Name of researcher/author: Suzanne Trythall Location of mission room on 1908 map 1969 map shows former mission house which is now a dwelling Centenary Mission Room was located at 20 Centenary Row Middle in Camborne. As a mission room, it was not fully self supporting and was under the control of the trustees of the…Continue Reading “Camborne Wesleyan Mission Room / Camborne Centenary Mission Room”
Botallack Mine – an engraving This poem is from an anonymous elderly lady down St Just way who was clearing out her late parents’ papers so it likely dates from the 19th century and, because of the use of the present tense, maybe from the time of the disaster. We are indebted to Paul Phillips…Continue Reading “Botallack Mine Disaster 18th April 1863 – A poem by Anon”
Location of chapel on 1908 map Name of researcher/author: Suzanne Trythall Gustavus Mission Chapel stands on the corner of Gustavus Road and Tehidy Road in Camborne. As a mission chapel, it was not fully self supporting and was under the control of the trustees of Camborne Wesley Methodist Chapel. The building was originally a ‘ragged…Continue Reading “Gustavus Wesleyan Mission Chapel, Camborne – originally: Wesleyan Mission Room”
Map of St Ives dated 1908 St Ives Wesleyan Chapel is often referred to as ‘The Mother Church of Cornish Methodism’ Compiled by Val Thomas. St Ives Old Cornwall. With the help of many reference books (particularly ‘St Ives Heritage’ Lena and Donald Bray), newspaper reports, St Ives Museum and Brian and Margaret…Continue Reading “St Ives Wesleyan Chapel, Chapel Street, Lower Stennack, St Ives”
Map: https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=10.4&lat=52.44811&lon=-3.07812&layers=6&right=ESRIWorld This profile of St Mary’s Wesleyan Chapel has been compiled by Jo Lewis and Tony Mansell Located on the southern side of Garrison Road in Hugh Town, St Mary’s. 1742: John Wesley first visited the Islands (some references 1743) 1788: A society was formed. 1790 St Mary’s, Isles of Scilly Wesleyan Chapel…Continue Reading “Mapping Methodism – St Marys, Isles of Scilly, Wesleyan Chapel”
Map: https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=10.4&lat=52.44811&lon=-3.07812&layers=6&right=ESRIWorld This profile of St Mary’s Bible Christian Chapel has been compiled by Jo Lewis and Tony Mansell The Bible Christian missionaries arrived in the islands in the 1820s and began preaching from the Bishop and Wolf Inn. These missionaries may have included Mary Ann Wherry one of the early female itinerant preachers of the…Continue Reading “Mapping Methodism – St Marys Isles of Scilly Bible Christian Chapels”