Methodist Church - Stoke Golding, Leicestershire - Methodist Churches on Waymarking.com

"The current (2018) Methodist church was built in 1933, in front of the second (1905) Primitive Methodist chapel in Stoke Golding.

The 1858 Primitive Methodist magazine tells us that at the time Stoke Golding was village of 600 people. It was missioned early in the development of Primitive Methodism then re-missioned by preaching in the street. Around 1855 John Moxon gave a plot of land for a chapel – needed then because they had just been ejected from their previous meeting house.

The chapel was 8 yards by 6 yards with a board floor and cast iron windows. It opened from December 13th 1857 by John Moxon, Rev T Johnson (Independent), D Smith and Thomas Roberts. Collections were good considering “the distressed state of trade“. They raised £37 8s. towards the £100 cost.

Donors and collectors included Mrs Frith and her kind daughters, Mrs Harris and Mr Moxon. Mr Moxon had also provided a chapel at a cost of £95 near his own farm, 1.5 miles from Hinkley, where there was a society of 9 members, good congregations and a small Sunday school.

Within a couple of years, J Shaw tells us that they closed the chapel for thorough cleaning, repainting and the erection of an ornamental palisade in front of the building. They also paid off the £8 owed to the lawyer who drew up the deed of conveyance for the chapel in the first place. The magazine editor scolded them for not paying that debt off earlier.

As the society grew the chapel was sold and a new one on Main Street, at the back of the present Church, was opened in October 1905. As it acted as both a Sunday school and a church, in 1933 the present church building was opened in front of the 1905 schoolroom.

The Stoke Golding website tells us that “After the sale of the Station Road building many uses were made of it. Ladies met during the First World War years to knit comforts for the troops, and it became known as the Womens Hall. That faded name can still be seen today on its wall. Latterly it was used by the Gardening and Allotments Society as a store before being sold.” "

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Methodist church on Main Street, Stoke Golding, built in 1932. The architect was George Baines (visit link) .

"On 23rd July 1932 a turf cutting ceremony was held, this heralding the beginning of the construction of the new building. The next ‘red letter day’ was on 3rd September 1932 when a stone laying ceremony was held. One of the stones laid was by the MP for the area Sir William Edge (visit link) , himself a Methodist. He placed in a cavity a sealed bottle containing the current preaching plan, an issue of the Hinckley Times (and Guardian) and other documents.

So, with great ceremony the New Church was opened to the public on 18th March 1933."

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Active church?: Yes Year Built: 1932 Service times: Worship is held each Sunday at 10.30am. Morning Prayers on the 2nd Tuesday of each month at 10.00am, followed by coffee. Website: [Web Link]

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