IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): N/M/020
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: FIRST LONDON CIRCUIT
Date(s): 1850-1872
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 0.05 linear metres
Name of creator(s): Methodist Church of Great Britain x United Methodist Church x Wesleyan Methodist Church x Primitive Methodist Church
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The New Chapel, or as it later became known, Wesley's Chapel, was opened for public worship on 1 November 1778. It stood as a successor to the old Foundery Chapel bought in 1739 which was situated a few hundred metres to the south east.
The Chapel is important as the "Mother Church of World Methodism", the scene of many famous events such as the Uniting Conference of Primitive Methodists, United Methodists and Wesleyan Methodists in 1932. It also acts as the focal point of the City Road Circuit, also known as London East Circuit (1807-1823) and the First London Circuit. There has been much reorganisation as chapels closed and circuits were altered; for further details and names and dates of circuits, contact the Society of Cirplanologists who collect Circuit plans.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of churches within the First London Circuit, including the Wilson Street Welsh Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, 1850-1872.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
One volume.
Conditions governing access:
Available for general access
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright: Depositor
Physical characteristics:
Fit
Finding aids:
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:
Accruals:
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
AC/73/018
ALLIED MATERIALS
Existence and location of originals:
Existence and location of copies:
Related material:
See also ACC/2330 for records of the First London Circuit.
Publication note:
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Date(s) of descriptions: January to March 2009