Scope and Content
Receipts of quarterage money etc., and disbursements Also includes: Minute re appointment of Thomas Ellis as member and local preacher, 4 April 1798 Minute on the resignation of John Fielding, circuit steward, and appointment of Peter Chandler in his place, 31 March 1820 Minute concerning the "present embarrassed state of our Circuit" and on economies to be made, 3 July 1820 Minute on loan of £30 from William Smith, journeyman collar-maker, to pay off the existing loan from the circuit stewards, 6 April 1824 (at reverse end) Minute re election of Mr.Fielding as circuit steward, and that "in consideration of pecuniary embarrassments and also the contraction of the Circuit", only 10s. shall be allowed in aid of the Circuit Preacher's travelling expenses, 7 April 1817. Societies and Chapels (with dates of first appearance, but not of removals) contained in the above as as follows: Stevenage, St.Ives, St.Neots, Catworth, Old Weston, Great Gidding, Graffham, Elsworth, Houghton and Tempsford (all listed in 1793), Bourne, Hinxworth, Thurning and Great Staughton (1794), Honeydon and Biggleswade (1795), Huntingdon, Baldock and Beeston (1797), Guilden Morden (1798), Ashwell (1799), Earith (1799), Great Barford, Weston by Baldock (1803), Hail Weston, Hitchin (1804), Easton, Croydon (1806) Fenny Stanton (sic) (1807), Alconbury Weston (1807). Circuit divided for stewardship purposes in 1810 - chapels covered include St.Neots, St.Ives, Huntingdon, Tempsford, Great Barford, Old Weston, Alconbury Weston, Great Staughton, Graffham, and Easton, Little Catworth, Elsworth, Fenstanton, Great Gidding, Winwick and Eltisley (1810-11), with later additions of Ramsey (1812), Graveley and Toseland (1812). Again divided 1813, and chapels include (e.g.) St.Neots, Tempsford, Great Barford, Little Catworth, Old Weston, Graffham and Easton, Graveley, Eltisley, Great Staughton, and Abbotsley (1813), with Wilden (1822), Potton, Willington (1822), Eaton Socon (1823), Offord (1824), Great Paxton (1824), Everton, Gamlingay (1825), Buckden (1828), Honeydon and Colmworth (1831)