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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D1877
TitlePeak Methodist Circuit, and predecessors
Datec1807-1997
DescriptionRecords of the Peak Methodist Circuit and those Circuits from which it was formed, or with which it was amalgamated over time.

Circuit records are arranged in the following order:-
D1877/1/1-16 Bakewell Wesleyan (1807-1905)
D1877/2/1-8 Bradwell Wesleyan (1824-1905)
D1877/3/1-19 North Derbyshire Mission (1905-1944)
D1877/4/1-8 Winster, later Bakewell Primitive (1847-1944)
D1877/5/1-11 Bradwell Primitive (1822-1948)
D1877/6/1-36 Peak (1944-1948) / Peak and Bradwell (1948-1958)/Peak (1958-date)
D1877/7/1-13 Miscellaneous
D1877/UL Unlisted accessions
Extent29 boxes, 0.5 shelves
LevelFonds
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
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Archive CreatorPeak Methodist Circuit
Administrative HistoryThe Peak Methodist Circuit was first established in 1944, the product of the amalgamation of the North Derbyshire Mission (ex-Wesleyan) Circuit and Bakewell (ex-Primitive) Circuit. In 1948 it was merged with the Bradwell (ex-Primitive) circuit to become known as the Peak and Bradwell Methodist Circuit. It reverted in 1958 to the present name of Peak Methodist Circuit.

The North Derbyshire Mission Wesleyan Circuit had been set up in 1905, following the amalgamation of the Bakewell Wesleyan Circuit and the Bradwell Wesleyan Circuit. The Bakewell Wesleyan Circuit had been in existence since at least 1826, and the Bradwell Wesleyan Circuit can trace itself back to 1824.

The Bradwell Primitive Methodist Circuit had been in existence for at least 125 years before its merger in 1948.

The Bakewell Primitive Methodist Circuit was originally known as Winster Methodist Circuit and several churches within it can be found under reference number D1634.
Custodial HistoryThe records have been deposited in several instalments by the Peak Methodist Circuit, between 1978 and September 2019. Accessions dated January 2011, August and October 2014, August 2016 and May 2022 are unlisted - see D1877/UL.
Organisation Sub-TypeMethodist Circuits/Districts
Related MaterialThe records held under reference D1877 relate to the Circuit level of organisation. The records of
individual chapels have been accessioned under their own reference numbers as follows:-
Aldwark (Primitive) D3975
Ashford (Wesleyan) D3976
Ashopton (Wesleyan) D4096
Bakewell (Primitive) D4106
Bakewell (Wesleyan) D4106
Bamford (Wesleyan) D3874
Baslow (Wesleyan) D3875
Beeley (Wesleyan) D3876
Biggin (Primitive) D4049
Birchover (Primitive) D3877
Bradwell (Primitive) D3878
Calver (Primitive) D3977
Castleton (Primitive) D4052
Castleton (Wesleyan) D4052
Cressbrook (Primitive) D4099
Elton (Wesleyan) D4094
Eyam (Wesleyan) D4100
Foolow (Wesleyan) D4119
Great Hucklow (Wesleyan) D4101
Great Longstone (Wesleyan) D4051
Grindleford (Wesleyan) D4222
Hathersage (Primitive) D3965
Hathersage (Wesleyan) D3965
Hope (Wesleyan) D4008
Little Hucklow (Primitive) D4102
Litton (Wesleyan) D4093
Peak Forest (Wesleyan) D4050
Sparrowpit (Wesleyan) D3879
Taddington (Wesleyan) D4103
Thornhill (Primitive) D3880
Thornhill (Wesleyan) D3880
Tideswell (Primitive) D4010
Tideswell (Wesleyan) D4009
Woodlands (Wesleyan) D3881
Youlgreave (Primitive) D4055
Youlgreave (Wesleyan) D4053

The following registers previously held under reference D1877 have been put under a different collection number or renumbered as follows:-
D1877/1/1 Bakewell Wesleyan Circuit, 1807-1876 now D1877/1/1/1
D1877/2/1 Tideswell Methodist Church, 1861-1923 now D4010/1/1 identifiable as Tideswell High Street
D1877/3/1 Tideswell High Street Church, 1902-1971 now D4010/1/2
D1877/4/1 Youlgreave Area Circuit, 1847-1880 now D1877/4/1/1
now identified as Winster Primitive Methodist Circuit
D1877/5/1 Youlgreave Wesleyan Chapel, 1919-1965 now D4053/1/1
Places
Place (click for further details)Type
Bakewell 
Bradwell 
Winster 
Youlgreave 
Litton 
Foolow 
Thornhill 
Grindleford 
Beeley 
Ashopton 
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