South Chadderton Methodist Church - History Of Our Church

WASHBROOK METHODIST CHURCH

This church came into being in the autumn and winter of 1861-62 as a result of the outreach by evangelists from the Primitive Methodist church in Bourne Street Hollinwood.

A deep spiritual impression was made upon the neighbourhood and a society was formed in 1862.

Accommodation in the form of the Loom House, situated adjacent to the railway bridge on Washbrook, was acquired. This building became too small for the increasing congregation and Sunday school.

A site was acquired at the junction of Washbrook, Coalshaw Green Road and Butler Green and by 1869 a chapel and schoolroom were erected.

The Washbrook church that many people would recognise, complete with clock tower, was opened on the 11th March 1893. (The Old Schoolroom is still in existence in the picture below left. The picture below right shows the Institute to the left of the Church and the school to the right which replaced a row of Cottages), was opened on the 21st September 1912. In its 105 year history Washbrook was a strong evangelical witness to the surrounding community.

It was due to the resilience of the people of the Primitive Methodist stock that the establishing of a society and the building of the "Old School" took place during the Cotton Famine, the church was built during the Cotton Strike and the "Institute" during the Coal Strike of 1912!


		WASHBROOK METHODIST CHURCH This church came into being in the autumn and winter of 1861-62 as a result of the outreach by evangelists from the Primitive Methodist church in Bourne Street Hollinwood. A deep spiritual impression was made upon the neighbourhood and a society was formed in 1862. Accommodation in the form of the Loom House, situated adjacent to the railway bridge on Washbrook, was acquired. This building became too small for the increasing congregation and Sunday school. A site was acquired at the junction of Washbrook, Coalshaw Green Road and Butler Green and by 1869 a chapel and schoolroom were erected. The Washbrook church that many people would recognise, complete with clock tower, was opened on the 11th March 1893. (The Old Schoolroom is still in existence in the picture below left. The picture below right shows the Institute to the left of the Church and the school to the right which replaced a row of Cottages), was opened on the 21st September 1912. In its 105 year history Washbrook was a strong evangelical witness to the surrounding community. It was due to the resilience of the people of the Primitive Methodist stock that the establishing of a society and the building of the "Old School" took place during the Cotton Famine, the church was built during the Cotton Strike and the "Institute" during the Coal Strike of 1912!
Bourne Street Primitive Methodist Church, Hollinwood

	The Loom House