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Babbs
Green, Hertfordshire, former church. © Bill McKenzie. Janet Gimber advises that this was Wesleyan Methodist.
Babcary, Somerset, Holy Cross, on Church
Street. Its
grade II* listing advises of a Saxon foundation.
ST 5614 2878. A number of churchyard monuments have separate
listings - they can be found
here. The former Wesleyan Methodist
Chapel on Main Street pre-dates a map of 1886, and it went out of use in
1965 or soon after (source).
The same source also suggests that the part of the chapel furthest from the
camera in Chris's photo may be of a chapel noted in 1811, with the rest of it
from a later enlargement. ST 5636 2870. Both © Chris Kippin (2020).
Babingley, Norfolk, St. Mary and St. Felix (1880, as a Mission Church, now British Orthodox).
Another view. Both © Chris Stafford (2014). Link.
Babraham, Cambridgeshire,
St. Peter. The church contains a fine monument, and a
lovely modern stained glass window. TL
5096 5053. All © John
Salmon. Two interior views - 1,
2, and the
font, all
© Chris Stafford (2013).
Link.
Grade I listed.
Babworth, Nottinghamshire,
All Saints. Two additional views -
1,
2. All © David Regan (2016).
This postcard has one interior and 2 exterior views - © Chris Cole (whose company publishes the postcard).
Link1.
Link2.
Bache Mill, Shropshire, the former
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel. Another
view. Dates of 1879 to "between 1941 and 1964" from
here. SO
5025 8606. Both © Chris Kippin (2020).
Backwell, Somerset, St. Andrew. ST 49308
68332. © Andrew Ross. Four additional views -
1, 2,
3, 4,
the porch, two of the grotesques -
1,
2, the golden cockerel weather-vane, a
carving of St. Andrew towards the top
of the tower, two interior views - 1,
2, the
chancel and
screen,
side chapel, a
tomb, the
pulpit, two windows -
1,
2, and the
list of incumbents (which goes back to
1202), all © Carole Sage (2016 and 2017).
Grade I listed. Wesleyan Zion Chapel
(1853), © Graeme Harvey.
Another view, © Carole Sage (2016).
Baptist Church. ST 497 693. © Carole
Sage (2016). Link.
Backbarrow,
Cumbria, Hebron Hall (Open Brethren) on Brow Edge Road. © Kevin Price (2020).
Link.
Backworth, Tyne & Wear, St. John the Baptist.
© Bill Henderson.
Bacton,
Herefordshire, St. Faith. Another view,
two of the interior - 1,
2, two windows -
1,
2, the
altar, and the
font.
The Bacton Altar
Cloth was identified in 2016 as a very probable survival of part of a dress
of Elizabeth I. Chris's photo pre-dates this discovery; the cloth displayed in
the church now is a copy. (link1,
link2). The monument to
Blanche Parry. SO 3709
3238. All © Chris Stafford (2015).
Link1.
Link2.
Grade II* listed.
Bacton,
Norfolk, St. Andrew on Church Road, largely C14. The
interior. TG 335 336. Both © Richard
Roberts (2018). Link.
Grade I listed.
Baptist Church. © Geoff Watt.
Bacton, Suffolk, St. Mary. From an old
postcard in Reg Dosell's Collection. A
modern view, hammer-beam roof,
carved bench-ends, and the
font. All © Iris Maeers.
Link.
Grade I listed.
Bacup, Lancashire.
Badby, Northamptonshire, St. Mary the Virgin. © Aidan McRae Thomson. Two additional views -
1,
2, three interior views -
1,
2, 3, sedilia and piscina, the
pulpit, and the
font, all © John Bowdler (2013).
Link.
Grade II* listed. U.R.C., ©
John Bowdler (2013).
Badcaul, Highland. Howard
Richter advises of 2 churches hereabouts. The Church of Scotland is active, and
stands at NH 0190 9194. A study of old maps shows that it was a United Free
Church in 1906. It can be see
here on Streetview in 2010, with an old whitewashed schoolroom to the left,
and to its right the church, and the manse with purple woodwork beyond. There is
also a former Free Church - a tin tabernacle - at NH 0185 9200. Shown on
Streetview
here, in 2010. Some interior photos are available
here.
Baddeley Edge, Staffordshire, Ebenezer Baptist Chapel (1860).
Methodist Church, originally Primitive Methodist. Both © Gervase N. E. Charmley (2009).
Baddesley Clinton,
Warwickshire, St. Michael. SP 2026 7136. © Aidan McRae Thomson. Three further views - 1, 2,
3, the main door (there is no porch), the
font, the colourful tomb of Sir Edward Ferrers, and an
unusual inscription
recording building works, all © John Bowdler (2011).
Another view, two
interiors - 1,
2, the
pulpit and the
East window, all © Dennis Harper
(2015). A plaque implies
that the church was at one time dedicated to St. James - this is confirmed by
old maps, e.g. the 6" O.S. map of 1906. © Dennis Harper (2015).
Grade II* listed. Baddesley Clinton House (a National Trust property) has an
internal chapel - two views, 1,
2. SP 2002 7148. Both ©
Janet Gimber (2019).
Link.
St. Francis of Assisi
(R.C., 1870). SP 2079 7242. © Aidan McRae Thomson.
Link.
Baddiley, Cheshire,
St. Michael. An unusual building, Chris explains:- "As
is quite usual, the responsibility for repair of the chancel and nave are quite
separate, though not always as visually striking as this. (Background: The
rector was responsible for the chancel, and the parish for the nave. Sometimes
for historical reasons a particular house in a village inherits the
responsibility for repair of the chancel. A recent case in the papers (Aston Cantlow v Warwick) concerned a house-owner who found herself landed
with a hefty bill for repair of the chancel. Baddiley church is no different from other churches concerning respective responsibilities". See also the
Hinderwell, North Yorkshire entry. The chancel is timber-framed. Normally
closed, but open on Saturdays from April onwards. SJ 6051 5035. Both © Chris Emms (2010).
Two additional views - 1,
2, both © Karel Kuča
(2019).
Link.
Grade I listed.
Badersfield, Norfolk, St. Edward. Although now CoE, it originally served as a Catholic church for the personnel
from RAF Coltishall. © Gervase N. E. Charmley.
Badger, Shropshire, St. Giles. SO 768 996. © Roy
Graham. Two further views - 1, 2, two interior views -
1, 2, and the very unusual font,
all © Dennis Harper (2011). Link. Grade II listed -
link.
Badgeworth, Gloucestershire,
Holy Trinity. Another
view, and an interior view.
SO 9015 1922. All © Rosemary Groves (2010). The lych-gate, © Graeme Harvey (2012).
Link.
Grade I listed.
Badgworth, Somerset, St. Congar (a unique
dedication) on Church Lane. Another view,
and the porch, with sun-dial, the latter
added to commemorate the Queen's silver jubilee in 1977. ST 39584 52617. All ©
Carole Sage (2018).
Link.
Grade II listed. A 2011
photo shows the church before the render was added.
Badlesmere, St. Leonard.
Another view. Two bench ends -
1,
2, which Dave advises date to no
later than 1415. All © Dave Godden.
Link1.
Link2.
Badsey, Worcestershire, St. James. Interior view. SP 0709
4312. Both
© Chris Kippin.
Link. For
those interested in researching their family history, "St. James Church, Badsey,
Worcestershire - Registers and Monumental Inscriptions" can be downloaded
here (pdf). It also contains numerous photos of the church.
Grade II* listed.
Badsworth, West Yorkshire, St.
Mary. Former Wesleyan Chapel, now
a private residence. Both © Bill Henderson.
Badwell Ash, Suffolk, St. Mary.
Four interior views - 1,
2,
3,
4, a roof
angel, and the
font. TL 9895 6898. All
© Chris Stafford (2012).
Link1. Link2.
Grade I listed.
Bag Enderby,
Lincolnshire, St. Margaret. Another view.
Interior view. The
font. One of Simon Jenkin's "Thousand Best
Churches". TF 349 721. All © Mike Berrell.
Link.
Bagby, North Yorkshire,
St. Mary. Interior view.
Its
grade II listing dates it to 1862, and the design (which, to say the least,
is unusual) is by
E.B. Lamb. SE 4634 8063. Both ©
Kenneth Paver. Two additional views - 1,
2, another
interior, the
altar and the
font, all © Chris Stafford (2013).
Link. The
25" O.S. map of 1912 marks a Wesleyan Methodist Chapel,
at SE 4657 8057. It pre-dates a map of 1856, and appears to have still been
active in 1956 when a map of that vintage labels it as Chap., at which
time it was presumably Methodist. Seen
here by the Streetview van
in 2011, it's now called The Old Chapel, and presumably in residential
use.
Bagenalstown, Co. Carlow, St.
Andrew (R.C.). The remains of
Wells Church. Both © Liam Murphy.
Link.
Bagendon, Gloucestershire,
St. Margaret. SP 0113 0665. © Mark Turbott.
Grade I listed.
Bagillt, Flintshire.
Baginton, Warwickshire, St. John the Baptist.
© James King. Another
view, altar two interior views -
1,
2, the
font,
pulpit,
eagle lectern, fragments
of painting on wall and
ceiling, and two windows -
1,
2, all © John Bowdler (2012).
The graveyard has the graves of seven
Polish airmen, who died in WWII when their plane crashed. © John Bowdler
(2012). This blocked doorway is
unusual in having re-used a window. © John Bowdler (2012).
Baglan, Neath Port Talbot.
Bagnall, Staffordshire, St. Chad. © Gervase N. E. Charmley (2009).
Link.
Bagshot, Surrey, St. Anne. From an old postcard in Reg Dosell's Collection, and previously in the "Unknown" section, since
"Reigate" had been hand-written on the back. Thanks to Janet Gimber for discovering the real location.
Link.
Bagthorpe, Norfolk,
the redundant St. Mary the Virgin (medieval, restored 1853-4).
Interior view. TF 7957 3221. Both © Richard Roberts (2015).
Another view, another of the
interior, a
window, and the
font, all © Chris Stafford (2014).
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Baguley, Wythenshawe, Manchester, Greater Manchester - see
Wythenshawe.
Bagworth,
Leicestershire, the site of Holy Rood. The original medieval church was
demolished in 1968 because of subsidence associated with coal mining. It was
replaced by a concrete building, but also incorporating some of the old fabric.
This too has since been demolished, and the churchyard still has some surviving
walls. The photo shows what seems to be a Norman arch encased in the later
concrete. © David Regan (2017).
Link, which has illustrations and photos of both churches.
Baildon, West Yorkshire.
Bainbridge, North Yorkshire,
Methodist Chapel, built as Wesleyan in 1836. Two additional views -
1, 2, and the date-stone. SD 933 901. All ©
Howard Richter (2013). Howard has advised (2018) that the church was closed in
July 2017 (news
story), and that services are now held in the nearby Sycamore Hall (link).
Friends Meeting House (1936). SD 934 904. © James Murray. Three additional views -
1, 2, 3, all ©
Howard Richter (2013). Grade II listed. The former
Congregational Chapel (1864) now in residential use. Another view.
SD 934 901. Both © Howard Richter (2013).
Sale notice (with
interior photos).
Bainton, Cambridgeshire,
St. Mary.
TF 0945 0605. © Marion Hall. Another view,
three of the interior - 1,
2,
3, and the
font, all
© David Regan (2019).
The porch,
chancel, and a fine
memorial, all © Chris Stafford
(2015).
Link.
Grade I listed.
Bainton, East Riding of Yorkshire,
St. Andrew. SE 9651 5236. © Bill Henderson. An
old postcard view (franked 1906) from
Christopher Skottowe's Collection.
Grade I listed. The
Methodist Church on Dead Lane. SE
9639 5241. © James Murray. A former Primitive Methodist
Chapel stands on West End (this was previously also part of Dead Lane,
before it was bisected by the A614. It can be seen on a 2010 Streetview
here. Its My Primitive
Methodist
entry dates it to 1837. SE 9631 5241. Old maps show that the village also
had a Wesleyan Chapel, at SE 9631 5234. It
pre-dates the 25" O.S. map of 1910, and was probably demolished to allow for the
building of the Back Street access road, off the A614. It stood about where the
road starts to curve to the right in this
Streetview.
Bakewell, Derbyshire.
Bala, Gwynedd.
Balbriggan, Co. Dublin, St.
Peter & St. Paul (R.C.).
© Aidan McRae Thomson.
Link. St. George (CoI). From an old postcard in Reg Dosell's collection.
Link.
Balby, South Yorkshire, St. John the
Evangelist.
Sacred Heart (R.C.). Both ©
Bill Henderson. Alder Grove Methodist
Church on Warmsworth Road. Map evidence indicates that it was built between
1930 and 1937. SE 560 011. © Howard Richter (2016).
Link.
Balcombe, West Sussex, St. Mary. TQ 3070 3091. ©
Kevin Gordon.
Another view, and the
interior, both
© Chris Kippin (2022). Link.
Grade I listed (ignore the photo!).
Bramble Hall on Bramble Hill is,
or stands on the site of, a Congregational Church.
TQ 3089 3060. © Chris Kippin (2022).
Baldersby St. James, North Yorkshire,
St. James. Its
grade I listing dates it to 1856-8. SE 3662 7696. © Bill Henderson. Interior
view, © Steve Bulman. Another view,
two more interiors - 1,
2, a
window and the
font, all © Chris Stafford (2014).
Link.
Baldersdale, Co. Durham,
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, dating from 1861. NY 9487 1942. © Steve Bruce. A map
of 1893 shows a Chapel of Ease & School at NY 9465 1930. By the time of a
1912 map, it had become just School. It was a "Field Centre" in 2012,
used by a Middlesbrough school (source).
Exactly which of the group of buildings was the chapel is not apparent from the
map, so here are two 2009 Streetviews -
1,
2.
Balderstone,
Lancashire, St. Leonard (1852-4).
Another view. SD 631 323. Both
© John
Balaam (2019).
Link.
Grade II listed.
Balderton, Nottinghamshire,
St. Giles. Another view. The church has a fine
Norman doorway, the inner order having beakhead decoration.
SK 8200 5158. All © Chris Stafford (2012).
Interior view, © Tim Hollinghurst
(2011). Link.
Grade I listed.
Methodist Church on Main
Street. SK 8690 6318. © David Regan (2020).
Link.
Grade II listed. Old maps show a Primitive
Methodist Chapel on Pinfold Lane at SK 8193 5149. Its
2009 Streetview
reveals two adjacent buildings, which the My Primitive Methodists
entry date to 1862 and 1889, the latter presumably the larger.
Another Chapel is shown on Town Street,
east of St. Giles. It stands at SK 8211 5159, and now serves as the
library. It can be seen on a 2009 Streetview
here. I haven't been
able to confirm the denomination.
Baldhu, Cornwall,
the former St. Michael and All Angels (1847), now a private residence.
Another view. SW 7720 4317. Grade II* listed.
Baldhu Christian Chapel was built as Wesleyan in 1889.
Another view. SW 7784 4262.
Grade II listed.
Billy Bray's Chapel (Methodist, built as Bible Christian in 1835) at Kerley Down. SW 7649 4370. Link.
Grade II listed. All © Paul E. Barnett (2014).
Baldock, Hertfordshire.
Baldrine, Isle of Man, Methodist Church, built as Primitive Methodist in 1885, replacing a nearby chapel of 1843,
which is still in use as a parish hall. SC 427 810. © Martin Richter (2013). Link.
Bale, Norfolk, All Saints on Field
Dalling Road. Interior view. TG 011
367. Both © Richard Roberts (2015).
Link.
Balham, Greater London - see the
London page.
Baliasta, Unst, Shetland, the ruins of Baliasta Kirk, formerly Hillside Free Church.
Last used in 1959. Two additional view - 1, 2. All © Tim Flitcroft (2013).
Balintore, Highland, United Free Church of Scotland. John advises that active United Free Church congregations are few
and far between in the Highlands. NH 865 755. © John Mackie.
Ballachulish, Highland.
Ballaghaderreen, Co. Roscommon, The Cathedral
Church of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Nathy. (R.C.). Two further views - 1,
2. Link.
All from old postcards in Reg Dosell's
Collection.
Ballaghmeehan, Co. Leitrim, St. Aidan (R.C.). G 928 474. © Gerard Close (2012).
Ballater, Aberdeenshire, Glenmuick Church (CoS)
on Church Square. NO 3699 9576. ©
Bill McKenzie. Two further views - 1, 2, and an
interior view, all © Alan Blacklock.
Link.
St. Nathalan (R.C.) on Golf
Road, as seen by Streetview in 2021. Screened by vegetation, it's better seen
here, where it's dated to 1905. It's labelled as St. Nathalian on some O.S.
maps. NO 3668 9562. St.
Kentigern (Episcopal) on Braemar Road and Provost Craig Road, as seen by
Streetview in 2022. It's dated
here to 1907, originally called St Saviour, and successor to an iron church
of 1897. NO 3685 9597.
Link.
Ballee, Co. Antrim, Presbyterian Church. D 106 014. Baptist Church. D 093
008. Both © Gerard Close.
Ballerin, Co. Derry, St. Mary (R.C.).
C 805 198. © Gerard Close (2010).
Ballidon, Derbyshire,
the derelict All Saints, which displays "dangerous structure" notices.
Another view. SK 2038 5444. Both ©
James Murray. Interior view, © Iain
Taylor (2016). Link1.
Link2.
Grade II listed.
Ballieston, Glasgow - see the
City of Glasgow page.
Ballina,
Co. Mayo, Cathedral of St. Muredach (R.C.1827).
Interior view.
Link.
St. Michael. All © John Balaam
(2016).
Ballinaloob, Co. Antrim, Gospel
Hall. D 036 212. © Gerard Close.
Ballinamallard, Co. Fermanagh,
Church of Ireland. H263 527.
Methodist Church. H 265 528. Both © Gerard Close.
Ballinasloe, Co. Galway, St. Michael (R.C.). Another view. Both from old
postcards in Reg
Dosell's Collection.
Ballindalloch, Moray, Inveravon Parish Church, north of the village.
Pictish carved stones. The church is
dated
here to 1806, successor to a church of 1568 on the same site. Its
grade B listing dates it to 1808, and says that some fabric from the earlier
church was incorporated in the present building. NJ 1828 3762. Both © Peter Morgan
(2021).
Canmore entry.
Ballinderry, Co. Antrim,
Middle Church (CoI). © Jack Storey, Monaghan Genealogy Specialist.
Upper Parish Church (CoI, 1824). J 158 673. ©
Gerard Close (2012). St. Mary
(R.C., 1853). J 141 659. © Gerard Close (2015).
Ballinderry, Co. Derry, St. John (CoI). St. Patrick (R.C., 1843). H 934
811. Both © Gerard Close.
Ballindine, Co. Mayo, St. Joseph
(R.C., 1884). M 368 692.
© Gerard Close (2017). Link.
Ballinger, Buckinghamshire,
St. Mary Mission Hall (1873). SP 9104 0323. © Les Needham.
Ballingham,
Herefordshire, the former St Dubricius.
© Janet Gimber (2017).
Grade II* listed.
Ballinode, Co. Monaghan. © Jack Storey.
Ballintoy, Co. Antrim, Parish Church (CoI).
D 039 450. © Gerard Close (2011). St.
Mary and St. Joseph (R.C.). D 043 445. © Gerard Close (2014).
Gospel Hall. D 046 445. ©
Gerard Close (2014).
Ballintra, Co. Donegal, St. Brigid
(R.C.). Link.
Drumholm Parish Church (CoI).
Methodist Church. All © Graeme
Harvey.
Ballintubber (also Ballintober),
Mayo, the Abbey (R.C.). © Len Brankin.
Link1.
Link2.
Balloch,
West Dunbartonshire, Alexandria Parish Church, on Lomond Drive.
Link. St. Kessog (R.C.) on Balloch Road,
and the adjacent Church Hall.
Link. Jamestown Parish Church on Mains Street, Jamestown, and the hall.
Link. All © Jim Parker (2014).
Ballyalbany, Co. Monaghan, Presbyterian Church. H 674 353. © Jack
Storey. Another view, showing the results of renovation or re-decoration, © Gerard Close (2015).
Ballybay, Co. Monaghan, Christ Church (Church of
Ireland). © Jack Storey.
Ballybrack,
Co. Donegal, St. Mary. From an old postcard in Reg Dosell's Collection. Although
the postcard gives the location as Moville (under which this entry was
previously listed), Ben Palmer has advised that the present Parish Church is St.
Pius, built in 1953 in Moville town centre. The old parish church is St. Mary, a
couple of miles away in Ballybrack, which is still commonly used for marriages
and burials. A
modern view. © Ben Palmer.
Ballybunion, Co. Kerry, Catholic Church. From an old postcard in Reg Dosell's Collection.
Ballycairn, Co. Antrim, Presbyterian Church (1926). J 323 665. © Gerard Close (2015).
Ballycarroll, Co. Laois, Holy Trinity (CoI).
© Liam Murphy.
Link.
Ballycarry, Co. Antrim, Old Meeting House (Presbyterian). © unitarian.co.uk. This, and many other old engravings on this website, are reproduced from the downloadable books on the Unitarian Church Headquarters website
here. The books are Pictures of Unitarian Churches by Emily Sharpe (1901) and the 1914 edition of
Nonconformist Church
Architecture by Ronald P. Jones M.A, (Oxon), and the images are reproduced by kind permission of James Barry of Unitarian Church Headquarters.
My appreciation also to Mike Berrell for his efforts in this regard.
Ballycastle, Co. Antrim, Holy
Trinity (CoI).
Link. Catholic Church. Both ©
Alastair Cameron.
Ballyclare, Co. Antrim.
Ballyclog, Co. Antrim, St. Patrick (CoI). D 137 014. © Gerard Close.
Ballyclog, Co. Tyrone, St. Patrick (CoI). C 868 586. Ruined Church (opposite
St. Patrick). Both © Gerard Close.
Ballycotton, Co. Cork, Star of the Sea (R.C.). Interior view.
Link. Nearby is a former Church of Ireland
church. All © Graeme Harvey.
Ballydonoghue, Co. Kerry, St. Teresa.
Previously in the "Unknown" section. Cathy Umbers, on behalf of a
friend, was hoping to get an identification for a church in County Kerry, probably near
Lixnaw (though it definitely isn't Luxnaw church itself). Although they obtained
the identification though other sources, I'm glad to be able to include the
solution here.
Ballyeaston, Co. Antrim, the
Second Presbyterian Church. First Presbyterian Church. Both © Jack
Storey. Since the previous photo was taken, some years ago, a new vestibule has
been added. New photo © John
Waugh (2010). Link.
Ballyeglish, Co. Derry, St. Matthias (CoI). H 894 841. © Gerard Close.
Ballyferriter, Co.
Kerry, Gallarus Oratory. It's true purpose and date have been subject to much
speculation.
Link. The ruins of
Kilmalkedar Church.
Link. Both © Christopher Skottowe (1965).
Ballygar, Co. Galway, St. Mary (R.C.,
1857). M 786 526. © Gerard Close (2017).
Link.
Ballygawley, Co. Tyrone, Presbyterian Church. H 625 576. Church of
Ireland. H 624 577. Immaculate Conception (R.C.). H 629 573. All © Gerard Close.
Ballygilbert, Co. Down, Presbyterian Church (1842). J. 453 807. © Gerard Close (2011).
Ballygoney, Co. Derry, Presbyterian Church. H 867 778. © Gerard Close (2012).
Ballygowan, Co. Down, Presbyterian
Church. © Jack Storey.
Ballykeel, Co. Antrim, Presbyterian Church. D 115 025. © Gerard Close.
Ballykelly, Co. Derry, Tamlaghfinlagan
Parish Church (CoI). C 634 226. Presbyterian Church (1827). C 631 223. Both ©
Gerard Close (2010).
Ballykinlar, Co. Down, St. Patrick and
St. Joseph (R.C.) at North Tyrella. © Len Brankin.
Ballylaggan, Co. Derry, Reformed Presbyterian Church. H 881 249. © Gerard Close.
Ballylinney, Co. Antrim, Presbyterian Church (1835). J 292 891. © Gerard Close (2011).
Ballylintagh, Co. Derry, Gospel Hall. © Gerard Close.
Ballymacash, Co. Antrim, Emmanuel Baptist Church (1989). J 238 660.
St. Mark (CoI, 1975). J 245 568. Link. The original St. Mark is
now the Reformed Presbyterian Church, and dates originally from 1892. J 246 659.
Elmwood Presbyterian Church. J 245 657. Link. All © Gerard Close (2013).
Ballymacilroy, Co. Tyrone, St.
Malachy (R.C.). H 602 592. © Gerard Close (2011).
Ballymagerney, Co. Armagh, Free
Presbyterian Church. H 914 542. © Gerard Close.
Ballymagorry, Co. Tyrone, St.
Patrick (CoI, 1816). C 366 014. © Gerard Close (2018).
Ballymaguigan, Co. Londonderry,
St. Trea (R.C). © Murray Lynn.
Ballymartin, Co. Down, St. Joseph (R.C.). J 342 167. © Gerard Close (2011).
Ballymascanlan, Co. Louth, St. Mary (CoI). J 060 105. © Gerard Close
(2012).
Ballymena, Co. Antrim.
Ballymenoch, Argyll & Bute, the ruins of
the chapel. © Martin Briscoe.
Ballymoney, Co. Antrim.
Ballymote, Co. Sligo, Emlaghfad Parish Church (CoI). G
662 157. Immaculate Conception (R.C., 1864). G 659 156. Both © Gerard Close (2013).
Just outside the town are the ruins of a
Dominican Abbey of 1488. G 622
136. © Gerard Close (2016).
Ballynafie, Co. Antrim, The Mission Hall. D 007 018. © Gerard Close.
Ballynahinch,
Co. Down, St. Patrick (R.C., 1812). J 366 522.
Methodist Church. J 362 527.
Both © Gerard Close (2016).
Ballynakelly, Co. Tyrone, Mission Hall (1893). H 851 645. © Gerard Close.
Ballynanny, Co. Tyrone, Methodist Church (1932). H 623 555. © Gerard Close (2010).
Ballynure, Co. Antrim, Presbyterian Church. © Jack Storey, Monaghan Genealogy Specialist.
Link. Christ Church (CoI, 1856). J 314 936. © Gerard Close
(2015). The ruins of the earlier (1602) church, where Jonathan Swift spent some years as prebendary, stand
adjacent. © Gerard Close (2015). Methodist Church (1846). J 316 933. © Gerard Close (2015).
Ballyreagh, Co. Tyrone, Presbyterian Church. H 651 596. © Gerard Close.
Ballyroney, Co. Down, the Presbyterian
Church. © Jack Storey.
Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal, St. Patrick (R.C.). Another view. Both © Graeme Harvey. An old postcard view,
from Reg Dosell's Collection. Interior
view, © Joseph Cantwell.
Killbarron Parish Church (CoI). © Graeme Harvey. Former Presbyterian Church - services ceased in 2007.
