a solid fuel freestanding "Tortoise" stove, its great efficiency being aptly described by the motto it bore: 'Slow but Sure'. It was replaced by a white enamelled solid fuel stove in about 1955 which was in turn replaced by oil fired central heating in 1971.
The present harmonium, bought new in about 1930, replaced a pipe organ which had been obtained second-hand from Watton.
In 1964 the interior of the Chapel was re-decorated and modernised. At the service of Opening and Dedication on Wednesday 15th July 1964 the opening was carried out by Mr. Jesse Macro of Wattlesfield, Suffolk, a Trustee from 1905 until his death in 1973.
The present Trust, elected in 1968, consists of Mr. and Mrs. Basil Cooke (Griston), Mr. and Mrs. David Dodman (Chadwell Heath, Essex), Mr. A. Nobbs (Scoulton), Mr. and Mrs. Musket (Scoulton Hall), Mr. D. Saunders (Carbrooke), Mr. Dudley Howe (Breckles), Mr. G. Wilson (Watton), together with Mr. and Mrs. G. Perry, Mr. R. Dade, Mrs. M. Burns and
Miss 1. E. Barnard (Trust Treasurer), of
Caston. In the Methodist Church a Trustee is normally elected for life, regardless of subse¬quent movements, and a new Trust is not normally elected until membership of the existing Trust falls below six in number.
In 1878 Caston was in the Downham Market and Watton Circuit, but at about the turn of the century, the Downham Market area formed its own circuit and Caston became part of Watton Circuit. In 1934 an amalgamation produced Watton and Rocklands Circuit and by reorganisation in 1968 Caston became part of the Wymondham, Attleborough and Watton Circuit. The minister at present lives in Watton and the Circuit Superintendent lives at Wymondham.
Caston Methodists have never had a burial ground of their own, having shared the graveyard of the parish church. The usual practice at a Methodist funeral is that the funeral service is held in the Methodist church and the committal at the graveside at the Church of the Holy Cross. The first such funeral was that of Mrs. George Murrell, Miss 1. E. Barnard's maternal grandmother, in 1881, and the church register is signed not by the Rector, but by the "person in charge of the funeral", George Murrell. The Church of England discriminated against the Methodists by refusing to permit a bell to be tolled, a practice which has since ceased for its own members.