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Ab Kettleby,
Leicestershire,
St. James the Greater (K). SK 7242 2287. © Jim Rushton.
Another view, © David Regan
(2015). Another view, two of
the interior - 1,
2, and a
memorial (interior shots taken
through windows), © Chris Stafford (2015).
Link.
Grade II* listed. A
video about the restoration project. The former
Methodist Church.
Another view. Both ©
David Regan (2015).
Abberley,
Worcestershire,
St. Mary (1850).
Interior view. SO 7517 6800.
Both © Chris Kippin (2018). Another
view, © Karel Kuča (2011).
Another view, and the
chancel, both © Peter Morgan
(2023). Link.
Grade II listed. St.
Michael, the former parish church, of which the chancel is still
used for services. The rest of the church is a shell. Two additional
views - 1,
2.
SO 7536 6786.
All © Chris Kippin (2018).
Another view of the old church, and two of the interior of the
chancel - 1,
2 all © Peter Morgan
(2023). Link.
Grade II* listed.
Abberton, Worcestershire,
St. Edburga. Another view. Both
© Peter Morgan (2012). Link. Both links refer to a "broach spire", but nothing is
evident in either photo. Howard Richter has pointed out that the
grade II listing mentions that it was taken down in 1962, as it posed a
hazard for RAF planes from the nearby RAF Pershore.
Abbess Roding, Essex, St. Edmund. From an old postcard (franked 1911) in Reg Dosell's
Collection. Link.
Abbey Dore,
Herefordshire,
St. Mary. The remains of the medieval Dore
Abbey now serve as the parish church. SO 3872 3040. From an old postcard in
Steve Bulman's Collection. A
modern view, and an
interior view.
Both © Tim Hollinghurst. Three additional views -
1,
2,
3, three more of the interior
- 1,
2,
3, the fine
screen,
windows,
pulpit and tester, and
font. Some
wall painting survives, and
there are many architectural
fragments on display. All Chris Stafford (2015).
Another view, re-used
medieval tiles, decorated
column capitals, a view
in the ambulatory, and
former roof bosses - 1,
2,
3,
4, all
© Christopher Skottowe (1963).
Link.
Grade I listed. A number of churchyard monuments are listed
separately
here.
Abbey Hey, Manchester, Greater Manchester.
Abbey Hulton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire - see
Stoke-on-Trent.
Abbey Wood, Greater London - see the
London page.
Abbeycwmhir, Powys, St. Mary. The
present church was built with stone from the abbey.
© Eirian Evans. Another view, interior view, and the remains of the
old church, all © John Bowdler. Link.
Abbeydale, Sheffield, South Yorkshire - see
Sheffield.
Abbeyleix, County Laois, Holy Rosary Church (R.C.).
© Joseph Cantwell.
Abbeytown,
Cumbria,
St. Mary. The parish church is the remaining fragment
(the nave) of Holme Cultram
Abbey (Cistercian). It was severely damaged by a fire on 9 June 2006. NY 1772 5082.
© Steve Bulman.
Link.
Grade I listed. The Methodist Church
was originally Wesleyan. NY 1726 5076.
© Steve Bulman.
Link.
The church was offered for sale in late 2018 or early 2019, and an
Estate
Agents notice (no longer available), said it was built in 1869, although
another
source says 1858. The 1937-61 1" O.S. map marks the site of
St. Christian's
Chapel on the south bank of the River Waver, at NY 1719 5174. It would have
stood somewhere near the distant hedge-line as seen in this
2011 Streetview.
Link. Rob Kinnon-Brettle advises that there is known to have been a Salvation Army
presence in the village in 1890, location unknown.
Abbots Ann, Hampshire, St. Mary. © Frank Riddle
at http://hampshirecam.co.uk.
Abbots Bromley, Staffordshire,
St. Nicholas. Stained
glass window. Both © John French.
Interior view, © Richard
Roberts (2015). Catholic Church of
the Sacred Heart (1831-46). SK 079 245. © John French.
Another view, © Richard Roberts (2014).
Link. Chapel of St. Anne (ca. 1884) at Abbots Bromley School for Girls on
High Street. SK 083 245. © Richard Roberts (2014). Link. The former
Primitive Methodist Chapel (uncertain date, but pre-1882) on Lichfield Road, now a private
residence. SK 083 242. © Richard Roberts (2014). The former Independent Chapel (later Congregational) on
Hall Hill Lane. Also built pre-1882, and now a private residence. SK 080 244. © Richard Roberts (2014).
Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire.
Abbots Leigh,
Somerset, Holy Trinity, on Church Road. Two additional views -
1,
2, a selection of some of the
head-stops and grotesques - 1,
2,
3,
4, the
cockerel weather-vane, and the
interior. ST 5444 7402. All
© Carole Sage (2016 and 2017).
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Abbot's Morton, Worcestershire, St. Peter. Interior view.
Both © Aidan McRae Thomson. The following are all © John Bowdler (2010) - the
porch, just inside of which
are two pews, dated by the
church information leaflet to the 15th century; a
triplet of windows of very
unusual design; another three interior views -
1,
2,
3; the
roof; the
font is very plain, usually a
sign of early date; the organ;
and a window.
Link.
Abbots Ripton, Cambridgeshire,
St. Andrew. Another view.
TL 2305 7800. Both © Jim Rushton.
Link.
Grade I listed.
Abbotsbury,
Dorset,
St. Nicholas.
Another view, an ancient
carved stone figure in the porch
(the listing says it's of an abbot, of circa 1200),
another in the exterior wall (St.
Nicholas?), two of the interior - 1,
2, the
altar and the
font. All © Peter
Morgan (2017). An old
postcard view, from Steve
Bulman's Collection. Link.
Grade I listed.
St. Catherine's Chapel (originally part of the abbey).
Link. © Derek Jordan, on an external web-site. The former Congregational Church, © Dennis Harper (2011).
Abbotsham,
Devon, St. Helen. Another view. SS
4246 2642. Both © Chris Kippin (2024).
Link.
Grade II* listed. A tomb in the churchyard is listed as
grade II. The Baptist Chapel
(1832) is labelled as Rehoboth on old maps. SS 4235 2646. © Chris
Kippin (2024).
Link.
Grade II listed.
Abbotskerswell, Devon,
St. Mary.
SX 8560 6875. From an old postcard in Reg Dosell's Collection. A
modern view,
© Chris Kippin (2023).
Link.
Grade II* listed. The lych-gate and several tombstones etc., are listed
separately, for which see
here. Old O.S. maps also show Baptist and
Wesleyan Methodist Chapels. The Baptist shows on
Stoneman's Hill at SX 8571 6888. There was housing on the site in 2009, when
Streetview passed by.
The Wesleyan stood nearby, on Vicarage Road at SX 8575 6885. It may survive in
secular use, and was seen by
Streetview in 2009.
O.S. maps also show, about a mile to the E.N.E. of the village,
R.C. Chapel (SX 8628 6906), and
R.C. Church (SX 8644 6906), both
part of St. Augustine's Priory which was closed in the 1980's (Wikipedia).
The latter can be seen (distantly) on a
2022 Streetview, but I
haven't found a photo of the chapel.
Abbotsley, Cambridgeshire,
St. Margaret (K), which is in the care of the Churches
Conservation Trust. Curiously, their
website gives the dedication as St. Margaret, the canonised wife of King
Malcolm III of Scotland, while the
church website gives
the dedication as St. Margaret of Antioch. TL 2277 5654. © Jim Rushton. Another view, © James Murray.
Another view, two of the interior -
1,
2, the
chancel,
pulpit, a statue-corbel in the
form of an angel, a rather fine
niche arch, and the
font, all © Chris Stafford (2013).
Grade II* listed. A table tomb in the churchyard is also listed, as
grade II. Older O.S. maps show a Wesleyan
Methodist Chapel set well back of the road along the north side of High
Green, at NZ 2266 5665. The National Archives
references
documents pertaining to the chapel for the years 1882-1952. Barely visible in
the background of a 2021
Streetview, it can be slightly better seen
here.
Abdon,
Shropshire, St. Margaret. SO 5754 8661. © Paul Wood (2015).
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Abenhall, Gloucestershire, St. Michael. Another view.
SO 67128 17430. Both © Graeme Harvey (2013).
Aber
(south of Trawsfynydd),
Gwynedd, the
former chapel (according to this
old
map), or Sunday School (according to
Coflein, which refers to a building date of 1905, with conversion to
residential use before 1998). Another
view. SH 7087 3240. Both © Howard Richter (2016).
Aber-banc, Ceredigion,
Capel y Drindod (Methodist and Independent). SN 3549 4181. © Mike Berrell. The unusual diamond-shaped
date-stone. This
source dates it to
1864, on the site of a chapel of 1794. © Mike Berrell (2012). Two interior views - 1,
2, and the ceiling rose, all ©
Elaine Rogers (2012).
Coflein.
Aberaeron, Ceredigion.
Aberaman, Rhondda Cynon Taff.
Aberarth,
Ceredigion,
St. David, which stands a little way S.S.W. of the village, at SN 4766 6329. © Mike Berrell (2011).
Link.
Coflein.
Grade II listed. The former
Bethel Calvinistic
Methodist Chapel on Water Street. It has a date stone for 1848, and was sold circa
2019.
Its
Coflein
entry
says it was first built in 1790, with the present building being of a 1900
re-build. SN 4789 6387. © Gerard Charmley (2021).
Grade II listed.
Aberavon, Port Talbot, Neath Port Talbot - see
Port Talbot.
Aberbargoed,
Caerphilly, St. Peter on Commercial Street and Church Street, as seen by
Streetview in 2021. SO 1569 9985. Link.
Caersalem Baptist Chapel on
Bedwellty Road has dates 1839 and 1860 (re-built). SO 1525 0030.
© Gerard Charmley (2011).
Hills Community Church on
the A4049.
Between mid-2021 and late 2022 this had become Awaken House of Prayer
(2022 Streetview). SO 1550
0015.
© Gerard Charmley (2011).
The former Moriah Baptist Church, now a nursery,
stands at the junction of the B4511 and Pant Street. It's dated
here
to 1923. SO 1551 0030.
© Gerard Charmley (2011). A mid-20th century 1" O.S. map shows a
place of worship on
Heol Ysgol Newydd, but
what it was is unknown. It will have stood on the right of the road seen in a
2009 Streetview. SO 1542
0009.
Aberbeeg,
Blaenau Gwent,
St. Illytd, as seen by Streetview in
2021. SO 2180
0196. Link1.
Link2.
Grade II* listed.
The
Methodist Church,
built as Primitive Methodist. SO 2105 0224. © Gerard Charmley (2011). Its
Coflein entry dates it to
1889, re-built in 1905. It doesn't seem to have an internet presence, so may
have closed. Aberbeeg straddles the county boundary, so for Christchurch, see Caerphilly.
Aberbeeg, Caerphilly,
Christchurch.
