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| The Methodist Ministers at Knutsford | |||||||
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| Ministers' List | ||
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1864-1866 Charles W. Prest
1866-1870 F. B. Sandbach 1870-1871 J. Stevinson 1871-1873 James Whitehead 1873-1876 George Watson 1876-1879 H. V. Roebeck 1879-1882 Thos. Slader 1882-1885 T. Harrison 1885-1888 Arthur Markham 1888-1891 T. L. Withington 1891-1894 H. W. Jones 1894-1897 J. Reynolds 1897-1900 A. L. Taylor |
1900-1903 T. Hilton Pollitt
1903-1906 J. Redfearn 1906-1909 H. C. J. Sidnell 1909-1912 T. Hilton Pollitt 1912-1915 E. Hardwick Hudson 1915-1920 Percy Grubb 1920-1923 Roland Major 1923-1928 W. G. Freeman 1928-1932 T. Sydney Welbourne 1932-1936 C. Leslie Craig 1936-1940 William Broadley 1940-1943 T. Norris Roscoe 1943-1947 Joseph Daintree |
1947-1948 Charles Sherdley
1948-1952 W. Longden Oakes 1952-1956 Roland E. Parker 1956-1962 Arthur S Holbrook 1962-1970 Clifford T. Harris 1970-1974 Alfred Cartwright 1974-1982 Derek Davidson 1982-1990 Graham Evans 1990-1998 Dan Paterson 1998-**** Paul Wilson 2001-2004 Cris Acher |
| First Resident Minister | ||
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With its new Chapel the Knutsford Wesleyan Methodist Society
also sought to have, for the first time, its own resident
Minister. The person appointed (1864-1866) was the Rev. Charles
W. Prest.
It is noteworthy that in 1865 the Chapel's quarterly payments to the Circuit Stewards towards the minister's stipend amounted to £8 per annum. One century later (1965) the equivalent figure had |
increased by over a hundred-fold.
Charles Prest's successor (1866-1870) was the Rev. F. B. Sandbach. He was remembered by one biographer as greatly loved in Chapel and Circuit - an open, gentle, kind but firm person with whom everyone enjoyed working. Apparently he could not be called a 'profound theologian', nevertheless his sermons were interesting, pictorial and full of evangelical |
teaching.
In 1896 he left for the Grand Canaries with his wife, who had been advised to take a sea voyage for the benefit of her health. During the return sailing on the S.S. 'Drummond Castle', the ship struck a rock off Ushant and immediately sank. The Rev. Sandbach and his wife were among the 247 (out of a total of 250 on board) who lost their lives. |
| Manses | ||
| Although the first resident Minister was appointed in 1864 it was not until some twenty four years later that an actual residence, or Manse, was provided by the Chapel. This comprised a smallish property on the Manchester Road. In 1909 | this was exchanged for a nearby, larger, house (No 53) along the same road, and then in 1931 the Manse transferred to 31, St. John's Road. In 1960 this was sold in preference for 12, St John's Road, the latter |
being bought for £2000. Within ten
years this too was sold and 22 Glebelands Road acquired. This
property was then extended in the early 1990s (an office) and
2000 (a fourth bedroom).
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