel on the right. For all the years that I knew this church, it was sandwiched between a used car lot and the Daisy Mill on Stockport Road just north of Richmond Grove. As you can see in this picture, there is no Daisy Mill so clearly the photograph pre-dates it.

[Image shown with the permission of Grahan Todd]

This church sat in that promontory of land between Birch Lane and Plymouth Grove . It dates back to the 1880s and for a while was associated with the Rev. William Gaskell, father of the author Elizabeth Gaskell who was a famous writer and a friend to the Bronte's. When I knew this church as a child, it had already closed as a religious institution and was, as shown in the photograph opposite, a garage for the BBC.

[Photograph generously donated by Janice Strong]

The Ivy Congregational Chapel opened its doors in 1853. In its heyday it was Longsight's most fashionable church but declining congregations led to its closure in 1933.

The building found a new home as an amusement center but did not survive the redevelopment scheme of the 1960s.