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Sources For High Town Methodist Church

The High Town Primitive Methodist Church of 1854 June 2010
The High Town Primitive Methodist Church of 1854 June 2010

The following is a list of records held by Bedfordshire and Luton Archives and Records service relating directly to the chapel. The service also holds records relating to the circuit to which the chapel belonged which will include information on the various chapels within the circuit.

  • MB681: Trustees' minutes: 1851-1880;
  • MB701: account for alterations to the manse: 1877-1878;
  • MB1772: Treasurer's account book for the Singing Class: 1880-1970;
  • MB702: plans, elevations and sections for the proposed new chapel: 1891-1892;
  • MB703: correspondence and receipts regarding unused designs for the new chapel: 1892-1894;
  • MB704: memorandum of a £1,400 loan regarding the new chapel: 1898-1913;
  • MB682: Trustees' minutes: 1901-1926;
  • MB685: register of choir seat holders and payments: 1901-1921;
  • MB1781: plan of freehold building plots including that of the future manse: 1903;
  • MB1773: seat rent book: 1910-1917;
  • MB705: specification for alterations to the lecture hall and schools: 1915;
  • MB686: choir minute book: 1918-1950;
  • MB1774: collection journal: 1925-1936;
  • MB683: Trustees' minutes: 1926-1946;
  • MB709: booklet: The Hill of the Lord being the story of Hightown Primitive Methodist Church 1838-1932 by Robert K. Spedding: 1933;
  • MB690: Christian Endeavour minute book: 1934-1937;
  • MB1779: Building Fund accounts: c. 1935;
  • MB694: collection journal: 1936-1948;
  • MB1780: High Town Methodist Church Birthday Calendar: 1937;
  • MB691: Christian Endeavour minute book: 1937-1952;
  • MB693: Christian Endeavour account book, with a note that meetings closed in 1958: 1938-1958;
  • MB1777: church account book: 1938-1964;
  • MB706: use of the Church Hall for ARP purposes and its takeover by the War Department: 1941;
  • MB684: Trustees' minutes: 1946-1954;
  • MB687: choir attendance register: 1946-1948;
  • MB695: Poor Fund minute book with distributions of coal and wood to the needy in winter: 1946-1957;
  • MB696: Jubilee Committee minutes: 1946-1948;
  • MB710: booklet: Fifty Glorious Years a souvenir handbook regarding the church built in 1897: 1947;
  • MB1775: collection journal: 1948-1960;
  • MB688: choir attendance register: 1949-1955;
  • MB692: Christian Endeavour minute book: 1952-1954;
  • MB697: Leaders' Meeting minutes: 1954-1971;
  • MB698: Sunday School Teachers' Meeting minutes (later Sunday School Council and Youth Council): 1955-1968;
  • MB689: choir attendance register: 1956;
  • MB707: correspondence regarding building a new Sunday School behind the church: 1957-1958;
  • MB1778: church account book: 1964-1965;
  • MB699: Sunday School scholars' roll: 1964-1968;
  • MB700: Sunday School summary and journal: 1964-1969;
  • MB1776: Finance Committee minute book: 1964-1965;
  • MB708: correspondence regarding an abortive attempt to enter partnership with Saint Matthew's, High Town Anglican Church: 1971-1973;
  • MB1889: Leaders' Meeting and Church Council minute book: 1971-1983;
  • MB1782: text of a pageant on John Wesley: 1979.

The High Town Primitive Methodist Church of 1897 - June 2010
The High Town Primitive Methodist Church of 1897 - June 2010