RepositoryCheshire Record Office
LevelCollection (Fonds)
ReferenceEMC 5
TitleCongleton Methodist Circuit
Date1808-1969
DescriptionIncludes baptism register 1824-1997
Administrative HistoryAn 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.
URLhttp://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=017-emc5&cid=0
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