Category for articles related to the project Mapping Methodism
Sheffield is thought to have been established to house the workers of the Sheffield quarry and later the surrounding farms. The settlement was built along the road into Penzance where the stone had to be taken for shipment. After the 1830 Beer-house act, a kiddlywink, which is an old name for Cornish beer shop or…Continue Reading “Mapping Methodism – Sheffield Teetotal Wesleyan Chapel”
Scorrier is a village in the civil parish of St Day, about 2 miles northeast of the centre of Redruth and 3 miles southeast of the coast at Porthtowan. This profile of Scorrier Chapel has been compiled by Jo Lewis and Tony Mansell. 1800: Wheal Rose Wesleyan Chapel built. (SWChurches) Taking the next left…Continue Reading “Mapping Methodism – Scorrier Wesleyan Chapel”
Wheal Frances is a village in the civil parish of Perranzabuloe to the south of Goonhavern. This profile of Wheal Frances Wesleyan Chapel has been compiled by Tony Mansell. A reference in Perranzabuloe Museum from The Ecclesiastical History of the Parish gives Wheal Francis (sic) as Wesleyan Methodist Chapel 1866. To seat 80. (David…Continue Reading “Mapping Methodism – Wheal Frances Wesleyan Chapel”
Halsetown is a unique village being the first recorded planned settlement in Cornwall. It is named after James Halse who founded the village in the early 1830s to provide housing for his mine workers. He designed the village so that each house had enough land (1/4 acre) to entitle the occupier to vote. The houses…Continue Reading “Mapping Methodism – Halsetown Wesleyan Chapel”
Helston is a town and civil parish situated at the northern end of the Lizard Peninsula approximately 12 miles east of Penzance and 9 miles south-west of Falmouth. Helston is the most southerly town on the island of Great Britain, about 1.5 miles farther south than Penzance. This profile oh Helston United Methodist Church was…Continue Reading “Mapping Methodism – Helston United Methodist Chapel (Church St Chapel)”
Falmouth is a town, civil parish and port on the River Fal on the south coast of Cornwall. This profile of Berkeley Vale, Falmouth, Bible Christian Chapel has been compiled by Tony Mansell with considerable help from Alan Cox of Penryn and Falmouth Old Cornwall Society. 1867: Bible Christian Chapel built. (Miss Susan Gay’s Falmouth…Continue Reading “Mapping Methodism – Berkeley Vale, Falmouth, Bible Christian Chapel”