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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D5587
TitleClay Cross (United) Methodist Circuit
Date1864-1950
DescriptionBaptisms 1864-1880, minutes 1892-1993, other records 19th-20th cents
LevelFonds
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
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Archive CreatorClay Cross (United) Methodist Circuit
Administrative HistoryClay Cross was originally a New Connexion Methodist Circuit. In 1907 New Connexion Methodists joined United Free Methodist sand Bible Christians to form the United Methodist Church. By the 1920s the circuit was known as Clay Cross and Stonebroom. In 1932 the United Methodists joined the Wesleyan and Primitive Methodists to form the Methodist Church.

The Circuit included churches in Clay Cross (D5564-D5568, D5573), Handley (D3506, D5572), Woolley Moor (D5586), Littlemoor, Milltown, Danesmoor (D5570, D5570), Tupton (D5271, D5583), North Wingfield (D5577), Holmewood (D3760, D5574-D5576), Higham (D5604), Shirland (D5580-D5581), Brackenfield (D5584), Stonebroom (D5582, D5603), Tibshelf (D5585, D5601), Grassmoor (D5571) and Pilsley (D5578, D5602).
Custodial HistoryAcquired by Derbyshire Record Office in 2001
Organisation Sub-TypeMethodist Circuits/Districts
Related MaterialFor other records of Clay Cross (United) Methodist Circuit see D4836.
For records of Clay Cross Wesleyan Methodist Circuit see D3458.
For records of Clay Cross Primitive Methodist Circuit see D5579.
Places
Place (click for further details)Type
Clay Cross 
Holmewood 
Stonebroom 
Woolley Moor 
Littlemoor 
Danesmoor 
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