Blackley, Exchange Street Wesleyan Methodist Church
1839-1953
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Total copies: 1
Records including Baptism registers 1839-1946 (MFPR 2118); Marriage registers 1876-1899 (MFPR 2118); Minutes of the Trustees' Meetings 1917-1953; Trust treasurers accounts 1859-1904, cash book 1885-1892, 1926-1953 and ledgers 1904-1952
Papers relating to the closure of the church and burial ground 1948-1953 (2001/11 Box 73)
Related Material:Marriage registers 1900-1945 at M275 (MFPR 2118)
Title:
Blackley, Exchange Street Wesleyan Methodist Church
Date of work:
1839-1953
Reference number:
GB127.M235/5
Level of description:
Sub-fonds from Fonds: Cheetham Hill Methodist Circuit (GB127.M235)
Part of:
Includes:
Custodial history:
The first Wesleyan chapel in Blackley was opened in 1806 and moved to new, larger premises in Exchange Street in 1862. Schooling was an important part of Blackley Methodism: a separate Sunday school adjacent to the church opened in 1816, moved to new premises in Thomas Street in 1865 and moved again in 1881 to a new joint day and Sunday school building (the day school having been established in 1850). The school was taken over by the Manchester School Board in 1901. Initially part of Manchester 1st Wesleyan (Oldham Street) Circuit, the church joined Manchester 7th Wesleyan (Cheetham Hill) Circuit in 1863 and continued in the successor Manchester (Cheetham Hill) Methodist Circuit after the Methodist Union of 1932. Exchange Street closed in 1953.
Access restrictions:
Unrestricted
Use restrictions:
Unrestricted
Record types:
Manchester Archives and Local Studies
Language:
English
Record number:
7217132