G 873 615. © Gerard Close. St. Joseph (R.C.), known locally as St. Josephs the Rock. G 871 611. © Gerard Close.
Ballysadare, Co. Sligo, The Roman Catholic Oratory at St. Mary's College. G 666
291. Holy Trinity (CoI, 1840). G 667 295.
St. Brigid (R.C.). G
651 289. All © Gerard Close (2012).
Ballywatt, Co. Antrim, Presbyterian Church (1895). C 904 359. © Gerard Close (2011).
Ballyweaney, Co. Antrim, Presbyterian Church (1842). D 068 216. © Gerard Close (2012).
Ballywillan, Co. Derry, Presbyterian Church. C 857 383. © Gerard Close.
Balmaclennan, Dumfries & Galloway, Balmaclennan & Kells Minster (CoS). © James Murray (2009).
Link.
Balquhidder, Stirling, the Auld Kirk
and the New Kirk (1855). The gravestone of Rob Roy
McGregor. NN 536 209. Both © Bill Henderson. Two additional views of the old kirk - 1,
2, two of the new - 1, 2,
another photo of Rob Roy McGregor's burial place, and a close-up of the
grave-marker, all © Dennis Harper (2013).
Another view of the old and
new kirks, and of a
plaque on the auld kirk, giving a
little history, all © Bill Henderson (2016).
Auld Kirk link.
New Kirk link.
Balsall Common, Warwickshire, St. Peter. Interior view. Both © Aidan McRae Thomson.
Link.
Balsall Heath,
Birmingham, West Midlands.
Balscote (Balscott in Pevsner),
Oxfordshire. Dedicated to St. Mary Magdalene. A very unusual church, the south
porch having a thin tower above. SP 390 418. © Steve Bulman.
Balsham,
Cambridgeshire, Holy Trinity (K) on Church Lane.
Another view.
TL 5879 5086. Both © David Regan (2019).
Another view, two interiors - 1,
2, and the
font with its flamboyant cover. There
is good stone and
wood carving. All
© Chris
Stafford (2014).
Link.
Grade I listed. For other listed features associated with the church, see
here. A Congregational Chapel is
marked on old maps, at TL 5865 5069. It pre-dated a map of 1886, and seems to
have remained in use until 1960 at least. This
source dates it to 1833. A 1910 photo of it is available
here, and its site can be seen on a
Streetview from 2016. The
same source also mentions a Primitive Methodist Chapel
of 1859-1896, but I haven't been able to locate it on maps of the period.
Balterley, Staffordshire, All Saints. © Chris Emms (2010).
Baltonsborough, Somerset, St.
Dunstan. ST 5416 3480.
Link.
Grade I listed. Part of the churchyard boundary wall
and a monument are listed separately, as
grade II and
grade II respectively. The former
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel. This
source
dates a Wesleyan Chapel here to 1844, but confusingly says it was to the west of
the crossroads, but old maps clearly show it east of the crossroads. ST 5430
3493. Both © Chris Kippin (2020). Old maps show a Moravian
Chapel east of the village, at ST 5493 3501. The same source already
quoted dates it to 1852, closed by 1955, and later converted to residential use.
It can be seen here on a
2009 Streetview.
Balvicar, Argyll & Bute (on Seil Island), Free Church. A photo of a photo, taken (with permission) by Alan Blacklock at
a small museum on Seil Island.
Balwest, Cornwall,
Methodist Chapel, built as Wesleyan. It has a date-stone for 1829. SW 5960 2996.
© Paul E. Barnett (2015).
Link. The
Tregonning Hill
Preaching Pit is to the south-east of the village,
at circa SW 6004 2983. John Wesley preached here. Its history and photos are
available
here.
Bamber Bridge, Lancashire.
Bamburgh, Northumberland,
St. Aidan, whose graveyard contains Grace
Darling's grave. NU 1784 3497. Both © Bill Henderson. Two interior views -
1, 2. Both © Peter Morgan (2009). Two further views -
1, 2, and an interior view,
all ©
David Gallimore (2009). Link.
Grade I listed. The churchyard wall and some
graveyard monuments are listed separately - they can be found
here. The remains of the
Chapel of St. Peter, within Bamburgh Castle. The
apse. Both © Steve Bulman.
Bamford, Derbyshire,
St. John the Baptist. SK 2076
8337. © Mike Berrell. Another view, and
the interior, both © Gervase N.
E. Charmley (2011).
Link.
Grade II* listed. The churchyard gateway and wall are also listed, as
grade II.
Methodist Church
(formerly Wesleyan), built 1821 and re-built in 1899. SK 2077 8364. © Mike
Berrell. Link.
Our Lady of Sorrows (R.C.). SK 2070
8376. © Mike Berrell. Link.
Grade II listed, which dates it to 1882.
Bampton, Cumbria,
St. Patrick. Two interior views - 1,
2, and the early font (on a modern stand). NY 5215 1804. All © Dennis
Harper (2012). Link.
Grade II* listed. The former
Wesleyan
Chapel (now a private residence). NY 5181 1768. © Philip Kapp.
Bampton, Devon,
St. Michael and All Angels. SS 9566 2224. © Chris Kippin (2023). Link.
Grade I listed. For the listed tombs, etc., see
here. A little way west of the village, O.S. maps mark
St. Luke's Chapel (Site of) at SS 9531 2240. It stood somewhere behind
the hedge seen on the right in a
2009 Streetview. The former
Bible Christian Chapel, now
The Old Chapel. Despite not showing on any available large scale O.S. maps,
this source places
it on Mary Lane, and dates it to 1862-2005. The 1" map of 1960 does show
it, at SS 9577 2223. A converted
Baptist Chapel (2009 Streetview) stands on Luke Street at SS 9564 2230. Now
Chapel House, this
source dates it to a re-build of 1860, on the site of a chapel of circa
1690.
Bampton, Oxfordshire,
St. Mary the Virgin, restored in 1867-9. Some scenes
from Downton Abbey were filmed here. SP 313 034. From an old
postcard in Steve Bulman's Collection (frank unclear, perhaps 1911 or 1914). A modern view, © Marion Hall.
Three additional views - 1,
2, 3,
four interior views - 1,
2,
3,
4, the
altar, and the
font, which is described in the church
guide as having a C19 bowl on a C14 base, all © Dennis Harper (2015).
Link.
Grade I listed.
Banagher (R.C.), Co. Derry. © Mark Lusby.
Presbyterian Church. C 610 057. ©
Gerard Close (2010).
Banbridge, Co. Down.
Banbury, Oxfordshire
Banchory, Aberdeenshire, Banchory Ternan West Church (CoS)
on High Street and Mount Street. It's labelled on a map of 1903 as South U.F.
Church. NO 6945 9574. © Alan Blacklock.
Link.
Category C listed - dates it to 1879-85.
St. Ternan (Episcopal) stands just
a few yards to the west, on High Street. NO 6941 9575. © Alan Blacklock. A short
distance from Banchory Ternan West Church, on Mount Street and Watson Street, is
the former North U.F. Church,
seen by Streetview in 2022. NO 6946 9580. Category
C listed. Banchory Ternan East Church (CoS)
stands at the east end of town on Station Road, at NO 7069 9585. It was seen by
Streetview in 2009.
Link. Its very brief
Category B listing dates it to 1824.
St. Columba (R.C.) on High
Street, as seen by Streetview in 2022. It's dated
here to 1931.
Bancyfelin, Carmarthenshire,
Capel Bankyfelin (Presbyterian). The date-stone
has dates 1788, 1865, and 1936. SN 3231 1798. Both
©
Peter Morgan (2011).
Link.
Coflein.
Bandon, Co. Cork, Methodist Church.
From the postcard collection of Graeme Harvey.
Banff,
Aberdeenshire.
Bangor, Co. Down.
Bangor, Gwynedd.
Bangor-is-y-coed, Wrexham, St. Dunawd.
Link. Presbyterian Chapel.
Former Chapel, now called "Chapel House".
This was originally
Independent. Old maps show it as such in 1873. It seems to have ceased
being used for worship many years ago - it isn't marked on an O.S. map of 1899.
SJ 3892 4550. All © Gerard Charmley (2010).
Bangors, Cornwall, the
former Methodist Chapel (originally United Methodist Free), as seen by
Streetview in 2014. There's a date-stone on the right (east) side for
Methodist Free Church 1840. It's still marked as active on a map of 1961,
surveyed from 1957 onwards. An old photo is available
here. SW 2082 9951.
Bankend, Dumfries & Galloway,
Caerlaverock Church of Scotland.
Another view. NY 025 692. Both © Steve Bulman (2015).
Grade B listed.
Bankfoot,
Perth & Kinross, the ruins of Auchtergaven and Moneydie Parish Church (aka
Bankfoot Church) on Cairneyhill Road. It was destroyed by fire in 2004, and has
since been replaced by a new church on Tulliebelton Road - photos can be found
on their website. A local informant
told Tony that there were plans to demolish the old church. NO 069 353. © Tony Preston.
Bankglen, East Ayrshire, the site of Bank
Church of Scotland, which was demolished before 2009, when the Streetview
van went past. It was still showing as extant on a map of 1981-8.
Banks, Cumbria,
Primitive Methodist Chapel (1874). NY 5656 6482. © Bill
Henderson. The My Primitive Methodist website
entry calls this Calees P. M. Chapel, and gives a closure date of 2004. A
2010 Streetview.
Bankend, Borders, the former Castleton Old
Church (CoS). Replacing a medieval predecessor on a different site, it dates
from 1808 and was closed in 1952. NY 4971 8948.
© Alan Marsden (2021).
Link. The site
of the medieval church is marked on O.S. maps at NY 5083 8982, at the centre of
a burial ground, which can be seen
here in a Streetview from
2021.
Banks, Lancashire., St. Stephen (1866). From an old postcard in Reg Dosell's collection. A
modern view, © Alan Hopkins. Link. Banks Methodist Church was
originally Primitive Methodist (1876, enlarged 1903). © Alan Hopkins.
Banningham,
Norfolk, St. Andrew, on Church Road.
Interior view. TG 251 292. © Richard Roberts (2016).
Link.
Grade I listed.
Banwell, Somerset, St. Andrew (normally
closed). ST 39945 59135. © Barbara Barklem. Two additional views -
1, 2,
a selection of gargoyles and grotesques - 1,
2,
3,
cockerel weather-vane, two of the interior -
1,
2, the
chancel and its
painted ceiling,
ringing chamber, the fine
rood screen, the
East window and two others (two of many
good windows) - 1,
2, the stone C15
pulpit, and the C12
font. All © Carole Sage (2018).
Grade I listed. A glimpse of Banwell
Abbey. Built on the site of an earlier monastery, this 14th/15th century
building was a residence for the Bishops of Bath and Wells. Now converted to
residential use, the grounds are private, and very well protected by walls and
vegetation. ST 40036 59135. © Carole Sage (2018). A photo of the house and
chapel is available
here.
Grade II* listed. The Methodist Church
on West Street was built as Wesleyan in 1862. ST 39773 59134. Its predecessor
was a Wesleyan Chapel dating from the
1790's, on East Street. It's now in residential use. ST 39910 59077. Both ©
Carole Sage (2018).
Link.
The former Free Methodist Chapel
(1872) on Church Street. Sold to a Baptist congregation in the 1940's, it was
used as a church hall in the 1950's, subsequently it was in commercial use, and
has since been made residential.
Another view. ST 39879 59105. Both © Carole Sage (2018).
Bapchild, Kent, St. Laurence. TQ 927
620. © Geoff Watt.
Link.
Baptist Mills, Bristol (City), Bristol -
see
Easton & Eastville.
Barbon,
Cumbria, dedicated to St. Bartholomew (1893). SD 6306 8247. © Steve Bulman.
Another view, © Alan Blacklock, and another, © Bill McKenzie (2011).
Another view, interior view, a
window, and two fonts - 1, 2, all © Dennis Harper (2011).
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Old maps (e.g. the 1898 25" O.S. map) show a disused church immediately north of
the present church, and in the grounds. Shown as a complete outline, and
presumably still standing at the time, the
Wikipedia entry says that today all that survives is the porch, now used as
a shed. SD 6304 8250. I haven't been able to find a photo of the old church, and
Streetview doesn't give an unequivocal view of the surviving fragment. The former
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, now in residential use.
SD 6279 8252. © Dennis Harper (2011).
Barbridge, Cheshire,
Methodist Church on Chester Road. It's shown on older maps as Wesleyan. Its
Genuki entry
(which calls it Stoke Chapel) dates the congregation to 1845, though
today's church is evidently more recent. SJ 6159 5655. © Les Needham.
Barbrook,
Devon, St. Bartholomew (1875) on Deen Steep. SS 714 476.
Link. The former
Methodist Chapel (1870-1967) on
Chapel Hill is now in use as a Youth Centre. SS 716 476.
Grade II listed. Both
© Richard Roberts (2019).
Barby, Northamptonshire,
St. Mary. SP 543 703. © Aidan McRae Thomson.
Another view, the
interior and
font, all © David Regan (2017).
Link1. Link2.
Grade II* listed. The former
Congregational Chapel, converted to residential use. Another view.
It shows on the OS map of 1886-7. Although there is a date-stone over the large door which reads "War Memorial Hall 1914-18", the identical footprint of the
chapel on the 1886-7 map, and the hall on post WWI maps has convinced Howard that they are the same building. Certainly the appearance of the building is
consistent with an original building date older than WWI. Both © Howard Richter (2014).
Barcaldine, Argyll & Bute, a church
converted to residential use. © Martin Briscoe.
Barcheston, Warwickshire, near Shipston-on-Stour, dedicated to
St. Martin. SP 265 399. © Steve Bulman. Another view, a side-chapel,
font, and the altar, all © John Bowdler (2011).
Link. Grade II* listed -
link.
Barden, North Yorkshire, Wesleyan
Chapel dating from 1877. SE 147 937. © Alan Blacklock.
Bardney, Lincolnshire.
Bardney
Dairies,
Lincolnshire, Methodist Church. It was built as
Wesleyan in 1857. TF 1343 7400.
© David Regan (2020).
Link.
Bardon Hill, Leicestershire,
St. Peter. © Graeme Harvey.
Link.
Separated from the town by the A511 stands
Bardon Park Chapel. Dating from 1694,
it was originally a Presbyterian meeting house. It's now used by the U.R.C. and
Bardon Park Christian Fellowship. SK 459 119. © Richard Roberts (2018).
Link.
Grade II listed.
Bardsea, Cumbria,
Holy Trinity (1843). Interior view, and the
East Window. SD 3010 7455. All © John Balaam (2012).
Link.
At nearby Sunbrick is a former Friends'
Burial Ground. SD 2864 7389. A
plaque commemorates the burial here of the second wife of George Fox,
Margaret. Both
© Alan Marsden (2022).
Bardsey, West Yorkshire, All Hallows. © Bill Henderson. Another view, and
interior, and a detail of column capitals, all © Kenneth Paver (2014).
Link.
Grade I listed.
Bardsley, Oldham, Greater Manchester - see
Oldham.
Barford, Norfolk, St. Botolph. © John M. Brook. Two additional views - 1,
2, and the porch, all © Chris Stafford (2013).
Link.
Barford, Warwickshire, St. Peter. © Dorothy
Turley.
An old postcard view. The removal of the greenery is obvious, but note also the removal of the finials from the tower.
From Reg Dosell's Collection. Another view, and an interior view, both © Aidan McRae Thomson.
Link.
Barford St. John, Oxfordshire. SP
439 333. © Steve Bulman.
Barford St. Martin, Wiltshire, St.
Martin. SU 0566 3139. Link.
Grade I listed. The former
Primitive Methodist Chapel on
West Street. The date-stone above the window is for 1902. Earlier O.S. maps
shows a P.M. chapel on the same site. Its My Primitive Methodists
entry suggests a date of 1845 for the earlier chapel. SU 0554 3146. Both ©
Chris Kippin (2020).
Barford St. Michael, Oxfordshire, has a
fine Norman door. SP 432 327.
Both © Steve Bulman.
Barfreston, Kent,
St. Nicholas. TR 2642 5015. From an old postcard in Steve Bulman's Collection. A
modern view, © Geoff Watt. Two further
views - 1, 2, and a detail of a marvellous
old carving, all from old postcards in John Bowdler's collection. An old photo, probably dateable to the 1890's,
from Christopher Skottowe's Collection, and two postcards from his
collection show the interior - 1,
2. A
doorway and its
tympanum, a
blocked doorway, and
wheel window, and two of the
interior - 1,
2, all © Karel Kuča (2011).
Link.
Grade I listed.
Bargoed, Caerphilly.
Barham, Cambridgeshire,
St. Giles. TL 1370 7546. © Jim Rushton. Link.
Grade II* listed.
Barham, Kent, St. John the Baptist. Two further views - 1,
2, and two interior views - 1, 2,
plus a window. TR 209 500. All © Dave Westrap. Link1.
Link2.
Link3. Link4. Link5.
Methodist Church, dating from 1836. TR 206 493. © Geoff Watt.
Barholm, Lincolnshire, St, Martin.
Another view. Both © Robin Peel.
Link. Grade I listed -
link.
Barkby,
Leicestershire, St. Mary. Two
additional views -
1, 2.
SK 6367 0986. All © David Regan (2016).
Another view, a window with
unusual tracery, three of the interior - 1,
2,
3, two fine monuments -
1,
2, and the
font, all
© Chris Stafford (2015).
Link.
Grade I listed. The 25" O.S. map of 1903 marks a
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel at SK 6388 0961. This
source dates a
Wesleyan Chapel (but is it this one?) to 1822. This
2010 Streetview shows what I
think is the former chapel (or site of it). The same
source also
mentions a Primitive Methodist Chapel, built no
later than 1863, the congregation having previously met in a private house (so
far unidentified). This
source (includes photos) mentions a P.M. Chapel dated to 1886 (closing in
the 1920's), so either there were two P.M. Chapels, or one of these sources is
in error. SK 6394 0960.
Barkestone-le-Vale, Leicestershire, St. Peter and St. Paul. © David Regan (2011). Grade II* listed -
link.
Barkham, Berkshire,
St. James. SU 7839 6642. © Ian Miller.
Link.
Grade II listed.
Barking, Essex, St. Margaret. A rather
heavily processed old postcard in Steve Bulman's Collection.
Link.
Barking, Greater London, All Hallows,
on Great Tower Street. From an old postcard, in Steve Bulman's Collection. A
modern view. © Mark Summers.
Link.
Barking, Suffolk, St. Mary. TM 076 535.
© Steve Bulman (2005). Long on the website as "another view" of Coddenham Church, Judy Flynn pointed
out that it was nothing of the kind. Moving it to the Unknown page elicited
rapid responses from Simon Davies and Judy herself, who both identified it as
St. Mary, Barking - so another view,
© Steve Bulman (2005). A black and white
photo, © Christopher Skottowe (1966).
Link.
Barking Chapel, © Iris Maeers.
Link (scroll
down to the bottom).
Barkisland, West Yorkshire, Christ
Church. Another view. This
source (a useful history with interior photos) dates it to 1852-4. SE 0542
1989. Both
© David Regan (2020).
Link.
Barkston,
Lincolnshire, St. Nicholas, on Church Street. The
interior,
chancel,
font and cover and two windows -
1,
2. SK 9328 4153.
All © Chris Stafford (2013).
Link.
Grade I listed. Barkston Methodist Chapel on West Street
was originally Wesleyan. Its
Genuki entry dates its foundation to 1832. SK 9283 4163. © Jim Parker.
Barkston Ash, North Yorkshire, Holy Trinity.
© Bill Henderson.
Barkestone-le-Vale, Leicestershire,
St. Peter and St. Paul. Old O.S. maps label this as St. John the Baptist. SK
7778 3494. © David Regan (2011).
Grade II* listed.
Barkway, Hertfordshire, St. Mary Magdalene. TL 383 356. Link.
Grade I listed - link.
Barkway Chapel (Congregational). TL 385 359. Both © Les Needham (2011).
Barlanark, Glasgow - see the
City of Glasgow page.
Barlaston, Staffordshire, St. John the Baptist. Closed because of subsidence caused by mine workings, a new church was
built on a different site. SJ 8939. © Geoff Pick. Another view, and the
inscription from the porch, both © Dennis Harper (2014). The new St. John the Baptist on Station Road.
Another view. SJ 892 384. Both © Dennis Harper (2014). Cemetery Chapel
in St. John the Baptist's Cemetery, which stands about half a mile from the new church, on Hartwell Lane. Another
view. SJ 897 384. Both © Dennis Harper (2014). Methodist
Church on Chapel Court and Park Drive. SJ 884 382. © Dennis Harper (2014).
Barlborough, Derbyshire,
St. James the Greater on Church Street. SK 4770 7719. © David Regan (2011). Link.
Grade II* listed.
The Methodist Church on New Road
shows as Primitive Methodist on a map of 1923 - it's dated
here to 1913. Earlier un-located chapels are mentioned. SK 4752 7719. ©
Bill Henderson (2012).
Link. A map of 1883 shows Methodist Chapel (Free
United) on California Lane, at SK 4736 7730. Its
site was seen by
Streetview in 2023. It seems to have gone out of use by the time of a map
revised no later than 1914, though what may be the same building is marked as a
Sun. Sch.
Barlby & Osgodby,
North Yorkshire,
Methodist Church. © Bill Henderson. Another view. © James Murray.
Barlestone,
Leicestershire, St. Giles. Another view.
Both © David Regan (2016).
Grade II listed.
Barley, Lancashire, former Methodist Chapel, now the Village Hall. SD 822 403.
Primitive Methodist Chapel. SD 822 405. Both © Stuart Mackrell.
Barling Magna, Essex, All Saints.
TQ 9320 8971. © Julieanne Savage.
Barlings, Lincolnshire, St. Edward the Confessor.
Another view, three interiors - 1,
2,
3, and the
font. All © David Regan (2017).
Grade II listed.
Barlow, Derbyshire,
St. Lawrence. SK 3442 7469.
Link, with a good history
here.
Grade II* listed. Methodist Church
on Millcross Lane (about ½ a mile N.N.W. of the village), built as Primitive Methodist in 1892. SK 3401 7539. Both © Les
Needham (2017).
Barmby Moor, ERYorks, St Catherine, SE 776 489. © Paul Brown. Another
view. © Bill Henderson. An old postcard view, from Reg Dosell's Collection.
Barmby on the Marsh, East Riding of Yorkshire, St.
Helen. Methodist Church. Both © Bill Henderson.
Barmer, Norfolk, All Saints (O). If it hadn't been for planning our visit beforehand, spotting the church on the OS map, we'd
have driven past it without seeing it. Set back from the road, and surrounded by large trees, it looks like a ordinary small wood standing in the fields. Now
redundant, the church is in the care of the Norfolk
Churches Trust. Three interior views - 1, 2,
3 and the font. TF 808 336. All © Steve Bulman (2012).
Link.
Barming, Kent.
Barmouth, Gwynedd,
St. John, on Celifechan Road. The
grade II* listing provides dates of 1889-1895. SH 6132 1594. © Dave Westrap.
Another
view, © Paul Wood (2015). Interior view, © Tim Hollinghurst,
and another, © Kenneth Paver (2011).
Two more views - 1,
2, and a
window, all
© Chris Stafford (2014).Link.
Coflein entry. St. David (1830)
on Church Street. SH 6153 1556. © Dave Westrap.
Another view, two of the interior -
1,
2, a
window and the
font, all
© Chris Stafford (2014).
Coflein entry.
Grade II listed.
Beddgelert, St. Mary. SH 591 480. © Bill
McKenzie. Another view, and a more recent one. Both © Dave Westrap.
Interior view, © Dave Westrap. Link1.
Link2.
Link3.
Barmston, East Riding of Yorkshire, All Saints. © James
Murray.
Barnack, Cambridgeshire,
St. John the
Baptist. Two additional views - 1,
2. It has
significant Saxon fabric, particularly in the tower, a Saxon
Christ in Majesty, and a handsome
font - 1,
2. Five interior views -
1,
2,
3,
4,
5. TF 0793 0506. All © David Regan (2016 and 2019).
An unusual
grave marker in the form of a fallen
palm tree, the porch, a
Saxon window and decoration, and the
pulpit, all © Chris Stafford (2015),
who describes it as "a most rewarding church".
Link.
Grade I listed.
The former Methodist Church
(originally Wesleyan) on Main Street. This
source dates it to 1898, replacing an earlier chapel on a different site, of
1828. TF 0798 0514. © David Regan (2019). According to this
Estate
Agent's notice, planning permission for conversion was granted in 2016. A
map of 1886 shows the older chapel, which stands or stood on Church Lane, south
of the church. Exactly which building is being labelled is unclear, and
Streetview doesn't give a view, so I can't say if it survives. It stood at circa TF 079 049.
Barnard Castle, Co. Durham.
Barnardiston, Suffolk, All Saints on
Church Lane. Another view. TL 7119 4870.
Both © Chris Kippin (2021). Three interior views -
1,
2,
3, and the
font, all
© Chris Stafford (2013).
Link1. Link2.
Grade II* listed. A former
Primitive Methodist Chapel
stands a little way
north-west of the village, at TL 7094 4883, on Greys Lane.
Another view. Both ©
Chris Kippin (2021). Its My Primitive Methodists
entry (which includes a photo) dates it to 1874-1995.
Barnburgh (or Barnbrough, on older
maps), South Yorkshire, St. Peter. SE 4841 0321. © Bill Henderson. Three more
views - 1,
2,
3, all
© David Regan (2022).
Link1.
Link2.
Grade I listed (numerous photos, including lots of the interior). The
site (beyond the hedge, where the
caravan and garage are) of the former Primitive Methodist
Chapel on Barnburgh Lane. It's dated
here to 1902-1967, but it was P.M. before this, as it shows as such on a map
of 1892, surveyed in the previous year. And another
source mentions a Wesleyan Chapel of 1879 - was this the same chapel, later
sold to the P.M.'s? SE 4832 0333.
© David Regan (2022).
Barnby Dun, South Yorkshire, St. Peter & St. Paul. SE 314 097. © Bill Henderson. Methodist Church (1875
- date-stone), built as Primitive Methodist
Connexion. Another view. SE 617 092. All © Howard Richter (2013).
Link.
Barnby in the Willows, Nottinghamshire,
All Saints.
Another view. SK 8603 5218. Both © David Regan
(2012). Interior view, and an
unusual door, both © Tim Hollinghurst
(2011). Link.
Grade I listed. The 25" O.S. map of 1900 shows a
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel on Back Lane at SK 8595 5253. The bungalow on
the site, as seen in a 2008
Streetview, may be the heavily altered chapel, as the brickwork looks
old. It's mentioned on Genuki
here,
giving dates of "1825 thru 1912".
Barnes, Greater London - see the
London page.
Barnetby Le Wold, Lincolnshire, St. Mary. Another view.
Link. Grade I listed -
link. St.
Barnabas, the replacement for St. Mary. All © David Regan (2012).
Barney, Norfolk,
St. Mary. TF 9942 3277. © Richard
Roberts (2019). interior views - 1,
2, an angel
roof-boss, the unusual
piscina, and the
font, all © Chris Stafford (2014).
