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Lady Downs is an area between Newmill and Zennor. The whole area has a wealth of antiquities and was very heavily mined in the past. Jean Nankervis describes it as Mill Downs in her records, which is the name of the nearby farm. It is now moorland with farms and hamlets. The two Chapels in…Continue Reading “Mapping Methodism – Methodist New Connexion Chapel” →

Lady Downs is an area between Newmill and Zennor. The whole area has a wealth of antiquities and was very heavily mined in the past. Jean Nankervis describes it as Mill Downs in her records, which is the name of the nearby farm. It is now moorland with farms and hamlets. The two Chapels in…Continue Reading “Mapping Methodism – Lady Downs Bible Christian Chapel” →

Carharrack is a village two miles east of Redruth in a former mining area. Its first Bible Christian Chapel was situated some way from the centre of the village and was later replaced by a more central place of worship. This profile has been compiled by Tony Mansell with information provided by Barrie May of…Continue Reading “Mapping Methodism – Carharrack Bible Christian Chapel” →

Tregerthen is a farm on what is known as the Zennor ‘Churchway’. The ‘Churchway’ leads from Hellesveor, at the top of St Ives, to Zennor and on to Pendeen, and was supposed to be a coffin path from Church to Church, but this is debatable. ‘Tregerthen’ means ‘rowan-tree farm’, the rowan tree or mountain ash…Continue Reading “Mapping Methodism – Tregerthen (Tregarthen) Bethesda Bible Christian Chapel” →

Boswarthen is a hamlet between Madron and Morvah. On early maps this hamlet is variously named Buswarthen, Buswarton and Buswarthen. It is a very historic settlement with one of the farms having the date 1676 on a stone.  The main industry of the area was farming and mining as it is close to Greenburrow (Ding…Continue Reading “Mapping Methodism – Boswarthen Wesleyan Chapel” →