# Finkin Street Methodist Church

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Grade II listed building in Grantham, Lincolnshire

Church in Grantham, England

Finkin Street Methodist Church Front of the church Finkin Street Methodist Church 52°54′45″N 0°38′29″W / 52.912606°N 0.641278°W / 52.912606; -0.641278 Location Grantham Country England Denomination Methodist History Status Chapel Founded 1840 Architecture Functional status Active Heritage designation Grade II

**Finkin Street Chapel** is a [Grade II](/source/Grade_II)[1][2] listed building in [Grantham](/source/Grantham), [Lincolnshire](/source/Lincolnshire). The [Wesleyan Methodist](/source/Wesleyan_Methodist_Church_(Great_Britain)) chapel was built in 1840 and was the childhood church of [Margaret Thatcher](/source/Margaret_Thatcher), former [Prime Minister of the United Kingdom](/source/Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom).[3][4]

The chapel has a lectern dedicated to Thatcher's father, [Alfred Roberts](/source/Alfred_Roberts), who was a [local preacher](/source/Local_preacher) there.[4]

Detail of the front of the building. It was originally a Wesleyan chapel.

In 2008, the congregation of the Central Methodist Church, Finkin Street joined with the congregation of St Peter's Hill [United Reformed Church](/source/United_Reformed_Church) in Castlegate to form a [local ecumenical partnership](/source/Local_ecumenical_partnership), ChristChurch Grantham. A decision was then taken in April 2011 to keep the Methodist premises on Finkin Street and sell the URC premises on Castlegate.[5] The congregation meeting weekly in the chapel is now known as ChristChurch.[6]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Historic England](/source/Historic_England). ["Details from listed building database (1062522)"](https://HistoricEngland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1062522?section=official-list-entry). *[National Heritage List for England](/source/National_Heritage_List_for_England)*. Retrieved 14 April 2013.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Historic England](/source/Historic_England). ["Wesleyan Methodist Church (Grade II) (1062522)"](https://HistoricEngland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1062522?section=official-list-entry). *[National Heritage List for England](/source/National_Heritage_List_for_England)*. Retrieved 24 May 2013.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Margaret Thatcher: her unswerving faith shaped by her father](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/margaret-thatcher/9992424/Margaret-Thatcher-her-unswerving-faith-shaped-by-her-father.html), Sunday Telegraph, 14 April 2013

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-GJ_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-GJ_4-1) ["Special service for Margaret Thatcher's family at Grantham Methodist church"](http://www.granthamjournal.co.uk/news/local/special-service-for-margaret-thatcher-s-family-at-grantham-methodist-church-1-5007010). *Grantham Journal*. 21 May 2013. Retrieved 21 May 2013.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** [""Friends of ChristChurch, Grantham""](https://web.archive.org/web/20160624061114/http://www.christchurchgrantham.com/friends-of-christchurch-grantham.html). Archived from [the original](http://www.christchurchgrantham.com/friends-of-christchurch-grantham.html) on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 7 June 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["About Us"](https://www.christchurchgrantham.com/about-us). ChristChurch Grantham. Retrieved 9 January 2020.

## External links

- [Grantham, Christ Church Finkin Street Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Lincolnshire](https://www.mywesleyanmethodists.org.uk/content/chapels/lincolnshire/grantham-christ-church-finkin-street-wesleyan-methodist-chapel-lincolnshire) – My Wesleyan Methodists

- [ChristChurch, Grantham website](http://www.christchurchgrantham.com/)

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