Society records of the Methodist Church, Stamford Bridge Primitive Methodist Chapel

Records of Trustees', including annual meeting minutes, 1875-1907 (with gaps), and treasurer's cash book, 1866-1929; receipts, vouchers and financial correspondence, 1907-1922; certificate to use the chapel as a place of meeting for religious worship, 1868; correspondence about the sale of the chapel, 1927-1928.

The foundation stone of the Stamford Bridge Primitive Methodist Chapel was laid in 1866, although a Primitive Methodist Society had been meeting in private houses in the village for some time and were recorded in the 1851 Census of Religious Worship. The site was granted by the Lord Mayor of York and the new chapel was built to accommodate 200 people.
Originally part of the York Circuit of the Primitive Methodist Connexion, it became part of the York First Circuit (renamed York, Monkgate Circuit from 1903) after the original Circuit was divided into two in 1883.
The chapel was closed by 1935 and later used as a store house.

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The archive was deposited at the Borthwick Institute in the 1980s.

The foundation stone of the Stamford Bridge Primitive Methodist Chapel was laid in 1866, although a Primitive Methodist Society had been meeting in private houses in the village for some time and were recorded in the 1851 Census of Religious Worship. The site was granted by the Lord Mayor of York and the new chapel was built to accommodate 200 people.
Originally part of the York Circuit of the Primitive Methodist Connexion, it became part of the York First Circuit (renamed York, Monkgate Circuit from 1903) after the original Circuit was divided into two in 1883.
The chapel was closed by 1935 and later used as a store house.

A typescript finding aid, to file level, is available for consultation in the searchroom of the Borthwick Institute.

Created by S. A. Shearn, 15.11.16.

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Circuit records for the York Circuit and York, Monkgate (previously York First) Circuit of the Primitive Methodist Connexion are also deposited at the Borthwick Institute. The records for both Circuits form a single archive: Records of the Methodist Church, York (Monkgate) Circuit.

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