Moor Lane
Known to many Downley people previously by the local name ‘Bugs Alley’


During the morning service at Downley Methodist Churchon Sunday, November 1st a fire broke out in a storage corridor adjacent to the schoolroom. It spread rapidly into the roof space and carried into the church roof, causing extensive damage.

Diamond Cottage, grocers & the Downley’s first Post Office.

Chapel, Tower and School Room of the Downley Weslyan Church. The plaque above the chapel reads ‘WESLEYAN Chapel 1824’.

Downley Weslyan Church, first built in 1824 and extended by stages in 1838 and later in 1847/8. The Sunday School building adjacent to the tower was erected in 1861 as a Day School – the first school in Downley