Booth Road Primitive, first began in 1846 in a humble cottage at Bottoms row,  with the school house on Booth Road opening in 1850 the large chapel on Booth Road being built in 1874 at a cost of £1,700 and was opened on October 29th of the same year. The corner stone having been laid the previous March by Joshua Lord of Bankside and the late John Spencer of Crawshawbooth.  The first local preachers name appearing in the first preachers plan at Stacksteads was that of T Tomson.

 

Trustees of the chapel committee: John Ashworth, Richard Crompton, W Greenwood, W H Bricknell, H Ashworth, Silas Rivett,  J A Ingham, I Smith, G T Bricknell, John Roundell Jnr, T H Warburton, William Walkden, D Taylor, J A Greenwood, R Roundell, G Nicholas,  J W Taylor, J W Belham, S Oakford, G A lick, John Varley, H Warburton.

 

Chapel Leaders: W H Bricknell, H Ashworth,  Greenwood, T Rivett, and  A H Holmes.

 

School Superintendants : John Ashworth, and Arthur H Holmes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Extracts from the Chapel Committee book

 

1865

11 August Leaders : Our societies be cautioned not to encourage any unauthorized strangers who call themselves Primitive Methodists.

 

20 October  Leaders : This meeting is sorry to learn that John Crabtree disturbed our preaching services at Stacksteads, on the 25th Inst thus rendering himself liable to a penalty of £40.00. This meeting is glad to find that John Crabtree had aknowledged his error and signed a paper promising never to do it again  and we advise him that he become and abstainer from strong drink, seeks forgiveness from God & attend regularly at some place of religious worship.

J Crabtree be forgiven on the condition that he pays for the printing & posting of 50 bills, which bills shall be a copy of the paper he signed.

 

1866

19 June Chapel : As our income is defecient we in future charge for our  front pews 11d and the others 9d.

 

1870

15 February Chapel : John Ashworth be treasurer for the building fund for new chapel. The money to be invested in the bank at Bacup. Mr Bennett and Mr J Phillips be requested to beg for the new chapel and school as early as convenient. To see Mr Munn about ground for a chapel.

 

1872

19 March Chapel : After Mr Munn be waited upon we advertise the old chapel for sale. We sell it not below £200 and not to be sold to the Roman Catholics.

 

1882

27 September Chapel : Bazzar first Thursday in Sept, we have a rocking horse and a Aunt Sally.

 

1889

23 July Chapel : Chapel to be painted outside we have doors put on men's urinal and females petty and ashpit.  Harvest. To go were they think fit to beg and borrow anything they think necessary.

 

 

In 1982 Booth Road Primitives was struck by lightning.