Lichfield Ebenezer Methodist New Connexion Chapel

In 1826, as a result of disagreement with the Wesleyans at the Lombard Street chapel, some left and joined the New Connexion. They met in a barn in Tunstall’s Yard at the west end of Sanford Street let to them by Bradbury Tunstall, a sailcloth manufacturer, which had been used by the Congregationalists prior to their move to the new chapel in Wade Street.

In 1833, land in the nearby newly built Queen Street comprising 278 square meters forming part of Browns Meadow was secured on which Ebenezer chapel seating 230, including 70 free seats, was built opposite the newly constructed Queens Head and opened in 1834, a Declaration of Trust for use as a chapel for the Lichfield Methodist New Connexion having been executed by John Tomlinson and 11 others on 31^st March 1834.

Unfortunately, the cause did not prosper. On 31^st March 1851, Census Sunday, the chapel was only about a fifth full with 45 present at the main evening service. Later in the decade the inevitable occurred. The chapel closed and was sold in 1859 and eventually the land and disused chapel was acquired by the Lichfield Gas Light Co.