Brunswick Methodist New Connexion Church, London

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• I have a marriage certificate relating to a wedding that took place here on 18th December 1887.
  Groom: James William Bagnall, Age 20, bachelor, bootmaker, living at 9 Osborn St, Walworth. Father James Robert Bagnall Shoemaker.
  Bride: Louisa Pullen, Age 20, spinster, living at 98 Chatham St. Father John Edward Pullen Engine Driver.
  “Married in the Brunswick Chapel, Gt Dover St, according toi the rites and ceremonies of the Methodist New Connexion by Certificate by me, W. W. Howard, Minister. Signature of Registrar is illegible

  By Colin Newell (05/03/2021)

• Brunswick Church was apparently in Great Dover Road, Southwark. According to the Religious Census of London, on Sunday 24th October 1886 the morning congregation was 134, with 229 attending in the evening. A further survey carried out in 1902-03 and published as the Religious Life of London was more detailed. The morning congregation consisted of 26 men, 20 women and 73 children, whilst in the afternoon or evening 41 men, 64 women and 54 children attended. Southwark Local History Library and Archive have Minutes from the Church for the 1920s, but it does not appear in the 1940 Methodist Statistical returns.

  References:
  The Religious Census of London. Hodder and Stoughton, 1887 p16
  The Religious Life of London. Hodder and Stoughton, 1904 p258

  By Philip Thornborow (25/01/2021)