Warwick Primitive Methodist chapel

Primitive Methodist meetings are first recorded in Warwick in 1849 and they met in a mission room in Market Place. A Wesleyan chapel with sittings for 200, costing £330, was built in Stand Street in 1838/9 and passed on to the Primitive Methodists in 1864 along with a Sunday School with room for 100 children.

The chapel was of brick with a cement facing and had ‘PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHAPEL’ in large letters over the entrance. The Sunday School struggled in the early 20^th century and closed in 1912. The attendance in 1895 was 80 (of whom 21 were members); there were two Band of Hope groups in 1896.

A Primitive Methodist chapel is recorded in Warwickshire trade directories from 1872-1921 and on the 1^st and 2^nd edition OS maps (1880s-1900s). Leamington circuit records show that the chapel was sold in 1923. There are black & white photos of this chapel in the Warwickshire County Record Office. The chapel and Sunday School have since been demolished and replaced by housing.

Sources:

WCRO: circuit records CR1688/53 & 59, photos PH578 p. 141, PH1035/C7747 & PH1035/D0325; VCH, Vol. 8, 1969, p. 537; Warwickshire trade directories; OS maps; site visit 2017.