We hold the following image of Wingates Independent Methodist Church in our archives.
Wingates Independent Methodist Church was established 1819. The church building was situated on Dixon Street in Westhoughton, Bolton but was closed 2001 and demolished. A day school operated at the church from 1886, but was transferred to Lancashire County Council in 1915.
Archive Materials Held
In the archives, we hold the following items from this church:
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Printed Histories: (Whispers of Wingates, 1985, E. Howell; Whispers of Wingates (2nd. Edition) 1999, E. Howell
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Church Magazine: (Wingates Messenger (in bound volumes) 1892 – 1944)
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Registers: (Baptismal Registers 1822 – 1998; Marriage Copy Records 1917 – 1936 (24 books); Records of Marriage Registers deposited in Bolton Archives; Membership Register – earliest date indicated 1899 and last date 1997; Membership Certificates – set of certificates signed by individual members; Membership Records 1938 – 1994; Associate Members’ Records
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Legal Documents: (Trust Deed; Place of Worship Certificate 1877; Marriage Certificate 1877; List of Deeds, etc.)
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Church Minutes and Correspondence, etc.: (Church Minutes 1898 – 1961; Correspondence Book 1937 ; Correspondence w. HM Inspector of Taxes 1936)
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Financial Records: (Account Books: Receipts and Payments with Clothing Club accounts 1917 – 1931; Cash Book 1938 – 1941; Bank Books 1935 – 1940; Bank Books, Clothing Club 1937 – 1941; Bank Books, Building Fund 1937 – 1942; Annual Account sheets various years, some undated; Clothing Club account 1913; Clothing Club Member’s Card
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Notices Books: (1899 – 1904, 1962 – 1967, 1968 – 1970, 1973 – 1976, 1977 – 1980, plus two undated books)
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Bundles of Miscellaneous Documents: (Annual reports various years, some undated; Statistical returns various years, some undated; Applications for use of premises; Applications for caretaker vacancy 1911; Organ and Piano records Inventory 1941; Wingates Messenger Leaflets – various (No. 2 has outline of church’s early history); Building Alteration Accounts 1934 – 1938; Wingates Band – Newsletters etc.; Special service sheets; General memorabilia (includes church closure); Resolutions on Armaments; Estate of Caroline Forshaw; Connexional Loan and Grant; Note re closure of Day School)
Church Entries in Magazine
| Year | Page in Magazine |
| 1826 | Vol. 2:6 |
| 1827 | Vol. 2:328 |
| 1828 | Vol. 2:651 |
| 1829 | Vol. 3:11 |
| 1864 | 286 |
| 1869 | 155, 213 |
| 1870 | 139, 177 |
| 1871 | 78, 252, 264 (foundation laying) |
| 1872 | 109 |
| 1873 | 168 |
| 1874 | 164 |
| 1875 | 169, 271 |
| 1876 | 242 (stonelaying – ref. to Thomas Handley) |
| 1877 | 74, 249 |
| 1878 | 52, 176, 332ff, 361 |
| 1879 | 50, 180, 215 |
| 1880 | 170 |
| 1881 | 70 |
| 1882 | 221 |
| 1883 | 47, 61, 223 |
| 1885 | 59 |
| 1886 | 63, 218 |
| 1887 | 60 |
| 1888 | 59 (info. on day school), 196 |
| 1889 | 204 |
| 1890 | 56, 197, 384 |
| 1891 | 53, 190, 419 |
| 1892 | 130 (25 new members) |
| 1893 | 87, 278 |