Coflein dates it to 1907-9, successor as parish church to St. Illtyd. A
2012 news item, discussing its proposed closure, states that it was then 102
years old. Its lack of internet presence suggests that it did indeed close. SO
2075 0160. © Gerard Charmley (2011).
Grade II listed. Aberbeeg straddles the county boundary, so for St. Illtyd
and the Methodist
Church, see the preceding entry (Aberbeeg,
Blaenau Gwent).
Abercanaid, Merthyr Tydfil, St. Peter & St. Paul (CiW, 1882). Another view. © Gerard Charmley
(2011). The original became too small, and another
church was built adjacent
(1912). Gerard advises that it appears to be disused.
Both © Gerard Charmley. Sion Welsh Independent
Church. © Gerard Charmley.
Abercarn, Caerphilly.
Abercorn, West Lothian, the Parish Church. ©
Bill McKenzie. Link1.
Link2.
Abercwmboi, Rhondda
Cynon Taff, Bethesda Welsh Baptist Chapel (1864, Grade II listed).
Life in the Nations Church
(Charismatic), originally Bethlehem Welsh Independent Chapel.
Abercwmboi Christian Centre, in
the former Abercwmboi Miners's Institute. All © Gerard Charmley (2010).
Abercych, Pembrokeshire, the former Ramoth
Chapel (Addoldy Bedyddwyr, 1825), now in private hands. SN 250405. © Mike
Berrell (2010).
Abercynon, Rhondda Cynon Taff.
St. Clears, Carmarthenshire,
Abercywyn Church (CiW). Interior view. SN 299 169. Both
© Peter Morgan (2011).
Aberdare, Rhondda Cynon Taff.
Aberdaron, Gwynedd, St. Hywyn (CiW). Another view, showing the
church's spectacular situation. SH 173 264. © David Wilkinson. Another view, two interiors -
1, 2, the pulpit,
altar, and the font. Link. Grade I
listed. The former Salem
Chapel (1898), now in residential use. SH 174 266. All © Dennis Harper (2013).
Aberdeen, Aberdeen City.
Aberdour, Fife, St. Fillan, the Parish Church (CoS) on Hawkcraig Road. Another view.
Link1.
Link2. The former
Parish Church (1790) on High Street has served as the hall for St. Fillan since 1926.
Link.
St. Columba (Scottish Episcopal, circa 1845) on Inverkeithing Road.
Link1. Link2. All © Jim
Parker (2013).
Aberdovey - see Aberdyfi, below.
Aberdulais, Neath Port Talbot, Sion Calvinistic Methodist Chapel on Fforest Hill. The former
Wesley Chapel, now a private residence. Both © Jim Parker.
Aberdyfi, Gwynedd,
St. Peter. ©
Chris Emms
(2010). Another view, © Paul Wood (2015).
Bethel Wesleyan Methodist
Chapel on Church Street, is a re-build of 1868 on the site of a
predecessor of 1829. SN 6143 9604. © Paul Wood (2015).
Coflein entry. The former Congregational Church on Sea View Terrace. Originally built in 1845,
the present building is of a re-build of 1880. SN 6141 9595. © Paul Wood
(2015). An old postcard view,
the card franked in 1904. From Christopher Skottowe's Collection. The
Coflein entry says the church had closed by 1998.
Aberedw, Powys,
St. Cewydd. SO
0803 4731. From an old postcard in Reg Dosell's Collection. A
modern view, the
porch, and an inscribed
gravestone (inscribed with, Paul tells
me, "IH 1604"), all © Paul Wood (2015).
Link.
Abererch, Gwynedd, St. Cawrdaf. Another view. SH 396 365.
Link. (The former?) Ebenezer Chapel (1868). SH 395 365. All ©
Dennis Harper (2013).
Aberfan, Merthyr Tydfil.
Aberfeldy, Perth & Kinross, the former Congregational Church of 1877, on
The Square. The congregation dates from 1790, and they moved into a newly-built
church on Chapel Street in 1820, which they used until 1878. The present church
building was gifted to the town in the 1987, and is now known as The Locus
Centre (link).
NN 85619 49091. © Jane Scott. The former
Free Church on Chapel Street. The
first service was held in 1907, and the building was sold in 1994.
Another view. NN 85669 49147.
Both © Jane Scott.
Aberffraw, Isle of Anglesey, St. Beuno (CiW). Largely a Victorian re-build, it
still retains some features from the 12th, 14th, and 16th centuries. Another view. SH 353 688.
Link1. Link2.
Link3. Link4.
Seion Methodist Church (1887). SH 354 690. All © Dave Westrap.
Aberford, West Yorkshire,
St. Ricarius. SE 4329 3715. © Bill Henderson.
Link.
Grade II listed. The former
Methodist Church (originally Wesleyan, and now in residential use) on Main
Street. A 2012 Streetview
suggests it was still active at that time. SE 4329 3702. © David Regan (2024).
An old illustration can be seen
here, where it's described as "new" in 1911. It must stand on the site of a
predecessor, as a map of 1849 shows it. At the southern end of the village is
St. Wilfrid's Priory (R.C.). Marked
on older maps as Roman Catholic Chapel, lack of a website suggests that
it may now be "former". SE 4337 3651. © David Regan (2024).
Grade II listed, wherein it's dated to 1788. Nearby, at Lotherton Hall, stands a 12th century Chapel of Ease.
This source calls it
St. James. © Chris Cole
(copyright holder, and postcard publisher).
Grade II* listed.
Aberfoyle, Stirling, Church of Scotland. Another view. NN 514 013.
Link. St. Mary (Scottish
Episcopal). Another view. NN 524 010. Link. All ©
Dennis Harper (2013).
Abergavenny, Monmouthshire.
Abergele, Conwy.
Abergwesyn, Powys,
Pantycelyn Baptist Chapel. SN 893 537. © Simon Atkin.
Abergwesyn historically had two parish churches (in different parishes), one on
each side of the river - St. David to its west, and
St. Michael to its east, as shown on a map
here (Llanddewi
= St. David, Llanfihangel = St. Michael). The two parishes were united in 1885.
St. David had already fallen out of use (the last service had been held in
1865), and it had been demolished by the time of the 1888-9 O.S. map, where it
is marked as "Remains of". The
Coflein entry includes an old photo, and says that, in 1977, some low
walls of the church were still visible.
St. Michael has also gone, the
Coflein entry giving dates of a re-build of the medieval church in 1871, and
demolition in 1964. All that remains today on the
site is a graveyard with some
ancient yews, and a fine
Celtic cross, which is
grade II listed. A circa 1950 Francis Frith photo of the church is available
here. SN 8544 5266. Both
© Paul Wood (2015). Moriah Independent Chapel is
still extant. Exterior and interior photos are available in the
Coflein entry, which also provides dates as follows - originally dating from
1828, it was re-built in 1867, and was active until the early years of the
present century, closing before 2010. A
2011 Streetview. SN 8537 5258.
Abergwili, Carmarthenshire,
St. David.
Another view.
According to local legend, the
finial atop
the spire was made from a stone to which the stake had been fixed for
the execution by burning of
Bishop Ferrar
in 1555, during the Marian persecutions. SN 4398 2086. All © Janet Gimber (2018).
Link.
Coflein entry.
Grade II listed.
Capel y Ebeneser Annibynwyr (Independent).
Its
Coflein entry dates the present building to 1900, but it also says "has
foundation/memorial stones of 1927", which seems odd.
SN 4371 2107.
© Mike Berrell (2009).
Coflein also mentions predecessor chapels of 1815 and 1834. The 25" O.S.
map of 1906 shows Capel Ebenezer (Free United)
a short distance from the site of the later chapel, at SN 4374 2111,
which was perhaps one of these. Streetview saw the industrial/commercial
building (the low building behind the garages) on its
site in 2023.
Abergwynfi, Neath Port Talbot, St.
Gabriel, the former Parish Church, now in residential use. © Gerard Charmley
(2011). St. Gabriel prior to its conversion
- note the bell-turret, now gone, © David Read (2003).
Link. Caersalem Baptist Church
(1887). Tabor Independent Chapel.
Both © Gerard Charmley (2011). St. Gabriel
prior to its conversion - note the bell-turret, now gone. © David Read (2003).
Abergynolwyn, Gwynedd,
St. David
(1879-80).
Another view and the
bell-turret. Two interior views - 1,
2, and the font.
SH 6766 0684.
Coflein entry. There are two former chapels on Llanegryn Street - Cwrt
Congregational Chapel (1878,
SH 6767 0706,
Coflein entry), and the Calvinistic
Methodist Chapel (1806, re-built 1866, SH 6758 0713,
Coflein entry). Another view. All © John Bowdler.
The former Capel Saron was built as
Wesleyan in
1835,
re-built in 1870, and is
now a B&B.
SH 6779 0699. © Chris Emms (2009).
The
Coflein entry notes that it was closed "before 1992".
Aberkenfig, Bridgend.
Aberlady, East Lothian, the Parish
Church. © Bill Henderson. A winter view, and the East Window, both ©
Revd. Norman Faulds. Norman advises that the central panel of the window is
based on Botticelli's "Madonna and Child" which is now in the
National Gallery of Scotland.
The fabric of the church is late C15 (tower), C16 and C17 (aisles), with a
Victorian renovation (1887). Link.
Aberlemno, Angus, the Parish Church. © Derek
Robertson.
Abermeurig, Ceredigion,
disused chapel. SN 565 562. © Mike Berrell (2012).
In a more recent photo it looks
as though the building is in use again, perhaps residential.
© Neil Floyd.
Coflein entry.
Abernant,
Rhondda Cynon Taff, St. Matthew (CIW).
Bethel Baptist Church (1856).
Both
© Gerard Charmley.
Abernethy, Perth & Kinross, Kirk of St. Bride (the Parish Church) on
School Wynd. Link. The former South
United Free Church on Kirk Wynd. Both photos taken from the adjacent Round Tower, © Alex Parker.
Aberporth, Ceredigion,
St. Cynwyl. Older
O.S. maps call it St. Cynfil.
Coflein
dates it to a re-build in 1855-7. Interior view. SN 2560 5107.
Both © Mike Berrell. Link.
A group of three churchyard monuments share a
grade II listed status. Bryn
Seion (Presbyterian Church of Wales, formerly Calvinistic Methodist) on Rhiw
Y Plas. Coflein dates it to
1901, on the site of chapels of 1833 and 1859. SN 2577 5141. ©
Mike Berrell. O.S. maps also show a Capel Bryn-Seion
on Heol Y Graig, at SN 2615 5152.
Streetview saw it in
2021, evidently in secular use.
Coflein
dates it to 1874, with conversion "by 1998".
Abersoch, Gwynedd.
Abersychan, Torfaen, the former St. Thomas (1831-2) at Talywain.
Another view. SO 262 040. Janet advises that there are plans to regenerate this building to be included as part of the
Blaenavon World Heritage complex. Both © Janet Gimber (2014).
Grade II listed.
