Treswithian is an area in west Camborne. This profile of Treswithian Wesleyan Chapel has been compiled by Jo Lewis and Tony Mansell.
From the A30 we take the West slip to the back of Camborne and come onto Treswithian road and then Weeth Road The chapel sat on Weeth Road, on the left.
First Chapel
There is a certificate of registration from 1850 for an older chapel. It is likely this was a small cob walled chapel which was thatched and served the little cottages on Treswithian Lane which later became Treswithian Road and Weeth Road.
1870s Chapel
The Wesleyan Methodist chapel at Treswithian is recorded at this location on the 1st and 2nd Edition 1:2500 1880 and 1907 OS Maps. (Cornwall Heritage Gateway)
A new chapel was built in the 1870s (new deeds) and maps show it sitting in its own walled land.
1871-1873: Correspondence, deeds, Treswithian Wesleyan Chapel, Camborne. Deeds of new Chapel. (Kresen Kernow MRCB/244)
“The picture is a Treswithian Wesleyan Sunday School tea treat group, posing for the camera outside the Cornish Choughs Inn in the village in around 1905. It is truly amazing to think that such a comparatively small settlement in the Edwardian period could generate such a large Sunday School group.” (David Thomas)
1908: Wesleyan Chapel, Treswithian, near Camborne. The Trustees invite tenders for the erection and completion of new Sunday School and renovation of the present chapel according to plans and specifications, which may be seen by appointment at the residence of Mr. James Holman. Treswithian, or the office of the undersigned, from whom all particulars relating to the work may be obtained. Sealed endorsed tenders are sent to Rev. W, M. Briggs, Camborne, on or before Saturday, December 13th. The lowest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted. SAMPSON HILL, Architect. Green-lane, Redruth, Nov. 19th, 1908. (Cornubian and Redruth Times – Thursday 19 November 1908)
1932: The Wesleyan, Primitive Methodist and the United Methodist Church amalgamated to become the Methodist Church of Great Britain.
1932: Became Treswithian Methodist Chapel.
1940: Seating for 165. (David Easton, Methodist Minister and Historian)
1850-1957: Certificate of registration, Treswithian Methodist Church, Camborne. Certificate of registration as place of religious worship. Treswithian Wesleyan Chapel, 1850 and Treswithian Methodist Church, 1957. (Kresen Kernow MRCB/243)
1977: Closed and sold. (David Easton, Methodist Minister and Historian)
1977-1978: Correspondence, sale of Chapel, Treswithian Methodist Church, Camborne. (Kresen Kernow MRCB/250)
Demolished and replaced by housing. (David Easton, Methodist Minister and Historian)
We are grateful to Derek Williams for allowing the inclusion of his article written for the Federation of Old Cornwall Societies’ Journal
