Widnes Frederick Street Primitive Methodist Chapel

Frederick Street and Prince's Street

Frederick Street Methodist Church.
Supplied by Brian Fisher

Cheshire Archives & Local Studies has the following information about this chapel:

  • Ref. EMS 272: 1982-1991 Elder’s Meeting Minutes
  • Ref. EMS 273: 1881-1980 Minutes, Accounts and other records
  • Ref. D 4775/118: Amongst papers of David Lewis. Frederick Street Primitive Methodist Chapel, Widnes. Order of Service and Opening Ceremony, 26th Jan., 1905.

A chapel was opened in 1880 at Prince’s Street. A chapel was rebuilt in 1905 at Frederick Street, Simms Cross. It closed in 1992. The building has been demolished.

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  • The April 1905 Primitive Methodist magazine (page 330) contains an account of the opening of what it calls Sims Cross chapel. Previously they had worshipped in a building that was part chapel and part school, set back from the road and of limited size. The new building, with a domed roof, seated 450 and was worth £4,000.

    The society included children of four ministers – Matthew Lee, George Stacey, Jonathan Calvert and Charles Finch.

    By Christopher Hill (11/10/2022)
  • The Ordnance Survey map surveyed between 1888-91 shows a Primitive Methodist chapel where Prince’s Street was later built – although Prince’s Street stopped well short of the chapel at the time.
    The 1905 revision of the map shows at least an outline of where Prince’s Street was later built – and a new, larger chapel filling the space between the first chapel and Frederick Street. By the 1927 map, the first chapel is labelled ‘Sunday school’.
    Street View shows modern housing replacing both former chapels on both Prince’s Street (no. 46a/b) and Frederick Street (no 45a-d)

    By Christopher Hill (08/11/2020)

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