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This Chapel closed in the early 2000’s. It was the Baptist chapel in the village that was purchased by and used for the Methodist church that was sold in 1980, when the new extension was built onto the Methodist chapel.
There is a picture of Angarrack Chapel online. I’m sure it would be OK to copy that. I am a member.
The photograph shown is certainly not the Wesleyan Methodist chapel. It is the Baptist chapel in Ecton High Street. The Wesleyan Methodist chapel is in West Street Ecton and is presently my home. I visited it on several occasions in 1950/60s when I accompanied local visiting preachers. My husband and I purchased it in 1988 when it ceased to be used as a Girls Brigade hall purchased by Mrs Barker some years previously. It was used from 1988 until 2007 as a design studio and in retirement as our home.
According to the Victoria County History website “Leicestershire History” this unusual and complex building was rebuilt in 1892 to the design of Arthur Wakerley (1862-1931) a prominent Leicester architect (as well as being Lord Mayor of Leicester and a Wesleyan local preacher). It would appear that it closed for worship during 2023. The estate agents handling the sale were confident that new uses could be found for the building, and that planning consent would not be an issue, but the eventual purchaser had other ideas. It is reported in Leicestershire Live 10 March 2024 that the whole complex is to be demolished, and the site grassed over.
References https://leicestershirehistory.co.uk/?page_id=3861 https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/local-news/historic-ibstock-church-demolished-amid-9151403
William Parker, a solicitor, was treasurer of the Horncastle branch of the British and Foreign Bible Society in the 1820s. As for his contribution (presumably financial) to the Wesleyan cause, it may be worth trying Lincolnshire Archives where there are some records pertaining to the old Wesleyan chapel.
Rev Edward Weaver was married to Dorothy Graham Wood, sister of Howard Kingsley Wood, who was Chancellor of the Exchq when Churchill was Prime Minister.
As far as I can tell, the information here is correct for the Cottage Wood Centre, except for the grid ref, which should be NY 4767 3889. I suspect the grid ref given in the entry is a slightly inaccurate one for the Wesleyan at Brockleymoor, west of Plumpton Wall, which I assume was the predecessor of Cottage Wood. (I make the grid ref NY 4917 3693). The building on the site today (which has the same footprint as the chapel, as shown on old maps) can be seen on a Streetview here – https://maps.app.goo.gl/jYpYEoYWdaDDzLmo7
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The previous commentator was correct – the photo is of Fell End Chapel. It stands at SD 7235 9937, Streetview here – https://maps.app.goo.gl/bDRVcr6FQLwjDprR7
Cautley is at SD 6894 9417, Streetview here – https://maps.app.goo.gl/B88DtVvX9gADCUJg8
Beautiful building; never expected to find it still standing. I attended services with my parents on Sundays during our holidays from Yorkshire at Trevillyn farm from 1958. A two-day journey in an 800cc Morris Minor! The farm was owned by Methodists Arthur and Minnie White and I was allowed to drive their tractor.
My Dad, a Methodist local preacher in the Shipley circuit, even preached there once or twice. Great to see it looking so good. Thanks for this website. John Earnshaw, Scarborough 01-04-24.
Hello, I m trying to find details about my 4th great-grandfather Oliver Nelson Rev ,we believe born about 1744 • Ireland and die 15 SEP 1831 in Clonsast, Co Offaly, Ireland, and has no connection to this Oliver Nelson Many Thanks Dave Hill
Lovely to see my Grandad and my dad on the photo at the bottom of the history sheet. Harold Pugh and Stan Pugh. Thank you for posting
I am interested in the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel in Horncastle, and a William Parker, Solicitor, who made contributions towards it in 1822. Do you have any information on him?
We have the plaque mentioned here that is in this article re the donation of the pulpit and pews by Joseph Tweddle. It was rescued by a lady when the church closed and who asked the vicar if she could deliver it to a Tweddle family member still living in the village. That was my husband George T Tweddle.
Trinity Methodist Church on Pellon Lane ( pictured) closed in November 1971. My parents transferred their membership to the Methodist Church on Stretchgate Lane, Pellon which itself closed some years later once the new Highgate Methodist Church was built.
The Catholic church is the main structure. The Methodist church is the smaller structure on the left. Presumably the Methodists sold off the main structure some time after the postcard was printed.
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The chapel was situated in Fox Lane. In 1909 it was reported to have had renovations and improvements in recent years John Gill, The history of Wesleyan Methodism Melton Mowbray and the vicinity, Melton Mowbray, 1909 p. 147-8
The chapel was built at the expense of a Mr Orson. John Gill, The history of Wesleyan Methodism Melton Mowbray and the vicinity, Melton Mowbray, 1909 p. 156
The chapel was built in 1805/6 at the expense of a Mr Orson. John Gill, The history of Wesleyan Methodism Melton Mowbray and the vicinity, Melton Mowbray, 1909 p. 156
David (Farmer) – it certainly IS the Trinity Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, on the corner of Mill Street and Chapel Street. Does your recollection perhaps refer to the Hope Street Primitive Methodist chapel, which did indeed stand back from Mill Street by a little distance?
I was looking for information about the Rempstone Wesleyan Chapel in Nottinghamshire. I understand it was built in 1850 and my mother in laws parents were caretakers there for a number of years and certainly up to the 1920s. The right hand column of Counties stops at Norfolk and I cannot find a way to drag down to Nottinghamshire. I’d be grateful for help finding the chapel.
Thanks for pointing this out, Ian!
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