94:, formed by the reuniting of the two denominations and another (the United Methodist Church) in 1932, documented all the chapels it owned as of 1940 in a statistical return published in 1947. Within the boundaries of the present borough of Test Valley at that time, there were 31 chapels representing the denomination's three historic strands: 19 that were originally Primitive Methodist, 10 of Wesleyan origin and two United Methodist chapels. Primitive Methodist chapels could be found at Ampfield, Amport, Andover (East Street), Appleshaw, Barton Stacey, Canada Common, Charlton, Forton (near Longparish), Hurstbourne Tarrant, King's Somborne, Leckford, Littledown, Longstock, Lower Clatford, Newtown (near Awbridge), Upper Clatford, Vernham Dean, Wherwell and Wildhern. There were chapels of Wesleyan origin at Andover (Bridge Street), Clanville, Longparish, Nether Wallop, Nursling, Romsey, Thruxton, Timsbury, West Wellow and Wherwell. King's Somborne and Up Somborne (a hamlet in the same parish) each had a chapel with United Methodist origins. The chapels at Ampfield and Thruxton had already closed and been sold by the time the statistics were published. Some have been demolished, such as the former Primitive Methodists chapel in Andover
90:"preached to a few dead stones" at Andover, and described hearers at Romsey as "quiet" and "unaffected" by his preaching. Nevertheless, the denomination entered a growth period from the mid-19th century in the "wilderness", and chapels were founded in various towns and villages. Primitive Methodism, which split from Wesleyan Methodism in the early 19th century, was also strong locally. The
89:
The western part of
Hampshire was not early to embrace Methodism, being part of the so-called "Methodist Wilderness" in this part of southern England. John Wesley, the founder of Methodism, visited Andover in 1759 and 1760 and Romsey later in the 1760s, but experienced success at neither place: he
104:
98:
101:
172:
153:
134:
107:
95:
91:
100:
but most survive—although many have closed and are now in alternative use, often residential as at
Longstock,
113:
115:(A Sketch of the History of Wesleyan-Methodism in some of the Southern Counties of England)
8:
17:
171:
harvnb error: no target: CITEREFMethodist_Church_of_Great_Britain1947 (
166:
26:
Sutton place of worship categories already existing:
72:
St
Michael and All Angels' Church, South Beddington‎
160:
152:harvnb error: no target: CITEREFPocock1885 (
133:harvnb error: no target: CITEREFPocock1885 (
141:
124:
122:
60:St Andrew's United Reformed Church, Cheam
45:Church of the Good Shepherd, Carshalton‎
42:Church of St John the Baptist, Belmont‎
14:
167:Methodist Church of Great Britain 1947
147:
128:
119:
75:St Nicholas Church, Sutton, London‎
63:St Barnabas Church, Sutton, London‎
48:Holy Family Church, Sutton, London‎
23:
24:
188:
92:Methodist Church of Great Britain
51:Holy Trinity Church, Wallington‎
30:All Saints Church (Hackbridge)‎
78:Sutton Baptist Church, London‎
39:Christ Church, Sutton, London‎
13:
1:
106:and both chapels at Wherwell.
36:All Saints church, Carshalton
33:All Saints church, Benhilton‎
7:
84:Wallington Methodist Church
66:St Dunstan's Church, Cheam‎
10:
193:
169:, pp. 238, 240, 241.
57:St Alban's Church, Cheam‎
81:Trinity Church, Sutton‎
69:St Mary's Beddington‎
54:Lumley Chapel, Cheam‎
97:and Barton Stacey,
150:, pp. 23–24.
18:User:Hassocks5489
184:
177:
176:
164:
158:
157:
145:
139:
138:
126:
192:
191:
187:
186:
185:
183:
182:
181:
180:
170:
165:
161:
151:
146:
142:
132:
127:
120:
111:
87:
22:
21:
20:
12:
11:
5:
190:
179:
178:
159:
140:
117:
103:Upper Clatford
86:
85:
82:
79:
76:
73:
70:
67:
64:
61:
58:
55:
52:
49:
46:
43:
40:
37:
34:
31:
15:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
189:
174:
168:
163:
155:
149:
144:
136:
130:
125:
123:
118:
116:
114:
109:
108:
105:
102:
99:
96:
93:
83:
80:
77:
74:
71:
68:
65:
62:
59:
56:
53:
50:
47:
44:
41:
38:
35:
32:
29:
28:
27:
19:
162:
143:
131:, p. 9.
110:
88:
25:
148:Pocock 1885
129:Pocock 1885
112:Pocock is
16:<
173:help
154:help
135:help
121:^
175:)
156:)
137:)
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.