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EMS 255 - Bewsey Road Methodist Church, Warrington - 19th century - 20th century

Repository	Cheshire Record Office
Level	Collection (Fonds)
Reference	EMS 255
Title	Bewsey Road Methodist Church, Warrington
Date	19th century - 20th century
Description	Registers of baptisms 1875-1963 and marriages 1899-1959; Leaders meetings minutes 1875-1946; Stewards collection journal 1946-1964; Wesley Guild minutes and accounts 1928-1949; Trustees' minutes and accounts 1872-1975; papers re application for permission to build chapel 1874-1875; miscellaneous including histories etc, 20th century
Administrative History	Bewsey Road Chapel was established in 1874-5 by the Trustees of Bold Street Chapel [EMS 336] "in consequence of the difficulty of providing suitable accommodation for person desirous of worshipping in Bold Street Chapel". The new Chapel opened in November 1875, and offered accommodation for 800. Closed in 1963. A Sunday School associated with this Chapel was held in the Wesleyan School in Silver Street (see EMS 350)
URL	http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=017-ems255&cid=0

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