Raithby Chapel
| Raithby Chapel | |
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Lincolnshire | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Chapel above stable (far right) | |
| Methodist | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TF37386703 |
| Location: | 53°10’58"N, -0°3’16"E |
| History | |
| Built 1779 | |
| Information | |
Raithby Chapel is a small Methodist chapel at Raithby Hall in Raithby by Spilsby. It is the oldest Methodist chapel in Lincolnshire, and one of the oldest in the world. This chapel is one of the few surviving chapels that was opened by John Wesley himself, the founder of Methodism, and it is still open for worship today.
The chapel was built in brick over an existing stable in 1779 by Robert Carr Brackenbury, the well-to-do Methodist minister who built and lived at Raithby Hall and was dedicated by John Wesley on 5 July 1779. The building housing the stable and the chapel is Grade I listed.[1]
Services
John Wesley is recorded as having delivered a service here on 3 July 1788.
The chapel is now part of the Mid-Lincolnshire Methodist Circuit. Occasional services are still held at the chapel. [2]
References
- ↑ National Heritage List 1063583: Methodist Chapel and Stables at Raithby Hall
- ↑ Mid Lincolnshire Methodist Circuit
- Methodist Heritage: Raithby Chapel
- Raithby Methodist Chapel on Explore Churches