Slaggyford, Town Green Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, (ii) Northumberland, CA6 7NS

Slaggyford, Town Green Wesleyan Methodist Chapel was built in 1898. In 1901 and subsequent returns the seating capacity was 96 (70 lettable and 26 free in 1931). Oddly this had risen to 127 in 1940 but had reverted to 93 in 1980 and 1991. There was also a schoolroom and two other rooms.
Sources
John Rylands Library University of Manchester, MAC Lawson Returns of Accommodation provided by Wesleyan Methodist Chapels and other Preaching Places, 1901/741, 1911/620, 1931/714
John Rylands Library, University of Manchester Newcastle Wesleyan Methodist District property schedules 1900-1903
Cumbria Archive Service, Carlisle DFCM10/83 Alston Circuit trust schedules, 1929-1942
Carlisle Library, 1A287 Returns of Accommodation as at 1st July 1940, printed summary No 386
Carlisle Library, 1A287, Methodist Property Statistics 1980, 1991

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