Admin/biog history
After unification of the Wesleyan, Primitive and United Methodists in 1932 the Chapel Street and Waller Street Wesleyan Circuits and the Luton II Park Town and Luton III Mount Tabor Primitive Methodist Circuits combined to form a united Luton Methodist Circuit. The five chapels which made up the Luton I (High Town) Primitive Circuit remained as a separate High Town Circuit until 1944. Initially the main Luton circuit was known as Luton 'A', then from 1944 just as Luton. In 1942 ten churches split off from the Luton Circuit to form a new Harpenden Circuit. Luton Industrial Mission was taken out of the Circuit and became a separate organisation in 1959. In 1965 the remaining churches were divided into Luton North and Luton South Circuits.
Chapels: (subsequent circuits: H = Harpenden, LN = Luton North; LS = Luton South)
Aley Green (LS);
Barton-le-Clay former Wesleyan chapel (LN);
Batford [Hertfordshire] (H);
Bendish [Hertfordshire] (LN);
Chaul End, closed 1955;
Cockernhoe [Hertfordshire] (LN);
Darley Hall, Kings Walden [Hertfordshire];
Flamstead [Hertfordshire] (H);
Gaddesden Row [Hertfordshire] (H);
Gravenhurst (LN);
Harpenden, High Street [Hertfordshire] (H);
Harpenden, Southdown Road [Hertfordshire] (H);
Hexton [Hertfordshire];
Kimpton [Hertfordshire] (H);
Kinsbourne Green (H);
Leagrave, Marsh Rd, from High Town Circuit 1944 (LN);
Lilley [Hertfordshire];
Luton, Bailey Hill, closed 1959;
Luton, Beech Hill, opened 1934 after relocation of Dunstable Road Wesleyan congregation (LS);
Luton, Cardigan Street, from High Town Circuit 1944, closed 1950
Luton Central Mission (LN);
Luton, Chapel Street, became Luton Industrial Mission 1955;
Luton, Church Street, former Primitive chapel, closed 1946;
Luton, Dallow Road, amalgamated with Dunstable Road to form Oakdale 1964;
Luton, Dunstable Road former Primitive chapel, merged with Dallow Road to form Oakdale 1964;
Luton, Dunstable Road former Wesleyan chapel, moved to Beech Hill 1934;
Luton, Farley Hill, opened 1956 (LS);
Luton, High Town, from High Town Circuit 1944 (LN);
Luton, Lewsey Friendship House, opened 1962 (LS);
Luton, Montrose Avenue, later renamed St Margaret's, opened 1937 (LN);
Luton, Mount Tabor (LS);
Luton, North Street, closed 1959;
Luton, Oakdale, formed 1964 by amalgamation of Dallow Rd and Dunstable Rd (LS);
Luton, Park Town (LS);
Luton, Round Green (LN);
Luton, St John's, opened 1962;
Luton, Waller Street, closed 1953;
Markyate [Hertfordshire], former Wesleyan chapel (H);
Redbourn [Hertfordshire];
Saint Albans, Boundary Road [Hertfordshire];
Sharpenhoe, from High Town Circuit 1944;
Shillington, Bury End (LN);
Shillington, High Road (LN);
Slip End (LS);
Stopsley (LN);
Studham (H);
Trowley Bottom, Flamstead [Hertfordshire] (H).