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Burghfield Wesleyan Methodist Church records

Catalogue reference: D/MS117

What’s it about?

This record is about the Burghfield Wesleyan Methodist Church records dating from 1912-1922.

Is it available online?

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Full description and record details

Reference

D/MS117

Title

Burghfield Wesleyan Methodist Church records

Date

1912-1922

Description

Register of baptisms, 1912-1922.

Note

A full catalogue is available via https://ww2.berkshirenclosure.org.uk/calmview/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=DMS117&pos=1

Related material

Circuit records: D/MC1

Held by
Royal Berkshire Archives
Creator(s)
Burghfield Wesleyan Methodist Church
Physical description

1 vol

Access conditions

With the exception of registers of baptism, marriage and burial, and other material whose contents have been made public, records of the Methodist Church are closed for 30 years, and pastoral records for 75 years, in accordance with Methodist Church standing orders. Applications for access to closed records must be made in writing to the County Archivist.

Immediate source of acquisition

Deposited in March 2024 (acc. 11274)

Administrative / biographical background

Wesleyan Methodist worship began in Burghfield in 1811, when a house at Sheffield Mills was registered as a place of worship. Another house on Burghfield Heath was registered in 1813. A chapel or meeting house was built in 1836. The church closed after Methodist union and the society merged with Burghfield Common Church (D/MS26). Almost all of its records appear to have been lost. It was in Reading Wesleyan Circuit.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/d02cf21d-3b23-4110-bb9c-9c8d2eb094c9/

Catalogue hierarchy

81,566 records

This record is held at Royal Berkshire Archives

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Burghfield Wesleyan Methodist Church records