Parent category for articles relating to various projects
This profile of Truro Methodist New Connexion Chapel has been compiled by Tony Mansell. 1833: Truro class leaders James Saul & William Scott were expelled by the Wesleyans and about 70 members left with them. Quay Street Meeting House Initially met in a rented cellar in Quay Street. 1834 Chapel Acquired a…Continue Reading “Mapping Methodism – Truro Methodist New Connexion Chapel”
This profile of Truro Wesleyan Reformers / United Methodist Free Church has been compiled by Tony Mansell. Wesleyan Reformers founded following a split from the Wesleyan Methodist Church. The UMFC came to the town in 1850 in the form of the Wesleyan Reformers. (A Dictionary of Methodism) 1849: The leaders of the Wesleyan Reformers…Continue Reading “Mapping Methodism – Truro Wesleyan Reform / United Methodist Free Church”
This profile of Truro Primitive Methodist Chapel has been compiled by Tony Mansell. Primitive Methodist was always weak in Truro, establishing a presence only on the fourth attempt, in 1862 – from a remnant of a Mormon group occupying a room in Mill Place. Its circuit – often conjoined with Falmouth circuit – was in…Continue Reading “Mapping Methodism – Truro Primitive Methodist Chapel”
The list of preaching houses and chapels in St Agnes is extensive and there are probably others yet to be discovered. Alan Green of Goonown talks of the possibility of an old chapel in the valley below Butson’s Farm, Goonown, there may have been another in Mithian Woods and Two Traps Chapel was near Banns…Continue Reading “Mapping Methodism – St Agnes Parish Open Air Preaching Locations”
Cameron Estate Methodist Chapel was created on an ex-military camp on St Agnes Headland. This profile has been compiled by Clive Benney and Tony Mansell. Following the abandonment of the military camp on St Agnes headland at the end of the Second World War many servicemen and local families occupied the empty buildings. Faced…Continue Reading “Mapping Methodism – Cameron Estate Methodist Chapel, St Agnes”
Trevellas is a village in St Agnes parish. Its Bible Christian Meeting House is believed to have been located in Zion House. This profile has been compiled by Clive Benney & Tony Mansell. 1840s and possibly earlier: It is believed that Zion House, in what was once referred to as London Lane, was a…Continue Reading “Mapping Methodism – Trevellas Bible Christian Meeting House”