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Middlewich Methodist Church extends a warm welcome to everyone. We are an integral part of the community, our buildings being used throughout the week by groups from both the local and the wider community. For example, in mid week there is a Coffee Morning followed by a Prayer Meeting and, the following day, a Mums and Toddlers meeting enjoying fellowship together.
Through Churches Together, we also have links with our friends in the Anglican, Roman Catholic, United Reformed and Community Churches. With them, we undertake a Good Friday walk of witness and hold joint Lent meetings, Lent Lunches and a Christian Aid quiz. We support a number of charities and various disaster relief initiatives.
Our History
In the early 1900s, a Mr Young who lived at Arclid used to come through Middlewich in his horse and trap, saw all the young children playing, decided they needed a Sunday School and took action! The land was purchased from a Mr Jim Buckley who owned a lot of farm land around that area. So, in 1904, what was then known as Cledford Chapel (and also as 'Cinder Chapel') was built on the site of our current church. In fact, Mr Buckley continued to live next door to the Church with his 3 daughters and his son. The ground at the back of the Chapel was used for allotments, a situation which continued right up to the 1970s. In commemoration of the origin of the chapel, Mr Young's daughter, Miss M E Young, a local preacher, has her name on a stone at the front of the church, in the garden.
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