Methodism first began in Lancaster in 1794. Lancaster Methodist Church came into being on Easter Sunday 2001 when 3 churches within the city of Lancaster amalgamated –
Wesley Methodist Church (opened 1806)
Greaves Methodist Church (opened 1909)
Marsh Wesleyan Chapel (opened 1887)
A few years later Skerton Methodist Church (opened 1858) also became part of the amalgamation.
The Church has 2 premises – the former Greaves building on Scotforth Rd and The Cornerstone, the former Wesley church building in Dalton Square. Memorials from all 4 churches plus that from a previously closed church – Moor Lane, are displayed together in one of the corners of the main church premises in Scotforth Road, Lancaster.
The Memorials
Wesley Methodist Church
John Davis Bell | E A Oglethorpe |
Walter Baxendale | Leslie W Parker |
Stephen Clarke | John Rawes |
John G Clarke | Reginald Stamper |
A S Christian | Charles Stirzaker |
Robert A Cole | Henry Stirzaker |
Herbert Dobson | W M Sarginson |
Robert Hull | John E Swindells |
Oswald A Hodgson | William Topping |
J H M Ireland | A Woodhouse |
Benjamin Leyland | Andrew Yule |
These at the call of King and Country left all that was dear to them. Endured hardship, faced danger and finally passed out of the sight of men by the path of duty and self-sacrifice
1914 – 1918
The darkness passeth away and the true light already shineth John 2 v6
Skerton Methodist Church
Roll of Honour
1914 – 1918
To the Glory of God and affectionate remembrance of the members of Skerton Wesley Church, Choir and School, who gave their lives for the cause of righteousness and freedom.
Choir
Charles Hewitson | ||
Robert Malley | ||
John Turner Price | ||
Charles Stilling | ||
Edward B Dixon *** Samuel Braddock James Plowman William Battersby Edwin Prickett Stanley Davies Frederick Price Spencer Elliot Thomas D Price John Liver Charles Pye Thomas Lupton Harry Slinger Harry Lytham George Woods Albert Love | click to enlarge click to enlarge click to enlarge click to enlarge click to enlarge |
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Moor Lane was the Primitive Methodist chapel in Lancaster.