Union St Primitive Methodist, Ulverston

The church does not have a graveyard.

^Our records show that this church is closed. Click the arrow on the line above to find links to search for web sites of current churches of the same denomination, or try the Nearby Churches link above.

It was founded in 1906 and closed in 1925.

This building in Union Street, Ulverston, with a cross on top of the gable, has had a chequered history. In 1906 it was converted into a church for the Primitive Methodists, having previously been the Liberal Club. (It was reputedly at one stage a public baths.)

The Primitive Methodists had begun meeting in Ulverston in a mission room in Devonshire Road. Sometime around 1900, they had briefly used the former Catholic church in Fountain Street, known as the Oddfellows Hall. Their last noticed mention in the town was in the Furness Year Book of 1925. The Union Street building was subsequently taken over by an independent Church of Christ congregation, who were still using it at the final issue of the Furness & District Year Book in 1952. Eventually their members started to meet in another building, opposite the former Victoria Hall in Mill Street.

The Union Street building, shown in the photograph, has also been used for storage, although a proposal was recently put forward to turn it into a small theatre. The narrow entrance led into a foyer, beyond which was the main church area (i.e. situated behind the other houses which face onto the same street).

The Primitive Methodist church was an early 19th century (1807) secession from the Wesleyan Methodist church and was particularly successful in evangelising agricultural and industrial communities at open meetings. In 1932 the Primitive Methodists joined with the Wesleyan Methodists and the United Methodists to form the Methodist Church of Great Britain.

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