Appleby, Chapel Lane Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Westmorland

In 1823 two applications were made to the Chapel Committee for permission to build a chapel in Appleby. The first was unsuccessful but the second, which gave the expected cost as £300, passed and the chapel was duly built. It was situated on the east side of Chapel Lane at the northern end, close to the gas works.

In 1851 it had 110 free and 190 other sittings. A ground plan made in 1859 shows the chapel as a plain rectangular building, set back behind an enclosed forecourt with a central entrance approached by a short flight of steps. By 1873 the number of sittings had been reduced to 228. The chapel was probably closed when the new chapel opened in 1888.

Sources

John Rylands Library University of Manchester, DDPD58 Applications to the Chapels Committee for permission to build, extend or sell Chapels, 1817 – 1830 Nos. 123 and 149

The National Archives HO129/573/1/27 1851 census of religious worship

Ordnance Survey 1:500 plan of Appleby,1859  Westmorland sheet IX 15 22 reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland (Map images website)

Wesleyan Seating Returns, 1873

Cumbria Archive Service, Carlisle 82-97, Carlisle Wesleyan Methodist District property schedules, 1862-1877

[Church records are present in WDFCM1