Snelson Chapel was built in 1825, and is the oldest surviving chapel in the circuit, but 20 years before this, Ministers and preachers from Macclesfield visited the village and a meeting place was first founded in a cottage loft. Having outgrown the cottage within a short time, a barn was adopted for services, and in due time a Sunday School was started. This was the only place that poorer children could learn to read and write.