Midsomer Norton Primitive Methodist preaching places

There are two returns from Primitive Methodists in Midsomer Norton to the 1851 Census of Places of Public Religious worship. The smaller preaching house had 24 people attending a morning service; it held 30. The larger had 60 people attending in afternoon and evening services.

The return for the larger preaching place was completed by James Jones, a coal miner.

In a comment on the Radstock chapel page, Jeff Parsons tells us the there were later two Primitive Methodist chapels in Midsomer Norton –

• Midsomer Norton Stones Cross (now Salvation Army)
• Midsomer Norton Redfield Road (demolished 1996 now housing). This was built by  the society initially meeting in James Jones miner’s cottage.  Jeff believes that the architect was J Hicks, who was also the architect for Claremont Primitive Methodist chapel in Bath