Society records of the Methodist Church, York, Grape Lane Primitive Methodist Chapel

Records of Trustees', comprising meeting minute book, 1845-1851, and treasurer's account book, 1829-1852.

The Chapel in Grape Lane, York, was originally built in 1781 for the Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion, a small society of evangelical churches founded by Selina, Countess of Huntingdon.
It was sold to the Methodist New Connexion in 1798 and was a Wesleyan Chapel for a short time before it was rented by the Primitive Methodists in 1820. A Sunday School was established there the following year.
The chapel was purchased outright by the Primitive Methodist Church in 1829 and in 1834 it was said to accommodate 684 people. It was part of the single York Circuit of the Primitive Methodist Connexion.
The chapel was closed in 1851 when the congregation transferred to the new Ebenezer Primitive Methodist Chapel in Little Stonegate. The chapel was later converted to commercial use.

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

The Chapel in Grape Lane, York, was originally built in 1781 for the Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion, a small society of evangelical churches founded by Selina, Countess of Huntingdon.
It was sold to the Methodist New Connexion in 1798 and was a Wesleyan Chapel for a short time before it was rented by the Primitive Methodists in 1820. A Sunday School was established there the following year.
The chapel was purchased outright by the Primitive Methodist Church in 1829 and in 1834 it was said to accommodate 684 people. It was part of the single York Circuit of the Primitive Methodist Connexion.
The chapel was closed in 1851 when the congregation transferred to the new Ebenezer Primitive Methodist Chapel in Little Stonegate. The chapel was later converted to commercial use.

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

Created by S. A. Shearn, 15.11.16.

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Circuit records for the York Circuit of the Primitive Methodist Connexion are also deposited at the Borthwick Institute as part of the Records of the Methodist Church, York (Monkgate) Circuit. The Borthwick also holds the records of the chapel's successor: Ebenezer Chapel on Little Stonegate, York.

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