The original Methodist church in this part of the town was the Ash Rd Primitive Methodist Chapel on the corner of Ash Rd and Herrett St. Opened in 1885 and known as "The Ebenezer" it had six foundation stones all bearing the date 14th October 1885.
The Grosvenor Road Methodist Church was of the Wesleyan branch of Methodism. The Church was opened on the 24th October 1877 and with a Soldiers Home and Hall this complex served Methodist servicemen for over a hundred years. (The work of the Soldiers Home was transferred to the Smith Dorrien Home in 1925.)
Nationally the two churches, Wesleyans and Primitives, united in 1932 and in Aldershot the churches welcomed the union and continue serving the people of Aldershot to the present day.
Ash Road Methodist Church served as a place of worship until 1958 when the land at the junction of Stone St and Herrett St became available and the church executive sold the old building and built a new church on this site.
This "new" building, called "Stone Street Methodist Church", served until the 1990's when there was a possibility that the church and land would be sold and the congregation joined with the Methodist Church in Grosvenor Rd, however this idea was overtaken when the Aldershot Methodist Military Trust who owned the Grosvenor Rd Church, decided that it could no longer justify the cost of the maintenance of a listed building and so that site with all other buildings was sold. This meant that the congregation of Grosvenor Rd was looking for a new home and so the two congregations joined and used "Stone Street" as their place of worship.
This is on Church Property so best not to cache during Church Services, which are as follows:
Sundays: 10:30 - 11:30, 18:30 - 19:30 hours
Now onto the cache:
At the coordinates given look for the Church hall booking telephone number 01252 ABCDEF
Take a stroll round the church, how many windows look like crosses = G
Go to N51 14.493, W000 44.665. What's the date = HIJK
The cache can be found at: N51 (H)(E).(C - D) (B + H - F) (D + H + K), W000 (J - D) (D - H). (I - G) (E) (G + A)
If anybody would like to expand this series please do, I would just ask that you let Sadexploration know first at churchmicro@gmail.com so he can keep track of the Church numbers and names to avoid duplication. There is also a Church Micro Stats & Information page found via the Bookmark list”
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