| Entry Type | Corporate |
| Corporate Name | Whaley Bridge Methodist Circuit |
| Also Known As | Whaley Bridge Wesleyan Methodist Circuit |
| Place | Whaley Bridge |
| Epithet | religious organisation |
| Dates | 1867-2003 |
| History | In 1867, societies in and around Whaley Bridge and Chapel-en-le-Frith broke away from the Buxton Wesleyan Methodist Circuit to form the Whaley Bridge Wesleyan Methodist Circuit. At this time the Circuit was made up of eight churches: Whaley Bridge, Chapel-en-le-Frith (Townend), Bagshaw, Combs, White Knowle, Chinley, Fernilee and Kettleshulme.
In the 1950s, the circuit saw the addition of the ex-Primitive Methodist Church chapels at Buxworth (closed 1984), Dove Holes, Whitehough and Chapel-en-le-Frith (Market Street). In 1966, Chapel, Market Street, united with Townend Methodist Church, to form Chapel-en-le-Frith Methodist Church.
In September 2003 an amalgamation took place between the Whaley Bridge and New Mills Circuits to form the High Peak Methodist Circuit.
Predecessor: Buxton Wesleyan Methodist Circuit
Successor: High Peak Methodist Circuit (2003-fl 2024) |
| Authorised Form of Name | Whaley Bridge; Whaley Bridge Methodist Circuit; 1867-2003; religious organisation |
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