Blackpool North and Blackpool South Methodist Circuits

Deposited by Blackpool North Circuit

1. Blackpool Wesleyan Circuit (pre 1934) see also MBP 19

2. Blackpool North Methodist Circuit (post 1934) see also MBP 14

3. Bispham (W.M.) Church

4. North Shore, Dickson Road (W.M.) Church see also MBP 15, 25, 34 (previously Mount Pleasant Trinity)

5. Raikes Parade (W.M.) Church see also MBP 26 (previously Grosvenor Street)

6. Springfield Road (U.M.) Church

7. Egerton Road, Ebenezer (P.M.) Church

8. Adelaide Street, Trinity (U.M.) Church see also MBP 16

9. Layton, Newton Drive (U.M.) Church

10. Poulton le Fylde (W.M.) Church see also MBP 17

11. Adelaide Street United Methodist Circuit

12. Greenlands, Springfield Methodist Church

13. Springfield Road United Methodist Circuit

14. Blackpool North Methodist Circuit see also MBP 2

15. North Shore, Dickson Road (W.M.) Church see also MBP 4, 25, 34

16. Adelaide Street, Trinity (U.M.) Church see also MBP 8

17. Poulton le Fylde (W.M.) Church see also MBP 10

Deposited by Blackpool South Circuit

18. Garstang Wesleyan Circuit

19. Blackpool Wesleyan Circuit see also MBP 1

20. Blackpool South Methodist Circuit (post 1934)

21. Central Methodist Church (previously Adelaide Street (W.M.))

22. South Shore, Rawcliffe Street, Ebenezer (W.M.) Church

23. Lindale Gardens Methodist Church

24. Grasmere Road (P.M.) Church (previously Lune Grove)

25. North Shore, Dickson Road (W.M.) Church see also MBP 4, 15, 34

26. Raikes Parade (W.M.) Church see also MBP 5

27. South Shore, Shaw Road (U.M.) Church

28. Fleetwood (W.M.) Church

29. Lytham (W.M.) Church

30. Blowing Sands (W.M.) Church

31. Chapel Street (P.M.) Church

32. Layton, Salem (P.M.) Church

33. Chapel Street (P.M.) School

34. North Shore, Dickson Road (W.M.) Church see also MBP 4, 15, 25

35. Miscellaneous

36. Mereside, Marton

This catalogue has been compiled in several stages between c.1970 and 1989 and because the deposits of records were made in a piecemeal fashion it has not been possible to provide an entirely logical arrangement to the archive.

<p>'Blackpool Methodist' magazine, Feb. 1942 DDX 519/86</p>

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• <corpname>Blackpool and Garstang Wesleyan Circuit, 1855-1865, Lancashire</corpname>
• <corpname>Blackpool Wesleyan Methodist Circuit, 1865-1934, Lancashire</corpname>
• <corpname>Blackpool North Methodist Circuit, 1934-1989, Lancashire</corpname>
• <corpname>Blackpool South Methodist Circuit, 1934-1989, Lancashire</corpname>

The following files are closed to public access:

MBP 4/ 46-57 & 73

MBP 10/ 43-44

MBP 12/ 2-3

MBP 14/ 3

Additional deposits

By Revd. J.G. Sutcliffe, Poulton, 7 Jul. 1975 (acc. 3587) MBP 10/6-8

By Revd. J.G. Sutcliffe, Poulton, 20 Feb. 1976 (acc. 3694) MBP 8/3/13

By Revd. J.G. Sutcliffe, Poulton, 2 Jul. 1976 (acc. 3768) MBP 10/9

By Revd. E.S. Joselyn, Blackpool, 15 Oct. 1976 (acc. 3827) MBP 4/3-18

By H.G. Barber, Esq., Blackpool, 26 Nov. 1976 (acc. 3839) MBP 7/5-8

By Revd. E.S. Joselyn, Blackpool, 23 Sep. 1977 (acc. 3965) MBP 4/19-28

By Revd. A.W. Mottashed, Blackpool, 9 Aug. 1979 (acc. 4261) MBP 18-34, 35/1-7

By Revd. J.G. Sutcliffe, Poulton, 15 Oct. 1979 (acc. 4306) MBP 14/1, 2; 15/1,2; 16/1; 17/1-11

By Revd. J.G. Sutcliffe, Poulton, 23 Apr. 1980 (acc. 4393) MBP 10/10-13

By Revd. J.G. Sutcliffe, Poulton, 15 Dec. 19810 (acc. 4517 MBP 10/15, 23-42

By Revd. J.G. Sutcliffe, Poulton, 19 Dec. 1980 (acc. 4522) MBP 3/3-7; 6/7-10; 8/2/12-14; 8/3/14; 8/6/1-6; 10/J.6-22; 35/8

By N. Cunliffe Esq., Blackpool, 11 Jan. 1963 (ace. 4999) MBP 2/2/8-13; 4/29-45

Revd. C. Johnson, Blackpool, 12 Jan. 1989 (acc 6399) MBP 10/14

By N. Cunliffe, Blackpool, on 1 February 1991 (acc. 6864) MBP 32/3-9

By N. Cunliffe, Blackpool, 31 March 1992 (acc. 7147) MBP 4/46-74

By N. Cunliffe, Blackpool, 2 October 1992 (acc. 7273) MBP 12/2-3

By Blackpool North Circuit Honorary Archivist, 5 Jul. 1993 (acc. 7449) MBP 9/5-6, 10/43-49

By the Circuit Superintendent per N. Cunliffe, 25 August 1993 (acc. 7487) MBP 2/2/14-20, 3/8, 14/3

The Fylde was originally served by Methodist ministers from Preston but was included in the new Garstang Wesleyan Circuit in 1811. This was known as the Blackpool and Garstang Wesleyan Circuit between 1855 and 1865. In 1866 Blackpool Wesleyan Circuit was created, taking in the Blackpool, Fleetwood, Poulton and Lytham areas; Lytham broke away into its own circuit in 1883. Meanwhile the Primitive and United Methodists had their own circuits until 1934.

In 1934 (after Methodist Union in 1932) Blackpool was split into three circuits: Fleetwood, Blackpool North and Blackpool South. That situation continues today (1989).