Society records of the Methodist Church, Hessay Wesleyan Chapel

Trustees' meetings minute book, 1876-1976; accounts, 1824-1903; analysis of circuit and church life questionnaire for Hessay Chapel, 1983; order of service for inauguration of local ecumenical project, 1988.
Unlisted material.

The Wesleyan Methodist Chapel was built on Main Street at Hessay in 1824. The land on which it was built may have been given by the Nottinghams, a prominent local Methodist family.
Originally part of the single York Circuit of the Wesleyan Methodist Connexion, in 1867 Hessay joined the new York, Wesley Circuit. Following the unification of the Primitive, Wesleyan and United Methodist churches in 1932, the Wesley and Victoria Bar Circuits merged and Hessay continued as part of an enlarged York, Wesley Circuit of what was now a single Methodist Connexion until 1981, when it joined York, South Circuit.
As of 2016 the chapel is still in use. Since 2012 it has been part of the York Circuit of the Methodist Connexion.

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

The Wesleyan Methodist Chapel was built on Main Street at Hessay in 1824. The land on which it was built may have been given by the Nottinghams, a prominent local Methodist family.
Originally part of the single York Circuit of the Wesleyan Methodist Connexion, in 1867 Hessay joined the new York, Wesley Circuit. Following the unification of the Primitive, Wesleyan and United Methodist churches in 1932, the Wesley and Victoria Bar Circuits merged and Hessay continued as part of an enlarged York, Wesley Circuit of what was now a single Methodist Connexion until 1981, when it joined York, South Circuit.
As of 2016 the chapel is still in use. Since 2012 it has been part of the York Circuit of the Methodist Connexion.

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Created by S. A. Shearn, 09.11.16.

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Further accruals are expected.

Circuit records for the York Circuit and York, Wesley Circuit of the Wesleyan Methodist Connexion, and the York, Wesley and York, South Circuits of the Methodist Connexion are also deposited at the Borthwick Institute. The records of York Circuit form part of: Records of the Methodist Connexion, York (New Street) Circuit (MRC/1). 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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