Halvosso is a hamlet in the civil parish of Mabe. This profile of Halvosso Wesleyan Chapel has been compiled by Jo Lewis and Tony Mansell.
From St Laudus (Mabe Church), travel back south, looping south up to Halvasso.
The Methodist Church and large Sunday school (shown) were prominent on the south side of the road by the entrance to the farm site.
Also spelt: Halvuzza, Halvusso, Halvussoe and Halvossa.
A granite quarrying and farming community chapel in the nineteenth century. (David Thomas of Kresen Kernow)
Halvosso ex-Wesleyan chapel at Mabe (Photo: David Thomas Tuesday 4 May 1982)
Circa 1870: Both Trenoweth and Halvosso were Wesleyan built around 1870. (Philip J Lanc, Cornish Methodist Historical Association)
Exact build date unknown.
Built as a Wesleyan chapel. (SWChurches)
Part of Falmouth Wesleyan Circuit. (SWChurches)
1880: Chapel appears on old.maps.co.uk.
1882: Appointment of new trustees, Halvosso Wesleyan Chapel, Mabe. Charity Commission order for appointment of new trustees. (Kresen Kernow MRF/552)
Nov 1884: Class ticket, Halvosso Wesleyan Chapel, Mabe. Issued to Minnie Dunstan. (Kresen Kernow MRF/227)
1891: Promissory note, Halvosso Wesleyan Chapel, Mabe. (Kresen Kernow MRF/553)
1894-1895: Annual report, Sunday School, Halvosso Wesleyan Chapel, Mabe. 17 June 1894, on reverse side are names of children with collecting boxes for Doctor Stephenson’s Orphans Home, and list of collections for the home, 1895. (Kresen Kernow MRF/1054)
1896: Appointment of new trustees, Halvosso Wesleyan Chapel, Mabe. Charity Commission order for appointment of new trustees. (Kresen Kernow MRF/554)
1897-1899: Minutes, Sunday School, Halvosso Wesleyan Chapel, Mabe. (Kresen Kernow MRF/211)
Circa 1900: Visitor’s report, Sunday School, Halvosso Wesleyan Chapel Mabe. Compiled by T Edwards, visitor, October 30, year not stated, c1900. (Kresen Kernow MRF/1055)
1865-1905: Trust minutes, Halvosso Wesleyan Chapel, Mabe. (Kresen Kernow MRF/189)
1905-1908: Minutes, Sunday School, Halvosso Wesleyan Chapel, Mabe. (Kresen Kernow MRF/212)
Sunday school build date unknown.
1912: Mabe (Halvossa) Wesleyan Band of Hope: “… On their return to the chapel, tea was served, and afterwards games were arranged in a field lent by Mr. Treneer. Falmouth Town Band played excellent selections during the proceedings.” (15 August 1912 – West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser)
1879-1914: Pew rents, Mabe, Halvosso Wesleyan Chapel, Falmouth circuit. (Kresen Kernow X667/15)
1915: Photographs, Band of Hope Tea Treat, Halvosso Chapel, Mabe. (Kresen Kernow X540/43)
1911-1915: Minutes, Sunday School, Halvosso Wesleyan Chapel, Mabe. (Kresen Kernow MRF/213)
1915: Copy conveyance, site for Halvosso Wesleyan Chapel, Mabe. Photocopy of original
1915 conveyance for site of chapel. Includes plan. (Kresen Kernow MRF/518) Possibly relates to the Sunday school or when they bought the freehold of the chapel.
1906-1928: Trust minutes, Halvosso Wesleyan Chapel, Mabe. (Kresen Kernow MRF/26)
1932: The Wesleyan, Primitive Methodist and the United Methodist Church amalgamated to become the Methodist Church of Great Britain.
1932: Became Halvosso Methodist Church. (SWChurches)
Part of Falmouth Methodist Circuit. (SWChurches)
1940: Seating for 187: (David Easton, Methodist Minister and historian)
1972: Chapel restored. (David Thomas of Kresen Kernow)
1975: Chapel building closed: (David Easton, Methodist Minister and historian)
1982: Inventory of removeable property, chapel and schoolroom, Halvosso Methodist Church, Mabe. (Kresen Kernow MRF/519)
By 1982 the chapel was closed in part and the congregation were meeting in the adjacent Sunday School. (David Thomas of Kresen Kernow)
26th September 1982: Last service.
1982: Totally closed. (SWChurches / David Easton, Methodist Minister and historian)
1982-1983: Photographs, Halvosso Methodist Chapel, Mabe. CD-ROM of photographs, Halvosso Methodist Chapel buildings, Mabe, taken at and after closure in 1982-1983. Loaned for copying by the donor. (Kresen Kernow AD1791/2)
Chapel demolished. (David Easton, Methodist Minister and historian)
Sunday school converted to dwelling. (David Easton, Methodist Minister and historian)
Planning documents suggest that the chapel was demolished when the Sunday school was converted to residential (1993), with possible previous application about the chapel in the 1930s which was refused.
Former Halvosso Wesleyan Sunday school – the Chapel, now demolished, sat in front of the Hall (as marked on 1970 maps) where the cars are parked here. (Photo: Jo Lewis 2021)