Title: MA - Leicester - Cherry Valley, 1845-1986
Administrative/Biographical History
Cherry Valley, a village in the town of Leicester, was on circuit routes in the early nineteenth century, but first formed a society in 1846, when a union church was built and shared with the Episcopalians and Congregationalists. That building burned in 1856 and a new structure was built. The church continued to be shared into the 1880′s, but eventually became entirely Methodist. Because of changing demographics, the church was moved in 1903. In the 1970′s the church was listed together with Worcester/Aldersgate, with which it was finally merged in 1989. Author: Patricia Diaz-Centeno