Abertillery, Blaenau Gwent.
Abertridwr,
Caerphilly,
Beulah Baptist Church, which stands on Thomas Street and Cross Street. It bears
a date-stone for 1905, but its
Coflein entry says that it was built in 1902 and modified in 1905. ST 1226
8927. © Gerard Charmley. The signage to the left of the entrance shows that
Abertridwr Community Church also meets here (2023
Streetview). The former
Nazareth Calvinistic Methodist Chapel
on Thomas Street, now a community centre. Its
Coflein
entry dates it to 1898, re-built in 1908, and closed "by 1998". ST 1209
8937. © Gerard Charmley. The former Gospel Hall
off Lower Francis Street, now a
private residence. ST 1181 8921. © Gerard Charmley.
Abertridwr, Powys, Sardis Chapel (1821 -
date-stone). SJ 034 188. Both © Dennis Harper (2014).
Link.
Abertysswg, Caerphilly,
St. Paul (CiW).
SO 1302 0556. © Gerard Charmley (2011).
Older O.S. maps mark, immediately south of the church at SO 1301 0553 on Alfred
Street, a former Chapel. So far unidentified, it,
or the building which replaced it, was seen by
Streetview in 2009. Its
Coflein
entry also doesn't identify it. St. Paul can be seen in the background.
Elim Tabernacle on Warn's
Terrace.
Streetviews show that it had been closed and demolished between 2011 and
mid 2021.
Another view.
SO 1281 0568. Both © Gerard Charmley (2011).
Ainon Baptist Chapel has been demolished, but the congregation meet in the
vestry. According
to its
Colflein entry, the chapel was built in 1906, and demolished by 1997.
SO 1296 0563. © Gerard Charmley (2011).
Jerusalem Calvinistic Methodist Chapel
on Alexander Street bears the date 1903.
Another view. SO 1305 0567. Both
© Gerard Charmley (2011).
Link. The former
Bethania Welsh Independent Chapel stood on Walter
Street at SO 1309 0557, and is dated by Coflein to 1902. It, or the building
which replaced it, was seen by
Streetview in 2009.
Aberyscir, Powys, St. Mary and St.
Cyndir (CiW). Another view. SO 0003
2967. Both © Paul Wood (2017). Link1.
Link2.
Link3.
Coflein entry.
Aberystwyth, Ceredigion.
Abingdon, Oxfordshire.
Abington Pigotts,
Cambridgeshire, St. Michael & All Angels.
Another view. TL 3044 4466.
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Aboyne, Aberdeenshire,
Aboyne-Dinnett Parish Church (Church of Scotland).
Another view. NO 5248 9831. Both ©
John Mackie (2010). Link.
St. Margaret (R.C.) stands a little way to the
north, at NO 5253 9852. It can be seen
here and
here in 2011 Streetviews.
This
source dates it to the 1870's. St. Thomas' Episcopal
Church stands further west at NO 5203 9857, and is dated
here (includes photos) to 1907-9. Almost completely screened by trees
from the Streetview van, this
2011 view only shows
the lych-gate. A Free Church (later United Free) is
marked on the 25" O.S. map of 1900, at NO 5279 9837, on Charlestown Road. Seen
here in 2011, South United
Free Church (as it now is) is dated by this
source to 1859.
Abson, Gloucestershire, St. James. ST
70522 74846. © Phil Draper.
Abthorpe, Northamptonshire,
St. John the Baptist. Three further views -
1,
2,
3. SP 6494 4651. All ©
Howard Richter (2015).
Two views of the interior - 1,
2, a
detail from a stained glass
window, and the font, all ©
Chris Stafford (2014).
Grade II listed. The former
Ebenezer Primitive Methodist
Chapel (1925-1996) is now in residential use (The Old Chapel). SP
6403 4679.
Link, which has a photo of an earlier chapel. © Howard Richter
(2015).
Aby, Lincolnshire,
the
site of All Saints. According to
Wikipedia, it was
demolished in 1660 following the merger with Belleau parish. The stones
were re-used in a Manor House. A wooden church was built on the site in
1888, now also long gone (some photos of it are available
here). Another view. TF 4088
7838. Both © David Regan (2015). The former
Methodist Church. It's labelled on older maps as Wesleyan. TF 4108
7854. © David Regan (2015).
A'Chleit,
Argyll & Bute, the Killean & Kilchenzie parish church. © Martin Briscoe.
Acaster Malbis, North Yorkshire, Holy
Trinity. Methodist Church. Both ©
Bill Henderson. 105 SE 594 458.
Acaster Selby, North Yorkshire, St. John. ©
Bill Henderson.
Accrington, Lancashire.
Achahoish, Argyll & Bute, the South Knapdale
Parish Church. © Martin Briscoe.
Achanalt,
Highland, the former Free Church of Scotland.
NH 2589 6156. About 4 miles E.N.E. stands
Kinlochluichart & Strathgarve Church
(CoS). NH
3165 6267.
Link. The
Grade B listing gives it a date of 1825, a Telford church. Both © Kevin
Price (2020).
Acharacle, Highland, Church of our Lady of the
Angels (R.C.). © Martin Briscoe. The Parish
Church, dating from 1829. NM 675 683. © N. Argyll Extracts.
Free Church of Scotland. © Peter Amsden.
Achill Sound (on Achill Island), County
Mayo, Sisters of Mercy (R.C.).
©
Bill Henderson.
Achiltibuie, Highland, Coigach Free Church of Scotland. Another
view. NC 018 090. Both © Tim Flitcroft (2013).
Achnacarry, Highland, St. Ciaran. NN 181 873. ©
Martin Briscoe. NN 181 873; grid reference courtesy of N. Argyll Extracts.
Achurch, Northamptonshire, St. John the
Baptist. © Robin Peel. Another view. © Michael John York.
Michael sells some church photographs, and has kindly allowed me to use
some reduced resolution photos on this website. His business websites
are here -
1,
2,
3.
Acklam, North Yorkshire, St. John the Baptist. © David Regan (2011). Link.
Acklington, Northumberland,
St. John the Divine. Its
grade II listing dates it to 1860. NU 2272 0189. © Steve Bulman.
Another view, © Bill
Henderson (2013).
Link.
Ackworth, West Yorkshire.
Acle, Norfolk, St. Edmund. © George Weston. Link.
Acock's Green, Birmingham, West Midlands - see the
Acock's Green page.
Acol, Kent, St. Mildred. © Peter
Morgan (2017). Link.
Acomb, Northumberland,
St. John of Beverley, which stands about ½ a
mile south of the village. NY 9331 6571. © Bill Henderson (2011).
Link.
Grade II* listed, wherein it's dated to 1843, on a medieval site.
The Methodist Church was originally Primitive
Methodist, of 1871. NY 9281 6643. It can be seen
here on a Streetview from
2009.
Link. The village also had a Wesleyan Methodist Chapel,
at NY 9301 6643. Pre-dating a map of 1896, it is labelled (as W. Meth. Ch.) in
1924, and on the next available map of 1952, it is present but not labelled, so
presumably had closed. The housing now on the site can be seen
here, from Streetview in
2009.
Acomb, York, North Yorkshire - see York.
Aconbury,
Herefordshire, the redundant St. John the Baptist. The wooden
porch.
SO 517 335. Both
© Janet Gimber (2017).
Grade II* listed.
Aconry, Co. Sligo, the former Cathedral of St. Crumnathy (CoI). An
astonishingly small cathedral, no bigger than many an ordinary parish church,
its dates are 1822 - 1997. Certainly the smallest cathedral in Ireland, and
perhaps the whole of Europe. G 568 150.
Link. St. Nathy and St. Brigid
(R.C.). G 570 142. Both © Gerard Close (2016).
Acrefair, Wrexham, the former Trinity Presbyterian Forward Movement chapel. The former
Wesleyan Chapel. Both © Gerard Charmley (2012).
Acrise, Kent, St. Martin. TR 193 422. © Dave
Westrap. Link.
Acton, Cheshire,
St. Mary. SJ 6317 5309. © Les Needham.
Link.
Grade I listed. Other listed features associated with the church may be
found
here.
Acton, Greater London, Holy Family (R.C.) on
Vale Lane. © Christopher Skottowe (1968).
Acton, Staffordshire, the former
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, now in residential use.
Another view. Both © Peter
Morgan (2015).
Acton, Suffolk,
All Saints. TL 8922 4523. © Steve Bulman (2005).
Another view, three of the interior -
1,
2,
3, a
ceiling boss, two of the very fine
brasses (1,
2), a
monument, and the
font, all © Chris Stafford (2012).
Link1.
Link2.
Grade I listed.
Acton Beauchamp, Herefordshire, St. Giles.
SO 679 503.
©
Mark Turbott. Another view, and an interior view, both © Aidan McRae Thomson.
Acton Bridge, Cheshire,
Methodist Church on Chapel Lane and Cliff Road. Older maps label it as Wesleyan. SJ 5920 7577. ©
Bruce Read. A
newspaper article from 2020 says it was closed in 2018, and that conversion
to residential use was planned. Milton
Baptist Church on Station Hill. SJ 5956
7448. © Bruce Read.
Acton Burnell, Shropshire, St.
Mary. Interior view.
Another view.
Another, also showing part of
Acton Burnell Castle. Langley Chapel.
Interior view. Disused, and now in
the care of English Heritage. SJ 538 001. All © James Murray.
Acton Round, Shropshire, St. Mary the Virgin. Another view, three
interiors - 1, 2,
3, and the altar and font. SO 634 956. All © Dennis Harper
(2014). Link.
Grade II* listed.
Acton Scott, Shropshire, St. Margaret. Another view.
Interior view. All © John Bowdler.
Grade II* listed.
Acton Trussell, Staffordshire, St. James, on Penkridge Road. SJ 937 175. © Dorothy Turley.
Another view, © Dennis Harper (2005).
Interior view, and the
font, both © Dennis Harper (2011).
Link. Grade II* listed -
link.
Acton Turville, Gloucestershire,
St. Mary. ST 80840 80863. © Phil
Draper. Link.
Grade II* listed. The former
Baptist Chapel on Luckington Road, originally Particular Baptist, and now in residential use.
Another view. Circa
ST 811 810. Both © Janet Gimber (2012).
Adare, Co. Limerick, the ruins of the Franciscan Friary. Previously in the "Unknown" section, Margaret Toffolo's painting of a church
was identified by Phil Draper. Link.
Adbaston, Staffordshire, St. Michael. SJ
7627. © Geoff Pick.
Adderbury, Oxfordshire. A splendid church, dedicated to St. Mary. The spire. Both © Steve Bulman. Interior view, © Simon Edwards
(2011). Another view, interior view,
sedilia, font, brass, carved
capital, carving (man-lion?), a wonderful
owl and a two-tailed mermaid (among other carvings), all © Chris
Stafford (2012). SP 471
354. Link. Friends
Meeting House (link to external website).
Methodist Church. © John French.
