Moseley Hole Primitive Methodist chapel
Moseley Hole Primitive Methodist chapel was opened on April 22, and May 6, 1855. J Morton Tells us about it in the Primitive Methodist magazine:
“MOSELEY HOLE, DARLASTON CIRCUIT.—A beautiful new chapel, 30ft. by 24ft. inside, was opened here on April 22, and May 6, 1855. The cost of erection was £252/16/-, including £47/6/-. for 383 yards of land. The opening collections were £21/4/1. Donations already received are £44/6/1, and others are coming in.
All the pews are let, and paid for according to rule, and one soul has been converted in this new sanctuary. To God be all the glory.”
Moseley Hole was a settlement with a colliery about a mile from Bilston. The chapel became Moseley Village Methodist church.
Reference
Primitive Methodist magazine August 1855 p.497
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If the chapel became Moseley Village Methodist Church then there are some big questions to answer. The 1940 accommodation returns state that Moseley Village was a former United Methodist cause, and thus is confirmed by the fact that the list of Methodist New Connexion chapels published in 1861 lays claim to Moseley Hole. The baptismal register from 1855 is indexed on FreeREG and Black Country Parish registers as both PM and UM. What’s the full story? Any volunteers to go to Wolverhampton Archives and work out from the ministers’ names when the change occurred?
Thank you for this information, it has helped to identify where Thomas Elwell was baptised in on the 3rd August 1862. So very useful information.
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