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A document in the Plymouth & West Devon Reord Office records that the first meeting of Wesleyan Methodists in what was at that time called Jump took place in 1830. What became of that small congregation is not yet known. During the Second World War the Methodist Chapel in Ebrington Street, Plymouth, was destroyed and it was the war damage compensation payment for that building which, with a donation of land by Lord Roborough, made it possible for a new chapel on the northern outskirts of the City at Roborough. The foundation stone of the Roborough Methodist Chapel was laid on Wednesday January 27th 1960. The cermony was performed by Mr E George Tamblin, who, with his wife, had for many years held a Sunday School in the front room of their house in the village. It grew so much that by this time it was being held in the Village Hall. Designed by Mr V C L Saunders, the Chapel was erected by Messrs J W Spencer. The site measured 150 feet by 75 feet and would include class-rooms, offices and a small car park in addition to the Chapel and Sunday School. The Reverend Arthur Revell was the minister.
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