1840 chapel openings and more

In the 1840 volume of the Primitive Methodist magazine there are 21 openings, re-openings and foundation stone layings reported.

In Toot Boldon “the initial missionaries were met with hostility and one woman preacher was knocked to the ground by a stone hitting her head.  A man who hosted initial meetings in his house received notice to quit from his landlord and lost work amongst the local farmers.”

Blunsdon  had inhabitants who “were noted for wickedness and profanity; they were addicted to Sabbath-breaking, drunkenness, wrestling, and the barbarous practice termed back-swording. … … … In 1829, Mrs. Newton opened her house for preaching, and the congregation became large. But persecution again rose; the house was beset, the windows smashed, and the people abused. But at the Christmas quarter sessions of 1830, eleven of the persecutors were indicted, and the cause enjoyed a little more rest.”