Society records of the Methodist Church, Upper Poppleton Methodist Chapel

Trustees’ treasurer’s account book, 1848-1947, 1969-1977; minutes of Church Council, 1980-1982; financial records, comprising Finance Committee minutes, 1973-1980, chapel collection journal, 1905-1922, and various accounts, including accounts for New Chapel Subscription Fund, 1888-1890, Restoration and Alteration of Old Chapel Fund, 1891-1893, New Sunday School and Institute Building Fund, 1906-1910, and Sunday School Endowment Fund, 1910-1911; Band of Hope meeting minutes, 1901-1912; Sunday School teachers’ minute book, 1887-1920, treasurer’s accounts, 1873-1910, and teachers’ roll giving names, addresses, dates of appointment and leaving, reason for leaving and attendence, 1916-1926; Junior Guild scrapbook of correspondence, programmes and photographs, c.1950-1976; order of service for dedication of church extension, 1984; analysis of circuit church life questionnaire for Upper Poppleton chapel, 1983; contents of foundation stone bottle, c.1889; programmes, tickets and press cuttings for fund raising events, 1888-1911; photographs of chapel fete, 1911.
Unlisted material, 1948-2005.

In 1757 John Wesley, the founder of Methodism, preached on the village green at Upper Poppleton. A Methodist Society was subsequently formed in the village, its members meeting for worship in a barn until 1817 when the first Wesleyan Methodist Chapel was built.
A new chapel was opened on The Green in 1892 at a cost of £950, and the old chapel was demolished in the early twentieth century to may way for a new Sunday School. The chapel was extended in the 1970s and 1980s.
Originally part of the York Circuit of the Wesleyan Methodist Connexion, in 1867 Poppleton became part of the York, Wesley Circuit. Following the unification of the Primitive, Wesleyan and United Methodist churches in 1932, Wesley Circuit joined with York, Victoria Bar Circuit to form the new York, Wesley Circuit of what was now a single Methodist Connexion. In 1981 Poppleton joined York, South Circuit.
As of 2016 it 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 in 1998. Further additions were made to the archive in 2013 and 2016.

In 1757 John Wesley, the founder of Methodism, preached on the village green at Upper Poppleton. A Methodist Society was subsequently formed in the village, its members meeting for worship in a barn until 1817 when the first Wesleyan Methodist Chapel was built.
A new chapel was opened on The Green in 1892 at a cost of £950, and the old chapel was demolished in the early twentieth century to may way for a new Sunday School. The chapel was extended in the 1970s and 1980s.
Originally part of the York Circuit of the Wesleyan Methodist Connexion, in 1867 Poppleton became part of the York, Wesley Circuit. Following the unification of the Primitive, Wesleyan and United Methodist churches in 1932, Wesley Circuit joined with York, Victoria Bar Circuit to form the new York, Wesley Circuit of what was now a single Methodist Connexion. In 1981 Poppleton joined York, South Circuit.
As of 2016 it 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, 28.11.16.

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Circuit records for the York Circuit and York, Wesley Circuit of the Wesleyan Methodist Connexion, and the York, Wesley and York, South Circuit of the Methodist Connexion are also deposited at the Borthwick Institute. The York Circuit records are part of: Circuit records of the Methodist Connexion, York (New Street) Circuit (MRC/1). The records of both York, Wesley Circuits form a single archive (MRC/2).

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