Derbyshire Places of Worship

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Woolley Methodist Chapel, Woolley, Brackenfield
Woolley Methodist Chapel,
Quarry Lane,
Woolley, Brackenfield, 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 1841, though it is now closed, but we don't yet know when.

This chapel is a pretty little building, now in private occupation, but it still retains the sign "Woolley Methodist Chapel" on the side of the building facing the road.

The return to the Religious Census of 1851 (HO 129/448/1/6/27) for "Woolley Chapel", parish of Brackenfield, erected in 1841 as a separate building, which was not used exclusively as a place of worship. There was free seating for 200, and an average congregation of 14 to morning service and 70 in the afternoon, with 30 Sunday Scholars in both a morning and afternoon. The return was completed by Edward Barker, its Manager, who lived at "Woolley nr. Alfreton, Derbyshire". There was no explanation as to what else the building was used for.

Non-Conformist Chapels and Meeting Houses, Derbyshire (1986) records a tablet above the south entrance with a date of 1841, and initials "JW", but this is not visible from the road.

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 SK3695260571. You can see this on various mapping systems. Note all links open in a new window:

Information last updated on 16 Aug 2013 at 16:12.

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This Report was created 26 Dec 2024 - 11:56:56 GMT 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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