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Packington,
Leicestershire, Holy Rood. Another view,
interior view, and the
font.
Grade II* listed. The former
Methodist Church, now in residential use. All © David Regan (2016).
Packmoor, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire - see
Stoke-on-Trent.
Packwood, West Midlands, St. Giles.
Interior view. Both © Aidan McRae Thomson.
Link.
Padbury,
Buckinghamshire, St. Mary the Virgin. Two interior views - 1,
2, and the
font. Another
font stands in a corner. Some very
fragmentary wall paintings survive.
SP 7214 3091. All © David Regan (2018).
Link.
Grade II* listed. A former
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel (Streetview in 2021) stands on Main Street at SP
7185 3061. It has a date-stone for 1876. There was also a
Primitive Methodist Chapel on Lower Way, dated
here to 1841. The only available map to show it (1885) isn't clear about
which building the label is meant to be applied to - there is no label on the
next map of 1900. It will have stood somewhere near to SP 7204 3065. There are
no obvious candidates for a surviving building, but it will have been somewhere
near to the 2011 Streetview here.
Paddington, Greater London.
Paddlesworth (near Snodland), Kent,
the redundant St. Benedict. TQ 685 621. © Alan K. Taylor (1992). Grade II*
listed -
link.
Paddlesworth, Kent, St. Oswald. 189 TR
196 398. From an old postcard, Geoff Watt's Collection.
Link1.
Link2.
Paddock, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire - see Huddersfield.
Paddock
Wood, Kent.
Padfield, Derbyshire, Congregational Church, on Temple Street. SK 031 962. © Mike Berrell.
Interior view (taken through window). © Mike Berrell (2011). The former
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel (built
1880), on Post Street, now in secular use. SK 029 962. © Mike Berrell.
Padgate, Warrington, Cheshire - see
Warrington.
Padiham, Lancashire.
Padog, Conwy,
Calvinistic Methodist Chapel. It's dated
here to a re-build
in 1896 of a chapel of 1871. SH 8392 5141. © Mike Berrell.
Padstow, Cornwall.
Padworth, Berkshire,
St. John the Baptist. SU 6133 6616. From an old postcard (posted in 1906) in Judy
Flynn's Collection. Link.
Grade I listed.
Paglesham, Essex, St. Peter. © Roger
Heap (2015).
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Paignton, Devon.
Pailton,
Warwickshire, St. Denys. © Aidan McRae Thomson.
Painscastle, Powys, Adullam Baptist Chapel (1848). Painscastle
Congregational Church. Both
© Gerard Charmley (2011).
Painswick, Gloucestershire.
Painter's Forstal, Kent, Whitehill Chapel
(Anglican and Methodist). TQ 992 588. © Geoff Watt.
Paisley, Renfrewshire.
Pakenham, Suffolk, Blessed Virgin
Mary. Another view. TL 9298 6706.
Both © Chris Kippin (2021).
Link1.
Link2.
Grade I listed.
Palmer's Elm, Somerset, the former
Methodist Church (built as Providence Wesleyan Chapel, 1838, closed 1978), now
in residential use. ST 3954 6383. © Carole Sage (2016).
Grade II listed.
Palperton,
Derbyshire, the former St. Luke Mission Rooms. This
source dates it to
circa 1875, and says it has been closed, but David thought it looked to be still
active.
SK 4751 4751 6853. ©
David Regan (2020).
Pamphill,
Dorset, St. Stephen (1908). Three more views -
1, 2,
3. All © Karel Kuča (2011).
Link.
Grade II listed. A monument in the churchyard is
listed as
grade II.
Pampisford, Cambridgeshire, St. John
the Baptist (C).
Another view.
TL 4977 4824.
Both © David
Regan (2019). Link.
Grade II* listed. The churchyard war memorial has a separate listing as
grade II.
Panbride, Angus, Church of Scotland.
Another view. Both © Derek Robertson. Link.
Pandy, Monmouthshire, Zoar Baptist Chapel.
Steps lead down to the river for baptisms. The derelict Hope Calvinistic
Methodist Church (1855). Interior view, and the pulpit.
All © Gerard Charmley
(2010).
Pandy Tudur,
Conwy, St. David. The
Coflein entry dates it to the 1860's and has an interior and two
exterior photos. SH 8617 6472. Two 2009 Streetviews -
1,
2.