Addiewell, West Lothian, the
former Addiewell Parish Church on Livingstone Road.
Another view.
St. Thomas (R.C.) on Blackburn
Road. Link. All
© Jim Parker (2016).
Addingham, West Yorkshire, St. Peter.
Interior view. SE 085 497. Both © Alan Blacklock. Another view, ©
Stuart Mackrell. Link. Mount Hermon Wesleyan Reform Chapel (1861). SE 078 497. © Stuart Mackrell.
Another view. © David Regan (2011). Link.
Our Lady and the English Martyrs (R.C.). © David Regan (2011).
Addington, Buckinghamshire,
St. Mary the Virgin.
Interior view, the
chancel and the
font.
SP 7426 2849.
All © David Regan
(2018 & 2019).
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Addington, Kent, St. Margaret of
Antioch. TQ 654 588. From an old postcard, Geoff Watt's Collection. Some
additional views, all © Dave Godden - a
NE view, showing a blocked window in the Watton Chapel; the
East Window; the
Watton Memorial; and an
obelisk in the graveyard to William
Lockyer, R.N. (1730/1-1800).
Addlestone, Surrey, dedicated to St. Paul. ©
Barbara Barklem. TQ 043 644. The Surrey Islamic Trust (or Surrey Muslim Centre) on Albert Road was formerly St.
Augustine's (Anglican). TQ 059 650. © Mehmood Naqshbandi, and reproduced from his
website Muslims in Britain.
Addlethorpe, Lincolnshire,
St. Nicholas. TF 5509 6909. ©
George Weston. Another view,
in springtime. © Pamela Weston.
Another view, © Bill Henderson (2013).
Interior view, and the
font,
both © David Regan (2022).
Link.
Grade I listed. A C14 churchyard cross is listed as
grade II.
Adel, Leeds, West Yorkshire - see
Leeds.
Adforton, Herefordshire, St.
Andrew (1875). SO 4015 7102. © Paul Wood (2015).
Link.
Primitive Methodist Chapel, which
Paul believes is now in residential use. SO 4024 7100. © Paul Wood (2000). The
My Primitive Methodists
entry gives it a date of 1863, and closure in the 1980's.
Adisham, Kent, Holy Innocents. 179 TR 226
537. Link.
Baptist Church. TR 227 533. Both ©
Geoff Watt. Interior view, from an old postcard in John Bowdler's collection.
Adlestrop, Gloucestershire, St. Mary Magdalene. Two interior views- 1,
2, and the font.
SP 24295 26900. All © Steve Bulman (2011). Grade II listed -
link.
Adlingfleet, East Riding of
Yorkshire,
All Saints.
Interior view and
side altar. This
memorial is to Mary
Ramsden, who left her fortune to St. Catherine's College, Cambridge. A ceremonial
cleaning is undertaken yearly, known as "Washing Mary Ramsden's neck".
SE 844 210. All © James Murray.
A 2009
Streetview, and a rotatable
interior view.
Link.
Grade I listed. The former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel,
now derelict, stands next to a former pub, at SE 8447 2105, and can be seen
here and
here in 2009 Streetviews. A
2020 photo here shows
that some works have been carried out, and it helpfully dates the chapel to
1860. Older maps also show Ebenezer Primitive Methodist
Chapel, at SE 8435 2102. Demolished, its site can be seen
here in 2009. Both Methodist
Chapels seem to have gone out of use before 1940.
Adlington, Cheshire,
St. John, which shows as Adlington Mission Church on older maps. SJ 9252 8029.
© Len Brankin. Another view, © Karel Kuča
(2019).
Link. The
former Wood Lanes
Methodist Church. It's dated
here to 1955-2014. SJ 9363 8170. © Len Brankin.
Adlington, Lancashire.
Admaston, Staffordshire, St. Leonard. SK 044
239. From an old postcard in Reg Dosell's Collection. The card is labelled as Blithfield
Church which sits close to Blithfield Hall - Admaston is the nearest
settlement. A modern view, © Richard
Roberts (2014).
Link.
Grade I listed.
Adsborough, Somerset,
the former Union Chapel,
later Congregational. ST 277 291. © Mike Berrell (2013).
Photo removed at request of property owner.
Link (which includes a link to a photo).
Adstock, Buckinghamshire, SP 7350 3011. © David
Regan (2018). Link.
Grade I listed. An otherwise unidentified Methodist Chapel shows on
O.S. maps on Church End at SP 7356 3013.
Genuki says it
is/was Wesleyan, built in 1889. Streetview saw it in 2011 - its appearance makes
me wonder if it was re-built at some point.
Adstone, Northamptonshire,
All Saints on Blakesley Lane. Another view. SP 596 514.
Both © Howard Richter (2015).
Grade II listed.
Adswood, Stockport, Greater Manchester - see
Stockport.
Adwick-le-Street, South Yorkshire,
St. Laurence (or St. Lawrence, according to source consulted). The
church has fabric from the 12th, 13th, 14th, and 15th centuries, and underwent
restorations in 1862 and 1875. SE 541 086. © Peter Fowler.
Another view, © Bill Henderson.
Grade II* listed. Methodist Church. SE 538 087. ©
Bill Henderson.
Adwick-on-Dearne, South Yorkshire, St. John. ©
Bill Henderson. SE 471 015.
Affetside, Greater Manchester, Trinity Presbyterian Church on Watling Street, built in
1840 as Ebenezer Independent Chapel. SD 755 136. © Mike Berrell. Interior view, © Mike Berrell (2013).
Affpuddle,
Dorset, St. Lawrence. © Bill McKenzie.
Another view. © June Norris.
Link.
Agecroft, Salford, Greater Manchester - see
Salford.
Aghacommon, Co. Armagh, St. Patrick (R.C.), originally The Derrymacash Chapel
(1834). J 049 589. © Gerard Close (2011).
Aghadowey, Co. Derry, St. Guaire (CoI). C 858 210. © Gerard Close.
Aghadrumsee,
County Fermanagh, St. Mark, Church of Ireland. © Jack Storey.
Aghagallon, Co. Antrim, St. Patrick (R.C.1834). J 105 637. © Len Brankin.
Another view, © Gerard Close (2015).
Aghalee, Co. Antrim, Craigmore Methodist Church, built as Aghagallon Wesleyan Chapel in 1834. J 117 661. ©
Gerard Close (2015).
Agharan, Co. Tyrone, Agharan Mission Hall. H 793 693. © Gerard Close (2013).
Aghavilly,
Co. Armagh,
St. Mary (CoI, 1841). H 843 408.
© Gerard Close (2016).
Ahenny, Co. Tipperary,
hereabouts stood Kilclispeen monastery, as seen by Streetview in 2019. No
above-ground traces remain, but the associated graveyard has two High Crosses.
The North Cross,
© Christopher Skottowe (1965).
Link.
Ahoghill,
Co. Antrim,
St. Colmanell (CoI). D 049 014.
Link. St. Mary (R.C.). D
046 015. Link. Gospel Hall. D 048 018. 1st Presbyterian Church. D 050
015. Link.
2nd Presbyterian Church. D 049 014. All © Gerard Close. The 1st Presbyterian Church has recently
(late 2013) built a new church on a different site. D 058 017. © Gerard Close (2014).
The Gospel hall has also
been re-built, opening in October 2018. © Gerard Close (2018).
Link.
Brookside Church (3rd
Presbyterian). D 048 017. © Gerard Close (2018).
Ahorey, County Armagh, Presbyterian Church.
Gospel Hall. Both © Richard Edgar.
Aiketgate, Cumbria.
The Civil Parish of Hesket in the Forest - An Illustrated Miscellany,
published to celebrate the Millennium, mentions a
Christian Brethren Gospel Hall, an ex-army hut transferred from Gretna
after WWI, and still active at the time of publication. No available maps show
it, I haven't been able to find an on-line mention of it, and "travelling" on
the local roads on Streetview doesn't show any likely candidates for it. Do you
know where it is or was?
Aikton,
Cumbria.
dedicated to St. Andrew. NY 2825 5285. © Steve Bulman.
Link.
Grade I listed.
Ainderby Steeple, North Yorkshire,
St. Helen. SE 3345 9210. © Bill
Henderson. Interior view, and the font,
both © Kenneth Paver. Two more interior views -
1,
2,
sedilia, a
window and a
monument, all © Chris Stafford
(2014).
Grade I listed.
Ainstable,
Cumbria,
St. Michael. NY 5300 4673. © Steve Bulman.
Link.
Grade II listed. The Methodist Chapel is at
Rowfoot, at NY 5258 4639, and can be seen on a 2010 Streetview
here. It's dated
here to 1860, as Wesleyan.
Ainsworth, Bolton, Greater Manchester - see Bolton.
Airmyn, East Yorkshire, St. David. © Bill
Henderson. Another view. © James Murray.
Airton, North Yorkshire, Methodist Church.
SD 902 593. © Philip Kapp.
Aisgill, North
Yorkshire, Lunds Church - see Lunds Church on the
North Yorkshire page.
Aiskew, North Yorkshire,
St. Mary and St. Joseph (R.C.). SE 270 884. ©
Bill Henderson. Methodist Church (1922). SE 271
885. © Michael Bourne. A memorial
stone is built into its base. Howard suspects that it may also have
been Primitive Methodist originally, as it pre-dates the merger of 1932.
© Howard Richter (2015).
A former
Primitive Methodist Chapel of 1869 stands behind (and is attached
to) the Methodist Church. It has seen use as a Community Hall. The
Methodist Church itself is now closed (the congregation having joined
with that of Bedale).
Circuit closure notice. The church and former P.M. chapel are on
offer for sale and conversion into two residential properties. The
Estate Agents notice has interior photos of each.
The
Planning Application has plans etc. - click on View Associated
Documents, ref. 1739661 and 1739664. © Howard Richter
(2015).
Aislaby, North Yorkshire (near Whitby),
St. Margaret. © Colin Waters.
Link.
Aisthorpe, Lincolnshire,
St. Peter (1867). SK 9462 8017. © Dave Hitchborne.
Two additional views - 1,
2, and the
wheel-window, all © Chris Stafford
(2014). The
church website says that the church's future is uncertain. It has some
interior photos. Its Geograph
entry mentions that the present church is a re-build on a medieval site, and
that it has been closed for many years over safety concerns.
Grade II listed.
Aith, Mainland, Shetland, Church of Scotland. © Tim Flitcroft (2012).
Akeley, Buckinghamshire,
the site of the demolished St. James the Apostle. SP 7080 3779. © David Regan (2017).
Photos of the church are available
here and
here (the latter slow to load, but it has a good history of the
church). A former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel
stands a little way east of the site of the church, on Chapel Lane at SP
7092 3780. It pre-dates a map of 1885.
Streetview saw it in
2011.
Akinduff, Co. Tyrone, St. Joseph (R.C.). H 694 613. © Gerard Close.
Akroydon,
Halifax, West Yorkshire - see the Halifax
page.
