Marton Methodist Church Gallery - View From Blackpool

Marton Methodist Church 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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Modern yellow brick church building, with large rectangular plain glass windows

Marton Methodist Church on Midgeland Road, Blackpool

1851 census return for Marton Methodist Church

1851 Census: return for Wesleyan Chapel, Great Marton

1895 cutting from Kellys's Directory about Marton Methodist Chapel in Blackpool

1895 Kelly’s Directory (Lancashire): Marton Methodist Chapel

Black granite tablet listing Marton’s First World War dead

First World War Memorial, Marton Methodist Church

1924 cutting from Kelly's Directory about Marton Methodist Chapel

1924 Kelly’s Directory (Lancashire): Marton Methodist Chapel

1935 newspaper cutting about the Rose Queen crowning and fete at Marton Methodist Church

Lancashire Daily Post: 1935 - Marton All Colour and Bustle: Rose Queen Crowning and Fete

1937 newspaper cutting about Fylde Sunday School League football results

Lancashire Daily Post: 1937 - Fylde Sunday School League - Results

1938 newspaper cutting about the death of a member of Marton Methodist Church

Lancashire Daily Post: 1938 - Retired Coal Merchant Dies at Blackpool

1939 newspaper cutting about the crowning of the Rose Queen at Marton Methodist Church

Lancashire Daily Post: 1939 - Parade in Rain: Marton Moss Rose Queen Crowned

1946 newspaper cutting featuring a letter about Marton Methodist Church

Lancashire Evening Post: 1946 Letter to the Lancashire Evening Post: Marton Methodism

Girl in a white dress and dark green cloak, with yellow roses in her hair, sitting on a throne accompanied by a woman and two page boys

Blackpool Gazette: Tracey Smithey crowned as Rose Queen at Marton Methodist Church, 1997

Woman in jeans, a blue cardigan and silk scarf standing in a church car park looking at the notice board

Blackpool Gazette: 2020 Blackpool church needs a Christmas miracle or it will face closure in January

Woman in jeans, a blue cardigan and silk scarf standing in an empty church hall

Blackpool Gazette: 2020 Marton Methodist Church hall

Yellow noticeboard displaying posters and decorative items

Blackpool Gazette: 2020 Noticeboard in Marton Methodist Church hall