Burnley Road United Methodist Free Church, Bacup
United Methodist Free Church,
Burnley Road,
Bacup
Lancashire
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Cemeteries
The church does not have a graveyard.Church History
It was founded in 1836. This Church is now known as Central Methodist Church. The present building dates from 1897 when it was originally called Waterside Methodist Free Church.The Church must have been in existence for quite some considerable time before this, as a Church census taken on 30th March 1851 shows a total of 1045 worshippers for the morning, afternoon and evening services. By the time of a later census on 29th January 1887, attendance seems to have dropped greatly, as only 291 people are recorded as having attended the morning and evening services (the afternoon service appears to have been dropped).
In 1907 the United Methodist Free Church merged with the Methodist New Connexion and the Bible Christians to form the United Methodist Church.
In 1932 the United Methodists joined with the Wesleyan Methodists and the Primitive Methodists to form the Methodist Church of Great Britain.
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