Link.
Grade I listed.
The 25" O.S. map of 1906 shows a United Free Methodist
Chapel at TF 9945 3229. The Genuki
entry for
Barney lists this chapel as Wesleyan Reform, and says it was founded in 1787,
closing before 1984. A
Streetview of 2009 shows a date-stone for 1844.
Barnham, West Sussex, St. Mary the Virgin. A close-up of the church. From an old postcard in Steve Bulman's Collection. Previously in the Unknown section, thanks to Noel Walley for
identifying this church. Link.
Barningham, Co. Durham,
St. Michael and All Angels. Interior view.
NZ 0853 1045. The former
Wesleyan Methodist Church, now a
private residence, dates from 1815. NZ 0830 1026. All © Alan Blacklock.
Barningham Winter, Norfolk, St. Mary, in the grounds of Barningham Hall, near Matlaske. The church occupies the
chancel of a much larger church, the ruins of which surround it. Three further views - 1,
2, 3, an interior view, the
font, a coat of arms in the East Window, The
reredos is also the war memorial. TG 146 356. All © Chris Stafford (2012).
Link1. Link2.
Grade II* listed - link.
Barnoldby le Beck, Lincolnshire, St. Helen. Another view. Both © David Regan
(2013). Link.
Grade I listed.
Barnoldswick, Lancashire.
Barnsbury, Greater London - see the
London page.
Barnsley, South Yorkshire.
Barnstaple, Devon.
Barnstone, Nottinghamshire, St. Mary. © David Regan (2012). Link.
Barnt Green, Worcestershire, St. Andrew
on Sandhills Road was built 1909-13, and the west facade (shown in the photo)
was re-built in 2001. SP 0091 7359. © Tudorbarlow (Flickr).
Another view, © Peter Morgan (2023).
Link.
Grade II listed. Society of Friends
Meeting House on Sandhills Road. SP 0079 7358. © Peter Morgan (2023).
Link.
Barnton, Cheshire,
Christ Church. SJ 6369 7480.
Link.
Grade II listed, wherein it's dated to 1842, with the chancel added in
1900. Our Lady of
Fatima (R.C.) on Churchfields. SJ 6396 7529.
Link
dates its opening to 1953. Methodist
Church on Lydyett Lane. Originally Primitive Methodist, it's dated
here to 1896, successor to an earlier chapel which stood across the road. SJ 6355 7501. All © Bruce Read.
Earlier O.S. maps show the first P.M. chapel when it was the Sunday School to
the second chapel, at SJ 6356 7503. A
house now stands on the
site (2022 Streetview). Life
Church on Blackcroft Avenue, as seen by Streetview in 2022. SJ 6332 7494.
Link. Older maps show an
otherwise unidentified Chap. on Runcorn Road at SJ 6360 7477.
Genuki has it as a Methodist Church, originally
Wesleyan, and dates it to 1813-1962. It has since been demolished and a house
built on the site (2022
Streetview). A map of 1882 shows Mount Tabor Ch. (United
Free Meth.) on Oakwood Lane at SJ 6321 7494. Its
Genuki
entry dates its founding to 1836, with closure in 1969. In this
2022 Streetview, its
site lies beneath the nearer two thirds of the block of terraced housing.
Barnwell
All Saints, Northamptonshire, All Saints. Only the chancel remains, the
nave, aisles and tower being demolished in the 1820's. © David Regan (2016).
Grade II* listed.
Barnwell
St. Andrew, Northamptonshire, St. Andrew.
Link.
Grade I listed. Lathams
Hospital Chapel - the chapel to an almshouse founded in the 17th century.
Link.
Grade II listed. Both © David Regan (2016).
Barra (island), Western Isles.
Barrapol
(on Tiree), Parish Church (CoS, 1902). © Tim Flitcroft (2015).
Link1.
Link2.
Barras, Cumbria - see
Stainmore.
Barrasford, Northumberland,
Methodist Church (Wesleyan, 1877-8). NY 9156 7340. © Bill Henderson (2011).
Link.
Barrington, Cambridgeshire,
All Saints. Another view, the
interior, and the Lady Chapel.
TL 3967 4996. All © James Murray.
Link.
Grade I listed. Former chapel (1856) now a private residence, which Janet
Gimber advises was Barrington Congregational Chapel. TL 3950 4975. © James
Murray.
Barrington, Somerset, St. Mary the Virgin. ST 389 181. © Bill McKenzie. Another
view, and two interior views - 1, 2, the latter showing the unusual
double squint. An explanatory notice in the church says that the squints were there so the priests officiating in the side chapels could see, and synchronise
to, the service at the main altar. All © Mike Berrell (2014). Link.
Grade I listed. Former
Chapel at ST 389 182. © Mike Berrell (2014).
Barripper, Cornwall,
Methodist Church, built as a United Methodist Free Church in 1898. SW 6340 3824.
© Paul E. Barnett (2024).
Link. The former
Adjewhella Wesleyan Chapel,
now in commercial use. The building at the left is the former chapel, to it's
right the later Sunday School. SW 6363 3867. © Paul E. Barnett (2024).
Link.
Barrow, Lancashire,
U.R.C. SD 7387 3855. © Philip Kapp. I was advised in
2022 that the church has been demolished - the congregation now worship at
Barrow URC Primary School. The former
St. Luke Mission Church, now a private residence.
SD 7369 3840. © Philip Kapp.
Barrow, Shropshire, St. Giles, an Anglo-Saxon foundation, and there are parts of the church remaining from the eighth
century. An additional view and the porch, two interiors-
1, 2, the chancel arch, the
altar and font. SO 658 999. All © Dennis Harper (2014).
Link.
Grade I listed.
Barrow, Suffolk, All Saints, which
stands about ¾ of a mile N.N.W. of the village. Three interior views -
1,
2,
3, and a
monument. TL 7603 6462. All
© Chris Stafford (2013).
Another view, and the
font, both © Chris Kippin
(2021).
Link1.
Link2.
Grade I listed. The cemetery a little way east of the church used to have a
Mortuary Chapel. A 2009
Streetview shows the
cemetery - the chapel stood about half way along the path. Old maps show that it
was built by 1905, and demolished between 1958 and 1981. TL 7630 6458.
Cave Adullam Strict Baptist Chapel stands in the
village on The Street, at TL 7639 6356. Link;
its About Us page dates to it
1838, and advises that it had also been Protestant Trinitarian and
Congregational. © Chris Kippin (2021). A Salvation Army Barracks
is indicated on old maps of 1903 to 1958, although on none of them is it clear
which building is intended. However, this
source says
that the surviving clock tower (seen
here by Streetview in 2021
stood next to the S.A. building, a former Methodist Chapel. A map of 1884 shows
that it was Primitive Methodist.
Barrow Common, Somerset, the former
Baptist Chapel (a tin tabernacle). ST 551 681. © Carole Sage (2016).
Barrow Gurney, Somerset, Church of the
Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Edward. Two additional views -
1,
2. This was originally the priory
church of a Benedictine nunnery. Following the Dissolution, the nunnery was
re-built as a private house, and more recently has been sub-divided. Part of the
house can be seen in the first church photo, and in the number 1 which follows. The
gateway and lodge. Whether any
fabric of the nunnery buildings still exists is not at present known. ST 515
685. The whole site can be seen in an aerial photograph
here.
ST 51466 68452. Link.
Grade II* listed. The site of
the chapel of the Barrow Hospital. The psychiatric hospital was built in 1939
and closed in 2006. Housing has been built on the site, and the chapel stood
where the house at the centre of the photo now stands. ST 53811 68770. The
former St. Anne. Built in the
latter years of Victoria's reign, it seems to have closed before 1967, as it
isn't marked as a place of worship on the O.S. map of that vintage. It was
subsequently converted into a private residence, called St. Anne's.
Another view. ST 52841 68121.
The site of an iron Baptist Chapel
which once stood on land belonging to Bristol Water Works (as it then was) for
construction workers engaged in building reservoirs. Built in 1893, it is still
marked on the 1938 O.S. map, but probably closed not long after. ST 53246 67770.
All © Carole Sage (2016 and 2017).
Barrow Hill, Derbyshire, St. Andrew
(1894) on Station Road. SK 4193 7547.
© David Regan (2020).
Link. The Methodist Church
on Cavendish Place was originally United Free Methodist, of 1872. This
source (a good history of the Methodists in Barrow Hill) also mentions an
earlier chapel (Ebenezer) being referred to in a document of 1857, though its
precise location isn't known. SK 4178 7528.
© David Regan (2020). There
was also a Primitive Methodist Chapel in the
village, on Campbell Drive, at SK
4151 7550. Now demolished, old maps show that it had been built before
1877, a map of 1961 marks it as Zion Methodist Church, and a 1967 map as
simply "Ch.". Its date of closure and demolition are so far undetermined.
Link.
Barroway
Drove, Norfolk, Trinity Methodist Chapel. The
Wikipedia entry for
the village says that the church was previously United Methodist. And the
National Archives holds
records
for 1881-1955.
© David Regan (2019).
Barrowby, Lincolnshire, All Saints. © David Regan (2013). Link.
Grade I listed.
Barrowden,
Rutland, St. Peter. Three views of the interior -
1,
2,
3,
a
memorial, and the font. SP
9449 9991. All © David Regan (2019).
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Barrowford, Lancashire,
St. Thomas. SD 854 394. © Paul Brown. The ruins of the old church of St. Thomas. SD 856 395. © Philip Kapp.
St. Peter and St. Paul (R.C.) on
Gisburn Road. Another view. SD
8627 4015. Both © Mike Berrell (2016).
Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria.
Barrow upon Humber, Lincolnshire, Holy Trinity. Another view. TA 072 215.
Methodist Church. TA 064 229. All © Stuart Leadley (2011).
Barrow-upon-Soar, Leicestershire,
Holy Trinity. From an old postcard (franked 1902), in Steve Bulman's Collection. Note that the text on the postcard
is for Barrow-on-Soar, and that the dedication is listed as "Trinity Church". A
modern view. SK 5764 1758. © Eirian
Evans. And another recent photo, ©
Christine Denton. Link. The
Baptist Church on Beveridge Street
dates from 1875, a replacement for an earlier chapel of 1822.
SK 5764 1740. © David
Regan (2020).
Link. The
Methodist Church on North Street was
built as Primitive Methodist in 1911. It stands on the site of its predecessor
of 1818. SK 5767 1767.
© David Regan (2020).
Link1.
Link2, which also has a photo of the 1818 building. The former
St. Alban (R.C., 1839-1989). SK 5782
1763. © David Regan (2020). A good history
here (pdf), which also advises that the local catholic community still meet
for a weekly mass at the Bishop Beveridge Club
on South Street - it can be seen
here on the Club website.
Barrow-upon-Trent, Derbyshire,
St. Wilfrid on Church
Lane. SK 3529 2839. © Richard Roberts (2013).
Link.
Grade I listed. The former
Bethel Chapel on Chapel Lane, dated 1839,
is now a private residence. The listed building entry (grade
II listed) says it was Methodist. Maps of 1885 and 1901 label it as Congl.,
however. SK 3544 2852. © Richard Roberts (2013).
Barry, Angus,
the Parish Church. © Derek Robertson.
Barry and Barry Island, Vale of Glamorgan.
Barsham, Suffolk, Holy Trinity. From an
old postcard, in Geoff Watt's Collection.
Link.
Barston, West Midlands, St. Swithin
(1721) on Barston Lane, on the site of a medieval church destroyed in a fire. SP
207 780. © Aidan McRae Thomson. Another view, and an
interior view, both © Richard Roberts (2015).
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Barswick, Orkney, (on South Ronaldsay). This
is possibly the South Ronaldsay Free Church. ND 442 856. © Martin Briscoe.
Barthomley, Cheshire,
St. Bertoline. SJ 7676 5238. From an old postcard in Steve Bulman's Collection. Two modern views - 1,
2, and an interior view, all © Chris Emms (2009).
Another view, and an
interior, both © Peter
Morgan (2015).
And another, another three of the
interior - 1,
2,
3, the
chancel, the
altar, and the
font, all © Dennis Harper (2019).
Link.
Grade I listed.
Bartington, Cheshire,
Methodist Church. It's labelled on older maps as Wesleyan, and this
source says it was founded in 1873. SJ
6049 7706. © Bruce Read.
Bartley,
Hampshire, the former church on Bourne Road and Shepherds Road, now the village
hall. It appears to not have had a dedication (Genuki).
SU 3143 1227. © Chris Kippin (2023). Old O.S.
maps show a Baptist Chapel on Pundle Green at SU
3083 1279. It pre-dates a map of 1897. The
bungalow on the site was
seen by Streetview in 2009.
Bartlow,
Cambridgeshire,
St. Mary on Camps Road.
Another view, two of the interior -
1,
2, the
chancel and the
font. Some wall-paintings survive -
1,
2. TL 5860 4518. All © David Regan
(2019). Link.
Grade I listed. A tomb in the churchyard is listed as
grade II.
Barton, Cambridgeshire,
St. Peter.
Another view, and the
interior.
TL 4078 5572. All © James Murray. Link.
Grade II* listed.
Baptist Church on High Street. TL 4075
5566. © James Murray.
Barton, Cumbria,
St. Michael. A most interesting church, with what Pevsner describes as a transverse
tunnel-vault. NY 4875 2638. Both © Steve Bulman.
Another view, the
churchyard gate (the war memorial),
two of the interior - 1,
2, the
chancel, a
window, and the two fonts -
1,
2, all
© Chris Stafford (2013).
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 I listed.
Barton, Torquay,
Devon - see Torquay.
Barton, Lancashire, St. Lawrence. © Steve Bulman. Another view. SD 516 372. © Philip Kapp.
An old postcard (previously in the "Unknown" section) without any clues, from Reg Dosell's Collection, and identified by
Janet Gimber.
Barton Bendish, Norfolk, St. Mary on
Broughton Long Road. A C14 church, restored in the late 18th century, 1858 and 1871, and now in
the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.
Interior view. TF 7097 0543.
Both
© Richard Roberts (2016).
The Norman west door was
removed from the demolished All Saints in 1789.
Another interior view. It
retains some wall-paintings.
All © Chris Stafford (2015).
Link.
Grade I listed.
St. Andrew on Church Road.
Interior view. TF 7121 0568.
Both
© Richard Roberts (2016).
The porch,
another of the
interior, and the
chancel, all © Chris
Stafford (2015).
Link.
Grade I listed.
The war memorial in the churchyard is listed as
grade II. A little way east of the village, on Chapel Lane, stands the
former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, at TF 7189 0581.
It was seen by Streetview in
2009 - zooming-in allows the date-stone for 1875 to be seen. The site of
All Saints is indicated on O.S. maps at TF 7116
0560. It can be seen (the car parking area) on a
Streetview from 2021. O.S.
maps mark Chapel (Site of) north-west of the
Methodist Chapel, at TF 7169 0599. I've been unable to discover anything about
it. It would have stood somewhere in the middle distance in this
Streetview from 2009.
Barton Hartshorn,
Buckinghamshire,
St. James. SP 6407 3091. ©
David Regan (2019). Link.
Grade II listed. Large scale O.S. maps mark
Hermitage (Site of) to the south-east of the village at SP 6515 3068.
According to this
source
it was the hermitage of St. Stephen and St. Lawrence. Its site stands within the
wooded area on the horizon in a
Streetview from 2009.
Barton Hill, Bristol (City), Bristol - see
Bristol.
Barton-in-Fabis, Nottinghamshire, St. George. SK 522 327. © David Regan (2012). Three extra views -
1, 2, 3, two interior views -
1, 2, and the
font, all © Dennis Harper (2014).
Link.
Grade I listed.
Barton-in-the-Beans, Leicestershire, Baptist Church. Interior view.
Both © Rob Brettle.
Barton-le-Clay, Bedfordshire,
St. Nicholas, on Church Road. TL 0853 3041. © Bill McKenzie. Interior view, from an old postcard in Judy Flynn's Collection.
Link.
Grade I listed. A
Strict Baptist Chapel
stands off what is today the B655 at TL 0825 3073. © Gerard Charmley (2021). Barton Methodist Church stands on Sharpenhoe
Road at TL 0805 3085.
Streetview saw it in 2019. The site of what may be its
Wesleyan predecessor lies a short distance west of the Methodist Church,
across the road, at TL 0794 3087. Evidently demolished, Streetview saw the
patch of scrub woodland
where it stood in 2019. A Primitive Methodist Chapel
is marked on old maps on Bedford Road. Nicholas Close didn't exist at the time,
but the chapel site now stands immediately south of it. The building on the site
today betrays no obvious signs of having been a chapel - a
Streetview from 2019.
TL 0813 3104.
Barton-le-Street, North Yorkshire,
St. Michael and All Angels. SE 7213 7423. © Bill Henderson. The wonderful
font,
and a fine pulpit, both © Kenneth
Paver (2011).
Another view, the
porch, three of the interior -
1,
2,
3, and some examples of the
Norman carved stonework - 1,
2,
3, all
© Chris Stafford (2013).
Link.
Grade I listed. A cross base in the churchyard is
listed as
grade II.
Barton-le-Willows, North Yorkshire,
Methodist Church. © James Murray.
Barton Mills, Suffolk, St. Mary on
The Street. Another view, two of
the interior - 1,
2, the
chancel and the
font. All © David Regan (2019).
Link1.
Link2.
Grade II* listed.
Barton-on-Sea, Hampshire,
Methodist Church (1971, extended 1999) on Cliffe Road. The church was founded in
1931. SZ 232 933.
© Richard Roberts (2018).
Link.
Barton-on-the-Heath, Warwickshire, St. Lawrence. Another view, three interior views -
1, 2, 3, the
altar, and a colourful modern window. The chancel arch has a crude
animal
carving. John describes it as a hare, which would be a typical pagan survival; the final link hereafter describes it as a pig. It doesn't really look much like
either! All © John Bowdler (2011). Link. Grade II* listed -
link.
Barton St. David, Somerset, St.
David (O). This
source says it was originally dedicated to All Saints, and it also includes
an old engraving of the church. ST 5397 3171.
Link.
Grade II* listed. The churchyard has a cross and
several memorials, listed separately - these can be found
here. The former Ebenezer
Congregational Chapel. The same source mentioned earlier in this entry dates
it to 1804, and says it was "closed by 1958". ST 5400 3219. Both © Chris Kippin
(2020).
Barton Seagrave, Northamptonshire,
St. Botolph. SP 8883 7708. © Steve Nurthen and Andy Jones. Two further views -
1,
2, both © David Regan (2017).
A grotesque. A
Norman doorway has a tympanum,
assembled from fragments. Norman too is an
arch in the tower. Two
interior views - 1,
2, and a
window. All
© Chris Stafford (2012).
Link.
The
grade I listing is unusually short.
Barton Stacey,
Hampshire, All Saints. SU 434 411.
© Chris Kippin.
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Barton-under-Needwood, Staffordshire,
St. James (1517) which stands at the junction of Church Lane and Main Street.
The
grade II* listing says that it was built by Dr. John Taylor, though his
Wikipedia entry says he only "donated money towards the building of the
church". SK
188 185. © Geoff Pick. Interior view,
© Richard Roberts (2018).
Link.
Our Lady of Perpetual Succour
(R.C.) on Wales Lane was built in 1963 and modified in 2000. In 2018 it was
undergoing renovation works. SK 185 185. © Richard Roberts (2018).
Link. The Methodist Church on
Crowberry Lane was built in 1828 as Ebenezer Chapel (Wesleyan). SK 186 187. ©
Richard Roberts (2018).
Link.
Christadelphian Church on Park
Road. Another view. SK 184 187.
Both © Richard Roberts (2018).
Link.
Barton-upon-Humber, Lincolnshire.
Barwick, Somerset, St. Mary Magdalene. ST
5580 1386. © Chris Kippin (2021).
Link.
Grade II* listed. Churchyard tombs listed separately can be found
here.
Barwick in Elmet, West Yorkshire, dedicated to
All Saints. SE 4008 3740. Methodist Church
on The Boyle and Elmwood Lane. SE 3993 3750.
Link. Both © Bill
Henderson. I've recently been advised that new gates for the churchyard, built at considerable expense, of oak,
and re-using the old metalwork, were stolen in their entirety on the night of 26-27 July 2011. Presumably these will be offered for sale elsewhere. Please let
me know if you see these for sale, and I'll pass on the information. The
predecessor of the Methodist Church was a
Chapel on Chapel Lane. It's
marked on a map of 1908 as Reading Room, but is today the Miners'
Institute. I haven't been able to discover what flavour of Methodism it was. SE
4012 3729. © Gerard Charmley (2021).
Baschurch, Shropshire, All Saints. SJ 422 218. © Dave Westrap.
Link1. Link2.
Link3.
Bascote Heath, Warwickshire, the former chapel (the Chapel in the Trees). © John Bowdler (2005). An
old B&W photo from 1959, from John Bowdler's Collection.
Basford,
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire - see Nottingham.
Bashley, Hampshire, St. John the Baptist.
SZ 2434 9733. © Chris Kippin (2023).
Link.
Basildon, Essex.
Basingstoke, Hampshire.
Baslow, Derbyshire,
St. Anne. SK 2517 7233. © Bill
McKenzie. Another view, © Peter Morgan.
And an old
postcard view from Reg Dosell's
Collection. Link.
Grade II* listed.
For related listed features see
here. Baslow Methodist Church.
The roundel above the door has "Wesleyan Methodist School 1822", so there must
have been an earlier chapel building elsewhere. This
source says it only became the
chapel in the 1960's. SK 2541 7243. © Steve Bulman (2011). This document locates
the earlier Chapel at Over End, and dates it to 1796. A map of 1883 shows a
Chapel at the junction of School Lane and an access
Road, at SK 2548 7248. No available later maps label it any more helpfully. The
building on the site today was seen by
Streetview in 2023 (the
recessed central part of the building has a sign saying Over End Cottage).
On the same map of 1883, just a few yards behind the Chapel further from the
road is another one, labelled as Zion Chapel (Wes. Ref.
Meth), at SK 2545 7251 or SK 7546 7251 (it isn't clear which building the
label is referring to). It isn't indicated as a place of worship on later maps.
It (or its replacement) hasn't been seen by Streetview.
Bassaleg, Newport, St. Basil the Great (CiW). © Gerard Charmley (2011).
Link. St. Basil (R.C.). © Gerard Charmley (2011). The former
Wesleyan Chapel (1870). © Gerard Charmley (2010). Bethel Baptist Church,
built 1825, re-built 1832 and enlarged 1872. Outdoor
total immersion font.
Both © Gerard Charmley (2010).
Bassenthwaite, Cumbria,
St. Bega, stands on the shores of Bassenthwaite Lake. The
location is idyllic. It's labelled
on older O.S. maps as St. Bridget. Interior view. NY 2266 2875. All © Steve Bulman.
Link.
Grade II* listed.
St. John
(1878) stands near
Bassenthwaite village. NY 2290 3159. © Les
Strong. Another view, © Alan Blacklock. Link.
The 1900 25" O.S. map shows a Sunday School Formerly Church a short
distance west of St. John's. Although it isn't clear which building it is
referring to, it must surely be
this one seen on the 2009 Streetview. This would make its grid reference NY
2278 3164. Its
grade II listing dates it to 1805, replacing an earlier chapel.
Bassenthwaite Methodist Church stands at NY 2295 3216. The 25" map marks
it as Wesleyan, and it can be seen on 2021 Streetview
here.
This
source says that it was originally Primitive Methodist, of 1868, and sold to
the Wesleyans in 1882. Link. Less than
half a mile S.E. of St. Bega stands Mirehouse. At one time it had a chapel on
the first floor of a small extension at the rear of the building. Demolished, I
haven't been able to find a photo or illustration of it. NY 2320 2837.
Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire,
St. Peter and St. Paul. Another view.
TL 3306 4407. Both © Peter
Wenham. Link.
Grade I listed. The U.R.C.
on South End, as seen by Streetview in 2008. TL 3318 4372.
Link.
Grade II listed. What
one may presume is a predecessor shows on O.S. maps as a
Congregational Chapel nearby at TL 3333 4378. Its
grade II listing dates it to 1790. It was seen by
Streetview in 2016. The
cemetery on The Causeway has a double Mortuary Chapel.
Streetview barely glimpses
it because of trees and shrubs. TL 3381 4421.
Grade II listed wherein it's dated to 1879.
Bassingham, Lincolnshire,
St. Michael & All Angels.
Another view, and two interior views
- 1,
2. SK 9080 5973. All © David Regan (2012).
Link.
Grade II* listed. The former
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel (1802-2010) on High Street.
Another view. SK 9113 5998. Both
© David Regan (2020).
Grade II listed.
Bassingthorpe,
Lincolnshire, St. Thomas à Becket. © David
Regan (2018). Link, which has
some interior photos.
Grade I listed.
Baston, Lincolnshire,
St. John the Baptist on Church Street. TF 1138 1398. © Robin
Peel. Another view, two interiors - 1,
2, and the list of vicars,
which goes back to 1245. All © Mike Berrell (2014). Three more interiors -
1,
2,
3, the latter
including the font, and a window, all
© Chris Stafford (2015).
Grade I listed.
The former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel (1847) on Main Street. TF 1135 1403. © Mike Berrell (2014).
Baswich, Stafford, Staffordshire - see
Stafford.
Batchcott, Shropshire, All Saints. Many web sources have this church listed under Richard's Castle, Herefordshire. ©
Graeme Harvey. Grade I listed.
Batcombe, Somerset, St. Mary the Virgin.
Another view, and the
interior. ST 6901 3903. All ©
Chris Kippin (2021).
Another view, and a
close up of some stone-carved angels,
both © Christopher Skottowe (1964).
Link.
Grade I listed. The former Methodist Church
is labelled on older maps as Wesleyan. It can be seen
here on a Streetview
from 2009. ST 6893 3893. It's dated
here to 1868-1965. It also says there was an earlier chapel of 1817,
though it doesn't specify whether it was on the same site or not.
Bath, Somerset.
Bath Abbey, Somerset, Cemetery
Chapel on Prior Park Road.
Another view. Both © Janet Gimber
(2016).
Link.
Bathampton, Somerset, St. Nicholas. ST
777 665. © Dave Westrap. Another view,
two views of the interior - 1,
2, the
chancel, and the
font, all © Dennis Harper (2019).
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Bathealton, Somerset, St. Bartholomew
(1854). ST 0794 2407. © Huw Thomas /
The History Files.
Link.
Grade II listed.
Batheaston,
Somerset, St. John the Baptist, and the
interior. SJ 7775 6791. Both © Chris Kippin (2024).
Link.
Grade II* listed.
For listed chest tombs, see
here. The former Wesleyan Methodist
Chapel on Northend, dated 1876. SJ 7783 6768. © Chris Kippin
(2024). The former Church of the Good
Shepherd on Brow Hill and Penthouse Hill. It's dated
here to 1967, and a
news report from 2023 discusses its proposed demolition, it never having
re-opened following Covid. Another view.
