Society records of the Methodist Church, Moor Monkton Methodist Chapel

Records of Trustees, including meeting minute book, 1885-1976, treasurer's account book, 1886-1972, and list of trustees, 1914; property and fabric papers, including bills and receipts relating to chapel building, 1886, and papers relating to the closure and sale of the chapel, 1979-1981; circular seeking subscription for the building and opening of the chapel, 1886; letter from American chapel concerning exchange of ministers, 1972; Sunday School attendance register, 1910-1946.

Moor Monkton Wesleyan Methodist Chapel was built in 1886, on a site given by the High Sheriff of Yorkshire, Captain Slingsby. It consisted of a room with seating for 90 people and an adjoining schoolroom for Sunday School classes.
The chapel was part of the York, Wesley Circuit of the Wesleyan Methodist Connexion until 1935 when, following the unification of the Primitive, Wesleyan and United Methodist churches, the Wesley and Victoria Bar Circuits merged. Thereafter Moor Monkton was part of an enlarged York, Wesley Circuit of what was now a unified Methodist Connexion.
The chapel was closed in 1979 and the building sold.

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The archive was deposited at the Borthwick Institute prior to 1999. A further addition was made to the archive in 1999.

Moor Monkton Wesleyan Methodist Chapel was built in 1886, on a site given by the High Sheriff of Yorkshire, Captain Slingsby. It consisted of a room with seating for 90 people and an adjoining schoolroom for Sunday School classes.
The chapel was part of the York, Wesley Circuit of the Wesleyan Methodist Connexion until 1935 when, following the unification of the Primitive, Wesleyan and United Methodist churches, the Wesley and Victoria Bar Circuits merged. Thereafter Moor Monkton was part of an enlarged York, Wesley Circuit of what was now a unified Methodist Connexion.
The chapel was closed in 1979 and the building sold.

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Created by S. A. Shearn, 01.12.16.

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

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