[Bob Dobson]

Writing in 1883 about Antley chapel's early days, Hargreaves described the land it was built on as being 'in Antley Lane'. I suspect this was a name of what is now Wesley Street or Tanpits Rd though it just could have been Blackburn Rd. Directly across Blackburn Rd is Antley Old Rd, parallel with Newark St. The land was given by Mr Steiner and the buildings funded with help from John Emannuel Lightfoot, Accrington's first mayor. He was a convert to Methodism from the Anglican church.