All that Keith Guyler’s notes accompanying his picture say is that Lind Road Primitive Methodist chapel in Sutton became a Welsh Presbyterian church. Does anyone know more?
See the comments below for explanation.
The 1879 Primitive Methodist magazine records the laying of the foundation stones for a “neat little chapel and school” at Sutton in the London Sixth station which Peter Sketch tells us is this chapel, confirmed by the date on the foundation stones.
It was expected to cost £1,200
Reference
Primitive Methodist magazine 1879 page 571
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This chapel is still there and still in use for worship, albeit nowadays in Welsh not English. There are foundation stones in the front wall announcing the date of the chapel as 1879.
The Presbyterian Church of Wales have an interesting history – they originated from the Methodist revival and were first called the Calvinistic Methodist Church, which is an unlikely-sounding theological combination. They became Presbyterian, but didn’t become part of the URC. In Wales they hold services in both languages, but in England as far as I can tell they use Welsh only.
When I visited, they were inviting people to pray for Ukraine by tying ribbons to their fence.
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