{"id":2771,"date":"2015-02-06T14:03:16","date_gmt":"2015-02-06T14:03:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leicestershirehistory.co.uk\/?page_id=2771"},"modified":"2015-08-07T20:58:42","modified_gmt":"2015-08-07T20:58:42","slug":"protestant-nonconformity-in-belton","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/leicestershirehistory.co.uk\/?page_id=2771","title":{"rendered":"Protestant Nonconformity in Belton"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Belton<\/a>
Belton General Baptist Church<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Belton is in north Leicestershire, 6 miles west of Loughborough.<\/p>\n

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]<\/a><\/p>\n

New Connexion General Baptists<\/strong><\/p>\n

The chapel was built in 1813, and had 60 members in 1829.[2]<\/a> 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]<\/a><\/p>\n

Wesleyan Methodists<\/strong><\/p>\n

This chapel, which no longer exists, was built in 1821 and had 100 free and 57 other sittings.[4]<\/a> There were 50 Wesleyan Methodists in Belton in 1829.[5]<\/a> On census Sunday in 1851, there were 36 at the afternoon service and 92 present in the evening.[6]<\/a><\/p>\n

Return to <\/b>Protestant Nonconformity: A-Z<\/a><\/p>\n


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[1]<\/a> A. Whiteman, The Compton Census of 1676: A Critical Edition<\/i> (London, 1986), p. 329<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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[2]<\/a> ROLLR, QS 95\/2\/1\/64<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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[3]<\/a> TNA, HO 129\/415\/30<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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[4]<\/a> TNA, HO 129\/415\/31<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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[5]<\/a> ROLLR, QS 95\/2\/1\/64<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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[6]<\/a> TNA, HO 129\/415\/31<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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