Barmston Methodist Church is part of the Bridlington Methodist Circuit.
The Bridlington Methodist circuit.
The Methodist Church was formed by John and Charles Wesley although they remained members of the Church of England all their lives and did not wish their followers to break with the Anglican Church. John went to Christchurch College, Oxford in 1720; in 1725 he was ordained deacon; In 1726 he was elected a Fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford. By this time Charles was at Christchurch College, Oxford and together with friends the brothers decided to "conduct their lives by rule and method". They were so methodical in their prayer meetings etc. they were nicknamed Methodists. John was ordained priest in the Church of England in 1728 and received an annual endowment from Lincoln College, which continued for at least 25 years, he was therefore able to travel. In 1739 we hear of his first 'field preaching'. He travelled all over Britain and gained many working-class converts, 'whose spiritual needs had been neglected by the Established Church'. These converts were organised into Societies, then united into Circuits, under a Minister. The Ministers met together at the first Conference, in 1744, I think in Bristol, at this Conference, the Articles of Religion were drawn up, doctrinal emphases included: Repentance, Faith, the Assurance of Salvation, Social concern and the Priesthood of all Believers. As we can see John Wesley continued to be methodical and well organised but it was not until 1764 that I have information about Methodists in Bridlington. In that year two brothers came from Newcastle to live at the Quay. They were both zealous and devoted men and attached to Methodism. They procured a room and got itinerant preachers to preach the gospel. They met with opposition but applying to a magistrate it was soon known that places of religious worship could not be disturbed with impunity and they proceeded in peace. The first Methodist place of worship was a barn or outhouse in Holderness Yard in the High Street and later a Chapel was built in 1775 in St John Street. At the Quay, the first place of worship was a dwelling house on the site of which stands the shop occupied by Mr Patterson, the saddler. In 1791, for Bridlington, three notable things happened, Bridlington became the head of a Circuit, John Wesley died and the Methodist Connexion was divided into Districts. In the district there were five Circuits, York, Hull, Pocklington, Bridlington and Scarborough. It was in 1795, four years after John Wesley's death that the Wesleyan Church became a separate communion, it broke away from the Church of England. (Credit & more info http://www.bridlingtonmethodistcircuit.org.uk/history.html)
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