SJ 7784 6753. Both © Chris Kippin (2024).
The former Congregational Chapel on
High Street. A plaque dates it
to 1870-1. SJ 7790 6749. Both © Chris Kippin (2024). A
Mission Hall is marked on old maps on London Road
at SJ 7818 6734. A building with the same footprint stands on the site today (2023
Streetview) but whether anything from the Mission survives is unclear.
Bathford, Somerset, St. Swithun. Two further views- 1, 2.
Link. The church itself doesn't seem to be listed, but part of the churchyard wall is listed as grade II -
link. Some further ancient fragments seem
to be built into the church itself. Bathford also has a
Baptist Chapel with a date-stone of 1839.
It closed in 2011 (see this
link). All © Peter
Morgan (2012).
Bathgate, West Lothian.
Bathley,
Nottinghamshire, the former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel (1844) on Chapel Lane.
SK 7785 5912. © David
Regan (2020).
Bathpool, Cornwall, the former
Wesleyan Methodist Church. The National Archives database records documents relating to
this church for the period 1877-1959. SX 2809 7479. © Paul E. Barnett (2018).
Bathpool, Taunton, Somerset - see Taunton.
Bathwick, Bath, Somerset - see Bath.
Batley, West Yorkshire.
Batsford, Gloucestershire,
St. Mary. SP 1869 3389. © Peter Morgan.
An old postcard view, from Reg Dosell's collection. Link.
Grade II* listed.
Battle, East Sussex.
Battle, Powys,
St. Cynog (CoW). SO 008 309. © Simon Atkin.
Another view, © Paul Wood (2017).
Link.
Battlefield, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, Tyne & Wear - see
Newcastle-Upon-Tyne.
Battlefield, Shropshire, St. Mary Magdalene, now in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. © Alan Hopkins.
Two further views - 1, 2, and the
gate, all © John Bowdler.
Link.
Battlehill, Co. Armagh,
St. Saviour. © Jack Storey, Monaghan Genealogy Specialist.
Methodist Church. H 973 518. ©
Gerard Close (2016).
Battlesden, Bedfordshire,
St. Peter and All Saints. TL 9591 2909. ©
Bedfordshire and Luton Archives & Records Service (2008). An old
postcard view, from Judy Flynn's Collection.
Link.
Grade I listed.
Baughurst, Hampshire, St. Stephen. SU 582 600. ©
Roy Graham. Link.
Baumber, Lincolnshire,
St. Swithin. © Dave Hitchborne. Another view,
two of the interior - 1,
2, the
font, and the
bells, which have apparently been
in the North aisle for many decades, all © David Regan (2018).
Link.
Grade I listed.
Baverstock, Wiltshire, St.
Editha (sometimes Edith).
Interior view. SU 0287 3158. Both © Chris Kippin (2020).
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Bawburgh, Norfolk, St. Mary and St.
Walstan. Another view, and two of the
interior - 1,
2, the
pulpit and the
font. The church also has
medieval glass,
brasses, and fragments of
wall painting. TG 1526 0863. All
© Chris Stafford (2013).
Grade I listed. A former
Methodist Chapel stands on Church Street at TG 1550 0857. Older maps
label it as Wesleyan. It has a date-stone for 1866, and can be seen on a
Streetview from 2021. O.S.
maps also mark Site of Chapel and Hermitage
at TG 1566 0874. It was situated roughly where the tree is in a
Streetview from 2019.
Bawdeswell, Norfolk, All Saints (O). As we were driving up, I thought at first glance that this was a Georgian Church.
How wrong can you be? Built on the site of a church destroyed by a crashing plane during WWII, it was built in the 1950's, and is a delight. Two interior views
- 1, 2, the pulpit,
font, and cockerel weather-vane. All © Steve Bulman (2012).
Link. Grade II* listed -
link.
Bawdrip, Somerset, St. Michael and All
Angels, on Church Road. ST 3415 3959. © Chris Kippin (2020).
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Bawdsey, Suffolk, former chapel, now in
secular use. This may have been the Wesleyan Chapel as mentioned on
Genuki. © Iris Maeers.
Howard Richter has confirmed that this was indeed the Wesleyan chapel, and
further advises that it was founded (per Genuki) in 1886. It shows on the 1904
OS map at TM 346 405. It was preceded by an earlier Wesleyan nearby at TM 3466
4022. The earliest OS map is of 1881, and this chapel is shown on it. Probably
it is the one mentioned in Lewis' 1831 Topographical Dictionary, but when it was
founded is presently not known. This older chapel stood quite close to the
present parish church, St. Mary (link,
with photos). Howard quotes the
grade II listing which says that the church was C14, but mostly re-built
after 1842, when a fire started by a firework let off during a 5 November
display launched from the church tower severely damaged the building.
Bawn, Monaghan, St. Patrick (R.C.). © Karen
Grace.
Bawsey, Norfolk,
the ruins of St. James. Mostly of circa 1130, the church fell out of use in the
1770's. Also known as St. Mary, it is marked as such on O.S. maps. The village
of Bawsey no longer exists.
Another view. TF 6624 2079. Both © Richard
Roberts (2016). Three additional views - 1,
2, 3,
all © Chris Stafford (2014).
Grade I listed.
Bawtry, South Yorkshire, St. Nicholas. SK 653 930. © Bill Henderson.
Grade I listed. Methodist Church,
originally Wesleyan. It was preceded by an older chapel of 1806 which survives, and is listed Grade II
here. © Steve
Bulman. Chapel (almost certainly the
one described in Pevsner as "Hospital Chapel").
Inscription above the door. Both © Steve
Bulman. The former Primitive Methodist Chapel (1862) on Station Road, now in use as a theatre. Two additional views
- 1, 2. SK 653 932. All © Howard Richter (2012).
Link, which says that it was in use as a theatre since at least 1948.
Baxenden, Lancashire, St John the Baptist (1877) on Church Avenue.
Another view. SD 772 265. Both © Mike Berrell (2013). Link.
Grade II listed.
The former Methodist Church, now in
secular use. A 1960's build, it replaced an earlier church which had dry
and wet rot. It closed in 2013. © Nigel Birch.
Baxterley, Warwickshire, dedication unknown. © Aidan McRae Thomson.
Link.
Baybridge, Northumberland, the former Providence Wesleyan Chapel (1867). The elaborate
date-stone. NY 957 501. Both © Mike
Berrell (2012).
Baydon, Wiltshire, St. Nicholas.
Another view. SU 2813 7807. Both ©
Chris Kippin (2021). Link.
Grade II* listed. A former
Methodist Church
stands on Aldbourne Road, at SU 2792 7788. Map
evidence shows that it was built after 1900 and before 1960. © Chris Kippin
(2022). It may have been
successor to a Wesleyan Chapel which stood on Ermin
Street, at SU 2830 7788. In this 2009
Streetview, it would have
stood roughly where the car is. The site
of the demolished Providence Particular
Baptist Chapel on Aldbourne Road at SU 2802 7793. It pre-dates
a map of 1886, and is dated
here
to 1806, closing before 1922. © Chris Kippin (2022).
Bayfield, the
remains of St. Margaret in the grounds of Bayfield Hall. It has been ruinous
since the late 18th century. Another view.
TG 049 404. Both © Richard Roberts (2017).
Link.
Bayford, Hertfordshire, St. Mary. © Bill McKenzie.
Bayford,
Somerset, the former Mission Room. It now serves as the village hall. A
source mentions the building of a Mission Room here in 1881, presumably this
one. ST 7264 2906. © Chris Kippin (2021).
Bayhead (North Uist), W. Isles, Free Church of
Scotland. © Carol Myers. Link.
Bayston Hill, Shropshire, the
former Christ Church, now a private residence. The
Old Chapel, now in use by a
catering firm. Both © James Murray.
Bayton, Worcestershire, St. Bartholomew.
Another view, and the
interior. SO 691 732. All ©
Chris Kippin (2018).
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Bayswater, Greater London - see the
London page.
Bayvil, Pembrokeshire, St. Andrew, now cared for
by the Friends of Friendless Churches.
Two interior views - 1,
2. SN 102 406. All © Mike Berrell (2010).
Beachampton, Buckinghamshire,
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Another view,
two of the interior - 1,
2, the
chancel and the
font. SP 7705 3706. All © David Regan (2019).
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Beachamwell,
Norfolk, St. Mary on The Street.
Interior view. TF 750 053.
Grade I listed. The ruins of St.
John. TF 430 057. The very brief
Grade II listing. The former
Methodist Church (1892, Wesleyan) on an unnamed road beyond Beachamwell
Road, now converted to residential use. TF 575 055. All © Richard Roberts
(2016).
Beachley, Gloucestershire,
St. John the Evangelist (1833). ST 5505 9127. ©
Graeme Harvey.
Grade II listed. St. Twrog's Chapel.
ST 5484 9002. © Janet Gimber (2014).
Grade II listed.
The Chapel in the Beachley
Barracks Army Camp. The photo was taken from the Severn Bridge. © Linda
Parker.
Beacon, Cornwall, the Methodist Church (SW
6568 3923). It has a date-stone for 1895. On a map of 1908 it's labelled as a
Sunday School, presumably for the nearby Wesleyan Chapel. It no longer exists,
and its site was seen by
Streetview in 2009. SW 6566 3927. © Paul E. Barnett (2022).
Link.
Beacon, Devon, a
former chapel
(1859). The 25" 1903-4 map marks it as Baptist. ST 1809 0523. © Heath Nickels
(2017).
Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire.
Beaconside, Stafford, Staffordshire - see
Stafford.
Beadlam,
North Yorkshire, the Kirkdale Parish Anglican and Methodist Church. © Bill Henderson.
Beadnell, Northumberland,
Ebba on The Haven. NU
2298 2928. © Peter Morgan. Two further views - 1,
2, both © David Gallimore (2009).
Interior view, © Richard Roberts
(2018).
Grade II listed. The site of St. Ebba's Chapel -
the remains of which lie buried just beyond the information board. Dating from
the 13th century, it may be on the site of a Saxon chapel. A service is still
held here on St. Ebba's Feast Day in August. NU 2396 2871. © Richard Roberts
(2017).
Link.
Beaford, Devon,
St. George and All Saints. Another view.
SS 5521 1500.
Link.
Grade I listed. The
Methodist Church. Its
grade II listing dates it to 1838, and older maps label it as Bible
Christian. SS 5546 1492. All © Chris Kippin (2022).
Bealbury, Cornwall, Wesley Methodist Church,
built in 1872 as Wesleyan. SX 3741 6671. © Paul E. Barnett (2018).
Link.
Beaminster, Dorset, St. Mary. Link. ST 478 012. The former
Congregational Church, now the town museum. ST 481 011. St. John
(R.C.). ST 481 017. Link. All © Steve Bulman (2010).
Beamish, Co. Durham,
the former Pit Hill Methodist Chapel (previously Wesleyan, built 1854), now
re-erected at the Beamish Museum. Pit Hill was the previous name of Beamish
village.
Interior view. Both © Steve Bulman.
St. Helen was originally a parish church,
but latterly a cemetery church in a cemetery at Eston (at NZ 5479 1878),
finally closing in 1987. Later severely damaged by fire, it was re-located and
re-built here, finally re-opening in 2011. © Ken Roddam (2022).
Link
(many more photos).
Beamsley (near Bolton Bridge), North Yorkshire, former Chapel and almshouses, now holiday lets. The chapel is the central part
of the building, with the windows, and surrounded by seven rooms. Another view. Both © David Regan (2011). Grade I
listed - link1,
link2.
Link3.
Link4.
Beanacre, Wiltshire, St. Barnabas. ©
Janet Gimber (2012).
Link.
Grade II listed. The former Baptist
Church stands at the junction of Westlands Lane, Chapel Lane, and the A350,
and is now residential. © Janet Gimber (2018).
Bearley, Warwickshire, St. Mary.
Interior view. Both © Aidan McRae Thomson.
Three further views - 1,
2, 3,
and the font, all © Elaine Sanders.
Link.
Grade II listed.
Bearpark and
Bearpark Colliery, Co. Durham, Methodist
Church (1963-4). The 2016 Streetview provides
another view. NZ 2393 4307.
The former
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel
(1883), now derelict. The 2010
Streetview reveals a very similar appearance, though it does show that it
was for sale at that time. NZ 2392 4349. Primitive
Methodist Church (1884). Since Steve took his photo, the chapel has been
demolished. NZ 2386 4355. All © Steve Bruce.
The local Anglican church is St. Edmund, which
stands at NZ 2392 4315.
Streetview shows it in 2009. The
Grade II listing dates it to 1877-9; the churchyard gates and walls, etc.
are listed separately, also as
grade II. The former Methodist New Connexion Chapel
(later United Methodist) stands, converted to residential use, at NZ 2368 4363.
It can be seen on 2010 Streetviews
here and
here. The Wesleyan seems to
have been closed by 1940, though the Primitive and United Methodist Chapels both
seem to have still been active at the time of an O.S. map of 1958 vintage.
Presumably both of these were closed before 1964, when the present Methodist
church was opened.
Bearsden, East Dunbartonshire, New Kilpatrick Church (CoS, 1807 or 1808). NS 543 723. © Martin Richter (2013).
Another view, and two interior views - 1,
2, all
© Charles Clegg (2013).
Link1 - follow "About NK church" then "Buildings" for a comprehensive history; and "Gallery" for many photos of the fine
stained glass). Link2.
Grade A listed.
Bearsden Cross Parish Church on Drymen Road,
© Charles Clegg (2013). Link.
Bearsted, Kent, Holy Cross. TQ 801
555. Link.
Catholic Church of St. Peter. TQ
796 549. Link.
Methodist Church (on Ware
Street). 188 TQ 739 404. All © Geoff Watt.
Bearswood, Birmingham, West Midlands - see Birmingham.
Bearwood, Herefordshire,
the Methodist Chapel (1864). SO 3820 5619.
©
Paul Wood (2003).
Beaudesert, Warwickshire, St. Nicholas.
Interior view. Both © Aidan McRae Thomson.
Beaufort, Blaenau Gwent.
Beaulieu, Hampshire,
the church at Beaulieu Abbey. SU 3884 0263. From an
old postcard in Steve Bulman's Collection. A modern view,
and the interior, both © Aidan McRae Thomson.
The cloister, seen in an old
postcard from Christopher Skottowe's Collection. Link.
The Mortuary Chapel in
Beaulieu Cemetery on Lodge Lane dates from the late 19th century. SU 383
013.
© Richard Roberts (2018).
Beauly, Highland.
Beaumaris, Isle of Anglesey, St. Mary & St.
Nicholas.
From an old postcard, Steve Bulman's Collection. A modern view, and an
interior view, both © Stuart Mackrell.
Link. Our Lady Queen of Martyrs (R.C.). © Tony Preston.
Beaumont,
Cumbria, St. Mary. NY 3480 5929. © Steve Bulman. 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.
Link1 (has an
interior photo). Link2.
Grade II* listed.
Beautybank (or Beauty Bank),
Cheshire, Methodist Church. An O.S. map of 1898 labels it as Methodist Chapel
(Free United).
Genuki dates it to 1878. SJ 6239 6817. © Les Needham.
Bebington, Merseyside,
St. Andrew, on Church Road. SJ 3330 8392. © Steve Bulman.
Link.
Grade I listed.
Lower Bebington Methodist Church on
Bromborough Road. The history section of the
church
website (scroll down) dates it to 1928. The preceding chapel (at left in the
photo) pre-dates a map of 1899, where it's labelled as Wesleyan. SJ 3339 8417. ©
Steve Bulman (2021). The 6" O.S. map of 1899 marks a Meth.
Chap. on Bromborough Road at SJ 3364 8388. Not marked on the 25" map of
1912, a pub was standing on the site in
2009, and housing was being
built there by 2012 (both
from Streetview). I've been unable to discover anything else about this chapel.
Life Church stands across the road from
Bebington Railway Station. Circa SJ 3331 8493. © Steve Bulman (2021).
Link.
Beccles, Suffolk, St. Michael the
Archangel. From an old postcard in Steve Bulman's Collection. Two modern views - 1, 2,
the fine porch, interior view,
side aisle, the East Window, and the
font, all © Steve Bulman (2011). Link.
Friends Meeting House and
Quaker Hall. TM 4229 9041. © Steve Bulman (2011).
Another view, © Carole Sage (2016).
Beccles Baptist Church, also known as the Three Martyrs Church. © Iris
Maeers. St. Benet (R.C.) on St.
Mary's Road. The porch,
door,
interior, and the
altar. TM 4191 8997. All
© Christopher Skottowe (1958). Link.
Beck Row, Suffolk, St. John the
Evangelist.
Another view, and the
graveyard, where there are
numerous WWII graves of Commonwealth service personnel (R.A.F. Mildenhall is
nearby). All © David Regan (2019).
Link1.
Link2. The Methodist Church
on The Street was built as Wesleyan in 1829. © David Regan (2019).
Link1.
Link2.
Beckbury, Shropshire, St. Milburga. Another view, two interior views -
1, 2, and the font. All
© Dennis Harper (2011). Link. Grade II* listed -hire
link.
Beckenham, Greater London, St. George. TQ
374 696. From an old postcard (franked 1905), Dave Westrap's Collection.
Link1.
Link2.
St. Barnabas. Link is to a photo on the
church website. Avenue
Baptist Church on Avenue Road.
© Janet Gimber (2016).
Beckermet, Cumbria,
St. Brigit, which stands about half a mile SSW of the village.
Interior view.
NY 0149 0607. Both © Jill Coulthard.
Link.
Grade II* listed. St. John.
NY 0189 0672. © Jill Coulthard.
Another view of St. John, ©
Malcolm Minshaw.
Grade II listed.
Beckfoot (Eskdale), Cumbria, St. Catherine.
NY 1759 0026. © Alex Parker.
Link.
Grade II listed.
Beckfoot, Cumbria
(between Sedbergh and Tebay), the former Methodist Chapel, now a private residence.
Maps show it as Methodist Chapel (Primitive) in 1898, and Beck Foot
Methodist Church in 1977.
Another view. The date-stone for
1872. SD 6151 9654. All © Howard Richter (2016). An
Estate Agents sale notice (pdf) has interior views, though nothing remains
to hint at its former use.
Beckfoot,
Cumbria (south of Silloth), the former Friends Meeting House, now converted to
residential use. An information board in the adjacent burial ground dates the
first building on the site to "probably after 1689", with a re-build in 1745. It
was closed in 1940, though was later used by a Methodist congregation until
1968, conversion following thereafter. NY 0929 4959. © Steve Bulman (2018).
Beckford, Worcestershire, St. John the Baptist. From an old postcard in John Bowdler's Collection. A
modern view (taken from almost exactly the same position), and two interior views -
1, 2, all © Graeme Harvey (2012).
Link. Grade I listed -
link.
Beckingham, Lincolnshire,
All Saints. SK 8756 5381. © Dave Hitchborne.
Another view, four of the interior -
1,
2,
3,
4, and the
font, all © David Regan (2019).
Another interior view, and a
Norman doorway, both
© Chris Stafford (2015).
Link.
Grade I listed. The former
Methodist Church (post-1900) stands on Chapel Street, was originally
Wesleyan, and now serves as the village hall. SK 8770 5388. © David Regan
(2019), who advises that it was successor to an earlier chapel of 1835, probably
on the same site. The
Village
Trail leaflet mentions a former Quaker Meeting House
on Hillside, dated 1706. It can be seen on a 2009 Streetview
here. With a bit of
manoeuvring, the date-stone for MCCVI can be seen. SK 8753 5390.
Beckingham, Nottinghamshire,
All Saints. Two further views - 1,
2. SK 7790 9029. All © David Regan (2010).
Link.
The former Methodist
Chapel (1896-2007) on High Street was built as Wesleyan.
SK 7779 9004. This was
the second Wesleyan chapel in the village. Its predecessor was used as a
Sunday School after the later one had been built, and it's since been
demolished, but there's an old photo of it
here,
where there are also interior photos of the later chapel from before it
was converted to residential use. There is a Sunday School marked on the
1900 6" map at SK 7783 8995, presumably the one under discussion, and
housing now stands on the site, as can be seen
here in a 2009
Streetview. © David Regan (2020). The same map shows another chapel on
High Street, at SK 7811 8993. The Streetview van hasn't been past it,
but there's a photo on Geograph,
here,
where it says it was a
Primitive Methodist Chapel of 1836, closed between WW1 and WW2.
In contrast, its My Primitive Methodists
entry gives it dates of 1854-1935.
Beckington,
Somerset, St. George, which is labelled on a map of 1904 as St. Gregory. ST 8016
5164.
© Chris Kippin (2021).
Link.
Grade I listed. The
War Memorial, and several tombs are listed separately - they can be
found
here. The former Baptist
Church (1839) on Frome Road is labelled on a map of 1886 as
Baptist Chapel (Par.), i.e. Particular Baptist. Its
grade II listing
dates it to 1839. ST 7994 5171. © Chris Kippin (2021). A former
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel
of 1839 stands on Goose Street at ST 8011 5197. © Chris Kippin (2024).
Grade II listed. The site
of a demolished Nonconformist Mortuary
Chapel, which stood in the cemetery on Church Street at ST 7989
5135. © Chris Kippin (2024).
Beckley, East Sussex, All Saints.
TQ 843 237. From a postcard in the Kevin Gordon Collection.
Link.
Beckley, Oxfordshire, dedicated to St. Mary. Another view.
SP 562 113. Both © Steve Bulman.
Beckside, Cumbria, St. Cuthbert - see Kirkby
Ireleth on the Cumbria page.
Beckwithshaw,
North Yorkshire, St. Michael and All Angels. © David
Regan (2016). Link.
Grade II listed.
Bedale, North Yorkshire,
St. Gregory. SE 2656 8846. © Bill Henderson.
Another view, and an interior view, both © Alan Blacklock.
Another view, the
porch, two more of the interior -
1,
2, a
tomb, and the
font, all ©
Chris Stafford (2013). Link.
Grade I listed. The gateway and war memorial are
listed separately - they can be seen
here. Methodist Church on The
Wynd. SE 2649 8818. ©
Michael Bourne.
Link. The former Particular Baptist Chapel (1878)
on Bridge Street.
Another view. SE 2678 8824. Both © Howard Richter
(2015). According to this
source, there was an earlier Baptist Chapel,
converted from a house in 1821, and re-built on a larger scale in 1842. Was it
at a different location, and if yes, does it survive?
Beddau, Rhondda Cynon Taff, St. Michael (CiW).
Link. Beddau Community Church (Elim
Pentecostal). Link. Both © Gervase N. E. Charmley.
Beddgelert, Gwynedd, St. Mary. SH 591 480. ©
Bill McKenzie. Another view, and a more recent one. Both © Dave Westrap.
Interior view. © Dave Westrap. Link1.
Link2.
Link3.
Beddingham, East Sussex, St. Andrew. TQ 445
079. © Kevin Gordon.
Link.
Beddington, Greater London, St. Mary the
Virgin. TQ 295 652. From an old
postcard in Geoff Watt's Collection. A
modern view, ©
Chris Kippin (2018).
Link.
Bedford,
Bedfordshire.
Bedlington,
Northumberland.
Bedlinog, Merthyr Tydfil.
Bedminster and Bedminster Down, Bristol (City),
Bristol.
Bedmond, Hertfordshire, Church of the Ascension. © Les Needham. Link.
Bednall, Staffordshire, All Saints. SJ 955 018. © Geoff
Pick. Two further views- 1, 2,
interior view and font, all © Dennis Harper (2011).
Link. Grade II listed - link.
Bedstone, St. Mary. SO 369 738.
Coxall Baptist Church. SO 368 748. Both © Ken Taylor.
Bedwas, Caerphilly.
Bedwellty, Caerphilly,
St. Sannan. SO 1666 0031. © David
Gallimore. Another view,
© Gerard Charmley (2011). Link.
Grade II* listed.
Coflein
entry.
Bedworth, Warwickshire, All Saints.
Another view, and the
interior. All © Aidan McRae Thomson.
Zion Baptist Church (1978) on
Newdigate Road. © Richard Roberts (2019).
Link.
Beeby, Leicestershire, All Saints, which is
now in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. © George Weston. Two
further views - 1,
2, both © David Regan (2016).
Grade II* listed.
Beedon, Berkshire,
St. Nicholas. SU 4823 7812. From an old postcard in Judy Flynn's collection.
Link.
Grade I listed.
Beeford, East Riding of Yorkshire, St. Leonard. Former Chapel, on the road to Brandesburton.
Now the Chapel Moor Pets' Crematorium. Both © James Murray. Janet Gimber advises that this was originally
Primitive Methodist, and later Methodist, and appears to have gone out of use in the late 1970's or early 1980's.
Beeley, Derbyshire,
St. Anne.
Interior view, and a detail
from the carving at the right hand side of the chancel arch. SK 2649 6765. All ©
Steve Bulman. Link.
Grade II* listed. The village also has a former
Methodist Chapel (2023
Streetview) on Chapel Hill at SK 2653 6753. It's dated
here to 1891-1999, originally as Wesleyan. The same source says it was
preceded on the same site by a chapel of 1807.
Beelsby,
Lincolnshire, St. Andrew. © David Regan (2016).
Link.
Grade II listed.
Beenham, Berkshire,
St. Mary. SU 5907 6848. From an old postcard in Judy Flynn's collection.
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Beer, Devon, St.
Michael.
SY 2295 8937.
© Graeme Harvey.
Link.
Grade II listed. A mortuary chapel of
St. Michael stands in a graveyard about 400 metres away from the church. SY
2278 8929. © Heath Nickels (2016).
Grade II listed. Congregational Church.
SY 229 893. ©
Graeme Harvey. The organ is unusual
in a church, it being a Wurlitzer. © Heath Nickels (2016).
Link1. Link2.
Beercrocombe, Somerset, St. James. Two interiors - 1,
2. The list of rectors commences in 1318. ST 326 205. All ©
Mike Berrell (2014). Grade I listed.
Beesands,
Devon, St. Andrew. The date-stone for
1883. SX8195 4045. Both © Andrew Ross.
Link.
Beesby (near Wold Newton), Lincolnshire - see
Hawerby, on the Lincolnshire page.
Beesby (or
Beesby-in-the-Marsh), Lincolnshire, St. Andrew.
Another view. Both © David Regan (2017).
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Beeston, Bedfordshire,
Methodist Church, on The Baulk. It's labelled on older
maps as Wesleyan. TL 1690 4847. © Bedfordshire and Luton Archives & Records Service (2010).
Link.
Beeston,
Norfolk, St. Mary the Virgin (13th - 15th
centuries). Three interior views - 1,
2,
3. TF 8938 1528. All © Peter Morgan (2016).
Another interior view (taken
through a window),
© Richard Roberts (2018).
Another view, two more of the
interior - 1,
2, and the defaced
screen, all © Chris Stafford
(2014). Link.
Grade I listed.
