Bolton Newport Street Primitive Methodist chapel

The opening of Bolton Newport Street chapel is described in the Primitive Methodist magazine by G Smith.

“For the last seven years the congregation worshipping in Newport Street chapel, Bolton, have been anticipating a change of place in which to conduct their services. About four years of the seven were times of unparalleled commercial distress, but about eighteen months since trade revived, and subscriptions from that time have been frequently made among the scholars and teachers in the Sabbath school towards securing a place more suitable and convenient.

In November, 1865, arrangements were made for a bazaar, to be opened at the coming Easter. Some of the society, congregation, and friends took an active part in contributing, collecting, and making articles, which resulted in securing a goodly number of both a useful and an ornamental sort, which if they had been disposed of would have produced an encouraging sum, but the public took but little interest in us, and the weather during the time was for the most part stormy. The Mayor opened the bazaar, and generously contributed five pounds worth of articles.

As the Baptist Church, Moor Lane, had their chapel to dispose of, it was thought that labour and material being so high and our funds not likely to be good, it would be the best for us to purchase it, which we finally did, for £600 ; and about £11 have been laid out in painting, and other improvements. The chapel is forty-four years old, is a substantial brick building in the Italian style, has a gallery across the front end, and will comfortably seat 500 people. At the west end there are school rooms attached, the top one of which is fitted up with a platform, and the bottom one with a boiler, etc.

The moneys obtained by our various efforts amount to £171 17s. 3d. It is intended to have £400 on the premises. We gratefully acknowledge the following donations—from Jas. Barlow, Esq., £5; Misses Healey, £5 ; Messrs. J. Walkden, £5 ; H. Haughton, £5 ; B. Wood, £5 ; Jos. Pendlebury, £5 ; D. Lewis, £3 ; C. Ashurst, £2 10s. ; T. Cox, £2 ; Jos. Bradshaw, £2 ; Jos. Holden, £2 ; J. Whittle, £2 ;— Harding, £1 10s. ; ladies, £5 ; and twenty-six gentlemen, £27 2s. Others with less means, but equally good wishes, have given smaller sums.

The opening services were held on the 9th and 16th of December, 1866. On the former Sabbath the Revs. J. Travis, of Chorley, and T. W. Handford, of Bolton, (Baptist,) preached ; and on the latter Mr. Jos. Barker, of Sheffield, and Rev. R. Best, of Bolton, (Independent). On 15th of December a public tea meeting was held, most of the trays for which were begged, after which Mr. Jos. Barker gave a lecture on ” The Bible : its worth and divinity.” Mr. Barker proposed giving another lecture without charge, providing the friends would raise £10 in addition to what may be made at the lecture,—£5 10s. of which are already promised. The premises are in process of being settled on the connexion according to the new model deed. Nearly ninety seats are let in the chapel, and since our removal the number of scholars in the Sabbath school has increased.”

I cannot see the chapel labelled on Ordnance Survey maps or on Street View.  Where was it and what happened to it?

Reference

Primitive Methodist magazine February 1867 page s 118-119