General Blackpool Methodist Gallery - View From Blackpool

General Blackpool Methodist Gallery

Some of these images were shared on the now defunct Blackpool Methodist Circuit website, while others have been gathered from a variety of sources. If you're interested in one of the newspaper articles a full transcription will be available in the Methodist History section of this website. More information will be added periodically.

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Grainy black and white picture of a church with a spire

Shaw Road Methodist Church

1846 newspaper cutting about a London Missionary Society meeting in Blackpool

The Preston Chronicle and Lancashire Advertiser: 1846 - London Missionary Society meeting in Blackpool

1848 cutting from Slater's Directory about places of worship in Blackpool

1848 Slater’s Directory: Places of worship in Blackpool

1855 cutting from Slater's Directory about places of worship in Blackpool

1855 Slater’s Directory: Places of worship in Blackpool

Newspaper article dated 17 February 1855 about a Wesleyan tea party

The Preston Chronicle and Lancashire Advertiser: Wesleyan Annual Tea Party 1855

Newspaper article dated 9th August 1862 about a presentation to Reverend E Oldfield

The Preston Chronicle and Lancashire Advertiser: Presentation to Rev. E Oldfield

1864 newspaper cutting about Wesleyan marriages

The Preston Chronicle and Lancashire Advertiser: 1864 - marriage announcement

May 1867 newspaper cutting about Wesleyan marriages

The Preston Chronicle and Lancashire Advertiser: May 1867 - marriage announcement

June 1867 newspaper cutting about Wesleyan marriages

The Preston Chronicle and Lancashire Advertiser: June 1867 - marriage announcement

1868 newspaper cutting about Wesleyan marriages

The Preston Chronicle and Lancashire Advertiser: 1868 - marriage announcement

1869 cutting from Slater's Directory about places of worship in Blackpool

1869 Slater’s Directory: Places of worship in Blackpool

Newspaper article dated 15th April 1872 about annual school sermons

The Preston Chronicle and Lancashire Advertiser: Annual school sermons 1871

Newspaper article dated 11th April 1874 about annual Sunday school sermons

The Preston Chronicle and Lancashire Advertiser: Annual Sunday school sermons 1874

1879 newspaper cutting about Wesleyan marriages

The Preston Chronicle and Lancashire Advertiser: 1879 - marriage announcement

1879 newspaper cutting about Wesleyan marriages

The Preston Chronicle and Lancashire Advertiser: 1879 - marriage announcement

1881 newspaper cutting about Wesleyan marriages

Blackpool Herald: 1881 - fashionable weddings in Blackpool

1883 newspaper cutting about anniversary services in the Wesleyan Chapel, Blackpool

The Preston Chronicle and Lancashire Advertiser: Anniversary services in Blackpool's Wesleyan Chapel 1883

1885 newspaper cutting about a Wesleyan quarterly meeting

The Preston Chronicle and Lancashire Advertiser: Wesleyan quarterly meeting 1885

1890 newspaper cutting about new Wesleyan buildings

The Preston Chronicle and Lancashire Advertiser: 1890 - new Wesleyan buildings in Fylde District

1895 cutting from Kelly's Directory about places of worship in Blackpool

1895 Kelly’s Directory (Lancashire): Places of worship in Blackpool

1924 cutting from Kellys's Directory about Methodist chapels in Blackpool

1924 Kelly’s Directory (Lancashire): Blackpool's Methodist Chapels

1924 cutting from Kellys's Directory about Methodist churches in Blackpool

1924 Kelly’s Directory (Lancashire): Blackpool's Methodist churches

Black and white image of children eating at a table attended by nurses in uniforms and veils

Nursery in Methodist Schoolrooms, about 1941