Sledmere Primitive Methodist Chapel East Yorkshire
This chapel was built in 1889
Sledmere is eight and a half miles from Driffield. The first Primitive Methodist class was formed in 1820 by Mr. Sellars of Pocklington. For sixty-eight years the Sledmere Primitives were tried and tested often and severely. Some gave up but most were very loyal to their convictions. The local landowner, Sir Tatton Sykes of Sledmere, was willing to give land for a chapel to be built as long as the clergy of the parish were willing. It was not until 1888/9 that the local vicar had a change of heart and allowed the Primitive Methodists to build their long prayed for chapel. There are at least four foundation stones laid. Only some are readable.
The chapel was open for worship until approximately 2012 when it sadly closed. In 2013 a local Driffield art gallery seems to be showing some interest in the chapel building.
Photos taken August 2009
OS Map ref:101:SE937648
Additioonal information (CH 10/2020)
The Primitive Methodist magazine of January 2020 records the opening of the “neat and handsome” chapel at Sledmere in the Driffield circuit. The cost had already been raised. The report comments that when the village had been missioned some 70 years previously, “many of the cottagers would not open their house for preaching for fear of the squire”.
Reference
Primitive Methodist magazine January 1890 pages 58-59
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