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EMC 5 - Congleton Methodist Circuit - 1808-1997

Repository	Cheshire Record Office
Level	Collection (Fonds)
Reference	EMC 5
Title	Congleton Methodist Circuit
Date	1808-1997
Description	Includes baptism register 1824-1997
Administrative History	An account of the development of Methodism in Congleton is given in 'Methodism in Congleton: A History of the Wagg Street and the Kinsey Street Circuits in Congleton and the surrounding Area' by Joan P. Alcock (1968). Dates of alteration in the Circuits are as follows:- 1943 - Congleton Queen Street (former Methodist New Connexion) Chapel tranferred from Burslem Circuit to Wagg Street Circuit. 1969 - Congleton Circuit formed from:- Wagg Street (former Wesleyan) Circuit, except Biddulph section, which was transferred to Biddulph and Mow Cop Circuit; Kinsey Street (former Primitive Methodist) Circuit, except Mow Cop and Newtown Chapels, which were transferred to Biddulph and Mow Cop Circuit; and Kent Green Chapel, which was transferred to Tunstall Circuit.
URL	http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=017-emc5&cid=0

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