Forest of Dean Methodist Circuits (General)

by admin , Forest of Dean, Friday, May 18, 2007, 01:52 (6401 days ago) @ bertha

In 1824 the Oakengates Primitive Methodist circuit of Shropshire sent J. Roles as
minister to the Forest of Dean miners. Based at Pillowell in the parish of West
Dean, the popularity of the mission quickly resulted in the organisation of a
circuit of cottages, which became independent of the Oakengates mission. The
first Pillowell circuit chapel was built at Lydbrook in 1828....

Forest of Dean Methodist Circuits
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