| Catalogue Reference | D/MS12 |
| Title | Records of Cookham Dean Primitive Methodist Chapel, |
| Description | Summary
Society administration
Trustees' meeting minutes, 1843-1848, 1861-1862, 1877-1913, 1934-1975; chapel committee minutes, 1929-1933; trustees' accounts, 1842-1971; certificate of registration of chapel, 1861; licence for marriages, 1860; appointments of new trustees, 1933-1963; copy report of inspection of building, 1970; letters on electrical installation, 1972; papers on closure, sale of church and relocation of graveyard, 1961-1978; leaders' meeting minutes, 1934-1955.
Registration
Burial register, 1908-1969; miscellaneous re burials, 1962-1970; graveyard plan, c.1975.
Printed material/Miscellaneous
Pamphlet and research notes on WWI memorial, 2013; photographs of graveyard, n.d. [late 20C]; memoir, 1999. |
| Date | 1842-2013 |
| Repository | Berkshire Record Office (code: GB 005) |
| Level | Fonds |
| Extent | 3 vols, 10 bdls, 5 docs, 1 file |
| Admin History | The Primitive Methodist society at Cookham Dean was in existence by 1838. Initially open-air camp meetings were held above the parish chalk pit. A room was provided in 1842 by the wealthy son of two of the elderly adherents, when the latter were unable to attend outdoor worship. The chapel was built in 1842 and rebuilt in 1857-8. It closed in 1972 and the premises were sold in 1975. Most of its worshippers were also associated with Queen Street Primitive Methodist Church, Maidenhead (D/MS 11). |
| Acquisition | Deposited in March 1980 (acc. 2513 part); November 2013 (acc. 9304); July 2015 (acc. 9656); November 2018 (acc. 10410)
Schedule of accessions
Acc. 2513 (part): 1A/1; 1B/1; 1C/1-6; 5C/1-4
Acc. 9304: 1C/7-8; 1D/1
Acc. 9656: 8/1
Acc. 10410: 8/2-4 |
| Arrangement | Classification scheme for Methodist society (chapel or church) 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 Trustees
1A Trustees' meeting minutes
1B Trust accounts
1C Chapel property [deeds, certificates, licences, appointments of trustees]
1D Correspondence
1E Related committees
1F Other property [eg manse, hall, school]
1G Other
2 Leaders and society stewards/Church Council)
2A Leaders' meeting/Church Council minutes
2B Accounts
2C Committees
2D Correspondence
2E Other
3 Society organisations
3A Women's groups [except Women's Work
3B Men's groups
3C Joint fellowship [except Sunday Institute]
3D Youth organisations [except Sunday School]
3E Missions [including Women's Work]
3F Other
4 Service of the church
4A Pulpit notices
4B Orders of service
4C Ministers' papers
4D Other
5 Registration
5A Baptism
5B Marriage
5C Burial
6 Membership
6A Registers, class books and directories
6B Young disciples
6C Other
7 Sunday School and Sunday Institute
7A Sunday School minutes and accounts
7B Sunday School registers and cradle rolls
7C Other Sunday School records
7D Sunday Institute
8 Printed material/Miscellaneous |
| Related Material | Records in other collections
D/MC 15, 17: Circuit records
T/T 6: Monumental inscriptions |
| 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. |