Corby Hill WM chapel was built of brick in 1852 at a cost of £166. There were 172 sittings in 1873 and 225, all in pews in 1940 when the premises consisted of a chapel and a schoolroom. The sittings had been reduced to 200 by1980 and further reduced to 90 with no other rooms by 1991. In 1888 £14.7.0d was spent on a harmonium. In 1894 the construction of a new chapel was authorised. The new chapel was built at right angles to the old creating a T shaped building. By 1896 additions and renovations had had raised the value of the property to £450 In 1954-5 repairs costing £196 were carried out. In 1962-3 heating costing £117 was installed.
It was in use as a place of worship in 2014
Sources
Wesleyan seating returns, 1873
Cumbria Archive Service, Carlisle, DFCM1/2/82-97, Carlisle WM District property schedules, 1862-1877
DFCM3/1/43-62 Carlisle WM District property schedules, 1898-1917
DFCM/11/32 – 33)
John Rylands Library, University of Manchester, Carlisle WM District minutes, 1878-99
Cumbria Archives Service, Kendal WDFCM7 Synod Minutes 1937-1974
Carlisle Library, 1A287, Methodist Property Statistics 1940, 1980, 1991
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