Catalogue description Methodist Church: Liverpool District; Southport Circuit and Church Records

This record is held by Merseyside Record Office

Details of M287 SOU
Reference: M287 SOU
Title: Methodist Church: Liverpool District; Southport Circuit and Church Records
Description:

The number of records surviving for individual churches varies considerably. The most common groups of records to survive are minutes, financial, administrative and registers of baptisms and marriages.
Date: 1811-1988
Arrangement:

1. Circuit Records

 

1. Ormskirk

 

2. Southport (1853-1878)

 

3. Southport Trinity (Wesleyan)

 

4. Southport Mornington Road (Wesleyan)

 

5. Southport Churchtown (United Methodist Free Churches)

 

6. Southport North

 

7. Southport II (pm)

 

8. Southport I (pm)

 

9. Southport South (19th century)

 

10. Southport South (20th century)

 

2. Churches/Chapels

 

1. Ainsdale

 

2. Bescar Lane

 

3. Blowick (Victoria)

 

4. Brighton Road

 

5. Cemetery Road

 

6. Crossens

 

7. Derby Road

 

8. Devonshire Road

 

9. Duke Street Trinity

 

10. Ecclesfield

 

11. High Park

 

12. Kent Road

 

13. Leyland Road

 

14. Liverpool Road

 

15. Manchester Road

 

16. Marshside Road

 

17. Mornington Road

 

18. Russell Road

 

19. St Marks

 

20. Shirdley Hill

 

21. Southbank

 

22. North Meols

 

23. Hoghton Street

 

24. Chatham Road, Birkdale

 

25. Talbot Street
Held by: Merseyside Record Office, not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Creator:

Southport Circuit, Lancashire

Southport Circuit, Merseyside
Physical condition: The majority of the collection is in good condition.
Access conditions:

Access will be granted to any accredited reader.
Immediate source of acquisition:

The collection was deposited on 1st June 1994 by the Reverend George Barton, Circuit Superintendent. Acc 1994/4
Custodial history:

Some miscellaneous unidentified material remains uncatalogued.
Subjects:
  • Southport, Lancashire
  • Southport, Merseyside
Administrative / biographical background:

The archive reflects the growth of the Methodist Church in the Southport area. Population shifts and the changes in patterns of worship can be traced through the closure or merger of several of the churches in this archive. The organisation of the Methodist Church is also evident in the arrangement of circuit records.
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