SIBFORD - WESLEYAN METHODIST

Scope and Content

Methodism gained a firm foothold in Sibford. One family was reported in Sibford in 1808, the methodist minister of Chipping Norton licensed a meeting house in 1823. The Wesleyan chapel was built at Sibford Gower in 1827. It was still in use in 1969. A small Primitive methodist chapel was recorded in 1869 which continued until 1920 when it amalgamated with the main methodist body.