Description | Circuit plans, directories and newsletters 1814-2011, Quarterly Meeting minutes 1855-1990; Circuit Stewards accounts1822-1986; Circuit schedules 1819-1949; Local Preachers' meeting minutes 1820-1990; historical notes, papers re circuit policies; schedules and stats 1991-2004; Circuit Women's Network Committee minutes 1974-2011; Methodist Homes for the Aged papers 1998-2001; circuit plans, directories, 'Prospects' 1991-2008; Warrington Circuit Network minutes Oct 2000; Manse Group minutes Nov 2001; Circuit Property minutes Feb 2000, Jan 2001. Includes records relating to Hood Manor, Whitley, Padgate, Antrobus, Lymm, Moore, Oughtrington, Winwick, Stockton Heath and Warrington Bold Street chapels. |
Administrative History | When first established at the beginning of the 19th century, the Circuit comprised chapels in Warrington, Runcorn, Lymm, Moor, Whitley, Preston, Boothbank, Northwood, Warburton, Whitley Reed and Nook, Halton and Weston.
After Runcorn Circuit was established in 1848, the Circuit comprised Warrington, Lymm, Penketh, Moor, Whitley, Antrobus, Appleton, Padgate, Hatton, Martinscroft and Sankey Bridges.
Following the union of the Methodist Churches in 1933, the Circuit was briefly entitled the Warrington (Bold Street) Circuit. It comprised Warrington Bold Street, Bewsey Road, Ellesmere Street and Norris Street, Sankey Bridges, Latchford, Lymm, Penketh, Moore, Whitley, Antrobus, Appleton, Padgate, Martinscroft, Stockton Heath and Winwick. |