United Methodist Chapel - Plump Hill Tin Chapel (General)

by slowhands , proud of his ancient Dean Forest roots, Monday, September 24, 2012, 14:35 (4454 days ago) @ Brian Meek

Don't know if anyone out there can help. I'm looking for records of:-
1) When was the Methodist Chapel, Plump Hill, built & opened?
2) Where are the records of the christenings that were carried out there?

I do know that the chapel was a tin clad building and was still there on the side of the Mitcheldean to Cinderford road in the 1950's

The fortunes of the Forest's Bible Christians fluctuated considerably and several missions were organized to reverse a decline in congregations. Most chapels continued to attract small congregations and underwent little change but the larger societies increased their accommodation. (fn. 2) In one advance after 1907 when the Bible Christians joined with other denominations to form the United Methodist Church, (fn. 3) a small iron chapel was built at Plump Hill in 1913. (fn. 4) It became part of the Methodist Church in 1932 but closed in 1972 (fn. 5) and was used as a store in 1992.

From: 'Forest of Dean: Protestant nonconformity', A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 5: Bledisloe Hundred, St. Briavels Hundred, The Forest of Dean (1996), pp. 396-404. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=23273 Date accessed: 24 September 2012.

In Feb 1996 it caught fire ( arsonists ?) and was badly damaged, eventually it was demolished in 2001.

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