Arngill Cottage, Muker, nr Richmond, North Yorkshire, DL11 6DN, England Tel: +44 (0)1325 710175
If you're reading this then your browser does not support inline frames or is currently configured not to display inline frames. Muker chapel was built in 1845 and only cost £96. Its cheapness was largely due to the fact that its members contributed their labour free. This figure included a sum of £71 9s 3d from 470 separate subscriptions and 344 people subscribed under 2s 6d. The building was designed and supervised by John Rawson, a well known Wesleyan minister who died at Reeth in 1850 aged 73. His knowledge of building and architecture was such that he was entrusted with the erection of chapels at Barnard Castle, Low Row, Healaugh and Whaw. On the 11th November, 1845, the new chapel was opened for Divine Service by the Rev. Henry Richardson and the Rev. Thomas Savage. There were 36 members in all, of whom James Cottingham, James Calvert and Cherry Kearton were leaders. "By the time of the year of our Lord 1870, the Wesleyan chapel at Muker became too strait for its worshippers, so the Lord put it into the hearts of the brethren to enlarge the House of the Lord, which was carried into execution with much Labour, Perseverance, Patience and Prayer." Again the congregation raised funds to increase the accommodation for a growing membership. Subscriptions amounted to £74 towards a total cost of £112. On the list of subscribers were the names of the local member of Parliament, Mr. Millbank, and Dr. Rudd, the village doctor. This enlarged building, 20 feet by 44 feet, with a small vestry at one end, served the Wesleyans in Muker until 1934. It stood on the Thwaite road a quarter of a mile from the village, near Ducking Dub Bridge. It was a simple, dignified and plain edifice, but its use for religious purposes was discontinued after the modern chapel was built in the village in 1934-35
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