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Methodist Chapels In Liverpool

From Picture of Liverpool: Strangers Guide, written in 1834

There are seven chapels belonging to this class of Christians, and they are as follows:
Pitt-street chapel is a large and commodious building, well fitted up with pews and has a good organ
Moss-street Chapel is a spacious edifice with a handsome stone portico, of the Ionic order of architecture, surmounted by a fne bold pediment The interior of this structure is remarkably neat and the seats are arranged in ascending order, similar to the Amphitheatre. The communion table is placed at the west end over which is a small gallery having a handsome and fine-tones organ, and is appropriated to the choir, and children belonging to the free school, which is kept in the lower part of the building . A burial ground surrounds the chapel, and is enclosed by a wall and palisades.
Leeds-street chapel is a neat brick edifice. It has an extensive gallery and is well fitted up with pews
Mount-street Chapel. This is likewise a plain building but well adapted to the purpose of public worship
Wesley Chapel, called after the founder of this comunity, is situate in Stanhope-street, Harrington and has a handsome stone front. decorated with a neat portico. The cemetery adjoining this edifice is enclosed with a stone wall and palisades. The inside of this chapel is well finished and the communion end is lighted by a stained glass window, of an oval shape. A large and well-tones organ is erected here
Murray-street chapel is situate behind the Theatre Royal, in a street of the same name. The New Connexion of Methodists assemble in this chapel to worship
Benn's Garden chapel stands in Pool-lane and Redcross-street. It was formerly a Presbyterian place of worship, but at present belongs to the Welsh Wesleyan Methodists