Society records of the Methodist Church, York, Ebenezer Primitive Methodist Chapel

Register of baptisms, 1869-1895; Trustees' meetings minute books, 1856-1901; Leaders' meetings minute book, 1855-1877, and quarter day reports, 1855-1877; printed hymn sheet on the occasion of the farewell tea meeting for Reverend C. Stockdale, 1875.

Ebenezer Chapel opened at 3 Little Stonegate, York, in 1851, replacing the Grape Lane Primitive Methodist Chapel, which was sold. It was designed by local architect J. B. Pritchett and could accommodate around 1000 people.
It was the principal chapel within the York Circuit of the Primitive Methodist Connexion until 1883 when the Circuit split into two and it became the principal chapel of the First Circuit, renamed the Monkgate Circuit after 1903.
By the late nineteenth century the congregation had begun to outgrow the building. The chapel was consequently sold in 1901 to a local printing firm and a new Primitive Methodist Chapel was opened in Monkgate in 1903.

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The archive was deposited at the Borthwick Institute in the 1980s.

Ebenezer Chapel opened at 3 Little Stonegate, York, in 1851, replacing the Grape Lane Primitive Methodist Chapel, which was sold. It was designed by local architect J. B. Pritchett and could accommodate around 1000 people.
It was the principal chapel within the York Circuit of the Primitive Methodist Connexion until 1883 when the Circuit split into two and it became the principal chapel of the First Circuit, renamed the Monkgate Circuit after 1903.
By the late nineteenth century the congregation had begun to outgrow the building. The chapel was consequently sold in 1901 to a local printing firm and a new Primitive Methodist Chapel was opened in Monkgate in 1903.

A typescript finding aid, to file level, is available for consultation in the searchroom of the Borthwick Institute.

A copy of the baptismal register, 1869-1895, is also available on microfilm at the Borthwick Institute (References: MF 1784).

Created by S. A. Shearn, 15.11.16.

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Circuit records for the York Circuit and York First (Monkgate) Circuit of the Primitive Methodist Connexion and the Monkgate Circuit of the Methodist Church of Great Britain are also deposited at the Borthwick Institute. These form a single archive: Records of the Methodist Church, York (Monkgate) Circuit.
The Borthwick also holds the records of the chapel's predecessor: Grape Lane Primitive Methodist Chapel, York.

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