Rowsley Primitive Methodist Chapel Derbyshire
This chapel was built in 1910
In 2014 this chapel is still open for worship.
Photos taken October
OS Map Ref:119:SK260664
Editor’s note (CH 5/22)
The 1897 Primitive Methodist magazine (page 154) tells us that after meeting for several years in a cottage, the society at Rowsley in the Winster Station, had obtained a very eligible site from the Duke of Rutland to erect a new chapel. Did it take them 13 years?
a few months later, the 1897 magazine (page 395) tells us more:
“At Bowsley in the Minster circuit, 810 square lards of land have been purchased from the Duke of Rutland for the sum of £30/7s/6d being at a rate of 9d per yard. Our people have recently missioned the village which is likely to grow into quite a town. The population is rapidly increasing. Many of the Midland Railway Company’s servants are settling in the neighbourhood and there is a good prospect of our raising a flourishing cause. The friends are arranging an effort to raise at once £100“
The person who submitted the story must have had handwriting that was difficult to read – Minster is Winster and Bowsley is Rowsley.
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In 2023 the chapel has closed and the pulpit, communion table and other fittings were sold off by auction. I’ve added a picture of the chapel as it is in May 2023
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