Central Methodist Church,Bacup

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Central Methodist Church, BUrnley Road, Bacup Lancashire GPS Location N53°41'24.98" W2°10'43.86"

Central Methodist Church started life as Waterside Methodist Free Church and this building dates from 1897.
The Church must have been in existence for quite some considerable
time before this, as a Church census taken on 30th March 1851 shows a total of 1045 worshippers
for the morning, afternoon and evening services.
By the time of a later census on 29th January 1887, attendance seems to have dropped greatly,
as only 291 people are recorded as having attended the morning and evening services
(the afternoon service appears to have been dropped).
It is located at GR 865232 and is still in use.
(above extracted from John Purdy's notes)

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