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Mount Zion, Coniston - Primitive Methodist

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Mount Zion,
Old Furness Rd,
Coniston
Lancashire

Cemeteries

The church does not have a graveyard.

Church History

It was founded in 1859. It closed in 1900.

The Primitive Methodist church was an early 19th century (1807) secession form 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.

Maps

The church was located at OS grid reference SD301972. You can see this on maps provided by:

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