| Description | Chesterfield and Chesterfield 1st Circuits
Baptism Registers (1847-1912), Minutes (1841-1947), Membership list (1822-1838), Reports (1841-1842) and Accounts (1827-1936)
Chesterfield 2nd Circuit
Minutes (1926-1949), Circuit Plans (1948-1950), Accounts (1928-1947) and Trustees register and correspondence (19th-20th century)
Chesterfield 3rd Circuit
Quarterly Minutes (1921-1936), Manse Accounts (1912- 1936) and Station Accounts (1921-1936) |
| Administrative History | The first Primitive Methodist Church in Chesterfield opened in 1827 at Brampton, when Methodism was already well established in the area. In 1888, the Chesterfield Primitive Methodist Circuit split into three:
Chesterfield 1st Circuit, including Holy Well Cross, Brimington, Brimington Common, Stonegravels, New Brampton and Derby Lane Misson. This later became the Holywell Cross and Staveley Circuit (see D1831).
Chesterfield 2nd Circuit, including Mount Zion, Hasland, Brampton, Holymoorside, Cutthorpe, Wadshelf, Calow Green, Barlow and Newbold. This later became the Mount Zion Circuit and subsequently amalgamated with the Saltergate Circuit in 1950 (see D1831 and D3458).
Chesterfield 3rd Circuit, including Whittington Moor, Whittington, Apperknowle, Barrow Hill, New Whittington, Sheepbridge and Unstone. Most of these joined the Mount Zion Circuit after the unification of the main streams of Methodism in 1932. |
| Custodial History | Deposited via the Central (Saltergate) Chesterfield Methodist circuit in 1991 as part of D3458. Reaccessioned in 1993. Further items were transferred from Chesterfield Library in August 2016 and re-accessioned in December 2016. These records were deposited in January 1991, except for D3741/3/4-5 and D3741/5/2-3, which were deposited in September 2006. Items D3741/18/1-3 were transferred from Chesterfield Library: Local Studies in August 2016, along with other Chesterfield Methodist records (see D3458/29/1-2 and D3750/2/3 and D3750/7/1). |