Manchester (Withington) Methodist Circuit

Circuits

M67/1 Manchester (Oxford Road) Wesleyan Circuit

M67/1 Manchester (Withington) Methodist Circuit

Churches

M67/2 Oxford Road Wesleyan, Chorlton-upon-Medlock

M67/3 Withington Methodist (ex-Wesleyan), Wilmslow Road

M67/4 Rusholme Wesleyan, Dickinson Road

M67/5 Moss Side Wesleyan, Raby Street

M67/6 Ladybarn Methodist (ex-Wesleyan), Fallowfield

M67/7 Lower Chatham Street Wesleyan Mission, Chorlton-upon-Medlock

M67/8 Albert Park Wesleyan, Barlow Moor Road, West Didsbury

M67/9 Didsbury (St Paul's) Wesleyan

M67/10 Burnage Wesleyan, Burnage lane

M67/11 Didsbury PM, Albert Hill Street

M67/12 East Didsbury Methodist, Parrs Wood Road

M67/13 Withington Primitive Methodist, Burton Road

M67/14 Chorlton-cum-Hardy Methodist (ex-Wesleyan), Manchester Road

M67/15 Barlow Moor Methodist, Maitland Avenue

M67/16 Levenshulme Methodist (ex-Wesleyan), Woodfold Avenue/Stockport Road

M67/17 Longsight, Northmoor Road Methodist (ex-Wesleyan)

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• <corpname>Manchester (Withington) Methodist Circuit, 1940-1964, Lancashire</corpname>
• <corpname>Withington and Didsbury Methodist Circuit, 1964-1970, Manchester, Lancashire</corpname>
• <corpname>Manchester (Withington) Methodist Circuit, 1970-</corpname>

Manchester Central Library 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.

This collection is an amalgamation of several deposits. Records were transferred in March 1968, from Methodist Central Hall, by E.A.Rose, Honorary Methodist District Archivist, in August 1997, by Rev.Colin Cooper, Superintendent Minister, Withington Circuit (Accession Number 1997/50), a stray item was purchased from a bookseller by E.A.Rose (Accession Number 1998/42) and further records were deposited in October 1999 and January 2000 by Rev. Dan Patterson, Superintendent Minister, Withington Circuit (Accession Numbers 1999/89 and 2000/13). More specific details of deposit are given in the lists for each individual church as are historical details.

The Circuit began as Manchester 5th Wesleyan (Oxford Road) Circuit, formed out of Manchester 3rd Wesleyan (Grosvenor Street) Circuit in 1846. Churches belonging to the circuit were: Albert Park Wesleyan, Chorlton-cum-Hardy Beech Road Wesleyan, Chorlton-upon-Medlock Oxford Road Wesleyan and Lower Chatham Street Wesleyan Mission, Hulme George Street Wesleyan and Radnor Street Wesleyan, Ladybarn Wesleyan in Fallowfield, Moss Side Wesleyan, Northenden Wesleyan, Rusholme Wesleyan and Withington Wesleyan. Chapels in Hulme and Chorlton-cum-Hardy left in 1867 to form Manchester (Radnor Street) Wesleyan Circuit. In August 1925, Oxford Road Wesleyan left the Circuit to join Manchester and Salford Mission as Oxford Hall. The Circuit was subsequently re-named Manchester (Withington) Methodist Circuit in March 1940. In 1949 Oxford Road ex-UMFC and Ancoats Beswick Street ex-UMFC joined from Manchester (Oxford Road) ex-United Methodist Circuit. In 1951 East Didsbury Methodist Church was transferred from Stockport (Tiviot Dale) Methodist Circuit followed by Didsbury ex-Primitive Methodist and Didsbury St Paul's ex-Wesleyan in 1964 and the circuit was renamed Withington and Didsbury Methodist Circuit. Manley Park ex-Wesleyan and Chorlton-cum-Hardy Manchester Road ex-Wesleyan from the former Manchester (Chorlton and Moss Side) Circuit were added in 1970, together with churches from Manchester (South East) Circuit, namely Barlow Moor Methodist, Levenshulme ex-Wesleyan and Longsight Northmoor Road ex-Wesleyan. The Circuit then reverted to its former name, Withington Methodist Circuit.