• Reference
    MB1/LP
  • Title
    Luton Primitive Circuit
  • Admin/biog history
    The Primitive Methodists came to Luton and built their first Church in 1839. The Circuit was founded in 1843 as an offshoot of Aylesbury Circuit. It was divided into Luton I (High Town) and Luton II (Park Town) Circuits in 1879 [see MB1/LP1 and MB1/LP2]. Chapels and meeting places: - Barton-le-Clay, from 1871, subsequently Luton I - Billington, Leighton Buzzard Primitive Circuit from c.1858 - Bendish (Herts), from 1860, subsequently Luton II - Breachwood Green (Herts), from 1860, closed by 1879 - Dunstable, Dunstable Primitive Circuit from 1866 - Eggington, until c.1858 - Harpenden, Southdown Rd (Herts), disappears by 1858, reappears c.1865, new chapel built 1868, subsequently Luton II - Houghton Regis, Dunstable Primitive Circuit from 1866 - Leagrave, Marsh Rd, from 1860, subsequently Luton I - Luton, High Town, subsequently Luton I - Luton, Park Town, from 1864, subsequently Luton II - Markyate (Herts), from 1868, subsequently Luton II - Redbourn (Herts), from 1869, later in St Albans Circuit to 1887, then Luton II - Sharpenhoe, from 1860, subsequently Luton I - Shillington, Bury End, from 1878 - Slapton (Bucks), until c.1858 - Slip End, from 1868, subsequently Luton II - Stanbridge, Dunstable Primitive Circuit from 1866, Leighton Buzzard Primitive Circuit by 1869 - Streatley, until c.1858 - Toddington, Dunstable Primitive Circuit from 1866 - Totternhoe, until c.1858 - Trowley Bottom (Herts) - Whitwell, from 1860, closed by 1879 - Woodside
  • Reference
  • Level of description
    series