Mike Wright has sent pictures from a box of images passed on from a late family member. They could be related, or even family Friends.
The pictures show a ministerial family and an unknown couple outside an unknown church which is probably but not certainly Methodist. The only clue we have is that Mike Wright’s family was Methodist (version unknown) and there are family connections with Milton Keynes/Bletchley/Fenny Stratford but also north London/Hammersmith.
Do you recognise either the place or the people?
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There is a Milton Keynes website called http://www.livingarchive.org.uk that has methodist photos and chapel related early 1900’s material. Just time consuming deciphering it. There is also a Milton Keynes Methodist circuit website that has pictures of the older chapels that could also be a source but again time consuming in deciphering the information.
Hi my name is Paul and as a lover of a juicy mystery I thought it worth taking a look here. Usually I take as a starting point the first edition OS maps which clearly show chapel sights standing at the maps first publication. Once these sites are defined the later updates of these maps can then be checked for later built chapels. It is then usually quite easy to check the current status of these sites on the Streetview mapping of a well known well used commercial database. Sadly though this mystery will need a dedicated local I fear ( I live in Mid Wales ) as it very quickly became clear Milton Keynes has totally changed the landscape. Indeed the Fiirst edition OS sheet covering modern Milton Keynes shows Methodist chapels in what were then small villages at Fenny Stratford Wesleyan, Simpson Wesleyan, Woughton On The Green Wesleyan, Bletchley Wesleyan, Water Eaton Wesleyan, Little Brickhill Wesleyan, Bow Brickhill Wesleyan and Primitive and Woburn Sands Wesleyan. These are all on the first OS sheet I looked at and as far as I can see not on any of the databases I can view online. I have briefly looked at adjoining maps and quite clearly a fair number of other chapels are not recorded to the database and to add to the mystery county boundary movement and the fact Milton Keynes continues to expand boundaries a dedicated effort from someone or a small team is in the short period the way forward here to record and regress the full information available on the early maps and collect any images that may be taken will at least then give some foundation to sol e the mystery of this sight. Hope this moves this on. Paul.
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