Mevagissey is a village, fishing port and civil parish in Cornwall approximately five miles south of St Austell. This profile of Mevagissey UMFC has been compiled by Jo Lewis and Tony Mansell.
Located in Tregony Hill
A Free United (Methodist) Chapel is marked on early maps sitting at the junction of Tregony Hill and Valley Park Lane.
1857: Build date.
250 sittings.
Indicated on maps as a Free United Methodist Chapel.
1907: The Methodist New Connexion, Bible Christians and United Methodist Free Churches amalgamated to become the United Methodist Church.
1907: After the union the United Methodist Church had two chapels in the town in two different Circuits; The United Methodist Free Churches chapel on Tregony Hill was in the St. Austell UMFC Circuit.
1932: The Wesleyan, Primitive Methodist and the United Methodist Church amalgamated to become the Methodist Church of Great Britain.
1938: Still indicated on map as a Free United Methodist Chapel.
1939: Closure date. (David Easton, Methodist Minister and historian)
1971: Building no longer shown on maps.
Demolished. (David Easton, Methodist Minister and historian)
Became a garden. (David Easton, Methodist Minister and historian)
Became gardens/modern buildings.