Helston is a town at the northern end of the Lizard Peninsula approximately 12 miles (19 km) east of Penzance and 9 miles (14 km) south-west of Falmouth. This profile of Helston Bible Christian Chapel (Meneage Street) has been compiled by Betty Pascoe.
This profile of St Ives Teetotal/New Connexion Chapel , Chapel Street, St Ives, has been compiled by Val Thomas of St Ives Old Cornwall Society. 1743: A 120 strong Methodist Society formed in St Ives. 1743: First visit by Charles Wesley. August 1743: John Wesley visited St Ives. 1745: John Wesley preached in Street…Continue Reading “Mapping Methodism – St Ives Teetotal/New Connexion (Now known as The Drill Hall)”
Location of chapel on 1888 map Troon is a large village, 1.5 miles south-east of Camborne. This profile of Troon (Chapel Square) United Methodist Free Chapel has been compiled by Suzanne Trythall. 1871: a breakaway group of Wesleyan Reformers (meeting in the original Wesleyan Chapel) obtained land from the Fortescue of Bodmin estate on…Continue Reading “Mapping Methodism – Troon (Chapel Square) United Methodist Free Chapel”
Alan M. Kent sadly passed away earlier this year just a few days before his 55th birthday. Hazel Mark reviews his last published novel Saffron Bun Chapel for Cornish Story. The Saffron Bun Chapel is built as the centrepiece of the Methodist Mining community, in Upper Peninsula, Michigan State. It is set in 1900, at a…Continue Reading “Saffron Bun Chapel”
Michael Tate writes about the autobiography and remarkable life of the late Howard Curnow. It was in April 2020, soon after the start of the first Covid lockdown, that I was contacted on social media by Harry Glasson. ‘Have you received an email from Howard Curnow’, he asked. My reply, I’m afraid, was ‘No. Who’s…Continue Reading “Kernow ow Bro”
Deveral is a hamlet in the parish of Gwinear-Gwithian (1908 OS 1:2,500 map extract). This profile of Deveral Wesleyan Chapel has been compiled by Guy Channer. 1840 Tithe Map extract indicating a building on the site of Deveral Chapel Deveral Chapel in 1966 shortly after last external redecoration as a working chapel (Photo: Cedric Appleby)…Continue Reading “Mapping Methodism – Deveral Wesleyan Chapel”