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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D4226/15/1
TitlePhotographic reproduction of illustrated article entitled "The Oldest Organist in Methodism", from The Methodist Recorder
Date(5 Jun 1902)
DescriptionRelating to Gervase Cooper. Also including reference to the former chapel in Duffield built in 1777.
Extent1 item
LevelItem
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorDuffield Trinity, formerly Wesleyan, Methodist Church
Administrative HistoryAccording to the article, Gervase Cooper (c1813-1906) was the great-grandson of Parson Slater of Shottle (d. 1821), "whose life story was published in The Methodist Recorder" of Winter 1899. Slater is purported to have given the first Methodist sermon in the streets in Duffield and was involved in the building of the first chapel in 1777.
Cooper became the organist in 1844, after an organ was presented to the chapel the previous year.
FormatPhotographic
Physical DescriptionSize: A3
TermNonconformists
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