Thomas' first known gift of a complete chapel was in 1848 in Farnworth, then a village north of what is now the town of Widnes. Some years later he donated an organ to Brunswick chapel. In 1857 he paid the greater part of the cost of a new chapel in the Appleton area of Widnes. Then came the following for which he paid the complete cost, unless otherwise stated (the stated costs are approximate): • 1858 Eden chapel at Five Crosses, a hamlet to the east of
Frodsham. • 1860
Hough Green (
Ditton) chapel, Widnes costing £850. • 1861 Halebank chapel, Widnes costing £900. • 1862 Camden chapel and school, Runcorn. It is not recorded that he paid the full cost for them but he certainly made a large donation towards them. • 1864 Victoria Road chapel, Widnes. The largest chapel yet, costing £3,350 • 1864 Widnes Dock chapel, towards which Thomas donated nearly £3,000, • 1866 St Paul's chapel, Runcorn. This was built on land donated by Thomas and his brother Charles on land adjacent to their factory in High Street, Runcorn. It cost £8,000 and was considered to be the finest Wesleyan chapel in the
Liverpool district. • 1870 Camden school was enlarged, the cost being met by a donation from Thomas and public subscriptions. • 1871 Halton Road chapel, Runcorn. Another fine chapel costing about £8,000. • 1871 Hurst chapel,
Kingsley (a village east of Frodsham). Thomas paid over half the cost and also wrote off the outstanding debt on the old chapel. • 1872 Weston Point chapel, Runcorn. • 1873 Trinity chapel, Frodsham. Another fine chapel with a
spire. The chapel cost £7,000. • 1873 Weston day school, Runcorn. • 1875 Trinity chapel and day school,
Halton. This is the only one of Hazlehurst's chapels which is still in use as a chapel today. In all, his donations to the Wesleyan movement are estimated to have totalled some £70,000. He is buried next to two of his brothers in Runcorn cemetery. ==References==