A United Free Methodist Chapel once stood on Chapel
Lane (previously Gouch Lane), at TF 9082 1584. Pre-dating a map of 1906, its
Genuki entry
says it was "founded before 1886". It still shows on a map of 1955, but when it
was closed is so far unknown. Its site was well hidden by vegetation when the
Streetview van went by in 2008, but it was
here, somewhere behind the
trees on the right.
Genuki also
lists another chapel, a Wesleyan Reform Chapel, at
TF 9103 1595, and it also provides dates of 1817 to "before 1906". Looking at a
25" map of 1906 this grid reference looks an unlikely place to have had a
chapel, which, even if had been demolished at this time, should surely have had
a road or path leading to its site, but it appears not to have.
Beeston, Nottinghamshire.
Beeston
and Beeston Hill, Leeds, West Yorkshire.
Beeston Regis, Norfolk, All Saints.
© Geoff Watt.
Link.
Beeswing, Dumfries & Galloway, the former Lochend
Church, undergoing conversion to a private residence. © James Murray (2009).
Beetham, Cumbria,
St. Michael and All Angels. SD 4961 7957. © Elaine Hindson. Another view, ©
Philip Kapp. Interior view, © John
Balaam (2017). 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 I listed. The 1898 25" O.S. map labels a building as Temple Bank On
Site of St. John's Chapel. I think it can be seen in the background
here, just glimpsed on the
2011 Streetview. SD 4969 7949. The only mention of it on-line I can find is in
my transcription of an old directory - see
here, but
it doesn't offer anything of much help.
Begbroke, Oxfordshire, St. Michael. © Brian J. Curtis. SP 468 139.
Begelly, Pembrokeshire, St. Mary (CiW). SN 118 073. © Mike Berrell. Two interior views - 1,
2, and a squint, all © Mike Berrell (2012).
Zion Calvinistic Methodist Chapel (1828, re-built 1866). ©
Peter Morgan (2011).
Beguildy, Powys, St. Michael and All Angels. Interior view. An ancient
chest. All © John Bowdler. Link.
Beighton, Norfolk,
All Saints. Another view, three of the
interior - 1,
2,
3,
sedilia, an
example of the carved bench-ends, and
the font. TG 3866 0830. All © Chris
Stafford (2014). Link1.
Link2.
Grade I listed.
Over half a mile to the south is a former Primitive
Methodist Chapel, on Chapel Lane at TG 3833 0741. It's dated
here to 1862, and there is also a photo. It can also be seen on a
Streetview from 2019.
Beighton, South Yorkshire, St. Mary. © Peter
Fowler.
Beith, North Ayrshire.
Bekesbourne, Kent, St. Peter. TR
195 555. © Geoff Watt.
Link.
Belbroughton, Worcestershire, Holy
Trinity. SO 9192 7686. © Vanessa Morgan. Two more
views - 1,
2, both © Peter Morgan
(2023). Link.
Grade II* listed. For the listed churchyard memorial and cross, see
here. Older O.S. maps show a Primitive Methodist
Chapel on Forge Lane at SO 9200 7716. Pre-dating a map of 1903, it
survived in active use (presumably as Methodist) until the mid-20th century at
least, but has since been converted to secular use. It was seen by
Streetview in 2009. It has a
date-stone, but I can't read it.
Belchalwell,
Dorset, St. Aldhelm. ST 7924 0980. © Chris Kippin (2022). Link.
Grade II* listed. A table tomb in the churchyard
is listed as
grade II. Belchamp
Otten, Essex, St. Ethelbert and All Saints. Three
additional views -
1,
2,
3. TL 8033 4176. All © Roger Heap (2015).
The porch doorway, two interior
views - 1,
2, the
altar, and the
font,
all © Chris Stafford (2013).
Link.
Grade I listed.
An Independent Chapel (later Congregational) is
labelled on old O.S. maps at TL 8009 4168. It pre-dates the earliest map
available to me (1876), and seems to have been closed before 1957. The site of
the chapel and adjoining burial ground, which has been redeveloped for housing,
can be seen in this 2009
Streetview. I've been unable to find a photo, or any substantial
information, about this chapel.
Belchamp St. Paul, Essex, St.
Andrew, which stands about a mile N.N.E. of the village, at TL 7983 4346. Three
interior views - 1,
2,
3, the
altar, one of many fine
bench-ends, and the
font. All
© Chris Stafford (2013).
Link.
Grade I listed.
Belchamp Walter, Essex,
St. Mary the Virgin. Three additional views -
1,
2,
3. TL 8273 4069. All © Roger Heap
(2015). The church has some good
wall paintings; the interior,
a window detail, and the
font, all
© Chris Stafford (2013).
Link.
Grade I listed.
Belchford, Lincolnshire,
St. Peter and St. Paul. Interior view. TF 2940 7541.
Both © Mike Berrell.
Two additional views -
1,
2, another
interior, the
chancel, the
altar, and the
font, all © Chris Stafford (2015).
Link.
Grade II listed. The former Wesleyan Chapel on Chapel
Lane, dates from 1871. It was being offered for sale in 2008. TF 2941 7549. © Mike
Berrell. The village also has a former Primitive Methodist
Chapel, at TF 2932 7560. Its
My Primitive Methodists
entry (which has a 1995 photo of it when it was in
use as a farm store) dates it to 1834, with closure in 1938 or 1945. Since
converted into a house, it can be seen
here on a 2009 Streetview.
Beldy (near Garrigill),
Cumbria, the former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, as seen by Streetview in 2016. It
says
here that it has a date-stone for 1859. NY 7426 4205.
Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Belford, Northumberland,
St. Mary. This
source dates it to 1828, though there were earlier churches. Three interior
views - 1,
2,
3, and the
font. NU 1085 3400. All ©
Steve Bulman (2024).
Link.
Grade II listed. A churchyard headstone is also
listed, as
grade II. The former Scotch Church (1776)
on West Street. Originally built for Scottish Presbyterian migrant workers, the
congregation soon split into two separate factions, one moving out and founding
a new church (Erskine Church) on Nursery Lane. The Scotch Church had ceased as a
place of worship by 1924, and the building was subsequently used as the village
Memorial Hall, and latterly as a community club. It has recently been sold and
will be converted for residential use. NU 1062 3384. © Richard Roberts (2018).
Erskine U.R.C. (1777, originally
Presbyterian) on Nursery Lane.
Interior view. NU 1101 3377. Both © Richard Roberts (2018).
Link. O.S. map
marks Chapel (Site of) less than half a mile to the
N.W. of the church, at NU 1046 3450. In a 2023 Streetview, its site lies roughly
on the skyline where the trees end. There is a hint of a platform in the field.
It's discussed
here (see section 3.2) where it's called St. Mary's Chapel, and it
says that it was still extant in 1733.
Belgrave, Leicester, Leicestershire - see
Leicester.
Belgravia, Greater London, St. Michael, on Chester Square. Another view.
Link. St. Peter.
Link. All © Gervase N. E. Charmley.
Belhaven, East Lothian, Church of Scotland. NT 6678. © Bill Henderson.
Bellaghy, Co. Derry.
Bellanoch, Argyll & Bute. Another view. Both © Martin Briscoe.
And another © Peter Amsden.
Bellarena, Co. Derry, St. Cadan (Tamlaghtard
Parish Church). A glimpse of the
interior, taken through a window. Both © Adam McCurdy (2015).
Belleau,
Lincolnshire, St. John the Baptist. Two interiors -
1,
2, the
chancel,
font, and two views of a knight's
tomb -
1,
2. TF4012 7855. All © David Regan
(2019).
Grade II* listed.
A cross in the churchyard is separately listed as
grade II.
Belle Isle, Leeds, West Yorkshire - see
Leeds.
Belleek,
Co. Fermanagh, the Parish Church. © Len Brankin. St. Patrick (R.C.). © Graeme Harvey.
Another view. © Len Brankin.
Bellerby, North Yorkshire,
St. John the Evangelist. © Alan Blacklock (2010). The former
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel
(1839 [date-stone] - 1
April 2012) for which planning consent has been granted for conversion to
residential use. Plans
here and
here. Another view. SE
114 929. All © Howard Richter (2015).
Link showing the entrance (click
on Meeting Places).
Bellingdon, Buckinghamshire,
St. John. SP 9462 0492. © Les Needham.
Link.
Bellingham, Northumberland,
St. Cuthbert, and an
interior view. NY 8376 8326. Both © Alan Blacklock (2010).
Link.
Grade I listed.
Several monuments are listed separately,
here. St.
Oswald (R.C.). NY 8338 8338. ©
Alan Blacklock (2010). Another view, © Bill Henderson.
Link.
Grade II listed, wherein it's dated to 1839.
Methodist Church, shown on
older maps as United Free. NY 8390 8326. © Bill Henderson.
Cemetery Chapel at NY 8344 8293. © Bill Henderson (2013).
The former Presbyterian Church
(circa 1895) at NY 838 836 is now in residential use. NY 8382 8369. © Richard Roberts (2018).
Bellshill, North Lanarkshire, West
Parish Church. © Alan Mathew (2011).
Bellshill Central Parish Church on Main Street. Built as Bellshill
Free Church in 1874, it has also been known as Bellshill MacDonald
Memorial United Free Church of Scotland, Bellshill MacDonald Memorial
Church of Scotland from 1929, and from 2014, on its union with Orbiston
Parish Church, Bellshill Central Parish Church. Two interior views -
1,
2. The organ is a 1930 2-manual Hilsdon. Some examples of the fine
windows -
1,
2,
3. All © Alan Mathew (2015), who is the church organist.
Link.
Salvation Army Church and
Community Centre. © Alan Mathew (2015).
E.U. Congregational Church
(1842) at Mossend. © Alan Mathew (2015).
Holy Family (R.C.) on Hope Street, Mossend.
Another view. Both © Alan
Mathew (2015).
Link.
Belmont, Durham, Co. Durham - see
Durham (City).
Belmont, Exeter, Devon - see the
Exeter page.
Belmont, Sutton, Greater London, St. John the Evangelist (CoE and Methodist) on Avenue Road, consecrated in 1966. © Gerard Doherty
(2011). Link.
Belmont, Lancashire, St. Peter on Rivington Road. SD 673 158. © Philip Kapp. Two interior views -
1, 2, both © Mike Berrell (2013).
Belowda, Cornwall, the former Bible
Christian Chapel. Another view. SW 9648 6171.
Both © Paul E. Barnett (2017).
Belper, Derbyshire.
Belstead, Suffolk, derelict chapel, on Chapel Lane. Howard Richter has advised that this was Congregational, founded
in 1790 (link), though whether this building dates from then is as yet uncertain, as
is the closure date. TM 132 412. © Iris Maeers (2013).
Belstone, Devon,
St. Mary the Virgin. SX 6193
9350. From an old postcard in Reg Dosell's Collection. A
modern view, © Chris Kippin
(2021). Interior view,
© Heath Nickels (2016).
Link.
Grade II* listed. Many of the headstones in the graveyard are listed
separately - they can be seen
here. The former Wesleyan Methodist
Chapel. It pre-dates the 1904-5 O.S. 25" map, and at the time of Heath's
visit, it was in use as a tea-room. SX 6203 9356. © Heath Nickels (2016). The
former Zion Independent Chapel
(1841). The date-stone doesn't
show the date very distinctly, but a photo in more favourable light shows it
well - see
here. SX 6191 9357. © Heath Nickels (2016).
Beltinge, Kent, Methodist Church. TR 201 685. © Geoff Watt.
Belton,
Leicestershire, St. John the Baptist.
Another view. SK 4477 2082. Both © David Regan (2016).
Grade II* listed. A Baptist Church
stands at the junction of Gracedieu Lane and Long Street. Its date-stone says "G.B.
Chapel Erected 1813", G.B. being General Baptist.
A
2008 Streetview. SK 4456
2042. © David Regan (2020). The village also had a
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel on Long Street (SK 4463 2069), which can be
seen on a 2019 Streetview here.
The Belton Genuki entry
says that the Wesleyans were present in the village before 1849, but whether the
present building dates from that time is so far unknown.
Belton (near Epworth), Lincolnshire, All Saints. © Dave
Hitchborne. Methodist Church (1879). © James Murray.
Belton (near Grantham), Lincolnshire, St. Peter and St. Paul, which is in the grounds of
Belton House. Another view. Both © Jim Parker.
Link.
Belton, Norfolk, All Saints. Another view. Both © Chris Stafford (2012).
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Belton, Rutland,
St. Peter.
Another
view, three interior views -
1,
2,
3, the rather handsome
organ, a
memorial, and the C13
font. SK 8163 0135. All © David
Regan (2015 and 2019). The clock
and a gargoyle, a window, and a
curious column capital in the form
of a stylised head, which to my inexpert eye seems rather Celtic-looking.
© Chris Stafford (2016).
Link.
Grade II* listed. The 25" O.S. map of 1904 marks a
Baptist Chapel at the northern end of the village,
on College Farm Lane, at SK 8171 0150. Now converted to residential use, it can
be seen on a 2011 Streetview.
The National Archives
references
documents pertaining to the chapel for 1879-2004.
Beltra, Co. Sligo, Christ Church (CoI). G 592 304. © Gerard Close (2012).
Belvedere, Greater London, All Saints
on Nuxley Road. The church opened in 1853, but wasn't finally completed until
1861. TQ 4925 7830. From an old postcard view in Reg Dosell's Collection.
Link (history
here).
Grade II listed.
Bemerton, Salisbury, Wiltshire - see the
Salisbury page.
Bempton, East Riding of Yorkshire,
St. Michael. TA 1912 7210. © James Murray.
Another view, three of the interior -
1,
2,
3, and the
font, all
© David Regan (2020).
Link.
Grade II* listed. The Methodist Church stands at TA 1878 7225. It replaced a Wesleyan chapel of 1825 in 1903.
Another view. The window lintels are unusual, being composed of
multiple blocks. All © Howard Richter (2013). Link. The former
Primitive Methodist Chapel on Bolam lane. Probably built in the 1840's (it shows on the OS map of 1851), evidence
suggests that it finally closed in the 1960's. Another view. TA 187 722. Both © Howard Richter (2013).
Link provides dates of 1843-1964.
Benburb, Co. Tyrone, Presbyterian Church. St. Patrick (CoI). Both © Jack Storey.
Benchill, Wythenshawe, Manchester, Greater Manchester - see
Wythenshawe.
Benderloch, Argyll & Bute, St. Modan. NM 905 383.
Link. Campbell
Memorial Hall, possible converted church?. Both ©
Martin Briscoe. James Napier has been in touch to advise that the Memorial Hall
pictured is the original building, sold in 1980, and that it has been replaced
by a "Marley" structure build adjacent. He says the building in the photo has a
"Free Kirk" look about it, but he isn't certain if it was a church. Les Horn has advised that this was built as a Memorial Hall to John
Campbell (1823-1897), postmaster, botanist, and Bard of Clan Campbell, so never a church.
Benefield,
Northamptonshire, St. Mary. Another
view. Both © David Regan (2016).
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Benenden, Kent, St. George. TQ 807 326. © Geoff Watt. Another view. Note that the card is labelled Hemstead.
Judy Flynn advises that Benenden School was known as Hemsted Park when it was built in the 19th century. From an old postcard in John Bowdler's Collection.
Link.
Catholic Chapel (served from Cranbrook,
St. Theodore). TQ 808 335. Both © Geoff Watt.
Bengeo, Hertford, Hertfordshire - see Hertford.
Bengeworth, Worcestershire, St. Peter. SP 093 438. © Graeme Harvey (2014).
Link.
Benhall, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire - see
Cheltenham.
Benhall, Suffolk, St. Mary.
Another view,
Norman doorway, two of the interior
- 1,
2, the
pulpit and the
font. TM 3720 6186. All ©
Steve Bulman (2024).
Link.
Grade II* listed. The churchyard war memorial is also listed, as
grade II.
Benington, Lincolnshire, All Saints (now
closed). TF 396 465. © Michael Bourne.
Benington Sea End,
Lincolnshire, the former Primitive Methodist
Chapel, now in residential use. Hard to believe it was ever a chapel, but this
source provides a photo, and dates of 1838-1890 and 1908-1915.
TF 4082 4615. © David
Regan (2020).
Bennecarrigan, North Ayrshire,- see Arran.
Benniworth, Lincolnshire, St. Julian.
Two interior views - 1,
2, and the
font. All © David Regan (2018).
Link.
Grade II listed.
Bensham, Gateshead, Tyne & Wear - see Gateshead.
Benthall, Shropshire, St. Bartholomew
(1667). SJ 657 026. © Bill McKenzie.
Another view, the sun-dial, two
of the interior - 1,
2, the
pulpit and the
font. All © Dennis Harper (2016).
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Bentham, Gloucestershire,
St. John Chrysostom (Greek Orthodox), formerly St. Peter (CoE). The churchyard is still St. Peter's.
SO 9153 1612. ©
Graeme Harvey. Link.
Grade II listed.
Bentilee, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire - see
Stoke-on-Trent.
Bentlawnt, Shropshire, the
former Ebenezer Primitive Methodist Chapel. Another view of the original building, the
date-stone for which reads
1854. The smaller extension also has a tablet, which reads "MSS 1924" or
possibly "MSS 1934". SJ 3348 0141. All © John Bowdler (2010). Since
John took his photos, this former church has been partially demolished, and the
rest renovated, and presumably converted to residential use, seen
here, © Chris Kippin (2021).
Bentley, Doncaster, South Yorkshire.
Bentley,
Hampshire, St. Mary. SU 784 446.
© Chris Kippin.
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Bentley, Suffolk, St. Mary.
Interior view. TM 119 382.
Link.
Baptist Church. TM 112 369.
Link. All © Mike Berrell.
Bentley, Walsall, West Midlands - see
Walsall.
Benton Square, Tyne & Wear, the long-demolished St. Aidan. Bill advises (in 2011) that it was demolished "over 60 years ago".
The 1954 1" O.S. map indicates that the church stood on the western corner of a
junction, but the side road itself has gone now. Although the church is
commemorated by St. Aidan's Avenue, the church itself stood some little way to
the south-west, and the site is now covered by trees, seen on the right in this
2019 Streetview. NZ 3001 7006.
From Ron Maddox's Collection, and sent in by Bill Henderson. The former
Primitive Methodist Chapel can be seen in a
2012 Streetview. It stands
on today's Wesley Drive. Its My Primitive Methodists
entry dates it to 1830. NZ 2990 7013. The Wesleyans
were also represented locally, with a chapel at NZ 2988 7000. Between 1890 and
1897 it had been converted into (or replaced by) a reading room. Now demolished,
its site is in this tree-covered
area as seen on a 2018 Streetview of the Holystone Way/Whitley Road
roundabout.
Bentworth, Hampshire, St. Mary. SU 665
402.
© Chris Kippin.
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Benwell, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, Tyne & Wear - see
Newcastle-Upon-Tyne.
Beoley, Worcestershire, St. Leonard. © Dorothy
Turley. Link.
Berden, Essex,
St. Nicholas.
Another view, a fine
window, two interior views -
1,
2, and the
font. TL 4677 2963. All © Chris
Stafford (2013). Link.
Grade I listed. The 25" O.S. map of 1897
marks a Wesleyan Methodist Chapel at TL 4694 2985.
The chapel pre-dates a map of 1876-7, and the latest map to show it which I can
find is dated 1960. A map of 1978 shows a Hall on the same site,
and it can be seen here on a
Streetview of 2009. It seems to have roughly the same footprint, so perhaps all
or part of the chapel survives, in what is now the village hall.
Bere Regis, Dorset,
St. John the Baptist. SY 8474 9476. © Bill Henderson.
Another view, the
interior, and a charming C15 roof
carving. The story of the Turberville family, commemorated in the Turberville window, is famous as the inspiration
for Hardy's "Tess of the D'Urbervilles". The wealthy Turberville family lived in Bere Regis. All © Roger Hopkins.
Another view, and a
close up of the ceiling, both
© Christopher Skottowe (1978).
Link.
Grade I listed. A
Congregational Chapel stands on Butt Lane at SY 8458 9509. It pre-dates a
map of 1902, and was seen by
Streetview in 2010. Link. The
village also had a Methodist Chapel, marked on
older maps as Wesleyan. The
National
Archives reference documents pertaining to it for the years 1864-1964. A
house now stands on the site, seen
here by Streetview in 2010.
SY 8468 9482.
Berkeley, Gloucestershire,
the Minster Church dedicated to St. Mary the Virgin. ST 6847 9903. From an old postcard in Steve Bulman's Collection. The tower, and the main body of the
church, both © John Turbott. Another
old postcard (heavily processed, and
dated 1912) from Paul E. Barnett's Collection.
Interior view, © Nick Hopton.
Link.
Grade I listed. Evangelical Church. The text beneath the
window in the gable end reads "Union Chapel 1835". © Graeme Harvey (2012). Link.
Cemetery Chapel on Station Road.
ST 6835 9964. ©
Janet Gimber (2017).
Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire.
Berkhamstych, Staffordshire, St. Mary and St. John (early C20). © Gervase N. E. Charmley (2011).
Berkley, Somerset, St. Mary. The
interior. ST 8111 4940. Both © Chris
Kippin (2021).
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Berkswell, Warwickshire, St. John Baptist. Interior view. Both © Aidan McRae Thomson.
Bermondsey, Greater London.
Berneray (North Uist), Highland, Church
of Scotland. © Carol Myers.
Link.
Beragh, Co. Tyrone, Immaculate Conception
(R.C.). H 540 672. © Gerard Close. Evangelical Christian Church. H
539 669. © Gerard Close. Since Gerard took his photo, the church has been
demolished and a replacement building
erected on the same site. © Gerard Close (2018).
Berrick Salome,
Oxfordshire, St. Helen. Three interior views -
1,
2,
3, the
roof timbers, and the
font. SU 6238 9427. All © Christopher
Skottowe (2023). Link.
Grade II* listed. A grouping of several tombs and
gravestones in the churchyard is listed as
grade II.
Berriedale, Highland, Church of Scotland. © Bill
Henderson. James Napier advises that this church has recently been closed.
Berriew, Powys,
St. Beuno. SJ 1878 0082. © Eirian Evans.
Interior view, © Tim Hollinghurst. An
old postcard view, from Reg Dosell's
Collection.
Another view, showing the churchyard
gate. © Ellie Thomas (2010).
Two additional views - 1,
2, both © Paul Wood (2016).
Link.
Berrington, Shropshire, All
Saints. The interior,
pulpit and
font. SJ 5304 0685. All © Chris
Kippin (2021). Link.
Grade I listed. Various tombs and memorials in the churchyard are listed
separately - they can be found
here.
Berrow, Somerset, St. Mary on Coast Road, a
C13 church. ST 293 524. From an old postcard in Steve Bulman's
Collection. A modern view. © Andrew
Ross. Interior view, © Richard Roberts
(2016).
Grade I listed.
Berrow (aka Berrow Green), Worcestershire, St. Faith. The porch, decorated at Harvest
Festival time. Both © James Murray.
Berry Brow, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire - see Huddersfield.
Berry Pomeroy, Devon,
St. Mary.
Interior view. SX 828 610. Both © John
Hawkins. Link.
Berrynarbor, Devon, St. Peter. Two
additional views - 1,
2. SS 5605 4670. All © Martin
Richter (2018).
Another view, © Chris Kippin
(2023).
This
website has photos of the early
font, and a photo of the interior is available
here. Link.
Grade II* listing, which mentions possible fabric of the 11th century. For
the listed features in the churchyard, see
here. The former Congregational
Chapel,
on Birdswell Lane, which has a date-stone for 1881. SS 5598 4671. © Chris
Kippin (2023).
Berwick Bassett, Wiltshire,
St. Nicholas. Now in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.
Interior view. Both ©
Janet Gimber (2015).
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Berwick St. James, Wiltshire, St.
James. Another view and a
Norman doorway. SU 0718 3915.
All © Chris Kippin (2020).
Link.
Grade I listed. Some monuments in the churchyard are listed separately
they can be found
here.
Berwick St. John, Wiltshire,
St. John. ST 9460 2235.
Link.
Grade II listed. There are several listed monuments in the churchyard
- they can be found
here. The former Particular
Baptist Chapel on Loke Street.
Another view. This
source dates its closure to 1983 or 1984. ST 9443 2223. All © Chris
Kippin (2020). The 25" O.S. map of 1901 shows a Wesleyan
Methodist Chapel at ST 9480 2228. It (or a building on the same site) can
be seen distantly in this 2011
Streetview.
Berwick St. Leonard, Wiltshire, St.
Leonard, which is now in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.
Interior view. ST 9238 3314. Both
© Chris Kippin (2020).
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland.
Besford, Worcestershire, St. Peter. © Peter
Morgan.
Bessbrook, Co. Armagh.
Bessels Leigh,
(sometimes Besselsleigh), Oxfordshire,
St. Lawrence. Interior view.
SP 4563 0108. Both © Aidan McRae Thomson.
Link.
Another view,
© Chris Stafford (2013).
Grade II* listed.
Bessingby, East Riding of Yorkshire,
St. Magnus, a Temple Moore church of 1893-4. TA 1590
6594. © Bill Henderson. Another view,
© David Regan (2020).
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Besthorpe, Nottinghamshire,
Holy Trinity (1844). SK 8257 6473. © David
Regan (2011). Another view,
© David Regan (2020).
Grade II listed. The former
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel of 1832.
SK 8259 6472. © David Regan
(2020).
Grade II listed.
Bestwood, Nottinghamshire, Emmanuel Church. ©
Martin Briscoe.
Beswick, East Riding of Yorkshire, St. Margaret. © James
Murray.
Beswick, Manchester, Greater Manchester - see Manchester.
Bethany, Cornwall, The Old Chapel,
a former Wesleyan Methodist
Chapel (later Wesleyan Reform Union) of 1822. SX 3217 5996. The Methodist Church
(1928) stands directly opposite.
SX 3218 5999. Both © Paul E. Barnett (2018).
Bethel (near St. Austell), Cornwall, Bethel Bible Christian
Chapel (1836), later United Methodist. Another
view. SX 0346 5302. Both ©
Paul E. Barnett (2016 & 2023).
Bethel
(near Caernarfon), Gwynedd, Addoldy'r Annibynwyr
(Independent, 1866). Since Martin took his photo, the chapel has evidently gone
out of use - see the photo
on Geograph, dated 2011, where the building displays a "Sold" sign. SH 5240
6535.
Link. Eglwys y Cysegr Bresbyteraidd
(1864). SH 5305 6538.
Link1.
Link2. Both © Martin Briscoe.
Bethel (north-east
of Bala), the derelict Bethel Independent Chapel. SH 9880 3981. © Gervase N. E. Charmley (2011).
The
Coflein entry gives an original building date of 1816, though the present
building dates from a 1909 re-build. It had "fallen into disuse by 1993". Photos
available in the Coflein entry also show that the chapel has been completely
rehabilitated, and is currently in good condition, presumably as a private
residence.
Grade II listed.
Bethersden, Kent,
St. Margaret. TQ 9278
4027. © Geoff Watt.
Link.
Grade I listed. A former Chapel (now a private
residence), which Janet Gimber advises was Wesleyan Methodist. TQ 9301 4008. © Geoff Watt.
