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Wesleyan Methodist records, Stratford-upon-Avon
Catalogue reference: DR784
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This record is about the Wesleyan Methodist records, Stratford-upon-Avon dating from 1923 - 1976.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- DR784
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Title (The name of the record)
- Wesleyan Methodist records, Stratford-upon-Avon
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1923 - 1976
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Description (What the record is about)
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Records of the Stratford-upon-Avon Wesleyan Methodist Circuit (after 1939 combined with the Primitive Methodists), relating to the chapels at Bearley, Claverdon and Luddington.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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<p>Other collections of Methodist records are at DR147, DR396, DR703, DR841, DR844 and DR 893</p>
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- <corpname>Stratford-upon-Avon Wesleyan Methodist Circuit</corpname>
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 10 items
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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The written consent of the Superintendent Minister is required for access to records less than sixty years old
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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Deposited by the Reverend W.F. Bethell, Stratford-upon-Avon, 3 December 1992.
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The first Wesleyan meetings were held in 1819 in a private house in Wood Street, Stratford-upon-Avon, and from 1821 the meetings were held in Meer Street, until a chapel was built in the Birmingham Road in 1835.
The earliest surviving records of the meetings of the Primitive Methodists in Stratford-upon-Avon date from 1852. A chapel was erected in Great William Street in 1866 and a circuit developed in the surrounding villages.
In 1932 the Wesleyan Methodist churches were officially joined to the Primitive Methodists, but in Stratford the two churches continued to operate separately until Easter 1939, when the two congregations were united and the Primitive Methodist Chapel sold.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/4152bd11-ca98-419f-91e6-cb9cbdc60179/
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Wesleyan Methodist records, Stratford-upon-Avon