On 6th November, 1783, Tedbar Tinker and his wife Martha sold a parcel of land at Shelley for the erection of a Methodist Meeting House.
The purchasers were Edward Hardy, William Turner and William Thorp, and the price of the land Ten Shillings (50p).
Work on the building began almost immediately and the land and building were handed over to the original trustees in April, 1785.
Edward Hardy wished to be a trustee but first had to sign over his interest to one James Pickles, who in turn signed the chapel and yard over to nine trustees, the following day
(23rd April 1785).
He was paid five shillings for the lease, and was to receive rent of two peppercorns annually if demanded. (There is no record of this rent ever being demanded or paid).
Building at Shelley
Shelley Methodist Church