Union Chapel
(Independent Baptists). TQ 9297 4033. © Geoff Watt.
Another view, © Gerard Charmley
(2022). Link.
Bethesda, Gwynedd.
Bethnal Green, Greater
London.
Betley, Staffordshire, St. Margaret (O). Two interior views - 1,
2. The chapel in the latter photo is surrounded by a screen of C14 or C15 Spanish Chestnut. The aisles are by George
Gilbert Scott. SJ 755 484. All © Chris Emms (2010).
Betley Methodist Church. SJ 754 485. © Chris Emms (2010).
Betteshanger, Kent, St. Mary the Virgin. TR 312 525. © Geoff Watt.
Bettiscombe, Dorset, St. Stephen. ©
June Norris.
Link.
Bettws, Newport, St. David. © Henry D. The derelict Bettws Free Church. ©
Gerard Charmley (2010).
Bettws
Disserth, Powys,
St. Mary.
Another view. SO 1161 5693. Both © Paul Wood (2017).
Link.
My appreciation to Trevor Powell, who has advised that, when the church was
being renovated in 1882, the adjoining property, Bettws Cottage, was used
for services. It can be seen in a
Streetview from 2021.
Bettws Newydd, Monmouthshire,
the church. Generally said to have lost its dedication, some sources suggest it
may have been to St. Aeddan. Two interior views -
1,
2, and the
font. SO 3622 0588. All
© Chris Stafford (2013).
Coflein entry.
Grade I listed. The cross
in the churchyard is also listed, as
grade II. © Chris Stafford (2013).
Bettws-y-Crwyn, Shropshire, St. Mary (O).
Another view,
interior, altar, and the font.
SO 206 814. All ©
John Bowdler (2013).
Grade II* listed. Black Mountain
Baptist Chapel (ca. 1850). Although St. Mary is reputedly, the highest
church in England, the chapel is actually about 50 feet higher.
Another view. SO 202 825. Both © John Bowdler.
Link. John has drawn my attention to this document,
which has a little history, and proposals to repair and make the building suitable for community use. This more recent
photo shows that some remedial works have been carried out. © John Bowdler (2013).
Bettyhill, Highland,
the one-time parish church (St. Columba), now houses Strathnaver Museum. NC 715 622. © Bill Henderson.
Grade B listed. Farr Free Church, © Bill Henderson.
Link.
Altnaharra and Farr Church of Scotland,
the current parish church. Map evidence suggests it was built between 1894 and
1910. Another view. NC 708 622.
Both © Martin Richter (2013).
Link.
Betws Bledrws, Ceredigion, St. Bleddwrs. Two interior views -
1, 2. SN 596 520. All © Mike Berrell (2012).
Betws Garmon, Gwynedd, St. Garmon
(aka St. Germanus), (CinW). © Bill McKenzie.
Another view. © Dave Westrap. SH 535 576.
Link1.
Link2.
Betws Ifan (or
Betws Evan), Ceredigion, St. John. 1869-70,
according to
Coflein, a re-build of an earlier church, of which some fabric remains at
the west end. SN 3018 4771. © Mike Berrell.
Betws-y-Coed, Conwy,
St. Mary.
St. Mary (O). SH 7937 5646. From an old postcard in Steve Bulman's Collection. A
modern view, © Martin Briscoe.
Another view, © Alan Blacklock (2010).
Interior view,
© John Balaam (2010).
Two more interior views -
1,
2, and the
font, and three examples of the
fine windows - 1,
2,
3, all
© Chris Stafford (2015).
Link.
Grade II* listed, wherein it's dated to 1873 (tower 1907).
The former church of
St. Michael and All Angels. SH 7960 5656. © Martin
Briscoe. Another view, © Dave
Westrap. Dave advises that the church originally dates from the 14th century,
and was the original parish church. Replaced by St. Mary in 1873, it gradually
fell into disrepair, until efforts to repair and preserve it were undertaken
from 1994. Declared redundant in 2000, a trust now leases it from the Church in
Wales. Another view, and the
interior, both
© John Balaam (2017).
Link1.
Link2.
The church is listed as
grade II*, and its lych-gate as
grade II. The (presumably former) Capel Brynmawr
(Calvinistic Methodist) is dated by
Coflein to a re-build in 1872
of a chapel of 1808. SH 7904 5668. © Steve Bulman. Despite having walked right past it, I
didn't spot that this shop
(seen on a Streetview from 2018) was a former chapel. The
side-view, also from 2018,
is slightly more suggestive. Tabernacl
Independent/Congregational was, according to
Coflein, built in 1870, a
re-build of an earlier chapel of 1842, and had been converted into the shop by
2002. SH 7901 5673.
Betws-yn-Rhos, Conwy.
Beulah, Ceredigion,
Welsh Independent Chapel (1860). Re-built in 1884 says
its Coflein
entry. SN 2879 4610. © Mike Berrell (2010).
Beulah, Powys,
Eglwys Oen Duw (Church of the Lamb of God, 1867). Two interior views - 1,
2. SN 9133 5211. All © Mike Berrell (2013).
Another view, © Paul Wood (2017).
Link1.
Link2.
Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire.
Beverston, Gloucestershire,
St. Mary. Three more views - 1,
2, 3, three interiors - 1,
2, 3, the pulpit
and the font. ST 8616 9401. All © Dennis Harper (2014).
Grade II listed.
Bewcastle,
Cumbria, St. Cuthbert. © Steve Bulman. NY 5654 7456. Link.
Grade II* listed. The Knowe
U.R.C. stands at quite a distance from Bewcastle, nearly 3 miles to the
north-west, serving the local farms. Three interior views -
1,
2,
3. Originally Presbyterian,
it's dated here
to 1901, successor to an earlier chapel of 1790. NY 5332 7797. All
© Alan Marsden (2021).
Bewdley, Worcestershire, St. Anne.
Link.
All Saints.
Link.
Elim Riverside Church. All © John
French. Another view of St. Anne. And a
view from the rear.
Interior view. These three all ©
James Murray.
Bewerley, North Yorkshire, the Bewerley Grange Chapel. Interior view. SE 157 647.
Both © Gerard Charmley (2012). Link. Grade II* listed -
link.
Bewholme, East Riding of Yorkshire, St. John the
Baptist. © James Murray.
Bexhill, East Sussex., St. Mary Magdalene. From
an old postcard in Steve Bulman's Collection. The card was posted in 1957, but is
evidently much older.
Bexley, Greater London.
Bexleyheath, Greater London.
Bexwell, Norfolk, St. Mary the Virgin on Bexwell
Lane. Two interior views - 1,
2,
and the font.
TF 6313 0340. All © David Regan (2019).
Another view, and the carved stone
pulpit, both © Chris Stafford (2015).
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Beyton, Suffolk, All Saints,
notable for its heavily buttressed round tower.
Another view and the
interior. The church has some good
carved bench-ends, here and
here. TL 9339 6277. All © Chris
Kippin (2021). Link1.
Link2.
Grade II* listed.
Bibury, Gloucestershire,
St. Mary. SP 1182 0645. © Aidan McRae Thomson.
Another view, © Dave Westrap, and an
old postcard view, from Christopher
Skottowe's Collection. Two interior views - 1,
2, a fine Norman doorway,
a carved
Saxon stone in the chancel wall, and the font,
all © Steve Bulman (2011).
Link.
Grade I listed. Arlington Baptist Church.
SP 1111 0674. © Steve Bulman (2011).
Grade II listed.
Bicester, Oxfordshire.
Bickenhall, Somerset, the former St. Paul (now the Parish Hall), ST 283 188. © Mike Berrell (2014).
Grade II listed.
Bickenhall, Somerset, the former St.
Paul (1848), now the Parish Hall. ST 2829 1876. © Mike Berrell (2014).
Two more views - 1,
2, both © Chris Kippin
(2022), who advises that it's now known as Neroche Hall
(link).
Grade II listed.
Its medieval predecessor, also St. Paul, stood about half a mile to the
NE at ST 2866 1957. Demolished in
1849, the graveyard remains. The site can be seen
here on a 2016
Streetview.
Bickenhill, West Midlands, St. Peter. Two further views - 1,
2, a sun-dial, and a handsome
tomb in the churchyard. SP 188 824. All © Martin Richter (2011).
Link1. Link2. Grade I listed -
link.
Bicker, Lincolnshire,
St. Swithin, which is oddly proportioned.
As the
grade I listing explains, it has a "truncated nave".
Interior view. TF 2246 3786. Both ©
Marion Hall. Another view, © David Regan
(2019). Four more interior views - 1,
2,
3,
4, and the
font, all
© Chris Stafford (2014).
Methodist Church, built as
Primitive Methodist. As the
entry on the My Primitive Methodists website explains, the prominent chapel
here is of 1908; immediately to its left is the preceding smaller chapel of
1854. It can better seen on a 2011 Streetview
here. Prior to this the
congregation, formed in 1835, met in a private house. TF 2258 3765. © David
Regan (2019). Link. Old
maps show another Methodist Chapel in the village, at TF 2247 3780.
Streetview (2009) shows a
building called Chapel Cottage on the site - the brickwork looks to have
some age so some fabric of the chapel may yet survive. This was Wesleyan.
Bickershaw, Greater Manchester, St. James and St. Elizabeth. Another view.
Primitive Methodist Chapel. Both © Peter Morgan.
Bickerton, Cheshire,
Holy Trinity. Its
grade II listing dates it to 1839. SJ 5101 5355. ©
Les Needham. Link.
Bickington (near Barnstaple),
Devon, the former Congregational Chapel, dated 1835. SS 5349 3247.
© Chris Kippin (2024). The former
St. Andrew, stands to the north
of Bickington Road. Chris has seen a reference to it as having been built in the
1950's. SS 5343 3256. © Chris Kippin (2024). The oldest available O.S. maps show
a Chapel on the north side of Bickington Road near
its junction with Lower Cross Road. Long demolished, its
site was seen by
Streetview in 2023. I haven't been able to establish what it was. Can you
advise? SS 5375 3244.
Bickington (near Newton Abbot), Devon, St. Mary the
Virgin. The lych-gate is unusual. SX
7997 7268. Both © Andrew Ross.
Link1.
Link2.
Grade I listed.
Bickleigh, Devon, St. Mary. The
interior, and an example of the
carved bench-ends. SS 9423 0719. All © Chris Kippin (2021).
Link.
Grade I listed.
Bickley, Cheshire,
St. Wenefrede. SJ 5368 490.1 © Les
Needham. Link.
Grade
II listed.
Bicknoller, Somerset, St. George on
Church Lane. Two interiors - 1,
2, and the
list of vicars, which goes back to
1249. ST 111 394. All © Mike Berrell (2013).
Link.
Grade I listed.
Bicknor, Kent, St. Peter and St. Paul. TQ 861 581. © Geoff Watt. The following are © Dave Godden - two further views,
1, 2,
interior view, showing a Norman pier,
a medieval grave slab, and the
reredos.
Link.
Bicton Park, Devon,
St. Mary. Another view, and the
interior. SY 073 857. All © Alan Blacklock. Link.
Bidborough, Kent, St. Lawrence. From an old postcard in John Bowdler's Collection.
Link.
Biddenden, Kent,
All Saints. TQ 8491 3840. © Bill Henderson. Another view, © Bill McKenzie.
An old postcard view, from Dave
Westrap's Collection. Two further views - 1, 2 - both © Steve Bulman (2009).
Two more views - 1,
2, three of the interior -
1,
2,
3,
sedilia, and the
font, all © Karel Kuča (2007).
Link.
Grade I listed.
Biddenham, Bedfordshire,
St. James. Interior view. TL 0141 4993. Both from Judy Flynn's
postcard collection. A modern view, ©
David Regan (2018). Link.
Grade I listed.
Biddestone, Wiltshire, St. Nicholas. ©
Lesley Anne Petrone. Another view, ©
Janet Gimber (2017).
Link.
Grade I listed. The former
Methodist Church (originally Primitive Methodist) on Cuttle Lane and
Slaughterford Road. © Janet Gimber (2017). The former
Ebenezer Baptist Chapel on Cuttle
Lane, now in residential use. © Janet Gimber (2017).
Biddisham, Somerset, St. John the
Baptist, on Biddisham Lane. At least the second church on the present site, it
replaced a Norman church in the 13th century. The The bent appearance of the
tower is real, the lower stage of the tower was already leaning when the 15th
century upper stage was added. Another view,
and the cockerel weather-vane. ST
38185 53438.
Link.
Grade II* listed. The former Bible
Christian Chapel. Its present appearance reveals no hint of its prior
religious use. It pre-dates a map of 1884, but by the 1903 edition it seems to
have ceased as a chapel (at least, it isn't marked as such), and at some point
it was converted to residential use. ST 38845 53047. © Carole Sage (2018).
Biddulph, Staffordshire.
Biddulph Moor, Staffordshire, Christ Church (C), built in 1863. Another
view, and an interior view. Moor Top Methodist Chapel
(1904). New Road Methodist Chapel, and interior view.
All © Gervase N. E. Charmley. Primitive Methodist Chapel (1902), © Sandy Calder.
Bideford, Devon.
Bidford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, St.
Lawrence.
Interior view. SP 1010 5183. Both © Aidan McRae Thomson. Another
view, © Peter Morgan (2022).
Link.
Grade II listed. The Methodist
Church on Chapel Close. The church
website dates it to 1984, replacing an earlier chapel on a different site.
SP 0980 5184. © Peter Morgan (2022). The only earlier Methodist Chapel I can
find on old maps stood fairly close by, at SP 0972 5191.
Wesleyan, it pre-dates a map of 1886. A photo is available
here. This
source gives a date of 1837, and says it was disused by 1971 - so what
happened between 1971 and 1984? There may have been an even earlier Wesleyan
Chapel, as this
source
mentions one of 1803. St. Joseph the
Worker (R.C.) on Quinney's Lane. SP 1004 5203. © Peter Morgan (2022).
Link has an interior view.
Bielby, East Riding of Yorkshire, St. Giles. ©
Bill Henderson.
Bierton, St.
James the Greater. Two further views - 1,
2.
SP 8362 1527.
All
© David Regan (2019). Link.
Grade I listed.
Old large-scale O.S. maps mark two chapels and a Mission Hall. A
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel still stands at the
corner of Burcott Lane and the A418, apparently now in commercial use. It was
seen by Streetview in 2008.
A short distance to the west on the A418 is a former
Baptist Chapel - it was also seen by
Streetview in 2008. The
Mission Hall stood behind roadside buildings, also
on the A418, at SP 8387 1557. Aerial views suggest that it hasn't survived. It
stood behind the buildings (or their predecessors) seen
here in a Streetview from
2021.
Bigbury, Devon,
St. Lawrence.
Another view and the
interior. SX 667 466. All © James Murray.
Bigby, Lincolnshire,
All Saints on Main Street. © Dave Hitchborne.
Another view, © James Murray, and another,
© David Regan (2019).
Grade I listed.
Biggar, South Lanarkshire, Biggar Kirk (CoS). A difficult church to photograph well. Two additional views -
1, 2. Closed when I visited, this
link has interior views. NT 0404 3790.
Link1. Link2. Category
A listed, wherein it's dated to 1545. The graveyard as a whole is
Category B listed. The
nearby Moat Park Heritage Centre
is the former Moat Park Church (1865). Its various denominations can be
followed on old maps, and Janet Gimber advises that these include United
Presbyterian in 1897, United Free in 1910, the
unhelpful "Church" (1940), and Gillespie Moat Park Church (CoS) in 1975. NT 0398 3785.
Link. Category
B listed. The former
Gillespie Church, now the Gillespie Centre. It closed before 1977 (see
link). Old maps
show the following - South UP Church (1858), Ch. (1897), UF Ch. (1910), Ch.
(1940), and in 1975 as Ch. Hall. This is presumably the Church Hall for Moat
Park Church. NT 0411 3776. All © Steve
Bulman (2013). St.
Isidore (R.C.) on Coulter Road, as seen by Streetview in 2009. NT 0375 3748.
Link.
Biggin, Derbyshire,
St. Thomas. SK 1543 5935. © Peter Morgan.
Link. The
history
page dates it to 1844. The converted former Primitive Methodist Chapel
on Main Street. It's dated
here to 1842. SK 1561 5934. © Richard Roberts
(2014).
Biggin Hill, Greater London - see the
Greater London page.
Biggleswade, Bedfordshire.
Bighton, Hampshire, All Saints.
The interior,
screen, painted
ceiling and
font. SU 6102 3449. All
© Chris Kippin (2022).
Link.
Grade I listed.
Bigrigg, Cumbria,
St. John. NX 9978 1382. ©
Malcolm Minshaw. Link.
The 1899 25" O.S. map marks a Meth. Chap. (Free Un.)
on Chapel Street, at NY 0004 1334. It hasn't survived, and its site (roughly
half way along the row of bungalows) can be seen on a
2009 Streetview.
Link.
Bigton, Mainland, Shetland, Church
of Scotland. © Tim Flitcroft (2012).
Bilborough, Nottinghamshire, Baptist Church. © John Balaam (2012).
Bilbrough, North Yorkshire,
St. James. © Bill Henderson. Two interior views -
1,
2, both © Mike Forbester.
Link.
Grade II listed.
Bildeston, Suffolk, Baptist
Church (1844). The congregation dates from 1737. © Iris Maeers.
Link.
Billesdon, Leicestershire,
St. John the Baptist. © George Weston. An old engraving from
"Histories and
Antiquities of the County of Leicester" by John Nichols,
published between 1795 and 1810. From George Weston's Collection.
Another view, two interiors
- 1,
2, the
pulpit and the
font, all © Dennis Harper
(2015).
Another view, © David Regan (2016).
Link.
Grade II* listed. Baptist Chapel. SK 721 028. © George Weston.
Billesley, Birmingham, West Midlands - see the
Birmingham page.
Billesley, Warwickshire, All Saints. © Aidan McRae Thomson.
Link.
Billingborough, Lincolnshire,
St. Andrew, on Church Street. TF 1179
3424. © Michael Bourne. Another view, two interior views - 1,
2, and two tablets recording bequests - 1,
2, all © Mike Berrell (2011).
Another interior view (with
the font), two altars - 1,
2, and three of the windows -
1,
2,
3, all
© Chris Stafford (2015).
Link.
Grade I listed. The former
Billingborough Wesleyan Chapel, now in residential use. TF 1170 3411. © Mike Berrell (2011).
The 25" O.S. map of 1904 marks a Baptist Chapel to
the east of Victoria Street, just south of a stream (Ouse Mere Lode), at TF 1177
3446. The site is to the right of the stream in this
2011 Streeetview, probably
somewhere near the brick boundary wall. A map of 1889 marks it as Particular
Baptist. I've been unable to find a photo of it.
Billinge, Merseyside, St. Aidan. Another view.
Link. St. Mary (R.C.).
Link. Wesley Methodist Church. Billinge Family Church on Cranke
Road. All © Peter Morgan.
Billingford,
Norfolk, St. Peter on Church Lane (C14 and later).
Interior view. TG 013 204.
Link.
Grade I listed. The former
Primitive Methodist Chapel (1908) on The Street, converted in residential
use, probably in the 1970's. TG 018 203. All © Richard Roberts (2016).
Billingham, Stockton-on-Tees, County
Durham.
Billinghay,
Lincolnshire, St. Michael and All Angels. Another view, five interior photos -
1,
2,
3,
4,
5, and the
font. TF 1568 5494. All © David
Regan. Link.
Grade I listed. Baptist Church
on Church Street.
TF 1569 5497. ©
David Regan (2020). Link.
Grade II listed. The 1905 25" map shows a chapel on Victoria Street at TF
1549 5496. Labelled only as "Chapel", it's now the
Methodist Church. It's
Genuki entry says it was Wesleyan, and dates it to 1867 (though this
source
says the
1867 chapel had a very
short life, and was replaced on the same site only two years later).
The same source says it
was proceeded by an earlier chapel of 1832 on King Street, since demolished. ©
David Regan (2020).
The 1959 1" map
shows another church, on High Street. This is the former
Primitive Methodist Chapel.
It can also be seen
here on its 2009 Streetview.
Genuki supplies dates of 1912-1996.
© David Regan (2020).
The 6" 1907 map indicates (but doesn't
label) yet another chapel, on West Street. Seen
here on a 2009 Streetview,
zooming in shows a defaced
date-stone which reveals that this too was a Primitive Methodist Chapel, and
hence the predecessor of the P.M. Chapel above. Unfortunately, the date on the
date-stone isn't readable, but its My Primitive Methodists
entry provide dates of 1851-1912. Another view is available
here.
Billingley, South
Yorkshire, the former Methodist Chapel
on Chapel Lane. Originally Wesleyan, it's dated
here to 1818, where it says that it was still active in 2019, when the page
was published - this latter seems to be incorrect, as another
source dates
its closure to 2012.
SE 4366 0472. © David Regan
(2022).
Billingshurst, West Sussex.
Billingsley, Shropshire, St. Mary.
The font. Both © Chris Kippin.
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Billington,
Bedfordshire, St. Michael and All Angels
(external link, to a photo on Wikipedia).
Interior view, from an old postcard in Judy Flynn's Collection. SP 9404
2256. Link.
Grade II* listed. A
Primitive Methodist Chapel once stood on the main road a little way
south-east of the church. Evidently demolished (see this 2009
Streetview, the chapel stood
behind the yellow bush), a low building now stands on the site (2020
Streetview). Its My Primitive Methodists
entry dates it to 1864, or perhaps slightly
earlier, and sold in 1951. TL 9421 2255. The village
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel has survived. It stands on Gaddesden Turn at TL
9410 2285, and can be seen on a
Streetview from 2009. Its My Wesleyan Methodists
entry dates it to 1835 or 1838, and sold in 1977. TL 9410 2285.
Billington, Lancashire, Ebenezer Baptist Chapel.
SD 727 357. © Philip Kapp.
Billockby, Norfolk, All Saints. © Geoff
Watt. Link.
Billy, Co. Antrim, the Parish Church (CoI, 1815), under repair. C 955 386. © Gerard Close
(2014).
Bilsborrow, Lancashire,
St. Hilda (1926-7). NG 5128 3980.
© Philip Kapp. Another view, and an
interior, both
© John
Balaam (2014).
Link,
wherein it's dated to 1926-7.
The Methodist Church
was originally Wesleyan. SD 5167 3982. ©
Philip Kapp. Since Philip took his photo, the building has changed hands, and is
now an Exclusive Brethren Meeting
Room. © Jane Holland (2023).
Bilsby, Lincolnshire,
Holy Trinity. TF4665 7672. © Bill Henderson (2013). Two views of the interior -
1,
2, the
chancel, and the
font, all
© David Regan (2019).
Link. Grade II* listed.
Bilsdale, North Yorkshire, St. John. © Bill
Henderson.
Bilsington, Kent, St. Peter and St.
Paul. Another view. TR 042 342.
Both © Dave Westrap.
Link1.
Link2.
Link3.
Bilsthorpe, Nottinghamshire, St. Margaret. Two further views - 1,
2. All © David Regan (2011). Link. Grade I
listed - link.
Bilston, Wolverhampton, West Midlands.
Bilton, East Riding of Yorkshire, St. Peter. © James
Murray. Link.
Bilton, Warwickshire, St Mark. © Paul Brown. SP
487 739. Sacred Heart (R.C.). © Aidan McRae Thomson.
Bilton Grange, Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire - see Hull.
Bilton-in-Ainstey, North Yorkshire, St.
Helen. SE 476 503. © Michael Bourne.
Link1.
Link2.
Binbrook, Lincolnshire.
Bincknoll,
Wiltshire. A BBC
news item on the discovery of a medieval chapel in a domestic
garden.
Binegar, Somerset, Holy Trinity.
Another view. Both © Jill Bennett (2017).
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Binfield, Berkshire,
All Saints. Interior view. SU 8455 7216.
Grade II* listed. St.
Mark, and an interior view. SU 8451 7007. All from old postcards in Judy Flynn's collection.
Link (for both churches).
Grade II listed.
Binfield Free Church stands on Chapel Lane at SU
8445 7041. Older maps label it as Mission Chapel. A photo is available
here.
Link. The
history page dates it to
1875.
Bingfield, Northumberland,
St. Mary. NY 9782 7247. © Bill Henderson (2013).
Link.
Bingham, Nottinghamshire,
St. Mary and All Saints. Another view,
interior view, and the font. All © David Regan (2011).
Two further interior views - 1, 2, the
pulpit, a column capital with carved and jolly animal heads, and
a very handsome slate gravestone, all © Chris Stafford (2012). Link1. Link2.
Grade I listed. The former
Independent Primitive Methodist Chapel on Long Acre has a
date-stone for 1882. SK 7049
3977. © David Regan
(2020). An interesting
history of the Independent P.M. movement (pdf). The
Methodist Church on Union Street and
Needham Street. It shows at this location on a map of 1954, but in appearance it
looks later, so perhaps it had a predecessor on the same site. SK 704 399. ©
David Regan (2020).
Link. The former Primitive Methodist
Chapel on Long Acre is now a pub. It has a fine
date-stone for 1818. SK 7035 3985.
© David Regan (2020).
Link. Spiritualist Church on
Long Acre. Circa SK 705 398. © David Regan (2020).
Link.
Bingley, West Yorkshire.
Binham, Norfolk,
St. Mary and Holy Cross, which is the parish church formed from the nave of, and
beside the remains of, Binham Priory.
TF 9818 3994. From an old postcard in Steve Bulman's Collection. Another old
postcard view, from the collection of Graeme Harvey.
A modern view of the church, and three
of the priory ruins - 1,
2, 3,
all © Christopher Skottowe (1966),
and three old postcards, from his collection -
1, 2,
3, the latter showing the font.
Link1. Link2.
Grade I listed. A former
Primitive Methodist Chapel stands on Front Street and Field Dalling Road,
and was seen by Streetview
in 2016.
It has a date-stone for 1868. TF 9833 3954.
Link, which says it was closed by 1995.
Binley, Coventry, West Midlands - see
Coventry.
Binsey, Oxfordshire, St. Margaret on Antioch. Interior view. Both © Marion Hall.
Link. Grade I listed -
link.
Binstead, Isle of Wight, Quarr Abbey (R.C., Benedictine).
SZ 5623 9274. From an old postcard in Christopher Skottowe's
Collection. Link.
Grade I listed. There was a medieval Quarr Abbey nearby, at SZ 5666 9268. A
Cistercian foundation of the 12th century, its
grade II listing says that the remains are scanty. See
here for some photos.
Holy Cross, as seen by Streetview in 2015, and on an
old postcard. Two more old postcards show the interior -
1,
2. SZ 5752 9281. Link.
Grade II listed. A re-sited Norman doorway in the churchyard wall is also
listed, as
grade II. The Methodist
Church (2009 Streetview), dated 1888, is on Arnold Road and Chapel Road at
SZ 5737 9218. Older maps label it as Wesleyan.
