Derbyshire Places of Worship

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Primitive Methodist Chapel (Demolished), Castleton
Primitive Methodist Chapel (Demolished),
Town Head, Pindale Road,
Castleton, Derbyshire.

Cemeteries

We believe the Chapel did NOT have a graveyard.

Note: any church within an urban environment may have had its graveyard closed after the Burial Act of 1853. Any new church built after that is unlikely to have had a graveyard at all.

Church History

This Place of Worship was founded in 1833, but we understand it was closed in 1909.

The Religious Census of 1851 (HO 129/450/2/8/15) records that a Primitive Methodist Chapel was founded at "Castleton Town Head" in 1833. It was used "exclusively as a place of Worship not as Sunday School", and had free seating for 90, and no "other" sittings. The expected attendance on March 30, 1851 was 9 worshippers at morning service, 15 in the afternoon, and 62 in the evening. The returning officer was John Butler, "Class Leader", who was a "Farmer & Cattle Dealer".

Its location at Town Head is shown on OS Maps of 1880 and 1898, labelled as "Methodist Church (Primitive)". Later Maps, for instance OS 1921-1922, show its replacement in How Lane, built in 1909, recorded elsewhere in this database as Primitive Methodist Church (20thC). Private housing now occupies the site of the 19th century Chapel, which possibly incorporates some of the original building, but this is by no means certain.

Denomination

Now or formerly Primitive Methodist.

If more than one congregation has worshipped here, or its congregation has united with others, in most cases this will record its original dedication.

Maps

This Chapel was located at OS grid reference SK1512082727. You can see this on various mapping systems. Note all links open in a new window:

Resources

I have found many websites of use whilst compiling the information for this database. Here are some which deserve mention as being of special interest for Castleton, and perhaps to Local History and Places of Worship as a whole.

The above links were selected and reviewed at the time I prepared the information, but please be aware their content may vary, or disappear entirely. These factors are outside my control.

Information last updated on 22 Oct 2018 at 14:29.

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This Report was created 10 Oct 2024 - 20:55:58 BST from information held in the Derbyshire section of the Places of Worship Database. This was last updated on 13 Oct 2021 at 14:33.

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