Non-conformist worship, West Overton
Certificates relating to Dissenters' Meeting Houses indicate that members of Independent and Methodist persuasions were active in 'Overton' (presumed to refer to the area of the ancient parish). Premises for Independent worship in Overton were registered on 1 Dec. 1800, 1 August 1825, and 17 March 1849. In West Overton specifically a building was registered on 3 September 1827.
Houses in Overton noted simply for 'Methodist' worship were registered on 7 December 1811 and in Lockeridge on 14 June 1817. A dwelling house and premises owned and occupied by Henry Bell in Lockeridge was registered on 20 June 1840; the persuasion of the worshippers is not recorded.
On Census Sunday of 1851, some 58 Primitive Methodists attended an afternoon service of worship at Lockeridge.
In approximately 1906 two evangelists of the Christian Brethren established in Regent's Place, Swindon, founded a mission in a cottage in Lockeridge Dene. They held regular Sunday services in the same premises into the later 20th century.
Houses in Overton noted simply for 'Methodist' worship were registered on 7 December 1811 and in Lockeridge on 14 June 1817. A dwelling house and premises owned and occupied by Henry Bell in Lockeridge was registered on 20 June 1840; the persuasion of the worshippers is not recorded.
On Census Sunday of 1851, some 58 Primitive Methodists attended an afternoon service of worship at Lockeridge.
In approximately 1906 two evangelists of the Christian Brethren established in Regent's Place, Swindon, founded a mission in a cottage in Lockeridge Dene. They held regular Sunday services in the same premises into the later 20th century.