Cloud Methodist Chapel
Our Story

The Story Now

We are a small country chapel, with a small and faithful membership.  Most of our members are from the farming community. Everyone takes part in our regular events. The Easter Monday tea, started in recent years, is popular around the Circuit, as is the Harvest Festival.

The Sunday School does well. Our usual service is in the evening, but during part of the winter, services are held in the afternoon. We also have a regular family service in the afternoon, with some informal singing by the children. Once a quarter we have a fellowship meeting, which everyone finds very valuable.
  

Our History

Founded in May 1815, Cloud Chapel is the oldest Primitive Methodist chapel in the country still in use.  We understand that the money for the building was collected in 1815, in just three days, and the chapel itself was built in a month. It is a simple stone building with one extension.

 
On a hand written plan for the last quarter of 1811, the Primitive Methodists, as they went on to call themselves, included 'The Cloud' among their places of worship. Until the building of Cloud Chapel in 1815, preaching was at Woodhouse Green farmhouse.