Link. The
cemetery on Cemetery Road has a Mortuary Chapel,
seen here from Arnold
Road in a Streetview from 2011.
Binsted,
Hampshire, Holy Cross. SU 771 409.
© Chris Kippin. Link.
Grade I listed.
Binton, Warwickshire, St. Peter.
Interior view. Both © Aidan McRae Thomson.
Another view. The former
Congregational Chapel, now a private residence. Both © Graeme Harvey.
Bintree,
Norfolk, St. Swithin on Church Road. TG 017 234.
Link.
Grade II* listed. The former Primitive
Methodist Chapel (1877) on Mill Road, now a private house. Conversion was
post-1987. TG 017 237. Both © Richard Roberts (2016).
Birch, Herefordshire, Primitive
Methodist Chapel, built in 1834, and re-built in 1855. It stands between Kings
Thorn Birch and Little Dewchurch. © Janet Gimber (2017).
Bircham Newton, Norfolk, the C13 All Saints on Honey Hill, Bircham Road. Interior
view. TF 769 338. Both © Richard Roberts (2014). Grade II* listed.
Bircham Tofts, Norfolk, the ruins of the C13 St. Andrew on Church Lane. Interior view.
TF 777 325. © Richard Roberts (2015).
Link. Grade II listed.
Birchencliffe, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire - see Huddersfield.
Birches, Co.
Armagh, Gospel Hall. H 936 603. © Gerard Close (2017).
Birches Head, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire - see
Stoke-on-Trent.
Birchington, Kent.
Birchover, Derbyshire,
Church of the Holy Name of Jesus, St. Michael and All
Angels (1717) on Rowtor Lane. SK 2358 6210. © Richard Roberts (2014).
Link.
Grade II listed. The former
Primitive Methodist Chapel (1867) on
Main Street and Upper Town Lane, now a private residence. SK 2393 6214. ©
Richard Roberts (2014).
Link. The former
Wesleyan Reform Church on Main Street. Built 1851, re-built in 1908, and now
closed and boarded up. SK 2399 6218. © Richard Roberts (2014). By 2022 it
appeared to be in domestic or commercial use -
Streetview.
Birchwood, Somerset, Mission Church.
It's dated here
to 1887. Another view. ST 2404
1429. Both © Chris Kippin (2022).
Birdbrook,
Essex, St. Augustine. Another view. TL
7067 4115. Both Karel Kuča (2019). More photos are available
here and
here.
Grade II* listed.
Birdforth, North Yorkshire, St. Mary. © Bill
Henderson. Another view. Interior view. Both © James Murray. No longer
used (though still consecrated), the church is in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.
Link.
Birdingbury, Warwickshire, St. Leonard.
Interior view. Both © Aidan McRae Thomson.
Grade II listed -
link.
Birdlip, Gloucestershire,
St. Mary. © Aidan McRae Thomson. The church
website
provides a date of 1957, and that it was a replacement for a mission church on a
different site, destroyed in a fire.
Birds Edge (or Birdsedge),
West Yorkshire,
the Wesleyan Reform
Church on Birds Edge Lane. It pre-dates a map of 1892-3.
Another view. SE 2009 0773. Both
© David Regan (2021).
Link.
Birdsall, North Yorkshire, St. Mary (1824). © David Regan (2011). Two interior views -
1, 2, both © Kenneth Paver. Grade II listed -
link. The ruins of the old church (All Hallows
and Cross) stand
next to Birdsall House, and is private. ©
David Regan (2011). Grade II listed - link.
Birdwell, South Yorkshire, the
Methodist Church on Huddersfield Road. SE 3458 0146.
Link. An archived history of the church is available
here.
It was preceded by a
chapel on Chapel Street, an illustration of which can be found on the archived
page already mentioned, and where it's dated to 1904 (there had been earlier
chapels on the same site). It had been Methodist New Connexion, and later United
Methodist. It was closed in 1996 because of subsidence and subsequently
demolished.
Housing has since been built on the
site. SE 3445 0116. The village also had a Primitive
Methodist Chapel, on Wentworth Street, at SE 3456 0104. Replaced by
housing at some point, it's dated by
old maps to 1894-1906. Its marked on a map of 1956 as Meth. Ch. (Dis.),
so disused by this date. All
© David Regan (2021).
Birkby, North Yorkshire, St. Peter. © Bill
Henderson. Interior view, © Kenneth Paver (2011).
Birkdale, Southport, Merseyside - see
Southport.
Birkenhead, Merseyside.
Birkenshaw, West Yorkshire, St. Paul.
SE 2033 2827. © Bill Henderson. Another
view, © David Regan (2020).
Link.
Grade II listed. The former
Methodist Church on Bradford Road. It shows on old maps as United Free
Methodist. Converted into flats, the congregation now meet in the adjacent
Sunday School of 1908, seen here
in a 2019 Streetview. SE 2023 2865. © David Regan
(2020). Link.
Another Chapel (of so far undetermined affiliation)
once stood just off Old Road (now Old Lane) at SE 2051 2853. It stood roughly
where the house is in this 2019
Streetview, and its Sunday School was in line with it, closer to the road.
At Birkenshaw Bottoms is the site of a Methodist Church on Moor Lane. Demolished
relatively recently, a photo is available on Geograph
here. Old maps mark it as
a Mission Room. Housing has been built on the site, as can be seen
here in a 2019 Streetview.
SE 2111 2772.
Birkin, North Yorkshire, St. Mary. © Bill
Henderson.
Birks, Cumbria. Two further views - 1, 2.
This used to be a famous Sandemanian/Inghamite
Chapel (there are transcribed records for 1754-1807). Subsequently Independent,
it continued in use until 1836, but was described as "ruinous" in an 1851
directory. The recorded dates for the two sects overlap, so they may have shared
the building, or the Independents may have had another building or room nearby,
and later moved into the former Sandemanian chapel. Kevin Price, who has visited
the building, says it is now used as a barn, and looking through a crack in the
door, saw evidence of where the pulpit once was. He also advises that the font
was eventually transferred to Kendal Inghamite Chapel in 1938. This short
history composed from the researches of Howard Richter and Kevin Price. NY 719 151. All © Tim Flitcroft (2011).
Birley, Herefordshire, St. Peter. SO 454
533. © Ken Taylor. Link1.
Link2.
Birling, Kent, All Saints. TQ 680 606.
© Geoff Watt. Link.
Birlingham, Worcestershire, St. James
the Apostle, which stands at the junction of Church Street and Rectory Lane.
Notes available in the church explain that this is at least the fourth church on
the site. SO 932 431.
© Roy Graham. Three additional views - 1,
2,
3, the
interior and the
font. The
lychgate is unusual in that it is
the moved and re-used chancel arch from the Norman church, with a Victorian
surround. All © Dennis Harper (2019).
Link1. Link2.
Grade II listed.
Birmingham, West Midlands.
Birnam, Perth & Kinross, St. Mary
(Episcopal). Two interior views - 1,
2.
NO 0327 4182. All © Peter
Morgan (2021 and 2022). Link.
St. Columba (R.C.) is on St. Mary's Road at NO 0342
4160. It post-dates a map of 1901. Completely hidden by trees, a photo is
available on the
church website.
Birnieknowe, East Ayrshire,
the site of the demolished St. Patrick (R.C.), as seen by the Streetview van in
2009. It stood among the trees, fairly close to the road. NS 5748 2233.
Birr, Co. Offaly, St. Brendan (CoI). From an old postcard in Reg Dosell's Collection.
Link.
Birse, Aberdeenshire,
Church of Scotland. This
source dates it to 1779, in a graveyard where once stood a medieval
predecessor. NO 5544
9729. © John Mackie (2010).
Link. Category
B listed.
Birstall, West Yorkshire.
Birstwith, North Yorkshire, St. James. © Bill
Henderson.
Birtles, Cheshire,
St. Catherine, on Birtles Lane. SJ 8625 7478. It was built in 1840 as a private chapel for
Thomas Hibbert of Birtles Hall. In 1890 it became the parish church. © Mike Berrell (2011). Two interior views - 1,
2, both ©
Kenneth Paver (2011).
Link.
Grade II* listed. About a mile away stands the
Methodist New Connexion Chapel
on Birtles Lane, Vardentown (1863, due to close March 2011). Two interior views -
1, 2. SJ 8740 7588. © Mike Berrell (2011).
Birtley, Northumberland,
St. Giles. NY 87802 77962. ©
Bill Henderson (2011).
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Birtley, Tyne & Wear.
Birts Street, Worcestershire, former Wesleyan Chapel. The comment
here (which Janet Gimber pointed me to)
advises dates of 1844 - late 1980's. Now converted to residential use. © Graeme Harvey.
Birtsmorton, Worcestershire, St. Thomas of Canterbury with St. Peter and St. Paul. © James Murray.
Bisbrooke, Rutland, St. John the Baptist. Three interior views -
1,
2,
3, a
window, and the
font. SP 8873 9960. All © David Regan
(2019).
Link.
Grade II listed.
Biscathorpe, Lincolnshire, St. Helen
(1847). © David Regan (2015).
Link.
Video tour.
Grade II* listed.
Bisham, Berkshire,
All Saints. Another view, and an
interior view. SU 8480 8541. All from old postcards in Judy Flynn's collection.
Link.
Grade II* listed. The lych-gate is listed as
grade II.
Bishampton, Worcestershire, St. James. Another view, and two interior views -
1, 2.
Link.
Grade II* listed. Former Chapel
(1844). Howard Richter advises that this building shows as Baptist Chapel (General) on the 1885 OS map, and on the 1978-92 edition as Chapel. The
closure date is so far unclear. SO 989 513. All © Peter Morgan (2012).
Bishop Auckland, Durham.
Bishop Burton, East Riding of Yorkshire, All Saints. © Shona Murdoch. Two interior views - 1,
2, both © Jack Nicholson. Grade II* listed -
link.
Bishop
Middleham, Co. Durham, the 12th century St. Michael and All Angels, on
Church Street. NZ 328 312. © Richard Roberts (2019).
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Bishop Monkton, North Yorkshire, St. John
the Baptist. Link.
Methodist Chapel. Both ©
David Regan (2011).
Bishop Norton, Lincolnshire,
St. Peter. Two further views - 1,
2,
interior view, and font. SK
9837 9269.
All © David Regan (2012). Another
interior, and a re-cycled
tympanum, both
© David Regan (2021).
Link.
Grade II* listed. Free Methodist
Chapel (1865).
Genuki gives its foundation as 1865. SK 9843 9267. © David Regan (2012). The former
Methodist Church, built as
Primitive Methodist in 1875. It closed in 1993. SK 9841 9260. © David Regan
(2012).
Bishop Thornton, North
Yorkshire,
St. John
the Evangelist. St. Joseph (1909, R.C.) is
grade II listed.
Link which says that the original chapel was in the
attic. Both © David Regan (2011). The
altar and a
window, both
© Mike Forbester.
Bishop Sutton, Somerset, Holy Trinity
(1848) on Wick Road. Another view.
ST 58595 59582.
Grade II listed. The recently closed (2015)
Methodist Chapel on The Street,
built as Wesleyan in 1914. Carole advises that there were tentative plans for
the Baptists to take over the building. ST 5872 5983. The
predecessor building (1778)
still stands adjacent, and served as the church hall after its replacement was
built. A simple plaque
announces that John Wesley Preached Here 17th September 1782. All ©
Carole Sage (2016).
Bishop Wilton, East Riding of Yorkshire, St.
Edith. © James Murray.
Link.
Bishop's Castle, Shropshire.
Bishop's Caundle, Dorset, Parish
Church. © June Norris.
Bishop's Cleeve, Gloucestershire, St. Michael and All Angels.
SO 9608 2774. © Les Needham (2013).
Link.
Grade I listed.
Bishop's Frome, Herefordshire, St. Mary the Virgin. Interior view.
Lady Chapel. All © James Murray. Another view, and an
interior view, both © Aidan McRae Thomson.
Bishop's Hull, Taunton, Somerset - see Taunton.
Bishop's Itchington, Warwickshire, dedicated to St. Michael. SP 388 578. © Steve Bulman.
Another view, the porch, a
spout, three interior views (1,
2, 3), the
altar, font and
pulpit, all © John Bowdler. Link.
Grade II listed.
Cemetery Chapel. Another view. SP 388 585. Both ©
John Bowdler (2013).
Bishops Lydeard, Somerset, St. Mary the
Virgin on Church Street. Two interiors - 1,
2. ST 1679 2976.
Another view, © P. L. Kessler / The History
Files, and an
old postcard view, from Paul E.
Barnett's Collection - note the variant (or mistaken) spelling Bishop
Lydeard. Link.
Grade I listed.
A cross, and numerous tombs, etc, are listed separately, and they can be found
here. The former
Congregational Chapel on High Street. ST 1690 2989. All © Mike Berrell (2013).
Bishop's Nympton, Devon,
St. Mary the Virgin. SS
7577 2373. © Peter Wenham.
Link.
Grade I listed. There is a
Methodist Church set back
from the road to the north of the church, at SS 7582 2391. It shows as Wesleyan
on a map of 1890. It is possibly former, as it doesn't appear to have an
on-line presence. Another view.
Both
© Chris Kippin (2022). The village also had a
Bible Christian Chapel, seen
by Streetview in 2010. It's called Trevett Memorial Bible Christian Chapel
here, where it's dated to 1892-1933. SS 7587 2373.
Grade II listed. Large scale O.S. maps mark Chapel
(Site of) at Parsonage Farm, a little way north-east of the village. It
isn't clear exactly where the site is supposed to be, but it's circa SS 763 240.
The site hasn't been seen by Streetview.
Bishop's Stortford,
Hertfordshire.
Bishop's Sutton, Hampshire, St.
Nicholas. SU 605 320.
© Chris Kippin. Link.
Grade I listed.
Bishop's Tachbrook, Warwickshire,
dedicated to St. Chad. SP 314 614. © Steve Bulman. Another view, and an
interior view, both © Aidan McRae Thomson.
Bishop's
Tawton, Devon, St. John the Baptist. Another view. SS 5655
3011. Both
© Chris Kippin (2022).
Link.
Grade I listed. A cross base in the churchyard is
listed as
grade II. A
Gospel Hall stands on
The Square. SS 5671 3004.
© Chris Kippin (2022).
Link. Two chapels show on a map of 1888. The Baptist
Chapel seems to have gone by 1905. It isn't clear which building the
label is for, but it stood a short distance south of today's gospel hall, on
Village Street. It isn't obvious that anything of it survives, but its site is
likely to be seen here on the left, in a
Streetview from 2009. Also
on Village Street was a Bible Christian Chapel, at
SS 5674 2997. It stood where the cream coloured house is in this
Streetview from 2009, and
seems to have been active at least until 1962. Was it converted, or replaced?
Both this
site, and Google Maps show a Methodist Church at 5 Mount Pleasant. A 2010
Streetview shows the
property at that address as a bungalow, with no signage, and there doesn't seem
to be website for the church, so is this erroneous?
Belong School, on Old Exeter
Road, seems to have been a Methodist Church (and perhaps still is?).
© Chris Kippin (2022).
Bishops Waltham, Hampshire,
St. Peter. SU 5556 1767. © Chris Kippin. The
interior and
pulpit, both © Chris
Kippin (2023).
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Christian Fellowship on
Basingwell Street Upper. SU 5547 1749. © Chris Kippin (2021).
United Free Church
(Methodist and U.R.C.) on
Basingwell Street Lower and Little Shore Lane. It declares itself to have originally been
Primitive Methodist. Its My Primitive Methodists
entry dates it to 1910. SU 5549 1745.
© Chris Kippin (2021).
The King's Church on
High Street. SU 5538 1749. © Chris Kippin (2021).
Link.
Our Lady Queen of Apostles
(R.C.) on Martin Street. SU 5478 1741. © Chris Kippin (2021).
Link, wherein
it's dated to 1977.
Bishop's Wood, Staffordshire, St.
John the Evangelist on Kiddermore Green Road. SJ 8407 0929. © Chris
Emms (2010). Four further views - 1, 2,
3,
4, two of the interior -
1,
2,
organ, the
pulpit and the
font, all © Dennis Harper (2011
and 2020).
Link.
Grade II listed.
Bishop's Wood, Worcestershire, St.
Mary, on Church Lane near Crossway Green. Apparently known locally as The
Gypsies Church", from a nearby common being a regular stopping place for
Travellers. Two additional views - 1,
2, and the
churchyard gateway. SO 8395 6876.
All © Dennis Harper (2020).
Bishopsbourne, Kent, St. Mary. TR 187
526. © Dave Westrap. An old postcard view, from John Bowdler's Collection.
Link1.
Link2.
Bishopsteighton, Devon, St. John
the Baptist. SX 911 735. © Andrew Ross.
Bishopstoke, Hampshire.
Bishopston, Bristol (City), Bristol - see
Bristol.
Bishopstone, East Sussex,
St. Andrew. It contains much of Saxon date including the
south porch. A 12th century
tomb slab, and the
font. TQ 4724 0098. All
© Christopher Skottowe (1963).
Link1.
Link2.
The (very brief)
grade I listing.
Bishopstone,
Herefordshire, St. Lawrence. SO 4158 4389. © Paul Wood (2016).
Grade II* listed.
Bishopstone (near Swindon), Wiltshire, St. Mary the Virgin. © John Pope.
Two further views - 1, 2, and an
interior view, all © Simon Edwards.
Grade I listed.
Bishopstone (near Salisbury), Wiltshire, St. John the Baptist. SU 084 264. © Les Needham.
Link.
Grade I listed.
Bishopstrow,
Wiltshire, St. Aldhelm. Another view.
ST 8951 4377. Both © Chris Kippin (2020).
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Bishopswood,
Herefordshire, All Saints. SO 5977 1848.
©
Paul Wood (2002). Link.
Bishopswood, Somerset, Bishopswood Chapel (1874 - date-stone). ST
257 128. Both © Mike Berrell (2014).
Bishopsworth, Bristol (City), Bristol - see
Bristol.
Bishopthorpe, North Yorkshire,
St.
Andrew. © Bill Henderson. The previous church of
St. Andrew was abandoned
because of encroachment by the river, and today is a ruin. SE 598 477. © David
Regan (2016).
Grade II listed. Methodist Church. © Bill Henderson.
Bishopthorpe Palace, the
home of the Archbishop of York. The chapel is on the first floor, with the
lancet windows. © David Regan (2016).
Link.
Grade I listed.
Bishopton, Co. Durham,
St. Peter. NZ 365 212. © Alan Blacklock
(2010). Link1.
Link2.
Grade II listed.
Bishopwearmouth, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear - see
Sunderland.
Bishton, Newport, St. Cadwaldr. Former Presbyterian Hall, now a private
residence. Both © Gerard Charmley.
Bisley, Gloucestershire, All Saints.
SO 9037 0593. © Peter Wood. Interior view, © Graeme
Harvey (2012).Link. Grade II* listed -
link. The former
Methodist Chapel (closed 2010).
SO 9045 0596. © Graeme Harvey (2012).
Bisley, Surrey, St John the Baptist. © Barbara
Barklem. SU 958 596.
Bisterne,
Hampshire, St. Paul. SU 1489 0121. © Chris Kippin (2023). Link,
where it's dated to 1853.
Grade II listed.
Bitchfield, Lincolnshire,
St. Mary Magdalene. SK 9831 2840. © Robin Peel.
Another view, two of the interior -
1,
2, a
window, and the
font, all
© Chris Stafford (2015).
Link.
Grade I listed. Some graveyard monuments are listed separately - they can be
found
here.
Bittaford, Devon, the Methodist Church. It pre-dates a map of 1906, where
it's labelled as Wesleyan. SX 6662 5701.
© Chris Kippin (2023).
Link,
where the present building is dated to 1914, on the site of its predecessor of
the 1850's. The map already mentioned shows, a little way to the N.E.,
Plymouth Borough Lunatic Asylum, with a Chapel
at SX 6680 5748. It was seen by
Streetview in 2022.
Later called Moorhaven Hospital, its
Wikipedia entry
dates the hospital to 1888.
Bitterley,
Shropshire,
the former Primitive Methodist Chapel. It's dated
here to
1860-1 to 1998. SO 5719 7619. © Chris Kippin.
Bitterley Court, Shropshire, St. Mary. Another view. SO 571 773. Both © Les
Needham (2011).
Grade II* listed.
The churchyard cross is listed as
grade I.
Bitterne, Southampton, Hampshire.
Bitteswell, Leicestershire, St. Mary. Interior view. Both © Aidan McRae Thomson.
Bitton, Gloucestershire,
St. Mary the Virgin. ST 6819 6934.
Link.
Free Methodist Church. ST 8610 6971.
Both © Phil
Draper.
Bix, Oxfordshire, St. James. SU 728 852. Old Church, abandoned in 1875 after the building of St.
James. SU 726 869. Both © Brian J. Curtis.
Blaby, Leicestershire.
Black
Bourton, Oxfordshire, St. Mary the Virgin. SP 287 042. © Brian J.
Curtis. Another view, priest's door,
scratch-dial, two interior views - 1,
2, the font, and an example
of the several wall-paintings, all © Steve Bulman (2011). Grade I listed -
link.
Black Dog, Devon, the Methodist
Church on Hele Lane. A former school, it stands at SS 8062 0981.
© Chris Kippin (2021).
Link.
Black Torrington, Devon, St.
Mary. Interior view, and the
carved bench-ends. SS 4648
0571. Link.
Grade II* listed.
The Methodist Church is
marked on older maps as Hope Chapel (Bible Christian). It pre-dates a map
of 1885. Another view.
SS 4661 0533.
Link.
All
© Chris Kippin (2021).
Blackawton,
Devon, St. Michael on Main Street.
Another view, the interior,
the pulpit and the
font. SX 804 509.
Grade I listed. The former Ebenezer
Chapel. SX 807 508. All © Chris Kippin (2019).
Blackborough, Devon, the
churchyard (with font) of the demolished All Saints. An information board dates
it to 1838 (or shortly after) until demolition in 1994. There's also an
illustration of the church. I'm
surprised at being unable to find an on-line photo. ST 0943 0927.
Both © Chris Kippin (2022).
Blackborough End, Norfolk,
Plymouth Brethren Meeting Room, originally an Anglican Mission Room (1892) from
Middleton. The former Wesleyan
Methodist Chapel was opened in 1837, and closed in 1978. Both
© David Regan (2019).
Blackboys,
East Sussex, Hope Strict Baptist Chapel.
Another view, and two interiors -
1,
2. All © Gerard Charmley (2016).
Blackbrook,
Staffordshire, the former Methodist Chapel on Maerway Lane. Richard advises that
this shows on the 1880 O.S. map as Wesleyan, but later maps have it as Primitive
Methodist. SJ 764 391. © Richard Roberts (2017).
Blackburn, Lancashire.
Blackburn, West Lothian, Blackburn
and Seafield Church (CoS) on East Main Street.
Another view.
Link.
Our Lady of Lourdes (R.C.) on
Bathgate Road.
Link. Gosepl Hall on
Bathgate Road. Link.
All © Jim Parker (2016).
Blackdown, Dorset, Holy Trinity. ST 396
030. © Julie Baker.
Blacker Hill, South Yorkshire,
the former Methodist Church, which stands on the site of a Primitive Methodist
predecessor, on Wentworth Road. The P.M. chapel is dated
here to 1859. SE 3688 0206. © David Regan (2021). A little way south is the
site of a demolished Mission Church, at SE 3691
0202. Old maps show that it was built in the first few years of the 20th
century, and survived at least until 1955. It's
site was a grassed area when
seen by Streetview in 2011.
Blackfield, Hampshire, the Baptist Church on Hampton Lane. SU 4425 0240.
© Chris Kippin (2023).
Link.
Blackford,
Cumbria, Dedicated to St. John the Baptist. NY 3962 6248. © Steve Bulman.
Another view, and an interior view, both © Alan Blacklock.
Link.
Blackford, Perth & Kinross, the parish
church (1859) on Moray Street. Another view.
NN 8988 0911. © Peter
Morgan (2021). It was successor to an earlier church of 1574 (from the
information plaque at the present parish church), now ruinous, which stands a
little way further north within a cemetery. Its
grade B listing dates it to 1738-9. The church history
here (several photo) clarifies the dating question. It was distantly seen by
Streetview in 2009. The former
Free Church stands on Moray
Street and Moray Place. An
information board dates it to 1844-1950. It's now in secular use. NN 8976 0902.
© Peter Morgan (2021).
Blackford, Shropshire, the
Methodist Chapel, which was built as Primitive Methodist in 1869. It stands in
an isolated position at SO 5979 8303. According to this
source, it
replaced a tin chapel which had been built in 1823 (whether it was on the same
site is not specified). © Chris Kippin (2020).
Blackford (near Wedmore), Somerset,
Holy Trinity (1823). Two interior views -
1,
2. ST 4088 4776. All © Chris
Kippin (2021).
Link.
Grade II listed.
Blackford (near Wincanton), Somerset,
St. Michael. The Norman doorway.
ST 6580 2616. Both © Chris Kippin (2021).
Grade II* listed (note that the photo included with the listing is not
of St. Michael - it's St. Mary at Compton Pauncefoot. Older maps mark a
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel at the north-west end of the village on Chapel
Lane, at ST 6559 2626. The
VCH
advises that it was built in 1837, "closed by 1949 and was subsequently
demolished". I've been unable to find a photo, and Streetview hasn't passed the
site.
Blackfordby,
Leicestershire, St. Margaret of Antioch. © David Regan
(2016). Link.
Grade
II listed.
Blackfriars, Greater London, Christ
Church on Blackfriars Road, consecrated in 1956. The Action Life Chapel International also worship here. © Gerard Doherty.
Link.
Blackfriars, Leicester, Leicestershire - see
Leicester.
Blackhall, Co. Durham,
St. Andrew on Hesleden Road and The Crescent. NZ 4575 3935. © Colin Coates. A
2009 Streetview provides a
different view. St. Joseph (R.C.) on Coast Road can
be seen in a 2009 Streetview.
NZ 4597 3919.
Link.
Blackhall Methodist Church on Middle Street and
Ninth Street was built as Primitive Methodist, and it can be seen in 2016
here. NZ 4559 3966. There
was (or is?) a Wesleyan Methodist Chapel on
Hesleden Road, directly opposite the south-west end of Second Street, at NZ 4584
3939. Seen here in 2009, the
first map available to me which shows it (though only as Methodist) is
the 1938 (it's not shown on the 1919 map). This
source mentions baptism records for 1917-1957. It's unclear whether the
building behind the more modern frontage is the chapel or not. A
Salvation Army Hall once stood at NZ 4571 3972. It
shows on maps of the late 1950's to mid-1970's, but had been demolished before a
map of 1988 was drawn up. In this
2016 Streetview, the site is
behind the brick wall, though the wall itself is probably not a remnant, as the
hall stood a little further back from the road.
Blackheath, Greater London.
Blackheath, Surrey, St. Martin. Previously
in the Unknown section, this old postcard is from Judy Flynn's Collection, and shows the
interior of "Blackheath Church". Identified by Phil Draper, Janet Gimber
and Tony Preston as the Surrey Blackheath.
