Watlington Primitive Methodist chapel
Mill Road Watlington PE33 0HH
The opening of Watlington Primitive Methodist chapel is described in an account by Richard Howchin in the Primitive Methodist magazine.
“Watlington, six miles S. by W. of Lynn, is a neat village in the fertile marshes on the east side of the great Ouse river. For many years our people have laboured in this village with considerable success, but have had many difficulties to encounter for want of a suitable place in which to worship.
At length, two freehold cottages were offered for sale, and we purchased them for £30. We have taken them down and built a good Connexional chapel upon the site, 28 feet long, 18 feet wide, and 13 feet to the ceiling.
On the 21st of September, 1859, Mr. W. Lift, our circuit steward, and several other officials from Lynn, and other parts of the circuit, assisted at the foundation stone laying ; their presence and offerings to the Lord’s house gave a lively and vigorous tone to the meeting, and, although the weather was very inclement, we raised on the occasion £10. The chapel was opened for Divine service, October 30th, 1850, by Messrs. R. Howchin, and C. Hirst, our circuit ministers ; a gracious influence accompanied the word, and the amount collected was satisfactory.
The cost will not exceed £84. By a benign Providence aiding us, we have raised something over the requirements of our Connexional rule.”
Watlington Primitive Methodist chapel closed before 1940.
At the time of Keith Guyler’s photograph and on Google Street View in 2009 it was an antiques shop, Jubilee Antiques.
location: TF 624108
Reference
Primitive Methodist magazine January 1860 pages 47-48
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