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Thanks to Deborah Stackley for the photograph of the sampler by Matilda Walker, with its picture of Skipton Primitive Methodist chapel. Although the sampler only shows five sets of windows along the side of the building, there is a strong resemblance to the Primitive Methodist chapel on Gargrave Road.
There is another photograph of this chapel to be seen here
The chapel is a listed building, and the description may be found here
Hugh Pearson has now sourced a picture of the chapel, together with an OS map which more clearly defines its footprint and location, both of which I have added to the page. Thanks Hugh.
Amazing, thank you for publishing this transcription. I am a great great granddaughter of Martin Everitt, descendant of his son Herbert Noble Everitt. I’m married and live in south west Western Australia. For many years I’ve been interested in family history and have searched for glimpses of Martin’s life history.
David Cole, who wrote to you on 2.4.2019 about his father, the Rev William Thomas Cole (1876-1951) states that he would be happy for his details to be passed on. I believe that there is a family connection between us. Also, his paternal grandfather and my maternal grandfather were stationed in the same circuits at different times (Halesowen/Hasbury, Patrington and Hull) – and lived at different times in the same manse in Hull Road Withernsea where my mother spent some of her teenage years. I would love to share knowledge with David, as he seems to be connected with both my father’s Cole family AND my mother’s Hodson family. You have previously featured both my grandfathers, SIDNEY COLE and REV JOSEPH JOHN HODSON (also Joseph’s grandmother HARRIET NEWBORN, who became a Hodson after her marriage.)
Thanks to Hugh Pearson for confirming the location of the chapel from the 1919 Ordnance Survey map. As Hugh says, on Street View he “cannot see any buildings that have windows ‘that are Gothic-headed’.” What Street View does show are the footings for a wall that might have been part of the chapel at one time … …
This page was modified to add additional children born in the period 1873-8.
I’ve added an updated picture of the outside of the formal chapel, taken in March 2024 by Jeff Day. Jeff says, “work is still ongoing at the Bedworth Heath Chapel, but all the rendering is now off the original bricks, from these two faces. Cleaning and repointing with new windows is the next job.” Jeff wonders what the original windows would have been like.
One of the quirky aspects of his ministry in Epworth was that he travelled riding a mule called Sally, His biography states Sally was as ‘celebrated in her way–as he was in his.’ It is said that the most providential aspect of his ministry was buying Sally. Rev John Flesher offered to sell her for £10, which for friendship’s sake was reduced to £8.- then a further £2 spent on harness. On some days he rode 26 miles on her and said she was ‘very quiet and good.’ Having bought her in 1859 he bought a pony for 12 guineas in 1865 and said ‘I was much afflcited to part with her (Sally).
Mr Harrison and his wife are both alive and well. They live on Main Road Whatstandwell near me. Mr Harrison does own the building and will not sell.
We are certainly interested, Gary.
Hi, I run the Harpley History Group and we are researching the Methodist chapels in the village including the one you list here. We are also looking at the earlier one which you allude to here. If you are interested in our work, please get in touch.
Anne’s Family History is a blog with an entry called H is for hallelujah – a detailed, well researched history of the Baldwin’s Gate chapel, including links to its picture and other pages on this site. You can see it here: https://anneyoungau.wordpress.com/2024/04/09/h-is-for-halleluljah/
I’ve added a poem found by Philip Thornborow whilst researching the baptism records for Causeway chapel. It was written inside the cover of RG4/3327 which is the baptismal register covering the years 1835-1837.
Might one of the chapels be in High Cross Street, as that is where Thomas Green’s manse was? The dates should be taken with a pinch of salt: John Petty tells us that St. Austell was evangelised by the Primitive Methodists in 1828. That is when the baptism register begins. Pigott’s Directory of Cornwall of 1831 mentions a number of nonconformist groups having chapels in St. Austell, but not the Primitive Methodists. The Calendar of Trust Deeds lists a Primitive Methodist trust being set up in 1845, with two buildings being bought in 1850, and a chapel being built in 1857. The two chapels recorded in 1851 will be the two buildings held in trust, but the question remains as to where they actually were. It could well be that one was replaced in 1857, and the other in 1877 when the chapel in South Street opened. Perhaps local historians can help with these questions.
Are there any photographs of the 1848 Primitive Methodist Chapel that was demolished in 1911?
The modern photo of the green “tin building” is the former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel which still survives today. The Primitive Methodist Chapel, another “tin building ” is long gone.
Does anyone remember Bill Kirby, a lay preacher in the Methodist church in Lydbury north in the 1940s to 1950s. He lived at no. 44 Lydbury North,now known as Kirby’s cottage
To discover so much more about the chapel: jackkinsey on instagram.
One place to check would be in the records of the local authority archives: for further advice, see here.
Does anyone know the contents of the graves in the underground passageways? Are there any old records and what the tunnels were used for?
The page has been modified to add a transcription of William’s obituary.
According to this source https://www.cumbriacountyhistory.org.uk/township/bassenthwaite the P.M. chapel (which they date to 1868) was sold to the Wesleyans in 1882, and remains the Methodist Chapel today.
I was pleased to find this article. Elizabeth was my Great Great Grandmother, I never knew this information about her. I was searching for information on her son ( My Great Uncle) John Pugh who followed in his mothers footsteps it seems at Wrockwardine Wood, near to Shifnal.
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