Albaston, Cornwall, Tamar Valley Methodist Church.
Another view. SX 4226 7052.
Link.
The former Bible Christian Chapel
(later United Methodist).
Another view. The National
Archives reference documents for 1935-1967. SX 4230 7060. All © Paul E.
Barnett (2018). Old O.S. maps mark a Wesleyan
Methodist Chapel on Cemetery Road at SX 4241 7044. Built in 1866,
there's now
housing on the site, seen
here by Streetview
in 2010. Further along Cemetery Road is the cemetery, which has a
Mortuary Chapel. SX 4254 7053.
© Paul E. Barnett (2022). Another
view, © Andrew Ross.
Alberbury, Shropshire, St. Michael and All Angels. Another view. SJ 358 144.
Both © Les Needham (2011). Grade II* listed -
link.
Albourne, West Sussex, St. Bartholomew on Church Lane. TQ 257 162. ©
Tony Preston.
Link.
Grade II listed.
Albrighton, Shropshire, St. Mary Magdalene on High Street. SJ 809 044. © Roy Graham. Two further views -
1, 2, interior view
and font, all © Dennis Harper (2011). Link.
Methodist Church, also on High Street. © Graeme Harvey (2010).
Interior view, © Dennis Harper (2011).
Link. St. Joseph (R.C.) on
Bushfield Road. © Dennis Harper (2011). Link.
Albury, Hertfordshire, St. Mary the Virgin. © Bill
McKenzie.
Albury, Oxfordshire, St. Helen. SP 6556 0508. ©
Bill McKenzie. Link.
Grade II listed.
Albury, Surrey, St. Martha. © Mike Rice.
Link.
Alby, Norfolk, St. Ethelbert. Three interior views - 1,
2, 3. The church stands isolated at TG 202 336. All © Chris Stafford
(2012). Link1. Link2.
Alcester, Warwickshire,
St. Nicholas. Another view.
SP 0905 5747. Both © Victor Hunter. Another view,
and the interior, both © Aidan McRae Thomson.
Link.
Grade II* listed. There is a separate
grade II listing for the churchyard wall and gate piers. The Methodist Church
stands off Priory Road. A previous Wesleyan Chapel on the site stood
with its frontage in line with the adjacent buildings. Now used as
parking for the church, its site can be seen in a
Streetview from
2021. SP 0884 5734. © Victor Hunter.
Link.
Our Lady and St. Joseph (R.C.)
on Priory Road. It's dated
here to 1888. SP 0866 5750. © Graeme Harvey (2011).
Link. The
Baptist
Church (1859) stands off Church Street at SP 0913 5751.
© Karel Kuča (2007).
Link.
Grade II listed. The Old Baptist Meeting House
stands on Meeting Lane at SP 0914 5752. Seen by
Streetview in 2021,
its
grade II listing dates it to 1735-6. The cemetery on Birmingham Road
used to have a Mortuary Chapel. Marked on
older maps at SP 0867 5703, it stood directly in line with the entrance
gates, seen in a
Streetview from 2021. The Union Workhouse stood on Kinwarton Road,
to the north-east of the town. It had a chapel at SP 0936 5781.
Streetview saw it in
2021, and a photo is available
here.
Alciston, East Sussex.
The dedication is lost. TQ 5058 0556. From an old postcard in Geoff Watt's Collection.
Link.
Grade I listed.
Alcombe, Minehead, Somerset - see
Minehead.
Alconbury, Cambridgeshire,
St. Peter and St. Paul. TL 1845 7612. © Robin Peel. Another view, ©
Jim Rushton. Four interior views - 1,
2,
3,
4, a triple lancet
window, a
stone-carved figure, one of the
ceiling angels,
ceiling boss,
the pulpit and the
font, all
© Chris Stafford (2013).
Link.
Grade I listed. The 1902 6" O.S. map of 1902 marks a Chapel at TL 1858 7600.
This was Wesleyan, as can be seen in a
2016 Streetview. I can find
no useful information about the chapel on the internet, except to say that old
maps show that it was built before 1888, and it seems to have still been active
into the 1970's. It now appears to be in residential use.
Aldborough, Norfolk, St. Mary on Aldborough Road, whose tower
collapsed in the 18th century. Interior view. TG 179 338. Both © Richard Roberts (2018).
Link1.
Link2.
Grade II* listed.
Aldborough, North Yorkshire, St Andrew. SE 406 664.
© Paul Brown. An old postcard view
from Steve Bulman's Collection.
Aldbourne, Wiltshire, St.
Michael. SU 263 758. © Chris Kippin (2018).
Link.
Grade I listed.
Aldbrough, East Riding of Yorkshire,
St. Bartholomew. © James Murray.
Another view, © David Regan
(2016). Link.
Grade II* listed. Methodist Church.
© James Murray. Former
Chapel. The smaller building to the left has a tablet - "Sabbath School for Children of Every
Denomination. 1835, Restored 1907". Janet Gimber advises that this
chapel shows on old maps as Wesleyan Methodist. © James
Murray. Former Primitive Methodist
Chapel, © James Murray (2009).
Aldbrough St. John, North Yorkshire, St.
Paul. © Alan Blacklock.
Aldbury, Hertfordshire,
St. John the Baptist. Another view
showing the recent extension, used as a meeting room, and called
Chapter House. SP 963 124. Both © Richard Pykett (2018).
Link.
Grade I listed.
Aldeburgh, Suffolk,
St. Peter and St. Paul. TM
4634 5685. © Steve Bulman (2005). Another two views -
1,
2, both
© Christopher Skottowe (circa 1952). Two further views - 1,
2, an
interior view, and the
graves of Benjamin
Britten and Peter Pears (the pale headstone seen over the top of
Britten's is of Imogen Holst), all © Simon Edwards (2012). The
font, and a carved
bench-end, both ©
Christopher Skottowe (2015). Two more of the interior -
1,
2, the
chancel,
side chapel, a modern
window, and the
pulpit, all © Steve
Bulman (2024).
Link.
Grade II* listed. For listed tombs and monuments in the churchyard,
see
here. Union Baptist Chapel
on High Street is dated 1822. TM 4642 5643. © Steve Bulman (2005).
Link.
Grade II listed. Catholic Church of Our Lady and St.
Peter on The Terrace. TM 4639 5659. © Alan Wilson.
Link. Services are regularly held in the
Fairfield Centre on
Fairfield Road. It has a foundation stone dated 1959. TM 4572 5719.
© Richard
Roberts (2024).
Link.
Alderbury, Wiltshire,
St. Mary (1858). SU 1823 2692. © Les Needham.
Link. Grade
II listed. For listed memorials in the churchyard, see
here. Older O.S. maps show a Wesleyan
Methodist Chapel on Old Chapel Close at SU 1851 2726. The village
Wikipedia entry
dates it to 1825, with demolition in 1970. It stood by the roadside
where the two trees are in a
Streetview from
2009. Also marked on maps, to the north of the village at SU 1827 2767,
is Ivy Church On Site of Priory. Ivy
Church itself is a farmhouse, which has part of a priory wall built into
it, with other fragments upstanding close by.
Link, which
has a distant photo of the farmhouse, and some surviving fabric of the
priory. More photos
here.
Grade II listed.
Aldercar,
Derbyshire, St. John. Another
view. SK 4464 4790. Both
© David Regan (2021). Link.
Alderford,
Norfolk, St. John the Baptist. The
porch, and the
seven-sacraments font (taken
through a window). TG 1236 1878. All © Chris Stafford (2013).
Link1.
Link2.
Link3.
Grade II* listed.
Aldergrove, Co. Antrim, St. Catherine
(Church of Ireland). © Jack Storey.
Alderholt, Dorset,
St. James. Another view. As Roger points out, the stepped
gable is very unusual outside of Scotland, and in this case the 12 steps are probably symbolic of the apostles.
Link.
Alderley, Gloucestershire,
St. Kenelm (O). ST 76849 90798. © Graeme Harvey (2012).
Link.
Grade II listed.
Alderley Edge, Cheshire.
Aldermaston, Berkshire,
St. Mary the
Virgin. SU 5966 6498. © Jill Bennett.
Another view, © Roy Graham.
Interior, from an old postcard in Judy Flynn's collection.
Link.
Grade I listed. For listed churchyard features, see
here.
Alderminster, Warwickshire, St. Mary and Holy Cross. Interior view. SP 230
485. Both © Aidan McRae Thomson. Two further views - 1, 2,
interior view, window,
font, and an incised cross in the tympanum, all ©
Steve Bulman (2011). The following are all © John Bowdler (2012) - porch,
doorway, font cover,
gargoyle, pulpit,
altar, and side chapel. Grade II* listed - link.
Aldershot, Hampshire.
Alderton, Gloucestershire,
St. Margaret of Antioch. SP 00203 33187. © Graeme Harvey (2011).
Another view, and an interior view, both © Graeme Harvey (2012).
Link.
Alderton, Northamptonshire,
St. Margaret.
Another view. Both © David
Regan (2017).
Another view, © Les Needham
(2018). SP 740 469.
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Alderwasley, Derbyshire,
All Saints (1849-50) on Higg Lane. SK 32 532. © Richard Roberts (2014).
Grade II listed. The village hall is the former
St. Margaret's Chapel.
Situated on Chapel Hill, it dates to the sixteenth century, and was
closed in 1849. © Richard Roberts (2014).
Grade II listed.
Aldfield, North Yorkshire,
the C18 St. Lawrence the Martyr. Interior view, and the
pulpit and tester. SE 2658
6947. All © David Regan (2010).
Another view, the sun-dial,
another interior, and the
font, all © Chris Stafford
(2014).
Link1. Link2.
Link3.
Grade II* listed. The 25" O.S. map
of 1909 shows a Wesleyan Methodist Chapel
at SE 2637 6936. Other maps show that it was built before 1891,
and it seems to have closed between 1956 and 1976. Presumably now
converted for residential use, it can be seen in a 2009 Streetview
here. The ruins of
Fountains Abbey. SE 2748 6827. From an old
postcard (franked 1908) in Steve Bulman's Collection.
The Lady Chapel, from the
Colin Waters Collection. Some modern views,
1,
2,
3, all © James Murray.
A view from an old
engraving, from Christopher Skottowe's Collection. The following are all ©
Christopher Skottowe (1961) - the
tower, the
monks' daystairs,
cellarium,
archways into the chapter
house from the cloisters, and the
north side of the choir.
Link.
Grade I listed.
Aldgate East/Tower Hamlets, Greater London, Jamia Masjid (Mosque) on Brick Lane. TQ 176 305. © Mehmood Naqshbandi, and reproduced from his
website Muslims in Britain. Gervase Charmley advises that this was originally a Huguenot
Church, and later served as a synagogue.
Aldham, Essex, St. Margaret and St. Catherine. From an old postcard in Reg Dosell's Collection.
Link.
Aldingbourne, West Sussex,
St. Mary the Virgin. SU 9233 0548. © David and Pat Halliday.
