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Pendlebury Methodist Church (formerly Victoria Wesleyan Methodist), Bolton Road

1854-1961
Archives
Records including Baptism register 1854-1961 (Box L51/39); Trustees' Meetings minutes 1878-1933
Uncatalogued material at 2001/13, 2004/34 and 2007/43
Repository:
Manchester Archives and Local Studies
Title:
Pendlebury Methodist Church (formerly Victoria Wesleyan Methodist), Bolton Road
Date of work:
1854-1961
Reference number:
GB127.L51/8
Level of description:
Custodial history:
The society, a break-away group from the Happy Land United Methodist Free Church society, started in around 1874 in the former UMFC church in Moss Lane It was part of Manchester 2nd Wesleyan (Irwell Street) Circuit, later Salford (Pendleton) Wesleyan Circuit. A new church, Pendlebury Victoria Wesleyan, was opened in Bolton Road in 1904. The church was transferred to Salford (Swinton, Pendlebury and Pendleton) Methodist Circuit in 1954. In 1964 it was joined by the other Pendlebury societies - Bethel (ex-Primitive Methodist) and Happy Land - and became known as Pendlebury Methodist Church. The same year, the circuit was re-named Swinton Methodist Circuit.
Access restrictions:
Unrestricted
Use restrictions:
Unrestricted
Language:
English
Record number:
7209945
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