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Hargreaves St (formerly Keighley Green) Wesleyan Methodist, Burnley
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Central Methodist church,
Hargreaves St,
Burnley
Lancashire
Hargreaves St,
Burnley
Lancashire
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It was founded in 1788 at Keighley Green and this closed in 1840 when they moved to Hargreaves St. The old church was used as a court and Police station until 1888 then as Burnley Labour club, it was demolished in 1976.
The Wesleyan Methodist church was formed in the 18th century from religous societies founded by John Wesley and his preachers. It suffered many secessions, but was the largest Nonconformist denomination in the 19th century. In 1932 the Wesleyan Methodists joined with the Primitive Methodists and the United Methodists to form the Methodist Church of Great Britain. The Keighley Green church was located
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Original Registers
Baptisms
- 1837-1922 held by Lancashire Record Office MBU 15
Marriages
- 1853-1932 held by Lancashire Record Office MBU 15
- 1932-1965 held by Lancashire Record Office MMR 8/20-24
Copies of Original Registers
Baptisms
- 1812-1937 held by Lancashire Record Office MF 1/68 - Microfilm
It is located at SD8399232493 (Lat/Lon 53.788505, -2.244456). You can see this on maps provided by:
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- OpenStreetMap
- Google Maps
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- Bing (was Multimap)
- Old Maps Online
- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)