English Methodist Church
(Tin Chapel)
THE ENGLISH METHODIST CHURCH, BRYMBO
As far as we know, the old Wesleyan Chapel began about 1885. This had a corrugated roof and became affectionately known as the "Tin Chapel". Was this the old Tin Chapel built by John Wilkinson for the people of Brymbo? It was on the same site as the present building, but the entrance door was on the side. It had a small entrance porch and through the inner door, on the left, were a high pulpit and a square seat, in which the deacons sat. It had a handsome pipe organ; the organist was Mr. Leonard Pickering. Behind the pulpit stood the chancel, with two vestries, one each side. In 1900 the first baptism took place, that of Myfanwy Jones, who later became the organist. Whilst the Chapel was being built, the members worshipped at the Schools or Cocoa Rooms (the Old British Legion). The new Church (or Sunday School) was opened in 1921.
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