Belton is in north Leicestershire, 6 miles west of Loughborough.
There were 8 Protestant nonconformists noted in 1676, two of whom were women, and also 9 Catholics, including 8 women. There were 205 Anglican communicants.[1]
New Connexion General Baptists
The chapel was built in 1813, and had 60 members in 1829.[2] On 30 March 1851 there was just a single service, in the afternoon, attended by 70 people, while 36 were at the Sunday School attached to this church.[3]
Wesleyan Methodists
This chapel, which no longer exists, was built in 1821 and had 100 free and 57 other sittings.[4] There were 50 Wesleyan Methodists in Belton in 1829.[5] On census Sunday in 1851, there were 36 at the afternoon service and 92 present in the evening.[6]
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