| Description | Summary
Church administration
Trustees' meeting minutes, 1839-1928, 1954-1975; trust ledgers, 1964-1977; trustees' bills and vouchers, 1831-1846; Chapel Renovation Fund statements of accounts, 1899, 1902; deeds of [chapel site], Northbrook Street, Newbury, 1682-[c.1835]; papers relating to building church, 1835-1841; fire insurance policy, 1839-1858; papers relating to closure of burial ground, 1855-1857; papers relating to structural problems and proposed new church, 1971-1977; letters to trustees, 1928-1930; agreement to let stable and coachhouse, 1835; papers relating to manse, 1880, 1960; leaders' meeting minutes, 1966-1973; Church Council minutes, 1974-2012; stewards' accounts, 1921-1956; general accounts, 1976-1988; property accounts, 1978, 1982-1986; collection journals, 1955-1962; minister's accounts, 1838; Appeal Fund accounts, 1982-1988; annual statements of accounts, 1985-1997/8; Church Family (later Church Life) Committee minutes, 1974-2004; Finance Committee minutes, 1974-1991; Building & Sites Group minutes, 1976-1979; Building Committee minutes, 1987-1990, and log, 1988-1991; Property Committee minutes, 1977-1991; Finance & Property Committee minutes, 1992-2004; Steering Committee minutes, 1990; Neighbourhood Committee minutes, 1990-1993; World Service and Mission Committee minutes, 1990-1991; Worship Committee minutes, 1994-1999; Think Tank minutes, 1998-2000; Millennium Exhibition Committee minutes, n.d. [c.1999]; papers relating to the organ, 1985-2006; church log books, 1973-1999; plans, 1979-2010; quinquennial reports, 2001-2006; fabric papers, n.d. [c.1970s]-2004; papers relating to church hall, 1984-2000; annual reports, 1999-2003.
Society organisations
Women's Own annual statement of accounts, 1990/1; Church Working Party (later Women's Fellowship) minutes, 1930-2001, attendance register, 1951-1966, and annual statement of accounts, 1990/1; Men's Fellowship minutes, 1968-2003, annual statement of accounts, 1997/8, programmes, 1972-1992, and letter relating to closure, 2003; Wesley Guild minutes, 1895-1908, 1932-1966; Magnet Group annual statement of accounts, 1990/1; Young People's Guild statements of accounts, 1991; Wesleyan Home Missionary Society poster, 1875, and accounts, 1917-1986; Overseas Division accounts, 1980-1994; Sick Man's Friend Society rules, n.d. [c.1817]-1837; Christian Aid committee minutes and accounts, 1984-1992; choir statement of accounts, 1989-1991; Badminton Club annual statement of accounts, 1990/1; Christian Service Committee minutes, 1927-1940, accounts, 1909/10, 1925-1966, and miscellaneous, 1901-1910, 1927-1928; Newbury Methodist Tennis Club rules, 1948; Greenham House Family Centre and Newbury Family Counselling Service minutes, 1992-2005.
Service of the church
Pulpit notices, 1958-1962; special orders of service, 1963, 1990.
Membership
List of members, 1977; church directories, 1977-2009; membership tickets of Pullen family, 1817-1907.
Sunday School and Sunday Institute
Cradle rolls, 1936-1979; Sunday School information brochure, 1914; rules, 1814-1830s.
Printed material/Miscellaneous
Centenary programme, 1937; newsletters, 1964-2009 (incomplete); appeal booklet, 1983; history of church, 1990; church cookery book, 1955; organ recital programme, 1982; photographs, 1921-1989; photographs of church, n.d. [20C]; transcript of MIs, n.d. [20C]; programme for fancy fair, 1888; press cuttings, 1950-1989; history of Day School, n.d. [20C]; transport directory, 1999; miscellaneous, 1905, 1960-2000. |
| Admin History | John Wesley preached 19 times in Newbury between 1740 and 1795. Initially the Methodists met in an existing chapel situated in a back alley off Cheap Street, near the canal. By c.1755 they had moved to buildings in Northbrook Street. A chapel was registered for worship in 1804.
In 1837 a new church was built nearby, also in Northbrook Street. It was twice registered for worship, in 1838 and 1840.
For a brief history, including memories of quarterly meetings encompassing lunch with home-brewed beer, see D/MS51/8/4. |