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Primitive
Methodist Memorial Chapel
Mow Cop
"Upon the mossy
brow
Of the venerated Mow,
There stands a chapel now"
In 1841 as the Primitive
Methodist movement grew they had their own chapel built, this was a small
building (this however was not the first ever Primitive Church; this was
built in Tunstall in 1811).
As the need for a larger
building became apparent they moved just across the road next to Pointon's
Farm and built The Primitive Methodist Memorial Church. Work
commenced in 1857 and the Church was opened in 1860. It then had to be
re-built in 1882 due to storm damage.
Primitive Methodist
Chapel with distant view of Mow Cop Castle
1900
The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery - Staffordshire Past Tracks
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Remembering Methodism at Mow Cop
A website visitor from Biddulph remembers visiting preachers at Mow
Cop:
"There was an inscription on these plates
they sold: The little cloud increaseth still, which first arose
upon Mow Hill.
There was a wonderful preacher called Gypsy Smith, and you
couldn't get in to the church when he came.
He gave these absolutely red-hot sermons on salvation. And they'd
have a lot of people who would come and kneel at the altar."
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Mow Cop Primitive
Methodist Chapel
Situated on the corner of Woodcock Lane and Primitive Street
Primitive Methodist
Memorial Chapel
Erected AD1860
Enlarged AD1882
The side of the Chapel on
Primitive Street
The stone from the 1st
Primitive Methodist Chapel
1841
photos: Steve
Birks June 2008
A view of the village of
Mow Cop in 1975
with the Primitive Methodist Chapel in the centre
photo: Kidsgrove Library - Staffordshire
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