Monyash had a very active Methodist society from early in the 18th century, and there are records of letters from John Wesley to the society at this time. This early society died out and it was left to a Primitive Methodist missionary, Phillip Bown, to evangelise the village in 1828. An early convert was Joshua Millington, and he became active in the construction of the Chapel in 1835. This was enlarged to form the present building on Chapel Street in 1888. This beautiful stone building replaced a tin hut which had been used by Methodist worshippers for much of the previous century.

Photograph by Shirley Johnston