The small

Methodist Methodism, also called the Methodist movement, is a group of historically related denominations of Protestant Christianity whose origins, doctrine and practice derive from the life and teachings of John Wesley. George Whitefield and John's ...

chapel A chapel is a Christian place of prayer and worship that is usually relatively small. The term has several meanings. Firstly, smaller spaces inside a church that have their own altar are often called chapels; the Lady chapel is a common ty ...

at Raithby Hall in Raithby by Spilsby is the oldest Methodist chapel in

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, and one of the oldest in

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. It is one of the few surviving chapels that was opened by John Wesley, the founding father of Methodism, and is still in use today. The chapel was built in brick over an existing stable in 1779 by

Robert Carr Brackenbury Robert Carr Brackenbury (28 May 1752 – 11 August 1818) was born in 1752 at Panton House, near Wragby, Lincolnshire. His biographer, Terence R Leach, Brackenbury's biographer, describes him as a ‘poet, practitioner, philanthropist and mystic’. ...

, the well-to-do Methodist minister who built and lived at Raithby Hall and was dedicated by John Wesley on 5 July 1779. The building housing the stable and the chapel is Grade I listed.

Services

John Wesley is recorded as having delivered a service here on 3 July 1788. The chapel is now part of the Mid-Lincolnshire Methodist Circuit. Occasional services are still held at the chapel.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chapel At Raithby Hall Raithby Methodist Chapel Methodist churches in Lincolnshire East Lindsey District