Bruce Road, Bow United Methodist Free Church chapel and schools was designed by Mr F Boreham, architect, and built of stone in 1875. A tender by Mr Sheffield for £2975 was accepted. It was situated on the south side of Bruce Road. In 1940 the premises consisted of a chapel which seated 700 in pews, a school hall and six other rooms. The chapel appears to have been closed by 1970
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Building News 28.5.1875 p.620
OS 1:1056 Town plan of London VIII.41 1893
The religious census of London, London, MDCCCLXXXVIII, reprinted from the British Weekly (https://archive.org/details/religiouscensus00lond)
Free Methodist Manual: London: Andrew Crombie, 1899 p p270 London, Second
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Religious Census of Greater London, 1906
John Rylands Library University of Manchester, MAC Lawson Returns of Accommodation provided by Methodist Chapels and other Preaching Places, 1940/4 London Mission, East Circuit
Methodist Church Buildings: Statistical returns including seating accommodation in 1970/
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The religious census of London (1886) recorded morning and evening congregations of 232 and 245. Eighteen years on, The religious life of London (1904) noted 92 and 95 attendees.
This page has been amended to contain further information by G.W. Oxley
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