1862 chapel openings and more

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In the 1862 volume of the Primitive Methodist magazine there are 73 openings, re-openings and foundation stone layings reported. Of those, 39 were openings and 8 were re-openings. 39 Foundation stones were laid. It adds up to more than 73 as some chapels appear more than once.

At Cottingham in East Yorkshire we are told that “”On an emergency the chapel will seat 350 persons.” I wonder what that emergency might be? At Fosdyke in the Boston circuit, the walls of their 1826 chapel gave way so they bought land and built a bigger one, complete with  paraffin lighting. At Fakenham they built a rostrum rather than a pulpit, a feature much admired by the magazine editor.