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Fishburn Park closed about 1993. They merged with the Brunswick society and both causes moved to the Anglican Mission disposing of the two chapels. The joint cause closed possibly about 2016.
I have a photo that I took last April. It is now a home and hardly changed from the 1988 view. Ed’s note: Photo now attached. Thanks Mark.
I have added Thomas’ obituary published in the 1917 PM Magazine, along with his picture.
Update on the Brixton Society article. The site of the Tin Tabernacle is now occupied by a housing development, seems to be 7 one bedroom flats @ £475,000 each. There is a small chapel (50-70 seats I guess) on the ground floor behind anonymous looking abstract patterned glass. No signage from the original Bible Truth Church of God, so this facility might be available to get planning permission for a £3.5 million housing scheme on the church site? It is a shame that the tabernacle has gone – as far as we know this was the last example in Lambeth.
Hi, I have just read an article from the St Helen’s newspaper that states that when work was carried out on the church the headstones were moved (I presume to the current location) but no remains were found.
Bill, This Albert was born at Hoyland, Barnsley, Yorkshire. I can find no evidence of any link with Amesbury, wiltshire.
My mother was Jean Bradley and I think she met up with you? Would love to make contact again.
Did this man have a connection to Amesbury, Wiltshire. ? A man of the same name is mentioned on the local war memorial. All others from both wars have been traced but this man is still undiscovered and a booklet giving their stories written. Any help would be appreciated.
It’s brilliant to learn the story of the chapel Lucy – thanks for confirming the location and providing the detail. We tend to think of chapels as fairly large and comfortable places. The building is a rare survival – and gives a clear indication of what many early country chapels would be like, when even a wooden floor would be a luxury.
Philip Thornborow has drawn my attention to the following. “In your post on W. Clough, in the PM ministry 1829-1838, you mention that according to George Herod’s obit, W. Clough was involved with the Country Towns Mission. Have you come across this pages about that organisation? https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bloomsbury-project/institutions/country_towns_mission.htm“
I own the field and the building that was once a chapel. My mother in law, who is nearly 96, Margaret Saxelby has the stone which was above the door, in her garden – it has writing on saying Primatove Methodist Chapel. Margaret’s great great grandad, who was called Mr Price, from Egmanton, donated the chapel and land..Margaret and her friends Leaphia and others used to play in the chapel, in the 1930’s. Mr P Rose took over the chapel in about 1940 and put pigs in it. Later it was made into a cowshed., and since 2009 it has been used as an occasional shelter for my horses.
Update. Off to UK May 2024. I’ve since found a drawing of the original Elephant and Castle pub and the House of God next to it. Unrelated to Methodists but instead related to Elias Carpenter and Joanna Southcott. Maps suggest both the pub and the House of God are now roads!
This page has been modified to add station for 1940-45 and change the place of death to Torquay based on information provided by James’ son Roger.
Thank you for tracking the chapel down Mark. I’ve corrected the page and added a little detail. It would be good to add a picture of the chapel as it is now.
The chapel is shown on early 20th century maps, on Stoke Hill, so it was a chapel. The building is still there, shown as a house on Google Streetview 2021. https://www.streetmap.co.uk/map?x=366256&y=146907
Walter Edmund Stone is my great grandfather. I am trying to find out what happened to him after he was listed in the 1881 census as a Methodist minister in Battersea. Did he go abroad? If anyone has any information I would be very grateful.
My great grandfather John Bennett probably preached here in 1881 . Although he was based in Middleham he was a guest at Coleby Hall at the time of the 1881 census .
Tony, Thank you for the correction. I have removed the link.
I’ve added an account and pictures from the 1924 Aldersgate Primitive Methodist magazine celebrating the centenary of the Primitive Methodist society in Great Horton.
The Wedgwood to whom Kendall refers is the 19th-century local historian Henry Allen Wedgwood (hence “an outside view”), not the PM preacher John Wedgwood (to whom your link or cross-reference currently leads). In his 1870s article “Bemersley”, Henry Wedgwood doesn’t say that Bourne and Crawfoot were rival suitors (as Kendall might appear to imply), merely that the marriage was “not to Hugh Bourne’s mind”, meaning he didn’t approve.
Thanks for the update Ian – and sorry over my choice of words which I have deleted. It’s great to learn the chapel continues to witness.
It would be great to add pictures of the interior and exterior of the chapel to this page. Please send in an email to enquiries@engleseabrook.org.uk
Can I just correct your assertion that the building is unloved That’s is a statement made from ignorance The building was purchased by Christ Church Mission in 1966 and continues to undertake Gods work in the area The church is a difficult building to maintain and thefts of lead from the roof valleys caused a lot of damage However the congregation continue to “love” and respect the building not as an architectural relic but as the base for their ministry The inside has been kept as far as practicable to its original state If you wish I could provide pictures of the interior Without the efforts and work of the congregation this former Primitive Methodist chapel could have gone the way of the nearby Methodist chapel on Green Lane Newtown ie demolished In fact before the congregation bought the building from the Methodist church it was destined to be used as a furniture removal company’s storehouse So please don’t say the building is unloved as nothing could be further from the truth
I have added a picture of Lane Ends Chapel from an article about Herbert Brown, a professional vocalist, published in the 1917 Primitive Methodist Magazine.
Margaret, Thank you for your comment. I have revisited my research regarding Ann and have updated her date of birth to 1843 from 1841. I believe that her Birth record is Q1 in the Basford Registration District. On Findmypast the mother’s maiden name is given as Limb. I think spelling of names was a little fluid at that time. Her father John married an Elizabeth Lymb in 1821 England Select marriages on Ancestry.com.
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