Methodism in the area was at first under the Bedfordshire Circuit in the 1780s. By 1813 the Raunds records were included in the Higham Ferrers Circuit.
The first chapel meetings were held in Thorpe Street, in William Nichols' yard. When the first chapel was built in 1812, on a parcel of land in Brooke Street, the old chapel was converted into two cottages. The new chapel cost £1,200 and the land £90. It could accommodate 500. In 1848 a Day School was founded and in 1854 a farm and barn, behind two cottages, was purchased for £160 from Mr W Nichols. A new building with a master's house was completed in 1861. George Lee was the first master and he stayed until 1910. His son took over until the school closed in 1914, when the new school was opened in Park Street.
At GZ there is a plaque - at the top, when was the Sunday School established ABCD
Now take a walk to N52 20.(B-C-D)((B-A)(B-D) W 000 32.D(A+C)(B-A-C)
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