Society records of the Methodist Church, Acaster Malbis Wesleyan Methodist Chapel

Trustees' meetings minute book, 1879-1897, 1902-1973; circular and list of subscriptions promised for building of new chapel, 1880.
Unlisted material.

The Wesleyan Methodist Chapel at Acaster Malbis was built in Gothic style in 1880 on a site given for that purpose by the lord of the manor.
It was part of the York, Wesley Circuit of the Wesleyan Connexion until after the unification of the Primitive, Wesleyan and United Methodist churches in 1932. In 1935 the Wesley and Victoria Bar Circuits joined together and thereafter Acaster Malbis was part of the new enlarged Wesley Circuit of the Methodist Connexion.
It transferred to the new York, South Circuit with the rest of the Wesley Circuit chapels between 1981 and 2012. In 2012 it became part of the new single York Circuit of the Methodist Connexion.
As of 2016 it remains in use.

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The archive was deposited at the Borthwick Institute in the 1980s. A further addition was made to the archive in 2013.

The Wesleyan Methodist Chapel at Acaster Malbis was built in Gothic style in 1880 on a site given for that purpose by the lord of the manor.
It was part of the York, Wesley Circuit of the Wesleyan Connexion until after the unification of the Primitive, Wesleyan and United Methodist churches in 1932. In 1935 the Wesley and Victoria Bar Circuits joined together and thereafter Acaster Malbis was part of the new enlarged Wesley Circuit of the Methodist Connexion.
It transferred to the new York, South Circuit with the rest of the Wesley Circuit chapels between 1981 and 2012. In 2012 it became part of the new single York Circuit of the Methodist Connexion.
As of 2016 it remains in use.

A typescript finding aid, to file level, is available for consultation in the searchroom of the Borthwick Institute. This includes all material received prior to 2013.

Created by S. A. Shearn, 21.10.16.

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Further accruals are not expected.

Circuit records for York, Wesley Circuit of both the Wesleyan and single Methodist Connexion, and York, South Circuit are also deposited at the Borthwick Institute. The records of both York, Wesley Circuits form a single archive: Circuit records of the Methodist Connexion, York, Wesley Circuit (MRC/2).

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