Audley Methodist Church

The first Methodist chapel was built in Audley in 1810 and was enlarged in 1838. The New Wesleyan Chapel was built in 1876 with a capacity of 725, adjacent to the now Ravensmead Day School which was built by the Methodists in 1903 on land purchased by them 1899. Methodism in Audley is quite unique in having it’s own private burial ground, it was dedicated on 21st June 1915, and contains a memorial to the Diglake Pit disaster. The Audley Central Methodist Sunday School building was built in 1954 and following the closure and demolition of the Wesleyan Chapel in 1972 services were held in this building for the next 20 years. Eventually, in 1990 enough monies were raised to build the existing chapel on New Road, and in 2003 the congregations of the two remaining chapels in the village (Audley Peoples and Audley Central) joined together to become Audley Methodist Church as we are today. More history articles to follow.