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The Newcastle Sun
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Wallsend Primitive Methodists 78th Anniversary Services Wallsend Primitive Methodists are this week celebrating the 78th anniversary of the erection of their first stone church in the town. Although the first church was built in 1863, it was not till 1867 that the stone structure was built. The first services were conducted by the Rev. Green from a tree stump in Pitt Town for several weeks until a tent was erected. The first church, of wooden slabs, cost £66 0s ld. The main items of expenditure were 150 slabs £3 15s. 12 rail-back seats £7 10s, nails £1 2s Id, roof shingles £5 12s, lamps and glasses £1 16s 6id. The official opening of the church was performed by die Rev. W. J. Dean, who was the minister in the Newcastle area and travelled to Wallsend periodically to preach. In 1867 a brick church was built over the little old wooden one, the contract price of which was £400. The trustees borrowed £200 to pay the contractor and insured the church for £500. In 1869 a fire razed the Blue Bell Hotel, which was next to the church, and also burnt the church to the ground, there being no fire brigade in the town in those days. The trustees received £480 from the insurance and with money promised set about the erection of a new church, the contract price be ins £320 During the reconstruction, open air meetings were held, but were later transferred to the Newcastle Wallsend Coal Co.s workshops, where temporary seating accommodation was provided. The Rev. E. Cook-Pritchard was appointed in 1865. Others who followed were Rev. J. E. Mell (1867). Rev. J. Feggan (1870), Rev. B. Kenny (1875).
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Newcastle Chronicle
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Marriage on Friday 10th April, by special license, by the Rev. E. C. Pritchard, Mr. James Eli Padmore to Mrs. Agnes Grant
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Newcastle Chronicle
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Birth on the morning of 2nd July 1869 at her residence Bull street, Newcastle, the wife of the Rev. E. C. Pritchard, of a son
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Newcastle Chronicle
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Marriage on 28th of June 1869, at the residence of Mrs. Wilson, by the Rev. E. C. Pritchard, Mr. Peter J. J. Grant of Lambton, to Miss J. Goodchild of Honeysuckle Point
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Newcastle Chronicle
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Marriage on the 28th June 1869 at Honeysuckle Point, Newcastle by the Rev. E. C. Pritchard, Mr. James Gallagan, of Newcastle to Miss Janet Wilson
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Newcastle Chronicle
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Marriage on 22nd September 1869, in the Primitive Methodist Church, Lower Hexham, by special license, by the Rev. E. C. Pritchard, Mr. H. Finney, of Waratah, to Miss M. J. Green of Ash Island
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Newcastle Chronicle
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Marriage, on 27 November 1869, at the residence of the officiating minister, Bull street, Newcastle, by license, by the Rev. E. C. Pritchard, Mr. T. J. Williams, to Miss R. V. Charlton
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Newcastle Chronicle
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Marriage on 2nd April 1870, at the residence of Rev. E. C. Pritchard, Bull street, Newcastle, by license, Mr. James Petre Boyd, to Rebecca, youngest daughter of Mr. Thomas Adam of Newcastle
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Newcastle Chronicle
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Marriage on 4th June 1870, at the residence of the officiating minister, Bull street, Newcastle by special license, by the Rev. E. C. Pritchard, Mr. Joseph Lawrence, to Miss M. A. Draper both of Honeysuckle Point, Newcastle
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Marriage on 6th April 1885 by Rev. E. C. Pritchard, James Old Christianson, master butcher, Wickham, second son of the late Mr. Christian Christianson of Christiania, Norway, to Mary Ann, only daughter of the late Mr. John Morris of Swansea South Wales.
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Newcastle Chronicle
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Marriage - On 25th April, at the residence of the father of t he bride, Bull-street, Newcastle, by Rev. Pritchard, Mr. James Kilgour, grocer, of Hunter-street, second son of Mr. Robert Kilgour of Fifeshire, Scotland, to Margaret, only daughter of Mr. George Wrightson, engineer of this city, and formerly of Gateshead, Durham, England
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Newcastle Chronicle
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Death, at the residence of his parents, Pitt-street, Newcastle, on December 1st, Frederick John Goodsell, infant son of the Rev. E. C. Pritchard, aged six weeks
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Newcastle Chronicle
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Marriage - on 12th September, in Pitt-street, Newcastle by the Rev. E. C. Pritchard, Mr. John Moss, son of Mr. William Moss, blacksmith, of Minmi, to Miss Alice Thompson, daughter of Mr. William Thompson, builder, of Minmi
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Newcastle Chronicle
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Marriage, on Saturday 12th August, at the residence of the bridegroom s father (Mr. George Wrightson), by the Rev. E. C. Pritchard, Mr. T. Wrightson, plumber, painter, of this city, to Miss Williams also of this city
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Marriage - On January 31st by special license by Rev. E. C. Pritchard, Thomas only son of Mr. Thomas Rowland of Raymond Terrace and formerly of Allerton, Shropshire, England, to Sarah Grace Parsons, youngest daughter of Mr. William Lock of Burwood
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Newcastle Chronicle
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Marriage on 9th March 1870, in the Primitive Methodist Church, Brown St. Newcastle, by special license, by the Rev. E. Cook Pritchard, Mr. James Wills, of Wallsend, to Miss Monnox of Waratah
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Standfordbridge, near Newport, Shropshire, England
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Newcastle Chronicle
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Death on December 27 1869, Mr. T. Pritchard, father of the Rev. E. C. Pritchard of Newcastle
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Glory be 1845-1945, commemorating the 100th anniversary of the opening of the first Wesleyan Chapel in Newcastle
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Early ministers at Brown Street were Revs. Henry Green (1858), W. J. Dean (1860), E. Cook Pritchard (1865), J. Sharp (1869), J. H. Daish, C. Waters (1874), J. S. Dobson and G. James (1878), who was assisted by his son, Rev. A. S. C. James
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Newcastle Chronicle
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Marriage on 25 August, in the Primitive Methodist Church, Brown Street, Newcastle by the Rev. E. Cook Pritchard, Mr. William Jenkins to Miss E. Mitten, both of Tighe s Bridge, Waratah
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Newcastle Chronicle
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Valedictory tea held in the Primitive Methodist Church to bid Rev. Pritchard farewell as he was moving to Sydney. In the five years he was at Newcastle, five new churches were built in the district and the number of church members increased from 61 to 259. He raised large sums of money for various purposes and was active in the Bible Society, the Total Abstinence Society and the Orange Society
