Key Dates in the History of Beeston Methodist Church

Key: first society / first building / first in location / building sold

Date Place Event & Notes
22/10/1796 Chilwell in cottage Meetings in cottage in Chilwell (started by Methodists from Stapleford)
1798 Chilwell near Hall Small Chapel built near Chilwell Hall opposite Hallams Lane (not at Clarke’s Lane)
1798 Beeston in barn Meetings in barn off Middle Street, Beeston (started by Methodists from Chilwell)
1805 Chapel Street First Methodist Chapel built on Chapel Street, Beeston
1819 Chapel Street Wesleyan Society started & took over the Chapel on Chapel Street
1825 Chapel Street First Wesleyan Methodist Chapel built & the society moved further down Chapel Street
1830 Chapel Street Second Wesleyan Methodist Chapel replaced the 1825 Chapel on Chapel Street
1853 Wollaton Road Primitive Methodists bought Baptist Chapel on Butcher Lane, renamed Wollaton Road, Beeston
13/09/1857 Clarke’s Lane New building opened at Clarke’s Lane on Chilwell Green (1798 Chapel demolished)
1878 Clarke’s Lane Upper room Chapel added to 1857 Clarke’s Lane building; schoolroom below
03/08/1882 Wollaton Road Wollaton Road 1853 Chapel demolished & rebuilt (modernised 1970, refurbished 1999)
06/01/1887 Queen’s Road Mission Room opened on Queen’s Road, Beeston (mission from Chapel Street)
24/05/1900 Queen’s Road New Church building opened on Queen’s Road (new lighting & decoration 1960)
29/05/1902 Chilwell Road Chilwell Road Church, Beeston, opened by & for Chapel Street society (redeveloped 1998)
1954 Inham Nook Estate Services in private homes on Inham Nook Estate, Chilwell
03/04/1954 Queen’s Road New Church Hall building opened on Queen’s Road
25/05/1963 Inham Nook Inham Nook Church, Chilwell, opened on site bought in 1954
17/03/1973 Clarke’s Lane New Church opened at Clarke’s Lane (1857/1878 building became Church Hall)
2014 Inham Nook Inham Nook ‘Sharing Agreement’ with (& at) St Barnabas (C of E): Café Church
01/09/2014 Beeston Methodist Beeston Methodist Church became one church: Chilwell Road, Clarke’s Lane, Inham Nook, Queen’s Road & Wollaton Road
by 2016 Clarke’s Lane Clarke’s Lane 1857 building sold; 1973 building sold & demolished
by 2016 Inham Nook Inham Nook building sold & demolished
27/03/2016 Beeston Methodist Beeston Methodist Church worshipping together for all services
28/04/2019 Queen’s Road Queen’s Road final service: building sold
19/05/2019 Wollaton Road Wollaton Road final service: building sold
26/05/2019 Beeston Methodist Beeston Methodist Church united at Chilwell Road building, Beeston, for all services
2022 Inham Nook/Circuit Inham Nook Café Church became a Circuit Project meeting in the different Circuit churches

Further Information

History of Beeston Methodist Church