The font,
© Christopher Skottowe (1962).
Link.
Grade I listed.
Aldingham, Cumbria,
St. Cuthbert.
Interior view. SD 2834 7104. Both © John
Balaam (2008). Link.
Grade II* listed.
Aldington, Kent, St. Martin. TR 074
361. Link1.
Link2.
Link3.
Aldington Evangelical Mission Church. TR 061 364. Both © Dave Westrap.
Aldridge, West Midlands, St. Mary the Virgin,
on The Green. SK 060 007. © Peter Wood. Three further views - 1, 2,
3, all © Dennis Harper (2012).
Link. Methodist Church on Anchor Road.
Another view. Both © Dennis Harper (2012).
Link.
Aldringham, Suffolk, the
former Providence Baptist Chapel now in residential use. © Iris Maeers.
Aldsworth, Gloucestershire, St. Bartholomew.
SP 15393 09978. ©
Steve Watson.
Aldwark, North Yorkshire,
St.
Stephen. SE 4674 6333. © Graham Pickles.
Another view, © David Regan (2011). Interior view, © Kenneth Paver.
Two further exteriors - 1,
2,
interior, the complicated
wooden roof structure, a
window detail, and the
font, all © Chris Stafford
(2014).
Link.
Grade II listed. Older O.S. maps label an area of land across the
road from the church as Chapel Garth, Site of Church. The exact
site of the church isn't indicated, but Chapel Garth can be seen to the
right of the hedge on a 2011 Streetview
here, with St.
Stephen at the extreme left.
Aldwincle,
Northamptonshire,
All
Saints - which is cared for by the
Churches Conservation Trust. © Michael John York. Another view,
interior view, and a fragment of wall-painting, all ©
Chris Stafford (2012). Link.
Grade I listed.
St. Peter (open, Churches Conservation Trust). © Michael
John York. Michael sells some church photographs, and has kindly allowed me to use
some reduced resolution photos on this website. His business websites
are here -
1,
2,
3.
Another view, and an
interior, both © Chris Stafford (2012).
Link1.
Link2.
Grade I listed.
Baptist Chapel, © David
Regan (2016).
Aldworth, Berkshire,
St. Mary the
Virgin. Interior view. SU 5540 7938. Both © Marion Hall.
Another view, from an old postcard in Judy Flynn's collection.
Link.
Grade I listed. The former
Ebenezer Primitive Methodist Chapel stands
on Ambury Road at SU 5554 7964. It's dated
here to 1864 (closing in the 1940's), successor to an un-located
predecessor of 1835. It was seen by
Streetview in 2010.
Alexandria, West Dunbartonshire.
Aley Green, Bedfordshire,
the Methodist Church on Mancroft Road, which was built as Wesleyan. It
pre-dates a map of 1880. TL 0678 1836. © Bedfordshire and Luton
Archives & Records Service (2007).
Link.
The Cemetery on Mancroft Road has a Mortuary Chapel at TL 0689 1823. It
stands immediately behind the lodge, and can be seen
here in a Streetview
of 2019.
Alfington, Devon, St. James and
St. Anne. Another view and the
interior. SY 1133 9802. All
© Chris Kippin (2022). Link.
Grade II listed, wherein it's dated to 1849.
Alford, Aberdeenshire,
Howe
Trinity Church of Scotland. NJ 5815 1576. © John Mackie.
Link.
Alford West Kirk (CoS) stands
about a mile and a half west of the village, at NJ 5540 1612. O.S. maps
label it On site of St. Andrew's Chapel. © John Mackie.
Category B listed. St. Andrew's Church
(Episcopal) however, is in the village itself, on Main Street, and was
seen by Streetview
in 2021. NJ 5764 1604.
Link.
Category C listed.
Alford, Lincolnshire.
Alford, Somerset, All Saints.
Interior view. The church has some good wood carving - evident in
the pulpit, and two of the
bench-ends - 1,
2. ST 6045 3260. All © Chris
Kippin (2020).
Link.
Grade I listed. A churchyard cross is listed
separately as
grade II.
Alfreton, Derbyshire.
Alfrick, Worcestershire,
St. Mary Magdalene. The porch,
and two interior views - 1,
2. SO 7484 5297. All © Peter
Morgan (2023). Link.
Grade II* listed. A monument in the churchyard is listed as
grade II.
Alfriston, East Sussex, St. Andrew. From an
old postcard in Steve Bulman's Collection. A modern view. © Graeme Wall.
Link.
Algarkirk, Lincolnshire,
St. Peter and St. Paul. TF
2912 3529. From
an old postcard in Geoff Watt's Collection. A
modern view,
© Bill Henderson (2011),
and another,
© David Regan (2019).
Three interior views - 1,
2,
3, the
altar, an
organ (there is another), a
charming stone carved mythical
beast, and the font,
all
© Chris Stafford (2015).
Link1.
Link2.
Grade I listed.
Alhampton,
the Anglican Mission Church, a tin tabernacle. ST 6281 3464.
© Chris Kippin (2021). The
church website has an interior view. Its
"about" page
dates it to 1892.
Alkborough,
Lincolnshire,
St. John the Baptist.
Another view. SE 8820 2189. Both © David Regan (2011).
Link.
Grade I listed. A cross in the churchyard
is listed separately as
grade II. The former Bethel
Primitive Methodist Chapel on Front Street.
This
source dates it to 1865, replacing an earlier chapel of 1827.
Closure is given as 1938. SE 8822 2162. © David Regan (2021).
The
Methodist Church on Front Street was originally Wesleyan, and has a
date-stone for 1840.
This
source says it was a replacement for an earlier chapel of 1811-2.
SE 8820 2167. © David
Regan (2021).
Grade II listed.
Alkerton, Oxfordshire, dedicated to St. Michael.
The West front. Lively carvings on the clerestory. All © Steve Bulman.
SP 377 429. Two interior views -1, 2 - both © John Bowdler.
Link.
Alkham, Kent, St. Anthony. TR 256 424.
Link.
Former Wesleyan Chapel, now a private
residence. TR 253 426. Both © Geoff Watt.
Alkmonton,
Derbyshire, St. John.
Interior view. Both © James Murray.
Link.
All Saints, Devon,
dedicated to All Saints. ST 304 011. © Julie Baker.
All Saints, Manchester, Greater Manchester - see Manchester.
All Stretton, Shropshire,
St. Michael and All Angels (1902). SO 462 958. © John Bowdler.
Link. Chapel End
is a former Congregational (later U.R.C.) Chapel of 1907, closing in 1984
and subsequently converted to residential use (dating from
here).
SO 4599 9564. © Chris Kippin (2021).
Allendale, Northumberland.
Allen's Green, Hertfordshire,
the former St. Anne, which now serves as the village hall. It's dated
here to 1863 (as a Mission Church), with closure no later than 2012.
Another view. TL 4549 1682.
Both © Karel Kuča (2019). At one time there was also a
Congregational Chapel, north of the church,
at TL 4554 1691. It pre-dated a map of 1879, and appears to have gone
out of use in the first two decades of the 20th century. The building on
the site today can be seen in a
Streetview from 2010
- whether anything remains of the chapel is unknown.
Allensmore, Herefordshire, St.
Andrew. SO 466 358. © Chris Kippin
(2018). Link.
Grade II* listed.
Allenton, Derby, Derbyshire - see
Derby.
Aller, Somerset, St. Andrew, on
Church Path. Two interiors - 1,
2. The
list of rectors commences in
1205. ST 396 288.
Link.
Grade II* listed. A former chapel, now in
residential use. All © Mike Berrell (2016).
Aller Bridge, Devon, the
Chapel. It seems to be Anglican (website),
but older maps label it as Plymouth Brethren.
It pre-dates a map of 1889. SS 7063 0673.
© Chris Kippin (2021).
Allerston, North Yorkshire, St. John. SE 878 829. © Elaine Hindson. The Priest's Door and
font, both © Kenneth Paver. Another view, © Bill Henderson
(2013). Link.
Grade II* listed. Methodist Church. SE 878 825. © Bill Henderson
(2013).
Allerthorpe, East Riding of Yorkshire, St. Botolph (O). © Bill Henderson. Another view, two interior
views- 1, 2, and the
font, all © David Regan (2012). Link. Grade II listed -
link. Former
Methodist Chapel. © David Regan (2012).
Allerton, Bradford, West Yorkshire - see Bradford.
Allerton, Liverpool, Merseyside - see
Liverpool.
Allerton Bywater, West Yorkshire.
Allerton Mauleverer,
North Yorkshire, St. Martin. © Bill Henderson.
Allestree, Derby, Derbyshire.
Allet, Cornwall,
tthe Methodist Church (originally United
Methodist Free Church) of 1866, and the adjacent Sunday School of 1961.
SW 7912 4857. © Paul E. Barnett (2024).
Link1. The former
Mission Chapel (1884).
SW 8048 4809. © Paul E. Barnett (2024).
Another view (on Streetview).
Allexton, Leicestershire,
St. Peter. SK 8176 0040. © George Weston. Another view, © Michael
John York.
Three interior views - 1,
2,
3, the fine Norman
arcade, the
altar, a window
detail, and the
font, all
© Chris Stafford (2014).
Grade II* listed.
Allgreave, Cheshire,
the former Methodist Church, closed since
2000. SJ 9731 6691. © Len Brankin. Another view, © Bruce Read.
Allhallows,
Cumbria,
All Hallows. NY 1973 4251. © Steve Bulman.
Link.
Grade II listed. The church was built in 1898,
replacing the
old
church, © Graeme Rumney, dating from Norman times. NY 2037 4184. Link1.
Link2.
Grade II listed.
Allhallows, Kent, All Saints. TQ
836 775. © Dave Westrap. An old postcard
view, Tony Larkin Collection.
Link1.
Link2.
Allington, Lincolnshire,
Holy Trinity. Another view. Both © David Regan (2013).
The porch,
© Chris Stafford (2014).
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Allington (near Chippenham), Wiltshire, the
former St. Paul. Converted from an old farm building at Manor Farm in
1860, it served the local community for over 100 years. © Janet Gimber
(2018).
Allington (north of
Salisbury), Wiltshire, St. John the Baptist.
Another view. SU 2041
3938. Both © Chris Kippin (2022). Link.
Grade II listed, wherein it's dated to 1848-51,
"on C12 foundations". Several monuments and tombs in the churchyard are
separately listed - see
here. The village also has a former
Primitive Methodist
Chapel, now called
Old Methodist Chapel, on Newton Tony Road. Although it doesn't
look at all "Chapelly", this
source explains that it was originally a cottage, and includes a
photo from when the chapel was still active (note the church signboard).
SU 2053 3937. © Chris Kippin
(2023).
Allithwaite,
Cumbria,
St. Mary.
Its
grade II listing dates it to 1865. SD 3856 7677.
Link.
