Who We Are

From 2001 the Archive has been run by a small group of people interested in finding out more about Methley, its history, its people, and its buildings.

New Volunteers Wanted

Methley Archive are looking for new volunteers, what ever you can do is helpful. Simply call into the Community Centre on Main Street.

Friends of Methley Archive

Would you like to be a friend of the Methley Archive? We are looking for people who are willing to be a friend of the Archive and subscribe £5 a year to its upkeep…

Methley archive forthcoming Events

 

MA Presentation

The Templars

Date To Be Arranged

 

To Look Out For:

LS26 Local Magazine

Their June issue will feature an article on Methley’s mining history.

Methley patchwork

 

Methley Patchwork

Add your family name to our quilt.

Details and cloth from any archive member.

The Minnett Collection

The photographs and descriptions on the Methley Community Archive website are based on the work done by two local Methley historians, Walter and Nellie Minnett. For a number of years they made presentations in the form of a slide show about the village entitled ‘Methley Past and Present’.

The following 135 page tour is an attempt to make their collection available to a wider audience. Most of their original work is included. It serves as a testimony to their studies.

Go To The Directory

From The Collection

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methley madonna painting
Inside Out – Madonna POW Painting
February 10, 2019
methley home guard
Life & Times – 1939-45 War
February 5, 2019
murder at foxholes
Murder at Foxholes
February 5, 2019
the parish of methley
The Parish Of Methley
February 1, 2019

Accreditation

west yorkshire archive services

Our Accreditation

Methley Community Archive has now achieved accreditation with West Yorkshire Archive Services.