Methodist Church, St. Edmund's Church Street, Salisbury

A meeting was first established c.1736 in the coach house of the Green Dragon at Fisherton, which broke away from the Wesleys in 1746. John Wesley visited Salisbury frequently and these visits led to the formation of a small group who met at a shop in Greencroft Street in the early 1750s. A chapel was built in St. Edmund's Church Street in 1759 and Wesley described it as 'the most complete in England'. He was also delighted with the congregation when he preached there in 1769. The Methodists were strong and enthusiastic in the city in the late 18th century but numbers fluctuated wildly from 636 in 1785 to 360 in 1798.

In 1810 the chapel was rebuilt with 280 free and 780 other seats and in 1815 the old Presbyterian meeting place in Salt Lane was bought and renovated for schoolrooms. The Sunday School had gone by 1851 when the average congregation for evening service was said to be 900. In 1879 new schoolrooms were built in Greencroft Street. In 1958 the church was thriving with 410 members. In 1973 there was a major re-modelling of the premises. On 1st September 1984 the Salisbury Methodist Church was formed with the Harnham, Dews Road and St. Edmund's Church Street congregations. These were united in the Church Street premises in March 1987 and the other churches became redundant.