A
house now stands on the site
of the 1919 Congregational Church (later U.R.C.) on
Vicarage Lane at SD 3866 7663. Closed in 2002, it survived long enough before
demolition to have been seen by
Streetview in 2009. Whether anything survives of the chapel is not known,
but it looks unlikely. Both
© Alan Marsden (2021).
Alloa, Clackmannanshire.
Allonby,
Cumbria,
Christ Church. NY 0804 4231. © Leslie Mikesell Wood.
Another view, © Alan Blacklock.
An old drawing made by Thomas Bland in the 1850's is available
here, reproduced by kind permission of
Carlisle Library. It's from the searchable Cumbria Image Bank, which can
be accessed here.
Link.
Grade II listed. The former Congregational Chapel
is now in residential use.
NY 0816 4332. © Alan Blacklock. The
date-stone for 1844, © Steve Bulman (2020).
The former
Friends' Meeting House
stands a short distance north of the Congregational Chapel, at NY 0817 4336.
© Steve Bulman (2020).
Grade II listed. Their burial
ground is about 300 yards further north, at NY 0814 4362. ©
Kevin Price (2023).
Alloway, South Ayrshire, Auld Kirk. Another view.
Link. Parish Church (CoS).
Link. All © Jim Parker (2012).
Allstone, Gloucestershire, St. Margaret. © Aidan McRae Thomson.
Alltami, Flintshire, Bryn Methodist Church. SJ 266 655. © Mike Berrell (2009).
Alltwalis, Carmarthenshire,
the derelict Capel Troedrhiw. The date-stone above the door bears the dates 1833 and 1897.
SN 4454 3178. ©
Gerard Charmley (2011). A more recent
Streetview (2022)
shows the former chapel in better condition - perhaps it's been
converted to residential use.
Alltwen, Neath Port Talbot, Independent Chapel. The date stone has dates
1831, 1861 and 1886 (the latter a little unclear). © Gerard Charmley (2011).
Alltyblaca, Ceredigion,
Unitarian Chapel.
SN 5239 4589. © Gerard Charmley (2011). Its
Colflein entry provides a date of 1892 for the present building, a
re-build on the site of earlier chapels of 1741 and 1832. Its
Wikipedia entry
however says that it was a restoration in 1892 of a chapel of
1837. A photo of the mid-1880's is available
here - note the changes to the windows and doors, and the
date-stone, which is clearly 1837.
Almeley, Herefordshire, St. Mary. © Tim Hollinghurst.
Link.
Grade I listed.
Almeley Wootton,
Herefordshire,
Friends' Meeting House. Built 1647, it has been in use by the Friends
since 1672.
SO 3327 5242.
Link.
Grade II* listed. The former
Primitive Methodist Chapel, now in residential use. According to the
My Primitive Methodist entry, it dates from 1870, and had closed
before 2012. SO 3337 5253. Both © Paul Wood (2000).
Almer, Dorset, St. Mary. © Mike Rice. Another view, from an old postcard in Reg
Dosell's Collection. Another view, and an interior view, both © Roger Hopkins.
Roger rates this C12 church very highly.
Alminstone Cross, Devon, former
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel (1876).
Another view. SS 347 202.
Both
© Martin Richter (2011).
Almondbury, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire - see Huddersfield.
Almondsbury, Gloucestershire, St. Mary.
ST 60350 84089. ©
Phil Draper. Link.
Alne, North Yorkshire,
St. Mary the
Virgin. SE 4951 6534. © Graham
Pickles.
Interior view, and the
Kempe window, both © Kenneth Paver.
Another view, another of the
interior, animal-head
corbels, and the
font, and a carved
figure of a lady, presumably
originally from a tomb, all
© Chris Stafford (2014).
Link.
Grade I listed.
Alness, Highland, the Parish Church. © Martin
Briscoe.
Alnmouth, Northumberland,
St. John the Baptist (1876) on Northumberland
Street. NU 2465 1056. ©
David Gallimore. Interior view, ©
Richard Roberts (2019).
Link.
Grade II listed.
The
Methodist Church on
Chapel Lane was founded as Wesleyan in 1891. NU 2454 1083. © Peter Morgan (2009). Two further views - 1, 2. Both ©
David Gallimore (2009).
Link. Hanwick Hall, which Peter advises is "thought to have been Methodist". The same building can be seen from the
other side in this old photo. Notwithstanding this, I can find no web
text reference to Hanwick Hall, so can you confirm that it was indeed a Methodist Chapel? © Peter Morgan (2009). David Gallimore has sent a photo of
Hindmarsh Hall, which is evidently the same building as Hanwick Hall. Previously a granary and corn
exchange, it was converted to serve as a church in 1859, in which use it continued until 1876 when St. John was opened. © David Gallimore.
Link.
Alnwick, Northumberland.
Alperton, Greater London - see the
Greater London page.
Alphamstone, Essex, St. Barnabas. Three interiors - 1,
2, 3, a
window, and the font. All © Chris Stafford (2013).
Link.
Grade I listed.
Alphington, Exeter, Devon - see the
Exeter page.
Arlesford, Essex, the ruins of St.
Peter, burnt down in a fire in 1971. The churchyard is still in use. The church
was replaced - St. Andrew and St.
Peter. TM 068 213. Both © Les Needham.
Alrewas, Staffordshire,
All Saints. Its
grade I listing dates it to the 13th century, replacing an earlier
one. SK 1677 1527. © Bruce Read.
Link.
Two tombs are listed separately at grade II.
Methodist Church
(originally Wesleyan) on Post Office Road, at SK 1701 15113. The town
Genuki entry
dates a Wesleyan chapel to 1805, enlarged in 1846. This must have been
on a different site, as a map of 1883 doesn't show a building at its
present position. A likely candidate is a Chapel marked south of Main
Street, east of the river, at circa SK 1672 1501. I can't tell if it
survives, as the map doesn't clearly indicate which building is being
labelled, and Streetview hasn't seen the area. © Bruce Read.
Another view, from
Streetview in 2009.
Link. The Millennium Memorial Chapel
at the National Memorial Arboretum,
interior view and
font, all © Dennis
Harper (2012).
Link,
and the NMA's website. The
former Primitive Methodist Chapel
on William IV Road (was Old School Lane). It pre-dates a map of 1883,
and is dated
here to 1829. It has been in use by the Scouts since at least the
early 1970's. SK 1716 1512. © Richard Roberts (2021).
Alsager, Cheshire.
Alsagers Bank, Staffordshire, St. John.
SJ 8048. © Geoff Pick.
Alsop en le Dale, Derbyshire,
St.
Michael and All Angels. Interior view. A
rather beautiful modern window.
SK 1601 5513. All © James Murray.
Link.
Grade II listed.
Alston,
Cumbria.
Alstone, Gloucestershire, St. Margaret.
Interior view. SO 98267 32457. Both © Aidan McRae Thomson.
Alstonefield, Staffordshire, St. Peter. © Bill
McKenzie. Interior view. The
Beresford family pew. Both ©
James Murray. Former Wesleyan
Chapel, rebuilt in 1879, and now a private residence. © James Murray.
Alswear, Devon, the former
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel.
It post-dates a map of 1889. SS 7254 2212.
© Chris Kippin (2022).
Altarnun, Cornwall,
St. Nonna. SX 2227 8134. © Bill Henderson.
Link.
Grade I listed.
The former
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel.
Its
grade II listing dates it to 1859. SX 2241 8110. © Bill Henderson. Wesley Cottage (or Digory
Isbell's Cottage). See the story
here. SX 219 805. © Paul E. Barnett (2018).
Altham, Lancashire, St. James. SD 771 331. © Philip Kapp.
Another view, three interior
views - 1,
2,
3; a
plaque has a brief history.
The Bishop's Chair is unique
in a parish church, all © Mike Berrell (2014).
Grade II* listed.
Althorpe, Lincolnshire, St. Oswald. © Dave
Hitchborne. Link.
Altmore, Co. Tyrone, Immaculate Conception (R.C.). H 641 689. © Gerard Close (2012).
Altnaharra, Highland, the parish church of
Altnaharra & Farr. © Bill Henderson.
Drawing © Catherine Tremper.
Alton, Hampshire.
Alton, Staffordshire.
Altofts, West Yorkshire,
St. Mary Magdalene. SE 3800 2382. © Bill
Henderson. Link. The
Methodist Church on Church
Road is dated 1929. The church is the smaller of the two buildings - the
larger is the Sunday School. It evidently had a predecessor on the same
site, as a map of 1852 shows a Wesleyan Chapel here. SE 3716 2354. © Bill Henderson.
The town also had a Primitive Methodist Chapel,
on Lock Lane, at SE 3805 2409. It was built after the 1852 map, and
before one of 1908, and was still active into the second half of the
last century, but it has been demolished and a house built on its
site (2023
Streetview). This
source dates the first Wesleyan chapel to 1833, and the P.M. to
1871. The cemetery off Church Road has or had two
Mortuary Chapels. I'm uncertain whether they have survived, as
Streetview hasn't seen them, and aerial views are obscured by trees. On
O.S. maps they show as Church of England at SE 3735 2378, and
Nonconformist at SE 3737 2379. The
cemetery entrance
as seen by Streetview in 2020 - the chapels stood to either side of the
pathway, CoE at left.
Alton, Hampshire, St. Lawrence. SU
717 396. © Chris Kippin. Link.
Grade I listed.
Alton Barnes, Wiltshire, St. Mary the Virgin. ©
Roger Jones. Two views © Ian Miller - 1,
2.
Link.
Alton Pancras, Dorset, St. Pancras. Interior view. Both ©
Marion Hall.
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Altrincham, Greater Manchester.
Alvanley, Cheshire,
St. John the Evangelist. SJ
4975 7408.
© Bruce Read. Link.
Grade II listed, wherein it's dated to 1860. Two tombs have separate
listings
here.
Alvaston, Derby, Derbyshire - see
Derby.
Alvechurch,
Worcestershire, St. Laurence.
Another view. SP 0266 7244. Both © Peter Morgan (2023). Link.
Grade II* listed. For the churchyard cross and a memorial, see
here. The Baptist
Chapel on Red Lion Street. SP 0278 7272. © Peter Morgan (2023).
Link.
St. Mary (R.C.) on School
Lane, and its interior
(taken through a window). This
source says that it's a former school, converted in about 1970. SP
0285 7228. Both © Peter Morgan (2023).
Link.
Alvediston, Wiltshire, St.
Mary. Sir Anthony
Eden is buried here.
Interior view. ST 9768 2395.
Link.
Grade II* listed. The former
Primitive Methodist Chapel.
Its My Primitive Methodist
entry dates it to 1894, with closure "by 1951". ST 9782 2354. It
also mentions two P.M. chapels in the village in 1844, but I've been
unable to locate either of these. All © Chris Kippin (2020).
Alveley, Shropshire,
St. Mary the Virgin. Another view and an
interior view. SO 759 842.
All © Peter Morgan (2009). Another view, three interior views - 1,
2, 3, the altar and
East Window, and the font; there are also traces of medieval
wall paintings. All © Dennis Harper (2013).
