| Catalogue Reference | D/MC12 |
| Title | Records of Hungerford Methodist Circuit |
| Description | Summary
Circuit administration
Quarterly Meeting minutes, 1946-1971; travelling fund accounts, 1956-1967; quarterly accounts, 1967-1971; Finance and General Purposes Committee minutes, 1960-1971; missions accounts, 1939-1955; register of deeds, (1613)-1971; papers relating to chapels at Eastbury, 1775-1969, Inkpen, 1891-1944, Aldbourne, Wiltshire, 1967-1969, and Froxfield, Wiltshire, 1962; manse trustees' minutes and accounts, 1938-1967; papers relating to manse in Hungerford, 1883-1967.
Preaching plans and directories
Plans and directories, 1935-1971 (incomplete).
Local preachers
Minutes, 1953-1980; schedule of preachers, 1956.
Registration
Baptism register : former Wesleyan chapels, Lambourn section, 1885-1954. |
| Date | 1775-1980 |
| Repository | Berkshire Record Office (code: GB 005) |
| Level | Fonds |
| Extent | 11 vols, 12 bdls, 7 docs |
| Admin History | The Hungerford circuit was formed in 1937 by the amalgamation of the Bath Road (former Wesleyan) and Bridge Street (former Primitive Methodist) sections (D/MC 10 and D/MC 11). Initially, eight societies from the former and twelve from the latter joined forces, but with duplication of premises being eliminated in several villages and with closures following in others too, the number of chapels was reduced by the late 1960s to eight. Declining membership led to amalgamation with Newbury circuit (D/MC 9) in 1971, to form Newbury and Hungerford circuit (D/MC 13). With closures following in others too, the number of chapels was reduced by the late 1960s to eight. Declining membership led to amalgamation with Newbury circuit (D/MC 9) in 1971, to form Newbury and Hungerford circuit (D/MC 13).
Early preaching plans and some accounts are lacking, but Quarterly Meeting and local preachers' meeting minutes have been preserved.
Like its Wesleyan predecessor, for practical purposes the circuit was divided into Hungerford and Lambourn Valley or Aldbourne sections. |
| Acquisition | Deposited in July 1967 (acc.1335 part); June 1972 (acc. 1748 part); July 1974 (acc. 1944 part); March 1979 (acc. 2369 part); October 1981 (acc. 2938 part); June 1988 (acc. 4238 part); August 1992 (acc. 5072 part); November 1992 (acc. 5123 part); July 1995 (acc. 5653 (part); March 2003 (acc. 7180); December 2015 (acc. 9742 (part)); April 2017 (acc. 10081)
Schedule of accessions
Acc. 1335 (part): 1B/1-2; 2B/1; 9/1
Acc. 1748 (part): 2A/1
Acc. 1944 (part): 1A/2-3; 2A/2
Acc. 2369 (part): 5A/1/1-2; 6C/1
Acc. 2938 (part): 1A/1
Acc. 4238 (part): 6A/1
Acc. 5072 (part): 1B/3-4; 7A/1
Acc. 5123 (part): 5A/1/3
Acc. 5653 (part): 3A/1-2; 3D/1-2
Acc. 7180: 5A/2-5
Acc. 9742 (part): 1B/5; 3A/3-5; 3D/3; 9/2
Acc. 10081: 5A/6 |
| Arrangement | Classification scheme for Methodist circuit records
[This scheme shows how the collection is arranged. This collection does not include every type of record in the scheme. See the summary for records included in this collection.]
1 Circuit Meetings and Administration
1A Quarterly Meeting/Circuit Meeting Minutes
1B Accounts [of Quarterly Meeting]
1C Correspondence
1D Other records
2 Circuit Committees
2A Finance and Invitation/ General Purposes Committees
2B Missions Committee
2C Youth and Education Committees [including Sunday School]
2D Women's Committees
2E Christian Citizenship/Social Responsibility Committee
2F Manse Committee
2G Other Committees
3 Trustees (later Property Committee)
3A Property [deeds, registers of deeds, etc]
3B Trustees [registers and lists of trustees]
3C Minutes
3D Manses [including minutes of manse trustees]
3E Other records
4 Circuit reports and schedules
4A Reports and chapel, trust and school schedules
4B Other reports and schedules
5 Preaching plans and directories
5A Plans [including combined plans and directories]
5B Directories
6 Local preachers
6A Local preachers' meeting minutes
6B Accounts
6C Other records
7 Circuit registration
7A Baptism
7B Burial
8 Membership
8A Roll books and registers
8B Other records
9 Printed material/Miscellaneous |
| Related Material | Records in other collections
Circuit records
D/MC 10/1A/3: Quarterly meeting minutes, 1937-1946
D/MC 11/1B/4: Accounts, 1937-1946
D/MC 10/2B/1: Missionary Society accounts, 1937-1938
D/MC 11/4A/1: Schedules, 1945-1958
D/MC 10/6A/1: Local preachers' meeting minutes, 1937-1952
D/MC 11/7A/2: Baptisms, 1937-1965
D/MC 13/7A/1: Baptisms : Aldbourne section, 1969-1971
D/MC 11/4A/1: chapel and trust schedules and returns of endowments, 1945-1958
Records of individual churches
D/MS 3: Hungerford Bath Road
D/MS 6: Eastbury
D/MS 7: Aldbourne Lottage Road
D/MS 8: Lambourn
D/MS 32: Chilton Foliat
D/MS 44: Hungerford Bridge Street
D/MS 106: Aldbourne West Street
D/MS 107: Baydon
D/MS 108: Ramsbury
D/MC 13/3C/1: Charnham Street Manse trustees' minutes, 1961-1966, and circuit manse trustees' minutes, 1967-1971.
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| Access Conditions | With the exception of registers of baptism, marriage and burial, and other material whose contents have been made public, records of the Methodist Church are closed for 30 years, and pastoral records for 75 years, in accordance with Methodist Church standing orders.
Applications for access to closed records must be made in writing to the County Archivist. |