| 1781 |
First visit of John Wesley to Quinton, at invitation of local land-owner, Ambrose Foley. |
| 1785 |
Foley builds first preaching house (chapel) adjacent to Turnpike Road. |
| 1786 |
Wesley preaches in new chapel; Foley opens first Sunday School in Quinton. |
| 1820 |
William Stringer, local preacher from Darlaston, missions Quinton for Primitive Methodists, who begin meeting in a barn at Tinker's Farm. |
| 1827 |
Quinton Primitive Methodists, now meeting in a barn at Monckton Farm, become part of Darlaston Circuit. |
| 1828 |
Quinton Primitive Methodists transferred to Birmingham (East) Circuit. |
| 1831 |
First Primitive Methodist Sunday School opened in Quinton. |
| 1838 |
Quinton Wesleyan Methodists first mentioned as part of Birmingham (West) Circuit. |
| 1840 |
First Primitive Methodist chapel ("Bethesda") built in Quinton. |
| 1845 |
Hugh Bourne and William Clowes (founders of Primitive Methodism) visit Quinton. |
| 1851 |
Ecclesiastical Census (30 March) 103 adults and 80 Sunday School scholars at Wesleyan Chapel; 214 adults and 222 Sunday School scholars at Primitive Chapel. |
| 1864 |
Quinton Wesleyan Methodists become part of Cherry Street Circuit. |
| 1867 |
Quinton Primitive Methodists become part of Old Hill Circuit. |
| 1872 |
Quinton Wesleyan Methodists become part of Islington Circuit. |
| 1878 |
Second Wesleyan Chapel ("Hagley Road") opened adjacent to Quinton Toll House, replacing Foley's Preaching House. |
| 1882 |
Bourne College, one of Primitive Methodism's two boarding schools, opened in Quinton; Governor, Rev George Middleton, becomes first minister resident in Quinton. |
| 1888 |
Second Primitive Methodist Chapel ("College Road") opened to replace 1840 building; Quinton Primitive Methodists become part of Blackheath and Quinton Circuit. |
| 1891 |
Schoolroom added to Wesleyan Chapel. |
| 1901 |
Quinton and Bourne College Primitive Methodist Circuit formed; Rev Edward Lucktar becomes first circuit minister and lives in a manse at The Hawthorns. |
| 1904 |
Local industrialist Edwin Danks builds a new manse for Quinton Primitive Methodists on land rented from Bourne College. |
| 1928 |
Closure of Bourne College. |
| 1935 |
Merger of Wesleyan and Primitive societies in Quinton in College Road Chapel, as part of the Birmingham (Quinton) Circuit. |
| 1958 |
Church Hall added to College Road premises. |
| 1963 |
Quinton and Islington circuits merge as Birmingham (Islington-Quinton) Circuit. |
| 1968 |
Quinton Methodist Church opened following compulsory purchase of College Road premises for building of M5 motorway. |
| 1980 |
Islington-Quinton and Smethwick Circuits merge as Birmingham (West) Circuit. |
| 1981 |
Birmingham (West) and Oldbury Circuits merge as Birmingham (West) and Oldbury Circuit. |
| 1995 |
Edward Danks's manse sold and replaced by house in Spies Lane. |
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