Fonds
MACCLESFIELD CIRCUIT
Catalogue reference: EMC 1
What’s it about?
This record is about the MACCLESFIELD CIRCUIT dating from 1783-1977.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- EMC 1
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Title (The name of the record)
- MACCLESFIELD CIRCUIT
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1783-1977
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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The records have been grouped together as follows:-
EMC 1/1-13, 22-25 Wesleyan Circuit, and post 1949 Union.
EMC 1/14-15 Methodist New Connexion Circuit.
EMC 1/16-18 United Methodist Free Church Circuit, and post 1935 Union.
EMC 19-21 Primitive Methodist Circuit
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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<p>Records relating to individual chapels and societies have been placed in the series EMS.</p>
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Cheshire Archives and Local Studies
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- <corpname>Macclesfield Circuit, Cheshire</corpname>
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 206 files
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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Deposited by the Superintendent Minister of Macclesfield Circuit and by ministers serving in the Circuit in June 1967, November 1969, September 1972, June 1973, November 1976, February 1982 and August 1983. Acc. 1283(pt.), 1619(pt.), 1879(pt.), 1903, 1923(pt.), 2296(pt.), 2962(pt.), 3312(pt.), 4648
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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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A general account of the development of Methodism in Macclesfield is given in 'A History of Macclesfield' by C. Stella Davies (1969), and a more detailed early history in 'Methodism in Macclesfield' by Benjamin Smith (1875). The dates of the unions of Macclesfield Circuits are as follows:-
1935 - Macclesfield (Amalgamated) Circuit formed from:-
Park Street (former Methodist New Connexion) Circuit.
Park Green (former United Methodist Free Church) Circuit.
Macclesfield (former Primitive Methodist) Circuit.
Bollington Circuit.
1949 - Macclesfield Methodist Circuit formed from:-
Macclesfield (Wesleyan) Circuit.
Macclesfield (Amalgamated) Circuit.
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Copies information (Indicates existence, availability, location and format of copies)
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A copy of the 'Circuit Register of Trust Deeds and other Documents' not deposited is in the Accession File.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/fde81565-52b5-4be2-a760-26355eab4243/
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MACCLESFIELD CIRCUIT