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Chacewater is a village and in Cornwall, situated approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) east of Redruth. This profile of Chacewater Primitive Methodist (East End) Chapel has been compiled by Jo Lewis and Tony Mansell. 1830: Chacewater Primitive Methodist Chapel built. (Cornwall Council Heritage Gateway Built as a Primitive Methodist Chapel, it opened in 1830…Continue Reading “Mapping Methodism – Chacewater Primitive Methodist chapel”
Cubert is a village three miles (5 km) south-southwest of Newquay in the civil parish of Cubert. Once known as St Cubert, the village is dominated by the spire of its 14th-century church which was enlarged by the addition of a south aisle a century later. This profile of Cubert Wesleyan Chapel has been compiled…Continue Reading “Mapping Methodism – Cubert Wesleyan Chapel”
Twelveheads is a hamlet east of St Day in the parish of Chacewater between Truro and Redruth. The name comes from its mining history. Sets of stamps, machines for crushing ore, were once used on the dressing floors in the village. The stamps had a total of twelve ‘heads’. Billy Bray, the Methodist preacher, was…Continue Reading “Mapping Methodism – Twelveheads Wesleyan Chapel”
Greenbottom is a hamlet in the parish of Kenwyn in Cornwall on the Penstraze Moor between Saveock Water and Threemilestone, near the A390. It is situated south east of Penstraze. This profile of Greenbottom Wesleyan Chapel has been compiled by Tony Mansell. Build date unknown. Wesleyan wayside chapel, early C19, extended late C20 when…Continue Reading “Mapping Methodism – Greenbottom Wesleyan Chapel”
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”