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WORKINGTON METHODIST CIRCUIT
Catalogue reference: YDFCM 1
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This record is about the WORKINGTON METHODIST CIRCUIT dating from 1841-1999.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- YDFCM 1
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Title (The name of the record)
- WORKINGTON METHODIST CIRCUIT
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1841-1999
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Description (What the record is about)
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Wesleyan Methodists
Circuit records
Individual churches' and chapels' records:
55-166 South William Street
167-172 Trinity
173-193 Other Workington chapels
47-53, 193 Manses
194-243 District chapels
244-275 Chapels' names not stated
Primitive Methodists
Circuit records
Individual chapels
United Methodist Free Church
Workington, Bolton Street/Victoria Road
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Cumbria Archive and Local Studies Centre, Whitehaven
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- <corpname>Workington Methodist Circuit</corpname>
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 512 files and volumes
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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Transferred through Mr. Pratt, Methodist Archivist, Kendal and Record Office, Kendal; 31 October 1978.
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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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Methodism in Workington
Extant 1771 in a room in Ritson Street, used until 1791 when the first chapel was built in Tiffin Lane. The new church was built in 1840-1843 in Finkle Street. The "New Chapel" later became known as South William Street Church; it was burnt down in 1889, and rebuilt 1889-1890 with a Sunday School building at the rear.
The Primitive Methodist circuit was founded in 1823.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/edc0d1ec-de12-4a55-9068-5056f4239cc5/
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WORKINGTON METHODIST CIRCUIT