Grade II* listed.
Methodist Church (built as Primitive
Methodist, 1862). Another view. SO 762 842.
Both © Peter Morgan (2009 and 2019). Since Peter
took his first photo the chapel has closed, and after being used as a tea-room
(the sign
is visible almost side on to the left of the left-most window, in this
view, © Dennis Harper
[2013]) by 2019 it had become a community centre.
Alverstoke, Hampshire, St. Mary. From an
old postcard, Geoff Watt's Collection. Two modern views - 1, 2 - both ©
Kerry Marriott. Link.
Alvescot, Oxfordshire, St. Peter. © Brian J. Curtis. SP 274 045.
Alveston, Warwickshire, St. James. Interior view. The
Old Church. All © Aidan McRae Thomson. Link.
Alveston, Gloucestershire,
St. Helen (1885) on Gloucester Road. ST 6336
8749. © Phil Draper. Link.
Grade II listed.
For old St. Helen, see Rudgeway, below. The Methodist Church
stands on Wolfridge Ride, off Greenhill Road at ST 6325 8784. © Graeme
Harvey.
Link. The former Primitive Methodist Chapel
(1883) on The Down, which is now in residential use. ST 6292 8813. © Janet Gimber (2012).
The site of its
predecessor of 1854, which stood almost directly across the road.
© Janet Gimber (2020).
Link (for both P.M.'s).
Alvie, Highland,
Church of Scotland, near Loch Alvie. Its
Canmore
entry dates it to 1768, on the site of an earlier church. NH 8644 0935. © John Mackie.
The roofless
Rothiemurchus Old Parish Church stands in an isolated position
east of Alvie at NH 8857 0930. Not seen by Streetview, some photos can
be seen here.
Alvington, St. Andrew.
SO 6032 0069. ©
Graeme Harvey (2015).
Another view, © Janet
Gimber (2015).
Link.
Grade II listed.
Alvingham, Lincolnshire,
St. Adelwold, which stands on (or within) the
site of
Alvingham Priory. TF 3679 9132. © Dave Hitchborne.
Another view (in the
background - the nearer church is North Cockerington; they share the
same churchyard), three of the interior -
1,
2,
3, and the
font, all © David Regan
(2019). This
link claims that the dedication is unique in England.
Grade I listed. Methodist Church
(1836) on High Street, © Dave Hitchborne.
Link. The former Primitive
Methodist Chapel on Church Lane. The
My Primitive Methodists entry dates it to 1848. © David Regan
(2019).
Alvington,
Gloucestershire,
St. Andrew.
SO 6032 0069.
©
Graeme Harvey (2015).
Another view, © Janet Gimber (2015).
Link.
Grade II listed.
Alwalton, Cambridgeshire,
St. Andrew. TL 1335 9594. © Zoe Martin. Another
view, © Robin Peel. Link.
Grade I listed.
Older O.S. maps show a Wesleyan Methodist Chapel
on Church Street at TL 1342 9585. The National Archives
references documents pertaining to the chapel for the years
1884-1951. The bungalow on the site was seen by
Streetview in 2022 -
it's called Old Chapel 1826, so is presumably the converted
chapel, though there's nothing obvious to confirm this. However a photo
of the chapel in circa 1906 can be seen
here,
and shows what appears to be the same roof.
Alwington, Devon, St.
Andrew. SS 4047 2316. © Chris Kippin (2024).
Link.
Grade I listed. For related churchyard features, see
here.
Alwinton, Northumberland, St. Michael and
All Angels. NT 9240 0578. © Bill Henderson (2015). A comprehensive history
here.
Grade II* listed.
Alwoodley and Alwoodley Park, Leeds, West Yorkshire - see
Leeds.
Alyth, Perth & Kinross, the former South United Free Church, which now serves as the parish halls. © Kevin Price
(2012).
Am Baile (Eriskay), W. Isles, St. Michael (R.C.). © Carol Myers.
Link.
Amber Hill, Lincolnshire, the
former St. John the Baptist of 1867-1995, which is now in residential use. TF
2189 4735.
Link1.
Link2.
Grade II listed. The former
Primitive Methodist Chapel. Its My Primitive Methodists
entry provides dates of 1892-1971, and advises of
an earlier chapel of 1843. TF 2331 4594. Both
© David Regan (2020).
Ambergate, Derbyshire,
St. Anne. SK 3479
5144. © James Murray.
Link. The former
Methodist Chapel
on Newbridge Road and Derby Road. Built before 1880 as Wesleyan, it's now in
commercial use. SK 3485 5141. © Richard Roberts (2014). The present
Methodist Church is on Devonshire Street. Not well
seen by Streetview, the
church website has a clickable photo. SK 3491 5099.
Bethel Methodist Chapel is shown on a map of 1885, surveyed no later than
1879. A map from 1900 labels it as Free United Methodist. It continued in
active use into the second half of the last century. The house on the site today
has the same footprint, but whether it's the converted chapel, or a more recent
house is unclear - 2023
Streetview. SK 3487 5088.
Amberley,
West Sussex, St. Michael and All Angels on Church Street. Two views of the
interior -
1,
2,
wall paintings, and the
font. TQ 0278 1320. All ©
Chris Kippin (2023). The splendid Norman
chancel arch, © Christopher Skottowe (1961).
Link. The very short
grade I listing. The former
Congregational Chapel,
on Church Street, as seen by Streetview in 2022. It pre-dates a map of
1879, and is now in commercial use. TQ 0294 1316. The adjacent building
on its right also looks churchy, and is described in its
grade II listing as The Manse, presumably for the minister of
the chapel.
Amble, Northumberland,
St. Cuthbert. NU 2650 0445. © Bill Henderson.
Link.
Grade II listed, wherein its dated to 1870.
The churchyard walls are also listed as
grade II. All that remains of the cemetery buildings is this arch
(1878), which used to have a chapel to either
side. These were demolished in 1971. NU 2740 0445. © Peter Morgan (2009).
Grade II listed.
Sacred Heart & St. Cuthbert (R.C.),
off High Street at NU 2621 0439. © Peter
Morgan (2009).
Link
has an interior view. St. Mark (U.R.C., formerly Congregational)
on Wellwood Street. NU 2641 0432. © Peter Morgan (2009).
Link.
Trinity Methodist Church
on Percy Street and Leslie Drive. NU 2685 0457. © Peter Morgan (2009).
Link.
Ambleside, Cumbria.
Ambleston, Pembrokeshire, St. Mary. SN 001 258.
© Mike Berrell (2010).
Ambrosden, Oxfordshire,
dedicated to St. Mary the Virgin (C). Two
additional views - 1,
2. SP 602 193. All © David Regan
(2019).
Link1. Link2.
Grade II* listed.
Amcotts, Lincolnshire, St. Mark. © Dave
Hitchborne. Link.
Amersham & Amersham Old Town, Buckinghamshire.
Amesbury, Wiltshire,
the Abbey Church of St. Mary and St. Melor.
SU 1518 4143. From an old
postcard (franked 1905) in Steve Bulman's Collection. A
modern view, taken from an
almost identical position, © Chris Kippin.
Another view,
© Karel Kuča (2011). Link.
Grade I listed. Baptist
Church and Centre on Butterfield Drive. SU 1681 4125. © Chris Kippin
(2020). Link.
Christ the King (R.C.) on
Lords Croft. SU 1556 4173. © Chris Kippin (2020).
Link. The
Methodist Church stands on High Street at SU 1537
4152. Originally Wesleyan, it was seen by
Streetview in 2021.
Link. Amesbury Cemetery has, or used to have, a
Mortuary Chapel. I don't know if it has survived, as Streetview hasn't
been passed, but it was at SU 1505 4118.
Amlwch,
Isle of Anglesey, dedicated to St. Eleth. The Catholic church Our
Lady of the Sea. Both © Bill McKenzie.
Methodist Church on Wesley Street,
dating from 1832. It was built to serve English miners and their families, who
had come to Amlwch to work in the massive copper mine on Parys Mountain. © Keith
Alexander.
Ammanford, Carmarthenshire.
Amotherby, North Yorkshire, St. Helen. © Bill
Henderson.
Ampfield, Hampshire, St. Mark.
Another view, and the
interior. SU 4065 2351. All ©
Chris Kippin (2022).
Link.
Grade II listed - which dates it to 1838-41.
Ampleforth, North Yorkshire,
St. Hilda.
Another view, the blocked Norman
north doorway, two of the interior
- 1,
2, and the
font. SE 5830 7864. All
© Chris Stafford (2013).
Link.
Grade II listed.
Abbey of St. Laurence (Ampleforth
Abbey) was designed by Sir G. G. Scott, and built 1922-4. It stands a
little way east of the village at SE 5981 7884. © David Regan (2011). Link.
Grade I listed. Our Lady and
St. Benedict (R.C.). SE 5845 7871. © David Regan (2011). The village has two former Methodist Chapels -
a Wesleyan
(SE 5856 7877)
and a Primitive Methodist
of 1854 (SE 5811 7871), both © David Regan (2012).
Ampney Crucis, Gloucestershire, Church of
the Holy Rood.
SP 0650 0190.
© Graeme Harvey.
Link.
Ampney St. Mary, Gloucestershire, dedicated to St. Mary.
SP 0756
0154.
© Aidan McRae Thomson. Another view,
interior view, and one of many fragments of wall paintings, all © Chris
Stafford (2013). Link.
Grade I listed.
Ampney St. Peter, Gloucestershire, St.
Peter.
SP 0818
0152.
© Graeme Harvey.
Amport, Hampshire,
St. Mary.
SU 299 442. © Les Needham.
Another view,
© Chris Kippin.
Link.
Grade II* listed. The former
Primitive Methodist Chapel on Sarson Lane, now converted to residential use.
Some older maps show the chapel as being in a hamlet called Sarson. The My
Primitive Methodists
entry gives a building date of 1846.
Another view. SU 3070 4457. Both © Chris Kippin (2020). Another view,
© Chris Kippin.
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Ampthill, Bedfordshire.
Ampton, Suffolk,
St. Peter & St. Paul on New Road.
Mainly of the 14th and 15 centuries, there were restorations in the mid-19th
century and in 1889. TL 866 711. From an old postcard in Reg Dosell's Collection.
A modern view, © Richard Roberts
(2017). Link.
Grade I listed.
Amroth, Pembrokeshire, St. Elidyr. From an old
postcard in Steve Bulman's Collection. A modern view. © Peter Morgan (2011). Another
view, and two interior views - 1, 2, all © Mike Berrell (2011). The
former Ebenezer Independent Chapel (1867), for sale in 2011. Interior view
(taken through a window). SN 165 071. Both © Mike Berrell (2011).
Amulree, Perth & Kinross, the Amulree and Strathbraan Parish Church (CoS, 1743). NN 899 366. © John Cannon.
Link1. Link2.
Grade B listed.
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