Lilydale, VIC - Methodist (Former)

Year Built: 1888

Denomination: Wesleyan Methodist

Address: Cnr Chapel & Castella Street, Lilydale, Victoria, 3140

Architect: Unknown

Traditional Owners: Wurundjeri people

Last Updated: 26/08/2024

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History and Architecture:

A Foundation stone reads, " This memorial stone was laid by J. Ellingworth J.P. Feb 28th 1888".

Clergy:

This list may not contain every serving cleric, past or present, for this church.
Further submissions welcomed.

Years Name Annotation D.o.B D.o.D
1866 - Rev John Warner
1867 - Rev John Westacott
1867 - 1870 Rev Falconer
1867 - 1870 Rev Rothwell
1867 - 1870 Rev Freeman
1867 - 1870 Rev Harvey
1867 - 1870 Rev Walker
1870 - 1872 Rev Joseph Ross 1834 1912
1872 - 1875 Rev John Truscott
1875 - 1878 Rev Samuel Alden
1878 - 1878 Rev J. Garde
1878 - 1882 Rev John Barningham
1882 - 1887 Rev G. Hounsell
1887 - 1891 Rev John L. Green
1891 - 1894 Rev John Westacott
1894 - 1898 Rev E Turner 1838 1915
1898 - 1900 Rev Henry Wallace
1900 - 1903 Rev Richard Louis Reed 1855 1922
1903 - 1906 Rev John W. Crean
1906 - 1907 Rev John Adams
1907 - 1908 Rev Richard Brown
1908 - 1910 Rev Thomas Norman Copeland
1910 - 1913 Rev Richard Yeo 1855 1916
1913 - 1916 Rev James Lowe 1848 1932
1916 - 1919 Rev Robert Jackson
1919 - 1920 Rev Alfred Ditterich 1860 1920
1920 - 1924 Rev Lewis S. Shears Saunders
1924 - 1927 Rev W. J. Bottoms
1927 - 1929 Rev Harry C. Kent
1929 - 1932 Rev Frederick C. Ivory 1885 1964
1932 - 1936 Rev George A. Osmond

Organ:

No information currently available. Submissions welcomed.

Source:

The People called Methodists, the history of the Lilydale Methodist Circuit 1866 - 1977. Graham Oke. LH 287.