Ansty (Anstey) Primitive Methodist chapel

Cropston Rd, Anstey LE7 7BP

Anstey Primitive Methodist schools
Christopher Hill January 2018
Anstey Primitive Methodist schools datestone
Christopher Hill January 2018

White’s Directory tells us that Anstey Primitive Methodist chapel opened in 1839.  

The Primitive Methodist Magazine of April 1857 contains an account by William Cutts of the improving state of Primitive Methodist chapels in the Leicester First Circuit.  He includes a section on the reduction of debt at Ansty (sic) Primitive Methodist chapel. The aim was to reduce the debt.  A reduction of £10 was achieved through the collections at the anniversary services and a tea meeting held in Mr Skertchley’s orchard with “nearly all of the provision being given.”

The chapel was replaced in 1872 by a chapel that seated 400.  In 1893 a Sunday school for 400 scholars was opened on the opposite side of the road.

By 2017 the chapel has disappeared and the Sunday School building is now active as the Methodist church centre.


Reference

Primitive Methodist Magazine April 1857 p.244

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