. The origin and history of the Primitive Methodist Church . SUTTON BONINGTON PRESENT CHAPEL. THE PERIOD OF CIRCUIT PREDOMINANCE AND ENTERPRISE. 319 And yet this despairing cry was premature. Under the pilotage of Robert Parks thevessel escaped the fate that threatened. Sutton Bonington Chapel, that in 1844 was insuch financial straits that its loss seemed imminent, was preserved to the Connexion,and is now debtless. The chapel was built in 1832 under the superintendency ofThomas King, at which time there were thirty members in society. Markfield. We turn now to Markfield—an ancient village, a
. The origin and history of the Primitive Methodist Church . SUTTON BONINGTON PRESENT CHAPEL. THE PERIOD OF CIRCUIT PREDOMINANCE AND ENTERPRISE. 319 And yet this despairing cry was premature. Under the pilotage of Robert Parks thevessel escaped the fate that threatened. Sutton Bonington Chapel, that in 1844 was insuch financial straits that its loss seemed imminent, was preserved to the Connexion,and is now debtless. The chapel was built in 1832 under the superintendency ofThomas King, at which time there were thirty members in society. Markfield. We turn now to Markfield—an ancient village, as its Saxon name—the Field ofthe Mark attests—lying seven miles from Leicester, and nine from Loughborough, onthe outskirts of Charnwood Forest, and on the edge of the Leicestershire FIRST PREACHING PLACE, MARKFIELD. When it was first missioned during the Great Revival, and visited by Benton^Wedgwood, and the rest, it was given up to agriculture. Now the adjoining mines andits quarries of syenite, yielding stone in great request for the paving of streets and themacadamising of roads, give employment to a considerable population. The Primitives were bidden welcome to the house of Mr. Hugh Lauder, who withhis wife were amongst the first adherents of the society. Mr. Lauder was a stocking-maker, living in a quaint thatched cottage his own property, which was the preachingplace until 1823 or 1824. One of the earliest members of the society was Mrs. EstherRead, whose son used to be taken by her to these first cottage preaching services. 320 PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHUKCH. Mr. William Read still survives as the oldest member of the Markfield , services were held in the house of a Mr. Webster until, in the earlytwenties, a chapel was built, which continu
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