It is believed that Primitive Methodism became established at Carclew, on the Gawler River, in 1850. On the 14th March 1848, Jonathon Roberts, obtained a large land grant on Section 7581 & 7559 in 1850. He gave a corner of Section 7559 for a church and Cemetery. Roberts named his property Carclew after the area in Cornwall from where he had migrated. This name was later adopted for the Church and cemetery.
The Carclew Cemetery stands adjacent to the Carclew Primitive Methodist Church.. The Cemetery is the responsibility of the Playford Council although it is no longer used for burials.
On the 14th March 1848, Jonathon Roberts, a Cornishman and one of the first settlers in the district, obtained a large land grant on Section 7581 by the river. He also acquired the adjacent Section 7559 in 1850. He gave a corner of Section 7559 for a church and Cemetery. Roberts named his property Carclew after the area in Cornwall from where he had migrated. This name was later adopted for the Church and cemetery.
In 1900 the Methodist Union merged the, the Angle Vale Bible Christian Chapel (Ebenezer) and the Virginia Primitive Methodist Church with services ceasing at Carclew in 1919.
In 2003 the church was sold and is now a private residence. It has been sympathetically restored.
