Altrincham Methodist Circuit

Circuits

C18/1 Altrincham Wesleyan Circuit

C18/1 Sale and Altrincham Wesleyan Circuit

C18/1 Altrincham Methodist Circuit

C18/12 Lymm Primitive Methodist Circuit

C18/12 Lymm and Altrincham Methodist Circuit

Churches

C18/2 Altrincham, Bank Street Wesleyan

C18/3 Booth Bank Wesleyan, Millington

C18/4 Timperley Methodist (ex-Wesleyan), Stockport Road

C18/5 Bowdon Wesleyan, Enville Road

C18/6 Bowdon Vale Methodist (ex-Wesleyan), Vicarage Lane

C18/7 Broadheath Wesleyan, Manchester Road

C18/8 Altrincham, Borough Road Wesleyan

C18/9 Hale Methodist (ex-Wesleyan), Hale Road

C18/13 Warrington Primitive Methodist

C18/14 Carrington Primitive Methodis

C18/15 Dunham Massey (Woodhouses) Primitive Methodist

C18/16 Altrincham, Oxford Road Primitive Methodist

C18/17 Broadheath Primitive Methodist, Devonshire Road

C18/18 Oughtrington (Broom Edge) Primitive Methodist, Sandy Lane

C18/19 Altrincham, George Street Methodist New Connexion

C18/20 Altrincham Methodist, Barrington Road

Schools

(Sunday schools, if named differently from the associated church, and day schools)

C18/10 Altrincham and Bowdon Wesleyan Day School, New Street

C18/10 Altrincham Wesleyan Sunday School, New Street and Bank Street

C18/3 Hoo Green Wesleyan Sunday School

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• <corpname>Altrincham Methodist Circuit, 1932-, Greater Manchester</corpname>
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• <corpname>Sale and Altrincham Wesleyan Circuit, Altrincham, 1850 - 1932, Cheshire</corpname>

Manchester Archives and Local Studies is the recognised repository for records of Manchester and Stockport Methodist District (excluding Stockport and Macclesfield circuits). Unless material has already been made public (registers of baptisms and burials), there is a restriction of 30 years on access, unless permission is obtained in writing from the responsible Superintendent Minister. The restriction is extended to 50 years for records of a confidential nature.

The main deposits of records were made in May 1972, Aug 1973, Feb 1988 and 1998 (accession numbers 1998/13 and 1998/33) by successive Superintendent Ministers and by David Taylor, Honorary Circuit Archivist. More specific details of deposit are given in the lists for each individual church, as are historical details.

Altrincham Wesleyan Circuit was formed in 1838 out of the Manchester Wesleyan Circuit. From 1850 it was known as Sale and Altrincham Wesleyan Circuit until a separate Sale Circuit was formed in 1886. Churches belonging to the circuit were: Altrincham Bank Street Wesleyan, Altrincham Borough Road Wesleyan, Higher Baguley Wesleyan, Millington Booth Bank Wesleyan, Bowdon Wesleyan, Bowdon Vale Wesleyan, Broadheath Wesleyan, Hale Wesleyan and Timperley Wesleyan. After the Methodist Union of 1932 the circuit was renamed Altrincham Methodist Circuit and was augmented by a new church, Brownley Green Methodist in Wythenshawe, by Altrincham George Street ex-Methodist New Connexion and by churches from Lymm and Altrincham Primitive Methodist Circuit in 1935, namely Altrincham Oxford Road ex-PM, Carrington ex-PM and Dunham Massey (Woodhouses) ex-PM. Closure and amalgamation have brought about a decline in the number of churches and Altrincham Circuit currently comprises Altrincham Methodist on Barrington Road, Bowdon Vale Methodist (ex-Wesleyan), Hale Methodist (ex-Wesleyan) and Timperley Methodist (ex-Wesleyan).