Blackpool Methodists - 1879 Conference Minutes
Publication: Minutes of Conference
Date: 1879
Page: 93
Blackpool Circuit No. 432 - Ministers
Ministers: Sampson Cocks, William Perkins (Lytham), George S. Daniels (Fleetwood), James H. Hodson.
Supernumeraries: Benjamin Gartside (Poulton-le Fylde), Thomas P. Clarke (St Ann’s-on-sea), Samuel Simpson (Lytham).
Page: 163
The Conference Minutes show that the number of members in the Blackpool Circuit was steadily growing.
Members in March 1878: 533
Members in March 1879: 564
Page: 382
Details for the Blackpool Circuit are included in the Schedules of Accounts.
Numbers: 564
Yearly collection: £20 0s 0d
Total contributions, including yearly collection: £46 9s 6d
The section detailing the Ministers and Preachers on Trial includes several Ministers associated with the Blackpool Circuit.
Page 406: George S. Daniels, of Fleetwood, entered the ministry in 1864, and had spent 1 year in the Blackpool Circuit.
Page 412: Benjamin Gartside, of Poulton-le-Fylde, entered the ministry in 1825, and was a Superintendent in the Blackpool Circuit.
Page 418: James H. Hodson, of Blackpool, entered the ministry in 1874, and had spent 3 years in the Blackpool Circuit.
Page 434: William Perkins, of Lytham, entered the ministry in 1864, and had spent 3 years in the Blackpool Circuit.
Page 441: Samuel Simpson, of Lytham, entered the ministry in 1832, and was a Superintendent in the Blackpool Circuit.
