Shaw Rd United Methodist Free Church, Higginshaw
Shaw Rd,
Higginshaw
Lancashire
Church History
It was founded in 1863. It closed in 1972.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.
Maps
The church was located near OS grid reference SD932059. You can see this on maps provided by:- this church marked on a Google map. (Use this to report a corrected location)
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- Has this church ever had a graveyard?