Walmersley Rd Primitive Methodist, Bury

The church does not have a graveyard.

It was founded before 1895. It is now closed, but we do not know the date of closure. This community originally worshipped in a building on the west side of Walmersley Road, opposite St Marks Square. When the New Jerusalem Church left its premises slightly closer to the town centre, the Primitive Methodists acquired them for use as a Sunday School. Later the original chapel was sold and the NJ building was used for services. The original Methodist chapel was used as a 'hat factory' for many years. Both buildings are now demolished.

The Primitive Methodist church was an early 19th century (1807) secession from the Wesleyan Methodist church and was particularly successful in evangelising agricultural and industrial communities at open meetings. In 1932 the Primitive Methodists joined with the Wesleyan Methodists and the United Methodists to form the Methodist Church of Great Britain.

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It was located at SD8088011616 (Lat/Lon 53.600757, -2.290395). You can see this on maps provided by:

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