Catalogue description Bushey and Oxhey Methodist Church (Wesleyan)

A short history of the Methodist Church in Bushey can be found in NM7Q/55.

• Bushey and Oxhey Methodist Church, Hertfordshire
• Oxhey, Hertfordshire

From 1875 a group of Methodists were meeting for worship in an outbuilding of the Wheatsheaf Public House, Bushey and then later at Oxhey Place Farm. In 1885 an iron church in Villiers Road formerly used by the Plymouth Brethren became available. It was purchased by the Methodists who held their first service there in May 1886. A Sunday School was formed almost immediately which gradually grew in numbers. A new church was soon needed and a site at the junction of King Edward Road and London Road, Bushey was acquired in 1903. Fund raising activities began immediately. The new church designed by C Bell, Withers and Meredith was consecrated on 24 May 1905 and the organ in May 1906. The old iron building was re-erected beside the new church for use as a schoolroom. Houses were later built on the Villiers Road site by local builders. The church was renamed the Bushey and Oxhey Methodist Church in 1928. An extension known as the Galahad Room was opened in November 1930 to provide accommodation for the Sunday School and weekday meetings and the iron building finally demolished in 1963 to make way for a new Sunday School Hall. The church was renovated and remodelled internally in 1981-2 during which period services were held in the School Hall. Centenary celebrations were held in 1986.

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