Harriseahead Primitive Methodist Memorial Chapel Staffordshire

This chapel was built in 1924

Hugh Bourne built the first chapel in Harriseahead. Daniel Shubotham (Hugh Bourne’s first convert) gave part of his garden The building was completed in 1803. In 2007 it was being used as a work shed with parts of the original building still remaining. In 2015 it cannot be found.

In the High Street a chapel was first built in 1861. In 1909 another chapel was built but we are not sure where. In 1957 the 1861 building was being used as a Sunday School. The building was still there in 2007 but in 2015 it has been demolished.

Yet another chapel was built in 1924. This was erected in Chapel Lane and was known as the Memorial Chapel. 1n 2015 it is open for worship.

Photos 1-5 by kind permission of Robert J. Higginson

Other photos taken February 2015

OS Map Ref:118:SJ861544

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  • The building, a later extension of which is shown in photo no. 1 above, was conveyed to Hugh Bourne and others on Methodist trusts in 1803. When Primitive Methodism came into existence 8 years later, Harriseahead continued as a Wesleyan Methodist chapel. Hugh Bourne was not, however, released as a trustee until a new trust deed was executed in 1829. Photo no, 1 shows an extension added to the original building in 1838, the datestone from which is now at Englesea Brook. When a new Wesleyan chapel was built on the opposite side of the road in 1871, the old building continued in use as the Sunday School. [For an illustration of the 1871 building see the My Wesleyan Methodists website]
    Harriseahead did not, as far as I am aware, appear on the Primitive Methodist circuit plan until 1861, the date of the chapel shown in photo no. 2 above. This stood until fairly recently on the opposite side of the road to its replacement shown in photos 6 to 9 above

    By John Anderson (15/08/2023)

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