Several groups broke away from the Wesleyan Methodists, perhaps the most successful being the Primitive Methodists, who formed a separate church in 1811 under the leadership of Hugh Bourne. The Primitive Methodist Services were held in Winchmore Hill in 1858 and, only two years later, the local group laid the foundation stone of a new chapel.
The strength of Methodist support in the village (both Primitive and Wesleyan) can be judged by the fact that in 1911, when there was a proposal to establish a school in the village 'in accordance with the precepts of the Church of England', a village protest was organised on the grounds that the village was nearly all Methodists, and they wanted a Council School instead. Their protest was successful, but no school was ever built.
When the Primitive Methodists joined the Wesleyans and the United Methodists in one national church in 1932, the Wesleyan Church at Winchmore Hill was sold and the joint congregation met at the former Primitive Methodist Church. An extension to the Burial ground was made in 1942, and a major extension providing a new Youth Hall was opened on 26 November 1953 at a cost of £2,728. The Centenary was celebrated on 25 June 1960, with the porch added and the Chapel licensed for marriages. The congregation is now small, but there are occasional weddings, funerals and other events in addition to the weekly Sunday service.