Society records of the Methodist Church, Flaxton Primitive Methodist Chapel

Treasurer's account book, 1915-1949, including cash accounts for Monkgate Circuit, 1932-1943, and accounts for the sale of Flaxton Chapel; file of correspondence with Charity Commissioners concerning wood endowment and the sale of the chapel, 1915-1933.

A Primitive Methodist Chapel was built at Flaxton in 1826. Originally part of the York Circuit of the Primitive Methodist Connexion, it became part of the York First Circuit (renamed York, Monkgate Circuit from 1903) after the original Circuit was divided into two in 1883.
The chapel was closed c.1925 and sold in the 1930s.

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

A Primitive Methodist Chapel was built at Flaxton in 1826. Originally part of the York Circuit of the Primitive Methodist Connexion, it became part of the York First Circuit (renamed York, Monkgate Circuit from 1903) after the original Circuit was divided into two in 1883.
The chapel was closed c.1925 and sold in the 1930s.

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

A copy of the baptismal register, 1871-1900, is also available on microfilm at the Borthwick Institute (References: MF 1784).

Created by S. A. Shearn, 09.11.16.

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Further accruals are not expected.

Circuit records for the York Circuit and York, Monkgate (previously York First) Circuit of the Primitive Methodist Connexion are also deposited at the Borthwick Institute. The records for both Circuits form a single archive: Records of the Methodist Church, York (Monkgate) Circuit.

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