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Brixworth Methodist Chapel
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The
Methodist chapel at Church Street, Brixworth dates back to 1811 and had at
least two connections with the Howcutt family. On
the evening of 29 October 1826, Edward Walton, his daughter and her children
attended a service there. It was whilst this was taking place that their
house was broken into and various items stolen. Edward Blunt, William Smith
and James Howcutt were later convicted of the offence and transported to
Tasmania. It
appears that the Howcutts at Brixworth were mainly Anglicans. However, at
least one member attended the Methodist chapel - when James' great nephew
William Howcutt (1860-1892) enlisted in the Army in March 1878 his religious
denomination was recorded as Wesleyan Methodist. The
chapel building is now in residential use. |
