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Hazelbury Bryan

Dorset view map

This is the methodist chapel in the village, which dates from 1863. The inscription on the stone tablet reads 'Persecuted but not forsaken'.

My aunt lived in this Dorset village for a while, but decided to move away as she found it too remote.


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laine06-Aug-2017 09:32
Hi Ray, I found this which might help to explain the sign
The Primitive Methodists were a major offshoot of the principal stream of Methodism – the Wesleyan Methodists – in 19th century Britain.

In the early decades of the 19th century there was a growing body of opinion among the Wesleyans that their Connexion was moving in directions which were a distortion of, not to say a betrayal of, what John Wesley had brought to birth in the 18th century. Eventually a Methodist preacher called Hugh Bourne became the catalyst for a breakaway, to form the Primitive Methodists. Probably 'primitive' was used to clarify their self-understanding that they were the true guardians of the original, or primitive, form of Methodism.

By the end of the 19th century these two streams of Methodism realised they had more in common than they might have supposed. So conversations began which led to these being the two principal partners in the union to form the present-day Methodist Church in 1932.

The Methodist chapel at Hazelbury Bryan was built in 1863 (on this particular site) and serves a number of small settlements in the surrounding area. The worship area has been recently refurbished and the pews replaced with chairs, adding flexibility to the chapels use.