Monument record MDR11757 - Independent Methodist Chapel (site of), Water Lane, South Normanton

The 1st ed. 25" OS map of c. 1880 shows an Independent Methodist Zion Chapel on Water Lane. (1) By the time of the 2nd ed. OS map c. 1900 that chapel appears to have gone out of use. (2) The Zion Chapel on Main Street/Water lane was built by Samuel Gill and Solomon Robinson of the Original Methodist Connection. The Original Methodists were dissolved in 1867 joining the United Methodist Free Church. The Zion Chapel was sold to Joseph Swan, Colliery Owner, in 1872 to become a Congregational Church. The chapel was purchased in 1883 by E. Sampson to be St Mark's Church of England Mission Room. (3) The chapel is most likely to have been built in 1857 when the Original Methodists moved from the old Bethel Chapel [see SMR 12819] to the new building on Water Lane around that date. Examination of modern maps indicate that the chapel has been demolished [2009]. (4)