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Methodist Mission Room (Demolished),
Freeland Buildings,
Eastville, Fishponds, 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 1840, but we understand it was closed in 1872.

This Mission Room was erected by property developer Thomas Slocombe, next to two new cottages he built in Freeland Buildings. It rapidly became too small, and so in 1872, a new Chapel was erected at the junction of Fishponds Road with Gloucester Street and Muller Road - what was later to be known as Eastville Park Methodist Church. It was enlarged in 1879, and in 1891-2 was rebuilt. This building can still be seen today - now the home of International Pentecostal City Mission - but as might be expected, the original Mission Room has been demolished. After it had closed for Methodist worship, it was taken over by a group of Baptists, who later built their own Church.

The return to the Religious Census of 1851 (HO 129/330/6/2/5) for a place of worship for a congregation of Wesleyan Methodist Reformers, in Freeland Buildings, Stapleton, was said to have been erected in 1840, as a separate building, used exclusively as a place of worship was evidently quite large, as it had free seating for 130, and 24 "other" sittings. The estimated congregation on March 30th was 10 in the morning, and 40 in the evening, with 28 Sunday Scholars attending a morning class. The return was completed by Edward Millard, who styled himself Class Leader, and lived at "No. 6 St James Parade, St James Churchyard, Bristol".

After it had closed for Methodist worship, it was taken over by a group of Baptists, who later built the present day Baptist Church. This was built on the opposite side of Freeland Buildings, and closer to Fishponds Road.

Denomination

Now or formerly Wesleyan Reform.

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 ST6143974823. You can see this on various mapping systems. Note all links open in a new window:

• Methodist Mission Room (Demolished), Eastville, Fishponds shown on a Google Map.
• Places of Worship in Fishponds shown on a Google Map.
• Streetmap.co.uk (arrow on map shows the Place of Worship's location) (verified 2018-10-15)
• Bing (Ordnance Survey option) (verified 2018-10-13)
• Bing Maps ('Bird's Eye' View) (verified 2018-10-15)
• Ordnance Survey "getamap" (NB some of the 'Change Map' options may require a subscription) (verified 2018-10-15)
• 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)