{"id":2876,"date":"2015-02-08T17:10:56","date_gmt":"2015-02-08T17:10:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leicestershirehistory.co.uk\/?page_id=2876"},"modified":"2015-08-08T11:11:51","modified_gmt":"2015-08-08T11:11:51","slug":"protestant-nonconformity-in-stoney-stanton-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/leicestershirehistory.co.uk\/?page_id=2876","title":{"rendered":"Protestant nonconformity in Stoney Stanton"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2882\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2882\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/leicestershirehistory.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/stoney-rock.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2882\" src=\"http:\/\/leicestershirehistory.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/stoney-rock-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Living Rock church, Stoney Stanton\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/leicestershirehistory.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/stoney-rock-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/leicestershirehistory.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/stoney-rock-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2882\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Living Rock church, Stoney Stanton<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2879\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2879\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/leicestershirehistory.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/stoney-wesl.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2879\" src=\"http:\/\/leicestershirehistory.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/stoney-wesl-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Stoney Stanton Wesleyan Chapel\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/leicestershirehistory.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/stoney-wesl-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/leicestershirehistory.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/stoney-wesl-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2879\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stoney Stanton Wesleyan Chapel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/leicestershirehistory.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/stoney-cong2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2881\" src=\"http:\/\/leicestershirehistory.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/stoney-cong2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"stoney cong2\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/leicestershirehistory.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/stoney-cong2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/leicestershirehistory.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/stoney-cong2-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2880\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2880\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/leicestershirehistory.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/stoney-cong1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2880\" src=\"http:\/\/leicestershirehistory.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/stoney-cong1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Stoney Stanton Congregational Chapel\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/leicestershirehistory.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/stoney-cong1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/leicestershirehistory.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/stoney-cong1-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2880\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stoney Stanton Congregational Chapel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nNo Conventicle was recorded within this parish in 1669.<a title=\"\" href=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/VCH\/Documents\/WIP\/chapel%20pages%20online\/stoney%20stanton%20chapel%20final.docx#_ftn1\">[1]<\/a> In 1676 there were 130 conformists and just one nonconformist.<a title=\"\" href=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/VCH\/Documents\/WIP\/chapel%20pages%20online\/stoney%20stanton%20chapel%20final.docx#_ftn2\">[2]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Little is known about the number of nonconformists in the 19th century. William Broughton\u2019s house was registered as a meeting house for Protestant dissenters in 1814,<a title=\"\" href=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/VCH\/Documents\/WIP\/chapel%20pages%20online\/stoney%20stanton%20chapel%20final.docx#_ftn3\">[3]<\/a> but no meeting house was recorded in the return of 1829. No return was made to the 1851 religious census.<\/p>\n<p><b>Congregational worship<\/b><\/p>\n<p>There was a Congregation Chapel erected in 1868 which had 180 sittings.<a title=\"\" href=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/VCH\/Documents\/WIP\/chapel%20pages%20online\/stoney%20stanton%20chapel%20final.docx#_ftn4\">[4]<\/a> A foundation stone was laid by R. Walker Esq. of Leicester (see photograph). There is a modern extension to the side. The date of closure is yet to be discovered, but in 2014 the building, which appears to be in poor condition, was used by the Scouts.<\/p>\n<p><b>Wesleyan Methodism<\/b><\/p>\n<p>A Wesleyan Chapel was built in 1886 which could accommodate 150 people.<a title=\"\" href=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/VCH\/Documents\/WIP\/chapel%20pages%20online\/stoney%20stanton%20chapel%20final.docx#_ftn5\">[5]<\/a> \u00a0It was a tiny building, squeezed between houses on Hinckley Road, and still in use as a chapel in 2014. Four dated foundation stones can be seen, all dated 24th November, 1886<\/p>\n<p>R. Stanley Esq of Nuneaton<\/p>\n<p>Miss Matilda Toon of Earl Shilton<\/p>\n<p>Miss E. A. Cotton of Earl Shilton<\/p>\n<p>John Morley Esq of Birmingham<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Living Rock<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The modern Living Rock church is in a converted factory building on Station Road.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Return to <\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.leicestershirehistory.co.uk\/?page_id=389\"><b>Protestant Nonconformity: A-Z<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><br clear=\"all\" \/><\/p>\n<hr align=\"left\" size=\"1\" width=\"33%\" \/>\n<div>\n<p><a title=\"\" href=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/VCH\/Documents\/WIP\/chapel%20pages%20online\/stoney%20stanton%20chapel%20final.docx#_ftnref1\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">[1]<\/span><\/a>R.H. Evans, \u2018Nonconformists in Leicestershire in 1669\u2019, <i>Trans. LAHS<\/i>, 25 (1949), p.136<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><a title=\"\" href=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/VCH\/Documents\/WIP\/chapel%20pages%20online\/stoney%20stanton%20chapel%20final.docx#_ftnref2\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">[2]<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: small;\">A. Whiteman, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The Compton Census of 1676: A Critical Edition<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-size: small;\"> (London, 1986), p.337<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><a title=\"\" href=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/VCH\/Documents\/WIP\/chapel%20pages%20online\/stoney%20stanton%20chapel%20final.docx#_ftnref3\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">[3]<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: small;\">ROLLR, QS 44\/1\/2<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><a title=\"\" href=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/VCH\/Documents\/WIP\/chapel%20pages%20online\/stoney%20stanton%20chapel%20final.docx#_ftnref4\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">[4]<\/span><\/a><i><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Kelly\u2019s Dir. of Leics<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-size: small;\">. (1908) p. 574<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><a title=\"\" href=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/VCH\/Documents\/WIP\/chapel%20pages%20online\/stoney%20stanton%20chapel%20final.docx#_ftnref5\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">[5]<\/span><\/a><i><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Kelly\u2019s Dir. of Leics<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-size: small;\">. (1908) p. 574<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; No Conventicle was recorded within this parish in 1669.[1] In 1676 there were 130 conformists and just one nonconformist.[2] Little is known about the number of nonconformists in the 19th century. William Broughton\u2019s house was registered as a meeting house for Protestant dissenters in 1814,[3] but no meeting house was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2876","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/leicestershirehistory.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/leicestershirehistory.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/leicestershirehistory.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leicestershirehistory.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leicestershirehistory.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2876"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/leicestershirehistory.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2876\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2878,"href":"https:\/\/leicestershirehistory.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2876\/revisions\/2878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/leicestershirehistory.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}