Collection ACC/2642 - KINGSTON ROAD METHODIST CHAPEL, STAINES

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Reference code

ACC/2642

Title

KINGSTON ROAD METHODIST CHAPEL, STAINES

Date(s)

  • 1900-1986 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

0.3 linear metres

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

John Wesley visited Staines in 1771 and preached in a house which had just been fitted up for the purpose. He recorded an enthusiastic reception and according to the Anglican authorities the number of Methodists increased between 1778 and 1810. There does not seem to have been a proper chapel before about 1845, but the Wesleyan minister from Windsor registered a dwelling-house in Staines for religious worship in 1825. By 1865, and probably twenty years before, the Wesleyan chapel stood on the site of the present Salvation Army fortress in the Kingston Road. This chapel was replaced in 1890 by the present building in the Gothic style on the other side of the road. It is built in red brick with stone dressings and has a south-west spire. In 1957 the church had about 160 members.

From: A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 3: Shepperton, Staines, Stanwell, Sunbury, Teddington, Heston and Isleworth, Twickenham, Cowley, Cranford, West Drayton, Greenford, Hanwell, Harefield and Harlington (1962), pp. 30-31.

Archival history

ACC/2642 1900-1986 Collection 0.3 linear metres Methodist Church of Great Britain x United Methodist Church x Wesleyan Methodist Church x Primitive Methodist Church

John Wesley visited Staines in 1771 and preached in a house which had just been fitted up for the purpose. He recorded an enthusiastic reception and according to the Anglican authorities the number of Methodists increased between 1778 and 1810. There does not seem to have been a proper chapel before about 1845, but the Wesleyan minister from Windsor registered a dwelling-house in Staines for religious worship in 1825. By 1865, and probably twenty years before, the Wesleyan chapel stood on the site of the present Salvation Army fortress in the Kingston Road. This chapel was replaced in 1890 by the present building in the Gothic style on the other side of the road. It is built in red brick with stone dressings and has a south-west spire. In 1957 the church had about 160 members.

From: A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 3: Shepperton, Staines, Stanwell, Sunbury, Teddington, Heston and Isleworth, Twickenham, Cowley, Cranford, West Drayton, Greenford, Hanwell, Harefield and Harlington (1962), pp. 30-31.

Transferred by the General Register Office, Segensworth Road, Titchfield, Fareham, Hants PO15 5RR on 16 December 1988 (ACC/2642).

Records of the Kingston Road Methodist Chapel, Staines, comprising registers of marriages, 1900-1986.

6 volumes.

These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information are subject to access restrictions under the UK Data Protection Act, 1998.

Copyright: Depositor
English

Fit

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The church was part of the Staines and Feltham Wesleyan Methodist Circuit (see ACC/2111 and ACC/2708 for Circuit and constituent Church records).

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. January to March 2009 Christianity Protestantism Protestant nonconformity Methodism Religious groups Christians Protestants Protestant nonconformists Methodists Primary documents Church records and registers Buildings Europe Religious buildings Middlesex Staines Surrey Western Europe UK England London Kingston Road Methodist Chapel , Staines Religion Churches Nonconformists Religions Ancient religions Information sources Documents Parish records Marriage registers Architecture Legal documents Nonconformity

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Transferred by the General Register Office, Segensworth Road, Titchfield, Fareham, Hants PO15 5RR on 16 December 1988 (ACC/2642).

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Records of the Kingston Road Methodist Chapel, Staines, comprising registers of marriages, 1900-1986.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

6 volumes.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information are subject to access restrictions under the UK Data Protection Act, 1998.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright: Depositor

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

The church was part of the Staines and Feltham Wesleyan Methodist Circuit (see ACC/2111 and ACC/2708 for Circuit and constituent Church records).

Finding aids

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

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London Metropolitan Archives

Rules and/or conventions used

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

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Language(s)

  • English

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