In 1940 Haverigg, Main Street Chapel had 350 sittings on pews and there was a schoolroom and two other rooms. It had been closed by 1980 and was later demolished.
Sources
Carlisle Library, 1A287, Methodist Property Statistics 1940, 1980, 1991
Site visit, 23.7.2016
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Although collections were made of the building fund at the opening, John Burgess noted in his ‘History of Cumbrian Methodism’ (1980) p 92 that the chapel was burdened with “a crippling debt” which persisted into the twentieth century.
This chapel was opened on Sunday 23rd June, 1878. The following account was published in The Barrow Herald and Furness Advertiser on 29th June, 1878.
“OPENING OF THE NEW PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHAPEL AT HAVERIGG, MILLOM. In connection with the opening services at Haverigg, Millom, two sermons were preached in the chapel on Sunday last, in the morning at half-past ten, and in the evening at six o’clock, by the Rev. F.N. Shimmin, of Dalton-in-Furness, to large congregations. In the afternonn an excellent sermon was reached by the Rev. J. Taylor, Wesleyan minister, of Ulverston. Special anthems were sung by the choir in a manner which reflected credit upon them. Collections were made at the close of each services in aid of the bulding fund. the final opening services will be held to-day, Sunday, and Monday first.”
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