Newchapel Methodist Chapel

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A Methodist Chapel has existed in Newchapel since 1847 and in 1859 a new school room was built as an extension to the original building.
After purchasing a new site, which was negotiated for between Robert Heath of Biddulph and local trustees for the sum of £50-00, a larger Wesleyan Chapel was built in 1873 and the original Chapel became the Methodist Sunday School.

In 1982 after years of mining subsidence, the Wesleyan Chapel was closed after being deemed unsafe, and after falling in to a state of disrepair was demolished in 1985. Services were moved to the old sunday school building while a new modern church was built. After much hard work and fund raising by the congregation and local people, work started on the new Chapel in 1987. British coal gave £25,000 compensation after admitting the subsidence may have been caused partly by their company. This money along with donations from outside the parish and the fund raising, ensured the new building was finished in August by builder and contractor David Brown of Norton.

The New Methodist Chapel was officially opened and dedicated on sat 31st Oct 1987 at 4-00pm by Rev Stuart Rhodes, chairman of the Stoke-on-Trent and Chester Methodist District.
A year later in 1988 the original Chapel, turned Sunday School, was also demolished and so complete a little chapter in Newchapels history.


This is the oldest photograph of the organ and is dated 1906.
The photo shows the old oil lamps. These were replaced by gas lights in 1910 which in turn were replaced by electric lights in 1945.
An Organ Chamber and Preachers Vestry were provided in 1923 at a cost of £350-00.
A new organ was installed in 1960 and a new heating system in 1964.