Link1.
Link2.
Link3.
Link4.
Blackheath, West Midlands.
Blackhill, Consett, Co. Durham - see
Consett.
Blackley, Manchester, Greater Manchester.
Blackley, West Yorkshire, Baptist Church (1878). The old Baptist church
(1789) is also extant. Both © Gerard Charmley (2013). Link.
Blackmill, Bridgend, Paran
Welsh Baptist Church.
SS 9342 8680. © Gervase N. E. Charmley.
Link.
The former Wesleyan
Methodist Chapel on Graig Terrace, dating from 1885. SS 9360 8689.
© Gervase N. E. Charmley.
Coflein mentions a
Mission Church, also on
Graig Terrace, at SS 9379 8697,
dating it to 1914, demolished post-WWII. . Its site, now occupied by housing,
was seen by Streetview in
2022.
Blackmoor, Hampshire,
St. Matthew. SU 780 335. From an old
postcard (franked 1907) in Steve Bulman's Collection. A
modern view,
© Chris Kippin.
Link.
Blackmore, Essex,
the Priory Church of St.
Lawrence. TL 6031 0161. © Alan Wilson. Two
more views - 1,
2, the
porch, and two views of the
interior - 1,
2, all
© Karel Kuča (2007).
Link.
Grade I listed. The Baptist
Church, on The Green, as seen by Streetview in 2021. TL 6049 0185.
Link.
Blackness, Dundee (City), Dundee - see
Dundee.
Blackpill, Swansea (City), Swansea - see
Swansea.
Blackwater, Cornwall, Wesleyan Chapel of 1822. SW 736 461. © Paul E. Barnett (2014).
Blacko, Lancashire, Ebenezer Independent Methodist Church (1857) on Gisburn Road. Another
view. For sale in 2014. SD 859 416. Many web resources (such as the village website) give
the date of building as 1867, though the date-stone is perfectly clear. All © Howard Richter (2014).
Sale story.
Blackpool, Lancashire.
Blackrod, Greater Manchester, St. Katharine. Another view.
Both © Peter Morgan. Two interior views - 1, 2, and two modern windows -
1, 2, all © Mike Berrell. Link. Methodist Church on New Street.
SD 617 108. © Peter Morgan. Two interior views - 1,
2, both © Mike Berrell (2012). Cemetery Chapel. © Peter Morgan. The former St. Andrew on Hill Lane
(R.C., 1961). SD 612 111. © Mike Berrell (2012).
Blacktoft, East Riding of Yorkshire, Holy Trinity. SE 840 243. ©
Tim Pickles. Interior view. © (and
starring) James Murray. James advises the this church was formerly known as St.
Clement. Another interior view. ©
Bill Henderson. Former Wesleyan Chapel,
now a private residence. © James Murray.
Blackwater, Cornwall,
Wesleyan Chapel of 1822. SW 738 462. © Paul E. Barnett (2024).
Primitive Methodist Chapel.
Another view. SW 745 465. Both ©
Paul E. Barnett (2017).
Blackwatertown, Co. Armagh, St. Jarlath (R.C.). H 838 521. © Gerard Close.
Another view. © Len Brankin. Although Blackwatertown is in Armagh, St.
Jarlath is across the river in Tyrone.
Link. Methodist Church
(1898). J 841 522. © Gerard Close (2012).
Blackwell, Derbyshire,
St. Werburgh.
Another view. SK 4440 5841. Both © David Regan (2010).
Link.
Grade II listed. For Blackwell Methodist Church see Primrose Hill on the
Derbyshire page.
Blackwell, Worcestershire, St.
Catherine (1939-40). It had a wooden predecessor of 1882, on the same site (source).
SO 9909 7237. © Tudorbarlow (Flickr).
Another view, © Peter Morgan (2023). Link.
Grade II listed. The former
Methodist Chapel (originally Wesleyan) on Greenhill, now a private
residence. Its
grade II listing (which calls it Trinity Methodist Memorial Church)
dates it to 1882. Another view. SO
9901 7223. Both © Peter Morgan (2023).
Blackwood, Caerphilly.
Blacon, Chester, Cheshire - see
Chester.
Bladon, Oxfordshire, dedicated to St. Martin, is chiefly of note for being the burial place of many of the Churchill family; the
monuments include that of Winston Churchill. SP 449 148. © Steve Bulman. Another view,
and an interior view, both © Dennis Harper (2007). Link.
Grade II listed - link.
Blaen Caron
(or Blaencaron), Ceredigion, the former Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Chapel.
Interior view. An inscribed
slate plaque built into the
chapel has a reference to 1651 - perhaps this refers to a predecessor chapel.
Another refers to Cassie
Davies, on whom more
here. SN 7083
6115. All © Neil FLoyd. The
Coflein entry says it was built in 1875, "renewed" in 1901, and sold for
redevelopment in 2007. Neil's photo presumably is later than 2007, as the
building looks a bit forlorn externally.
Blaen-waun, Ceredigion,
St. Mark. SN 3925 5349. © Mike Berrell (2011).
Blaenannerch, Ceredigion,
Calvinistic Methodist Chapel. SN 2479 4910. The Welsh
Revival of 1904 began here, led by Evan Roberts. © Mike Berrell. Three
interior views - 1,
2,
3, and a
plate commemorating the
Revival, all © Mike Berrell (2010).
Blaenau Ffestiniog, Gwynedd.
Blaenavon, Torfaen.
Blaencelyn, Ceredigion,
the former St. David's Parish Church.
Coflein dates it to 1894, closing in 2002. SN 3531 5447. © Mike Berrell.
Blaenffos, Pembrokeshire, Capel y Bedyddwyr (Baptist, 1785, renovated 2005). Baptismal
pool. SN 190 371. Both © Mike Berrell (2009).
Blaengarw, Bridgend, the former St. James (CiW), now a private residence. The former
Tabernacle Calvinistic Methodist Church. In the foreground (the hairdresser's) is the original chapel, and the
first in the valley.
The former Bethania Welsh Baptist Church. The former
Mount Zion English Baptist Church. All that remains of Nebo Welsh
Independent Chapel is this small length of wall and the foundation stone. All
© Gervase N. E. Charmley.
Blaengwnfi, Neath Port Talbot, Villiers Street Church (1908). © Gerard Charmley (2011).
Blaengwrach, Neath Port Talbot, Calfaria Chapel (1905). ©
Peter Morgan (2011).
Blaenllechau, Rhondda Cynon Taff, the former St. Thomas (CiW), now closed.
Nazareth Welsh Baptist Church
(1901). Carmel Chapel
(Independent Evangelical), originally Calvinistic Methodist (1868).
Link. All © Gervase N. E. Charmley.
Blaenplwyf, Ceredigion,
the Calvinistic Methodist Chapel.
Coflein dates it to 1819,
"replaced 1878", and says it was still active in 1998. Its
grade II listing says 1878, "replacing one of 1802". SN 5760 7550. © Graeme Harvey.
The chapel is at the southern end of the village. Older O.S. maps show a
Mission Room at its northern end, at SN 5775 7572.
Coflein dates
it to 1878. It may have gone out of use in the mid twentieth century, as it's
not labelled on a map of 1960.
Streetview saw it in
2010.
Blaenporth, Ceredigion,
St. David (CiW).
Coflein dates it to a re-build in 1856-9 of a predecessor of circa 1800, on
the site of a medieval church. SN 2626 4878. © Mike Berrell. Two interior views -
1, 2, both © Mike Berrell (2012).
Link.
Grade II listed.
The Barn
Christian Fellowship, with two interior views - 1,
2. SN 262 490. All © Mike Berrell (2011).
Blaenrhondda, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Wesleyan Methodist Church (1894). © Gervase N.
E. Charmley.
Blagdon, Somerset, St. Andrew.
Link.
Grade II* listed. Baptist Church.
Link. The
former Wesleyan Methodist Church, now
in residential use. Another view. All
© Janet Gimber (2016).
Blagill, Cumbria, the
site (the dirt track by the roadside) of the demolished
Primitive Methodist Chapel, as seen by Streetview in 2021. It's dated
here to 1862, and had gone out of use by the mid-20th century. NY 7393 4736.
Blaich, Highland. © Martin Briscoe.
Blaina, Blaenau Gwent.
Blair Drummond, Stirling,
Kincardine-in-Menteith Church of Scotland (1814-16). NS 719 988. © Bill
Henderson (2016). Link1.
Link2.
Blairgowrie, Perth & Kinross.
Blair Atholl, Perth & Kinross ,
the parish church (CoS). NN 654 874. © Bill
Henderson. Another view,
© Martin Briscoe. Three additional views - 1, 2,
3, and an interior view (taken through a window), all © Dennis
Harper (2013). St. Bride's Auld Kirk, © Bill Henderson. St. Adamnan (Kilmaveonaig Episcopal Church, 1794, on the site of an earlier church) which
stands just outside the town at NN 879 657. Another view, and a
stone recording restoration in 1899. All © Dennis Harper (2013). Link1.
Link2.
Link3.
Link4.
The site of the demolished Free
Church at NN 8782 6539. Originally dating from the mid-1850's, it became United
Free in 1900, and St. Andrew's Church of Scotland in 1929. Demolished in the
late 1960's, only the gateposts survive. © Jane Scott. The church itself is seen
in this old postcard, from
Jane Scott's Collection. Another view is available
here, and there's
some history
here.
Blaisdon, Gloucestershire, St. Michael and All
Angels.
SO 7030 1722. © Graeme Harvey.
Link.
Blakedown, Worcestershire, St. James the Great.
© John French.
Blakeley Lane, Staffordshire, Methodist
Church, formerly Primitive Methodist, and dating from 1890. SJ 973 471. © Mike
Berrell.
Blakeney, Gloucestershire,
All Saints. SO 6721 0709. © Aidan McRae Thomson.
Another view, © Graeme Harvey.
Interior view, © Aidan McRae Thomson.
Link.
Baptist Church. SO 6700 0690. © Graeme Harvey.
Another view, and two interior
views, 1,
2. All © Derrick Reeves.
Blakeney, Norfolk,
St. Nicholas. TG 0330
4359. © John Salmon. Two more views - 1,
2, both © Christopher Skottowe (1966),
a 1937 photo from his collection, and from his old postcard collection, an
interior which also shows the font. Interior view, © Richard Roberts (2014).
Link.
Grade I listed.
Methodist Church on High Street,
built as Wesleyan in 1812, and extended in 1903. TG 0296 4386. © Richard Roberts
(2018).
Link. Our Lady and St. Peter
(R.C., 1962) on Back Lane. TG 0313 4368. © Richard Roberts (2018).
Link.
Old maps show a Primitive Methodist Chapel at the
end of a passage east off High Street, at TG 0288 4398. It pre-dates a map of
1887 (source),
but is no longer labelled in 1955. A building with the same footprint is still
present on the site, and it was seen by
Streetview in 2009. Does
anything of the chapel survive?
Link. A Mission Room shows on old O.S. maps at
TG 0228 4380, on Morston Road. No longer labelled in 1955, the property on the
site today (it has a different footprint) was seen by
Streetview in 2021. Shown on
the 1907 6" O.S. map is Supposed site of Friary,
also indicated on other maps as Carmelite. This
source discusses the fragmentary remains. The site hasn't been seen by
Streetview, but the farmhouse into which the remains have been incorporated can
be seen here. TG 0319
4405. The farmhouse is
grade
I listed.
Blakenhall, Cheshire,
the former Wesleyan Chapel, of 1900. It appears to now be in residential use. SJ
7265 4750. © Sandy Calder.
Blakemere, Herefordshire, St. Leonard. SO
3618 4111. © Chris Kippin (2023). Link.
Grade II listed. The cross in the churchyard is also listed, as
grade II.
Blakesley, Northamptonshire,
St. Mary on Church Street. Three additional views -
1,
2,
3, and an
interior view. SP 627 505.
Grade II* listed.
The former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, now in use as a garage.
Another view. SP 6245 5020.
All
© Howard Richter (2015).
Blanchland, Northumberland,
the Abbey Church of God and St. Mary the
Virgin, or just St. Mary the Virgin. NY 9663 5040. © Bill Henderson.
Another view, and an interior view, both © Peter Morgan
(2009). Link.
Grade I listed. A cross and various churchyard features are listed
separately
here.
Blandford Forum, Dorset.
Blandford St. Mary, Dorset, St. Mary. ©
June Norris.
Link.
Blankney, Lincolnshire,
St. Oswald. © David Regan (2013).
Another view, © Chris Stafford (2015).
Grade II* listed.
Blaston, Leicestershire, St. Giles (K). © George Weston. Two further views - 1,
2 - both © 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, © Chris Stafford (2014). The ruins of
St. Michael. © George Weston. An
engraving of St. Michael from "Histories and
Antiquities of the County of Leicester" by John Nichols,
published between 1795 and 1810. From George Weston's Collection. An "interior"
view of the doorway of St. Michael,
and an information sign, both ©
Michael John York.
Blatherwycke, Northamptonshire,
Holy Trinity, which is in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. Another view.
SP 9743 9576. Both © 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. Three more
views - 1,
2,
3, four of the interior -
1,
2,
3,
4 and the
chancel, a
window, and
detail from another, the
pulpit and the
font, all
© Chris Stafford (2013).
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Blawith,
Cumbria, the former St. John the Baptist, which was closed in 1988. It was
subsequently transferred to the Churches Conservation Trust, who later decided
to sell it for residential conversion (link).
Another view. SD 2887 8834. Both ©
Kevin Price (2020). The substantial remains of the predecessor church of the
same dedication stands a little way to the south, at SD 2882 8823. With walls
still standing several metres high, the
grade II listing dates it to the 16th century, with a re-build in 1749. It
can just be seen in a 2016
Streetview.
Blaydon, Tyne & Wear.
Blean, Kent, St. Cosmus and St Damien. TR 128 607. Link. Former
Wesleyan Chapel, dating from 1879, now a private residence. TR 121 611. Both © Geoff Watt.
Bleary, Co. Down, Gospel Hall. J 077 538. © Gerard Close.
Bleasby, Nottinghamshire,
St. Mary. © David Regan (2011). Another view, two interior views
- 1, 2, the altar, and
a window, all © Chris Stafford (2012).
Link.
Grade II listed. The former (and unusually attractive)
Primitive Methodist Chapel, now in
residential use. Its
My Primitive Methodists
entry dates it to 1879-80. SK 7124 4976.
© David Regan (2020).
Bleasby Moor, Lincolnshire, the
former Free United Methodist Chapel. It's dated
here to 1870, and converted to residential use exactly 100 years later.
TF
1261 8353. © David Regan (2022). Old maps also show a
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, at TF 1264 8365. Aerial views show that it has
been demolished, and its site hasn't been seen by Streetview. This
source dates it to 1858-1912.
Bleatarn, Cumbria,
Chapel of Ease to Warcop
parish church. NY 7278 1375. Three further views - 1, 2,
3, all © Tim Flitcroft (2011). Link.
Marked on some OS maps at NY 7223 1323 is a "Place of Worship", though nothing is
visible except this inscribed stone
which declares "Bleatarn Chapel". By studying old maps, Howard Richter suspected that it was built after 1899, but certainly before 1915, when it is shown
as Wesleyan Methodist; an article Howard has found implies 1903 (link). A local informant advised that this was a "tin tabernacle", and that it closed in the late 1980's. Both © Martin Richter (2011).
Bleddfa, Powys, St. Mary Magdalene (CiW).
Roof timbers. SO 206 683. Both © Ken Taylor. Two interior views - 1,
2, both © Mike Berrell (2011). A Tin Tabernacle - Zion Baptist
Chapel. © Gerard Charmley (2011).
Bledington, Gloucestershire, St. Leonard.
SP 2450 2255. © Aidan McRae Thomson.
dating from 1879, now a private residence. TR 121 611. Both © Geoff Watt.
Bledlow, Buckinghamshire,
Holy Trinity. SP 7784 0217. From an old postcard (franked 1908) in Geoff Watts Collection. A modern view, © Les Needham.
Interior view, © Stuart Mackrell. The
south doorway, and the very fine
font, both
© Christopher Skottowe (1963).
Link.
Grade I listed.
Bledlow Methodist Church (1869) at Pitch Green
was originally Wesleyan. This
source
says it closed in 2009. SP 7770 0316. © Les Needham.
Blencarn, Cumbria,
the former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel (1840 - date-stone),
now converted to residential use. Note the carved heads in the boundary wall - a close-up of one. Isobel White
(who lives in this cottage) has been in touch to say that this head, and its companion, were carved by her father, clearly a skilled mason. The date of closure is currently uncertain, but seems to be post-1962/3, when it appears as a "+" on the OS map of that vintage. Two
additional views - 1, 2. NY 6384 3115. All © Howard Richter (2014).
Blennerhassett,
Cumbria, the former Congregational Chapel at NY 1800
4157, as seen on a 2009 Streetview. It's shown as Congregational on the 25" O.S. map of 1900. The same map also shows a
Primitive Methodist Chapel at NY 1775 4145. A
tin tabernacle survives on the same plot of land, as seen
here on a 2010 Streetview.
Whether this is the original P.M. Chapel, or a later replacement, is not known
at the moment. Kevin Price has advised that this is currently Blennerhassett
Evangelical Mission.
Bletchingdon, Oxfordshire, dedicated to St. Giles. SP 507 180. © Steve Bulman.
Bletchingley, Surrey, St. Mary. The small statue above the entrance.
Both © Peter Morgan (2015). Link.
Grade I listed.
Bletchley,
Buckinghamshire, St. Mary.
SP 8631 3378. © John
Balaam (2009). Link.
Grade I listed. The famous WWII Bletchley Park code-breaking establishment had a chapel,
Hut 12, used by Roman Catholics
and Christian Scientists. © Janet Gimber (2019). Old maps show a Wesleyan
Methodist Chapel on Buckingham Road. Today called Freeman
Memorial Methodist Church, it was seen by
Streetview in 2020. SP 8661
3348.
Link.
Bletherston, Pembrokeshire, St. Mary. SN 070
212. © Mike Berrell (2010). Two interior views - 1, 2, and an
instruction notice for worshippers. Mike was told on his visit that the future of the church is in doubt. All ©
Mike Berrell (2012).
Bletsoe,
Bedfordshire, St. Mary the Virgin. Another
view. Both © David Regan (2017).
Grade II* listed.
Blewbury,
Oxfordshire, St. Michael and All Angels.
Another view, and the interior.
SU 531 859. All from old postcards in Judy Flynn's Collection.
Link.
Grade I listed.
Blickling, Norfolk,
St. Andrew. © Margaret Hall. Two interior views -
1,
2, a spectacular
tomb, and the
font, all © Peter Morgan (2016).
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Blidworth, Nottinghamshire.
Blindcrake, Cumbria, the former
Primitive Methodist Chapel. It has a date-stone for 1894. NY 1476 3461. © Kevin
Price (2020).
Link. The immediately adjacent building (now a house and the village hall)
is marked on the 1900 25" O.S. map as a Mission Room.
It can be seen here on a
2009 Streetview. NY 1476 3460.
Blisland, Cornwall,
St. Boducus or St. Protus & St.
Hyacinth, or St. Pratt, according to source. SX 1004 7312. From an old postcard
in Reg Dosell's Collection - note that the card has been rather heavily
processed - the original is very faded. Two further views -
1, 2,
interior view,
altar,
pulpit and tester, font and cover,
and another font, all © Dennis Harper
(2007).
Link1.
Link2.
Grade I listed. About ¾ of a mile to the N.E. is the former
Ebenezer Bible Christian
Chapel (2009 Streetview), at SX 1125 7363. A 1969 photo of it can be seen
here.
Blisworth, Northamptonshire,
St. John the Baptist. SP 725 534. © Michael Bourne.
Blisworth Baptist Church, built
as Particular Baptist in 1825 (enlarged 1871).
Another view. An adjoining
building was the Sunday School
(1871). Enlargement or alteration must have followed in 1885, as this is the
date on the date-stone. SP 7265 5365. © Howard Richter (2015).
Link
(which includes interior photos). A comprehensive
history.
Blithfield, Staffordshire, - see Admaston.
Blockley, Gloucestershire,
St. Peter & St. Paul.
Interior view. The church is frequently featured in the BBC "Father Brown" series.
SP 1646 3492. Both © Aidan McRae Thomson. Another view, © Simon Edwards (2011).
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Bloomsbury and St. Giles, Greater London.
Blore, Staffordshire, St. Bartholomew. SK 137 493. © Mike
Berrell.
Another view, and an
interior view, both © Chris Emms
(2011).
Two additional interior views - 1,
2, both © Mike Berrell (2015).
Link.
Bloxham, Oxfordshire,
dedicated to St. Mary. Among many noteworthy features are the spire, and a fine
doorway. SP 4301 3568. All © Steve
Bulman. Four interior views - 1,
2,
3,
4,
tympanum,
column capital,
wall paintings, the
altar and the
font, all © Chris Stafford (2012).
Link1.
Link2.
Grade I listed. Many churchyard features are
listed separately - they can be found
here. The Baptist Church
on Hawke Lane, as seen by Streetview in 2009.
Another view, from
Streetview in 2011. It probably dates from 1859 (source),
successor to an earlier chapel of 1812. SP 4293 3574.
Link. The
Spiritualist Church on Workhouse Lane was seen by
Streetview in 2009. SP 4301
3609.
Link (Facebook). A former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel
stands at the junction of Old Bridge Road and Chapel Street. Seen by
Streetview in 2011, it
pre-dates a map of 1900, and is now used as a theatre. SP 4313 3593. A map of
1957 marks a place of worship on Tadmarton Road, at SP 4246 3575. I've not been
able to find out anything about this church. It has been demolished and the site
is now used as a car park - seen
here on a Streetview from 2021.
Bloxholm, Lincolnshire, St. Mary. © David Regan (2013).
Grade I listed.
Bloxwich, West Midlands.
Blubberhouses, North Yorkshire, St. Andrew.
© Bill Henderson. Another view. ©
Alan Blacklock. Two interior views - 1, 2, both © Kenneth
Paver (2013).
Blucher, Tyne&Wear, the disused St. Cuthbert. NZ 176 663. Methodist Church. NZ
176 662. Both © Bill Henderson (2012).
Blue Bell Hill, Kent, St. Alban. TQ
748 625. © Geoff Watt.
Blunham, Bedfordshire,
St. Edmund and St. James (or alternatively, St. Edmund or St. James).
TL 1530 5110. © Bedfordshire and Luton Archives &
Records Service (2007). Another view, ©
Gerard Charmley (2021).
Three views of the interior - 1, 2, 3, the
reredos, a tomb, and the
font, all
© Chris Stafford (2013).
Link.
Grade I listed.
Family Life Church
stands off High Street at TL 1539 5138. It's marked on old maps as Baptist, and
its
grade II listing dates it to 1751, altered 1832.
Another view. Both © Gerard Charmley
(2022). Link.
Providence Baptist
Chapel (1842) stands on Park Lane, and was a splinter from the Old
Baptist Meeting (presumably the other Baptist church in this entry). The
church website has
numerous photos, and a useful
history page. © Gerard
Charmley (2021). The cemetery on Station Road has a chapel
at TL 1474 5090. It hasn't been seen by Streetview (assuming it survives) -
here's the entrance, as seen
by Streetview in 2009.
Blunsdon, Wiltshire, St. Leonard. From an old postcard in Reg Dosell's Collection. A modern view,
and an interior view, both © Simon Edwards. Link.
Bluntington, Worcestershire, the
former Methodist Chapel. It was built as Providence Primitive Methodist, and is
dated
here to 1873-circa 2010. SO 8978 7442. © Chris Kippin (2022).
Bluntisham, Cambridgeshire,
St. Mary on Rectory Road.
Another view.
TL 3725 7447. © Jim Rushton.
Streetview
saw the church in 2014.
Link.
Grade I listed.
The Baptist Church on High
Street. TL 3682 7461. Its
grade II listing advises a building date of 1874, replacing an earlier
chapel of 1787 on the same site.
Its former Sunday School of 1887
now serves as the church hall.
Grade II listed.
Both © Jim Rushton. In a recent communication (2010), Graham Harris, the church deacon, advised that
the buildings had recently been renovated, and supplied the following link
(a good church history) and photo of the
Memorial Wall, © Graham Harris.
Blunts, Cornwall, Methodist Church
(1843), formerly Wesleyan, and before that Bible Christian. SX 3436 6294. © Paul E.
Barnett (2018).
Link. Older O.S. maps show St. Petroc's Church
at SX 3430 6300. It is still shown on a map of 1961, but when it was demolished
I haven't been able to discover. Evidently rather small, as shown by its site
(seen by Streetview in
2010), perhaps it was a tin tabernacle?
Blurton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire - see
Stoke-on-Trent.
Blyborough, Lincolnshire,
St. Alkmund - with a tiny tower. Four further views - 1,
2, 3,
4. Two interior views -
1,
2, and the
chancel. The church has two fonts,
one of the 15th century, and the
other modern, and here are two
tombs - 1,
2. All © David Regan (2012 and
2019).
Link. Grade I
listed.
Blyth, Northumberland.
Blyth, Nottinghamshire, St. Mary & St. Martin. ©
Bill Henderson.
Blythburgh, Suffolk, Holy Trinity on
Priory Road. Another view,
showing the porch and the tower. TM
4507 7531. Both © Steve Bulman (2005). Two more views -
1,
2, the
porch and its
stoup, the
interior,
angel roof, and the
font, all © Christopher Skottowe (1966).
Another view, the
interior, and an
example of the fine woodwork,
all © Christopher Skottowe (2011), and from his postcard collection,
another view, two more interiors -
1,
2, more bench-ends -
1,
2,
3,
4, and the
font.
Link.
Grade I listed. A little way north-east of the church are the scant remains
of Blythburgh Priory. Not visible to the Streetview
van, photos can be seen here
and
here. TM 4520 7541. A former Primitive Methodist
Chapel stands on Dunwich Road, at TM 4532 7508. It's dated
here to 1860, and closed by 1986. It appeared to be in reasonable condition
when seen by Streetview in
2010, but was evidently deteriorating by
2021.
Blythe Bridge, Staffordshire, St. Peter at Forsbrook. SJ 964 416. © Mike Berrell. Three additional views -
1, 2, 3, all © Dennis Harper
(2014). Methodist
Church on Uttoxeter Road, built as Wesleyan. SJ
961 411. © Mike Berrell. Another view, interior view (taken
through a window), and a foundation stone for 1881, all © Dennis Harper (2014). The tiny
Forsbrook Methodist Church on Chapel Street dates from 1856 (date-stone).
Another view, and the interior. SJ 964 412. All © Dennis
Harper (2014).
Blyton, Lincolnshire, St.
Martin of Tours. Another view.
Both © James Murray. Another view, the
interior,
altar and
font, all © David Regan (2016).
Link.
Grade I listed. Former Wesleyan Chapel (1822). Former
Primitive Methodist Chapel (1891), now in use as commercial premises.
Both © James Murray.
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