. The origin and history of the Primitive Methodist Church . SAMUEL GLENDINNING. ALEX. GLENDINNING. Chesterfield. The tradition that Primitive Methodism was introduced into Chesterfield by and Coulson is undoubtedly authentic; but no details survive as to thecircumstances which attended its introduction into a place ranking next in importanceto the county-town. The open-air preaching and lively singing of the missionarieswould be sure to create a stir amongst the five-thousand inhabitants of the town, yet noecho of that stir has come down to us, and tradition is silent as to any
. The origin and history of the Primitive Methodist Church . SAMUEL GLENDINNING. ALEX. GLENDINNING. Chesterfield. The tradition that Primitive Methodism was introduced into Chesterfield by and Coulson is undoubtedly authentic; but no details survive as to thecircumstances which attended its introduction into a place ranking next in importanceto the county-town. The open-air preaching and lively singing of the missionarieswould be sure to create a stir amongst the five-thousand inhabitants of the town, yet noecho of that stir has come down to us, and tradition is silent as to any persecutionhaving been met with. Our records begin with the statement that a cottage in Froggarts Yard was the first head-quarters of the society. This soonbecoming too small, a remove was madeto an old paint-shop in Silkmill Yard,which in its turn was superseded bythe first connexional chapel built in 1827,when Jabez Woolley was superintendentand the society numbered but thirtymembers. As no site could be obtainedwithin the borough (now greatly enlarged)
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