Bitton ("Ebenezer") Methodist Church, Bitton, Gloucestershire, Church History

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Bitton ("Ebenezer") Methodist Church, Bitton

Bitton ("Ebenezer") Methodist Church,
Mill Lane,
Bitton, Gloucestershire.

Cemeteries

We believe the Church 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 1859, but we understand it was closed in 2010.

An account of Bitton Methodist Church celebrating its 150th anniversary (in 2009) was published in the August 2010 edition of Focal Point, the parish magazine of St Mary's Church, Bitton for August 2010 - "celebrating 150 years of witness and faithful commitment to God in this part of His vineyard..." It remarks that in its early days "Ebenezer Chapel" (as it was known in the deeds) would have been competing with the Wesleyan Chapel, built 25 years before, only yards away, and with St Mary's parish church itself... "the anniversary was a real boost, a real joy and delight".
Sadly, however it was to close the following year. Its last service was held on August 29th 2010, but with hopes it might become a Community Centre.
It had been registered for solemnising marriages, as the following notice in The London Gazette of 14th July 1950 (p.3643) indicates:
A Separate Building, duly certified for religious worship, named EBENEZER CHAPEL situated at Bitton in Kingswood registration district in the county of Gloucester was on the 30th June 1950, registered for solemnizing marriages therein, pursuant to Sec. 41 of the Marriage Act, 1949. Dated 8th July 1950.
The formal notice of cancellation for "Ebenezer Chapel, Bitton", was published on 1st May 2014, (p.8766).

Denomination

Now or formerly Free 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 Church was located at OS grid reference ST6810869711. You can see this on various mapping systems. Note all links open in a new window:

Bitton ("Ebenezer") Methodist Church, Bitton shown on a Google Map.
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Bing (Ordnance Survey option) (verified 2018-10-13)
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OpenStreetMap (Maps © OpenStreetMap contributors, CC-BY-SA) (verified 2018-10-15)
A Vision of Britain Through Time - useful for Boundary Changes (verified 2018-10-15)
www.magic.gov.uk (Modern Maps with various overlays) (verified 2018-10-15)

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 Bitton, and perhaps to Local History and Places of Worship as a whole.

Information provided on the St Mary's Church, Bitton website. (verified 2019-01-25)
Notices of Civil Registration of Places of Worship for marriages are published in the London edition of The Gazette. Hint: search for registrations from 1998 by choosing 'Church' notices, and the option 'Registration for solemnising marriage'. (verified 2018-12-11)

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 25 Jan 2019 at 11:14.

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This Report was created 22 Dec 2024 - 05:21:37 GMT from information held in the Gloucestershire section of the Places of Worship Database. This was last updated on 13 Oct 2021 at 14:13.

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