Sileby Primitive Methodist Church is a Methodist church in

Sileby Sileby is a former industrial village and civil parish in the Soar Valley in Leicestershire, between Leicester and Loughborough. Nearby villages include Barrow upon Soar, Mountsorrel, Ratcliffe-on-the-Wreake, Seagrave and Cossington, Leicesters ...

, Leicestershire.

History

The first chapel built by the Primitive Methodists was opened by 1818. This was soon outgrown and a new church was opened on King Street in 1834. The current church was designed by the architect James Kerridge. Construction started in 1866 and the building opened for worship on 12 May 1867 In 1931 the school room was built on Swan Street. In 1969,

Sileby Wesleyan Methodist Church Sileby Wesleyan Methodist Church is a former Methodist church in Sileby, Leicestershire. History Methodism in Sileby started around 1791 when a cottage was purchased for around £70 and converted into a chapel. In 1881 the congregation was in ne ...

closed and the congregation joined the congregation at King Street. The church underwent redevelopment in 2010.

Organ

A pipe organ by Hardy and Son of Stockport was installed and opened on 22 February 1900 by James Dann, Assistant Organist at

Peterborough Cathedral Peterborough Cathedral, properly the Cathedral Church of St Peter, St Paul and St Andrew – also known as Saint Peter's Cathedral in the United Kingdom – is the seat of the Anglican Bishop of Peterborough, dedicated to Saint Peter, Saint Pa ...

. The organ is no longer present

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