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Bedford Wesleyan Chapel

Memorials	:	136
Location	:	Leigh, Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, England
Description	:	"Bedford Wesleyan Methodist Chapel was opened in 1793 and was the first Methodist chapel in Leigh. The 1844 OS map shows a chapel in a lane which was later to become North Street, apparently just behind the later site on Chapel Street, and identified as "Methodist Chapel". The 1893 map shows it on its present site but does not identify the denomination, nor does the 1905 map. On both these latter maps a school is shown behind the church on what appears to be the earlier site. The chapel, unusually for a non-conformist chapel in the area, had its own... Read More	"Bedford Wesleyan Methodist Chapel was opened in 1793 and was the first Methodist chapel in Leigh. The 1844 OS map shows a chapel in a lane which was later to become North Street, apparently just behind the later site on Chapel Street, and identified as "Methodist Chapel". The 1893 map shows it on its present site but does not identify the denomination, nor does the 1905 map. On both these latter maps a school is shown behind the church on what appears to be the earlier site. The chapel, unusually for a non-conformist chapel in the area, had its own burial ground. The Wesleyan Methodists, United Methodists and Primitive Methodists merged in 1932 as the Methodist Church."

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Astley, Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, England
Coordinate: 53.5146900, -2.5278200

2. Ince-in-Makerfield cemetery
Ince in Makerfield, Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, England
Coordinate: 53.4948600, -2.5073800

3. Lower Ince Cemetery
Ince in Makerfield, Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, England

4. Saint Mary Churchyard
Ince in Makerfield, Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, England

5. Gidlow Cemetery
Standish, Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, England

6. Quaker Burial Ground -Langtree
Standish, Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, England
Coordinate: 53.5458134, -2.6334023

7. St Marie Churchyard
Standish, Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, England
Coordinate: 53.5461800, -2.6168400

8. St Wilfrid Churchyard
Standish, Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, England

9. Atherton Cemetery
Atherton, Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, England

10. Chowbent Protestant Dissenting Chapel
Atherton, Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, England
Coordinate: 53.5278761, -2.6536048

11. Howe Bridge Cemetery and Crematorium
Atherton, Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, England

12. Leigh Cemetery
Leigh, Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, England
Coordinate: 53.5758550, -2.5960800

13. St Paul Churchyard
Leigh, Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, England
Coordinate: 53.5146900, -2.5278200

14. St Thomas Churchyard
Leigh, Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, England
Coordinate: 53.4948600, -2.5073800

15. St. Joseph's Churchyard
Leigh, Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, England

16. St. Mary the Virgin Churchyard
Leigh, Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, England

17. Wesleyan Methodist Chapel
Leigh, Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, England

18. All Saints Churchyard
Wigan, Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, England
Coordinate: 53.5458134, -2.6334023

19. St Catharine Churchyard
Wigan, Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, England
Coordinate: 53.5461800, -2.6168400

20. St John's Churchyard
Wigan, Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, England

21. St. John's Churchyard
Wigan, Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, England

22. St. Paul's Church of England Churchyard
Wigan, Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, England
Coordinate: 53.5278761, -2.6536048

23. Westwood Cemetery
Wigan, Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, England

24. St David Churchyard
Haigh, Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, England
Coordinate: 53.5758550, -2.5960800