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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”
Lizard, also known as The Lizard, is a village on the Lizard peninsula situated about ten miles (16 km) south of Helston and is mainland Britain’s most southerly settlement. This profile of Lizard United Methodist Chapel was compiled by Terry Moyle. Built – date unknown The lizard. The U.M. chapel was re-opened on Sunday…Continue Reading “Mapping Methodism – Lizard United Methodist Church”
Falmouth is a town, civil parish and port on the River Fal on the south coast of Cornwall. This profile of Pikes Hill Wesleyan Chapel has been compiled by Tony Mansell. 1865: Pikes Hill opened as a Wesleyan Chapel. (SWChurches) Built in 1866 to house the Methodists in this part of the expanding town….Continue Reading “Mapping Methodism – Pikes Hill, Falmouth Wesleyan Chapel”