Mousehole is a village and fishing port 2.5 miles (4 km) south of Penzance on the shore of Mount’s Bay. Jo Lewis and Tony Mansell have compiled this profile of Mousehole Bible Christian. These are the only discovered mentions of a Bible Christian Chapel at Mousehole. There were chapels in Mousehole for the Wesleyans and…Continue Reading “Mapping Methodism – Mousehole Bible Christian Chapel”
The word evacuee slips easily off the tongue, perhaps too easily to convey the extent of the pain and suffering endured by those affected. For the parents who had to say goodbye to their children and for the youngsters themselves, some as young as five, who had to gather on a London railway station, label…Continue Reading “Frank Long – the Lunnener”
On 25 February 1922 Isaac Foot was elected to the House of Commons as Liberal MP for the Cornish constituency of Bodmin in a byelection. This event was to lead to one of the most famous careers in Cornish politics. In the short term it was seen at the state level as a key milestone…Continue Reading “Remembering the Bodmin By-election of 1922”
Brane is a hamlet southwest of Sancreed in west Cornwall. Jo Lewis and Tony Mansell have compiled this profile of Brane / Brane Moor / Carn Euny Bible Christian Chapel. CARN EUNY – Post Medieval nonconformist chapel. Small Methodist chapel, now converted to house and altered. Circa 1840. Granite rubble with granite dressings under a…Continue Reading “Mapping Methodism – Brane / Brane Moor / Carn Euny Bible Christian Chapel”
Kerris is a settlement in west Cornwall three miles south-west of Penzance in the civil parish of Paul. Jo Lewis and Tony Mansell have compiled this profile of Kerris Wesleyan Chapel. Kerris lies west of Newlyn. The Wesleyan Chapel and Sunday school are at the West edge of the village by the Kerris Roundago…Continue Reading “Mapping Methodism – Kerris Wesleyan Chapel”
Drift is a village on the A30 road in west Cornwall approximately two miles west of Penzance and six miles from Land’s End. Jo Lewis and Tony Mansell have compiled this profile of Lower Drift Bible Christian Chapel. 5 Dec 1862: Surrender, chapel or meeting house, Lower Drift, Sancreed. (Kresen Kernow AD2651/12) Possibly an…Continue Reading “Mapping Methodism – Lower Drift Bible Christian”