Catalogue description Carville Methodist Chapel, Wallsend

Carville Methodist Chapel, Wallsend

Colliery Chapel, Wallsend

• Wallsend, Northumberland
• Wallsend, Tyne and Wear

Carville Methodist Chapel, Wallsend was erected in 1812 and opened in 1813. It took its name from its proximity to Carville Mansion, Wallsend. Carville Chapel was traditionally Wesleyan Methodist, but under the influence of John Reay (1784-1867), a local preacher and colliery worker, the chapel became the property of the United Methodist Free Church during the Wesleyan Reform Movement, 1849-1850. The church was re-built in 1870. Due to the predominance of the coal-winning industry in the locality at the end of the nineteenth century it was known as the Colliery Chapel. c1900, the house adjoining the chapel site was chosen as the site on which to erect a new church, which included a social centre, and this new church was opened in 1906. The United Methodist Connexion and the United Methodist Free Church were the two constituent bodies that came together to form the United Methodist Church in 1907. In 1935, Carville Chapel was incorporated into the Heaton and Wallsend Circuit, which was created as a result of the the unification of the Wesleyan, Primitive and United Methodist Churches under the Methodist Union, 1932. Carville Chapel, which was situated on Buddle Street, Wallsend, was closed in 1974. The Carville Society was incorporated into the Station Road Methodist Church, Wallsend, which was subsequently renamed the Trinity Methodist Church.

• View Record