Allhallowgate Methodist Church

Ripon was an important and influential location for Primitive Methodism in the north of England. According to Patterson, a Primitive Methodist society was first formed in Ripon as a result of a visit by William Clowes on 4 March 1820. Petty records that he preached twice “with good effect” and that “ a great excitement was awakened, and much spiritual good done”. Ripon was made a branch of the Hull circuit in June 1820, and became a circuit in its own right in 1822. By 1828 Ripon had five travelling preachers on its station; in 1847 there were in the circuit and its two branches seven travelling preachers, with “two ‘to be obtained’”. The circuit also “sent out five travelling preachers”. Neither was Primitive Methodism in Ripon a purely local affair. Patterson, writing in 1909, describes how “the original station covered the ground now occupied by the Harrogate, Knaresborough, Pateley Bridge, Thirsk, Ripon, Bedale, and Middleham Circuits”.
The first Primitive Methodist chapel in the town opened in 1821. It was built on a site in Priest Lane, although no trace of it now exists. Evidence of its former location, near the junction with St Marygate, can be seen on old Ordnance Survey maps. The earliest maps dating from the 1840s show the premises marked as a Primitive Methodist chapel. The chapel was enlarged in 1841. Despite its enlargement, it seems that the chapel was still not big enough, but because the buildings now completely filled the relatively small site in Priest Lan

Timings & Tours

Sunday 14 September:

Between 13:00 and 16:00

Location & directions

Allhallowgate Methodist Church, Victoria Grove, Ripon, North Yorkshire, HG4 1LG

Directions:

Main entrance is located on Allhallowgate, just before the junction with Victoria Grove. No parking on site but ample street parking and 2 pay and display car parks close by. Disabled access via the Victoria Grove entrance.

Contact on day:

Diane Gaskill

Telephone number:

+447765486213

Booking information

Pre-booking requirement:

Pre-booking not required

Accessibility details

Only ground floor fully accessible to wheelchair users. Disabled entrance via Victoria Grove entrance.

Additional information

Max no of people per tour:

100

Est. tour duration:

1 hour(s) 0 minute(s)

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