Heywood-in-Heap Primitive Methodist chapel
Bank Street, Heywood OL10 4QH
By Christopher Hill
The circumstances around the opening of the first Primitive Methodist chapel in Heywood-in-Heap were described in the Primitive Methodist magazine of 1836 by S Tillotson.
In 1828 a small Primitive Methodist society was established in Heywood-in-Heap and in 1829 Messrs I & R Kershaw paid for a Sunday school to be built.
"A large and commodious chapel and school" were opened with services on 20/12/1835 and 25/12/1835. Preachers on the Sunday were James and Hugh Bourne and on Christmas Day Messrs Alcock and Tillotson.
More detail and further developments in the circuit can be seen in this article from the Christian Messenger.
The chapel is marked on the 1851 Ordnance Survey 1:1500 plan on Bank Street and labelled "Mount Pleasant Primitive Methodist chapel". By the 1891 map, there is a flannelette works on the site.