| 1896 | 439 |
| 1901 | 220 |
| 1903 | 140 |
| 1905 | 84, 118 |
| 1906 | 118 |
| 1907 | 230 |
| 1908 | 119, 226 |
| 1909 | 59, 78, 98, 118 |
| 1910 | 3, 59, 116, 194, 214, 233 |
| 1911 | 4 & 23 (Hulton Colliery disaster), 36, 75, 117 |
| 1912 | 79, 119, 227 |
| 1913 | 119, 192, 216 |
| 1914 | 119, 232 |
| 1915 | 45, 102, 199, 219 |
| 1916 | 44, 75, 107, 108 |
| 1917 | 79, 95, 144, 160, 191 |
| 1918 | 26, 50, 74 |
| 1919 | 24, 60, 72, 112, 136, 148 (library opened) |
| 1920 | 72 (centenary – his. a/c), 79 (centenary celebrations), |
| 1922 | 94 |
| 1923 | 136, 152, 167, 168, 182, 184 (2), 198, 200 |
| 1924 | 16, 31, 32, 73, 94, 179 |
| 1925 | 35, 53, 74, 83, 111, 112 |
| 1926 | 15, 16, 29, 75, 111, 112, 167, 24 |
| 1927 | 16, 32, 104, 179, 200 |
| 1928 | 16, 87, 103, 164 |
| 1929 | 35, 97, 119 |
| 1930 | 14, 37, 53, 91, 99 (Temp. Soc. centenary), 111,155, 191 |
| 1931 | 15, 34, 50, 67, 82, 102, 202 (ref. to Wingates Band), 219 |
| 1932 | 56, 70, 91, 109, 110, 224 |
| 1933 | 18, 34, 107, 145, 162, 179, 198, 219 |
| 1934 | 19, 34, 56, 71, 92, 109, 219 |
| 1935 | 20, 38, 55, 75, 111, 152, 187, 206 (centenary) |
| 1936 | 19, 58, 78, 96, 111, 207, 223 |
| 1938 | 5 (major repairs), 51, 67, 108, 151-2 (His. Article) |
| 1939 | 16, 31 |
| 1940 | 40 |
| 1941 | 58 |
| 1960 | 78 |
| 1965 | 65, 119, 154, 202 |
| 1966 | 63, 95, 176 |
| 1967 | 61, 182 |
| 1968 | 158 |
| 1969 | 18 (intro), 77 |
| 1970 | 60, 127 |
| 1971 | 111 |
| 1973 | 65 |
| 1974 | 275 (His. Soc) |
| 1978 | 7-4, 7-8, 10-15 |
| 1979 | 7-4, 11-2, 11-3 |
| 1980 | 2-5, 7-11 |
| 1981 | 40946 |
| 1984 | 11-14 (A. Morris 50 years) |
| 1993 | 4-4, 6-10 |
| 1994 | 7-10, 10-1 (A. Morris 60 years) |
| 1999 | 4-1 (band feature) |
| 2001 | 7-1 (closure), 7-3 |
Obituaries
| Name | Year | Page in Magazine | ||
| William | Bradshaw | 1852 | ||
| Jane | Martin | 1853 | 21 | |
| Mary | Bollough | 1861 | 54 | |
| Margaret | Booth | 1871 | 261 | |
| (Sister) | Ratcliffe | 1871 | 260 | |
| George | Hodson | 1875 | 366,FR80 | |
| William | Smith | 1877 | 328 | |
| Alice | Ralphs | 1880 | 51 | |
| Thomas | Ralphs | 1880 | 50 | |
| Henry | Young | 1881 | 372 | |
| John | Coop | 1909 | WW | |
| Ellen | Rigby | 1909 | 15 | |
| Thomas | Ratcliffe | 1911 | 52 | |
| Robinson | Greaves | 1913 | 167 | |
| Horace | Thomasson | 1913 | 96 | |
| Mary | Thomasson | 1913 | 228 | |
| Joseph | Bateson | 1915 | 153 | |
| Ernest | Coop | 1915 | 153 | |
| John | Stephen | Sutcliffe | 1915 | 216 |
| Richard | Kay | 1919 | 69 | |
| J. | T | Howarth | 1920 | 107 |
| Margaret | Bateson | 1921 | 13 | |
| Arthur | Rigby | 1921 | 13 | |
| Florrie | Rigby | 1921 | 13 | |
| Alice | Miller | 1925 | 32 | |
| Arnold | L | Ralphs | 1927 | |
| Tom | Gerrard | 1932 | 30 | |
| William | Thomas | Wardle | 1932 | 85 |
| Ann | Ellen | Bateson | 1933 | 51 |
| Frances | Thomasson | 1937 | 27 | |
| Mabel | Howell | 1939 | 75 | |
| Annie | Ralphs | 1940 | 73 | |
| Edward | Ralphs | 1947 | 18, 1927q, D193f | |
| Joseph | Thomasson | 1950 | 37,69 | |
| Albert | Sampson | 1952 | 69 | |
| Samuel | Crook | 1964 | 32 | |
| A.E. | Nuttall | 1966 | 96 | |
| John | Ratcliffe | 1968 | 160 | |
| Katie | Nuttall | 1983 | Aug | |
| Miriam | Howe | 1994 | Mar | |
| John | Rawlins | 1997 | Apr | |
| Arnold | A | Howell | 1999 | Aug |
| Frank | Thomasson | 1999 | Jul | |
| Alice | Morris | 2003 | Oct | |
| Adam | Howarth | D64 | ||
| Ethel | Howell | 2013 | Jun P 11 |