South Croxton is 9 miles south-east of Barrow upon Soar and 8 miles north-east of Leicester.
Primitive Methodists
The number of primitive Methodists in the Meeting House return of 1829 was described as ‘very few’ and no numbers were given.[1] There is no mention of any Primitive Methodist congregations in the census return of religious worship in 1851. In 1863 it is recorded that the village had a chapel for exclusive Primitive Methodist worship and it was constructed in 1857.[2] A Sunday school was present and was in association with the chapel.[3]
Latter Day Saints
The 1851 census records that there was a congregation of Latter Day Saints who met in a building which was not exclusively used for worship, and which could seat 40 people.. On the 30th March 1851 an afternoon and an evening service had a congregation of 20 and 40 worshippers’ respectively. No average congregations were given for these services and no mention was made in respect of any associated Sunday school.[4]