Capel Bethania (Calvinistic
Methodist)
is a re-build in 1907 of a chapel of 1826, as per the
Coflein entry. SH 8590
6433.
© Martin Briscoe.
Pangbourne, Berkshire,
St. James the Less. SU 6342 7643. © Peter Morgan.
Interior view, from an old postcard in
Judy Flynn's Collection.
Link.
Grade II* listed. St.
Bernadette (R.C.) on Horseshoe Road, as seen by Streetview in 2021. SU 6382
7618. Link. Old O.S.
maps show two "Chap.", but don't identify them more closely - and neither
of them have survived. The more northerly stood at the junction of Thames Avenue
and Whitchurch Road, at SU 6356 7664.
Genuki identifies it as Primitive Methodist, "before 1899", "closed after
1973". There's now a house on the
site, seen by Streetview in
2021. The site of the other, also on Whitchurch Road at SU 6356 7656, is now
occupied by an optician's,
seen by Streetview in 2021.
Genuki identifies this one as Congregational.
Genuki also mentions a Friends' Meeting House, but I haven't been able to
locate it.
Pannal, North Yorkshire, St. Robert of Knaresborough. SE 306 517. © Bill Henderson.
Interior view and East Window, both © Kenneth Paver.
Grade II* listed.
Methodist Church. SE 298 519. © Bill Henderson (2014).
Pant, Dowlais, Merthyr Tydfil - see
Dowlais.
Pant, Shropshire, Primitive Methodist Chapel
(1865). SJ 272 220. © Mike Berrell (2010). The date-stone, © Dennis Harper (2014). The former
Congregational Church (1907), now in
secular use. SJ 276 225. © Mike Berrell (2010). Another view. © Les Needham (2011).
Pant Glas
(or Pantglas, Pant-Glas, or Pant-Glâs), Gwynedd, Libanus Chapel, (Calvinistic
Methodist, 1868 - date-stone, ).
There is another date-stone above
the door. Two additional views - 1,
2. SH 472 473. All © Howard Richter
(2014). Link.
Pant-Mawr, Powys, Capel Uchaf (Calvinistic Methodist,
1874) was re-built on the site of an earlier building.
Another view. Both © Gerard Charmley.
Pantasaph, Flintshire, St. David
(R.C.). © Martin Briscoe. Another view.
© Carl Hogan (2010).
Panteg, Pembrokeshire, former Independent Chapel
(1863), now abandoned. SM 927 350. © Mike Berrell (2010).
Pantycrugiau, Ceredigion, Capel y Crugiau
(Independent),
just west of Maes-y-Crugiau, is currently (2008) undergoing renovation. Mike says that the congregation
are temporarily meeting in the vestry opposite.
Coflein
dates it to an 1897 re-build of a chapel built in 1848 and first re-built in
1858. Google Maps currently (2023) labels it as Plwmp
Chapel. SN 3659
5237. © Mike Berrell. Capel y Annibynwyr (1925)
stands directly across the road, and must be the building Mike described as the
vestry. SN
3658 5237. © Mike Berrell.
Pantygog, Bridgend, Salem Baptist Chapel - a "tin tabernacle".
© Gervase N. E. Charmley.
Panxworth, Norfolk, All Saints. © Geoff
Watt. Link.
Papa Stour, Shetland, the former Church
of Scotland. Two interior views - 1,
2. All © Tim Flitcroft (2016).
Papcastle, Cumbria,
Mission Church. NY 1091 3131. According to the
village website,
this was originally a Sunday School, which later became a Mission from Bridekirk,
but is now converted to residential use. © Steve Bulman (2011).
Papplewick, Nottinghamshire, St.
James. Two
additional views - 1,
2. Dennis also photographed this
curious carved stone, which is probably one of the stones bearing a carving of
bellows, mentioned here.
SK 5457 5153. All © Dennis Harper (2020).
Grade I listed.
Papworth Everard,
Cambridgeshire, St. Peter. TL 2826 6264. © Jim Rushton. Link.
Grade II* listed. The lych-gate is also listed, as
grade II. St. Thomas Indian Orthodox Church on
Church Lane was previously St.
Luke's Methodist Church, which it still was when the Streetview van made its
only visit in 2010. TL 2856 6283.
Link. The 1:25,000 O.S.
map of 1951 shows another place of worship on the west side of Ermine Street
North at TL 2845 6311. I haven't been able to find out what it was. I think it
stood between the two blocks of housing seen in a
2022 Streetview.
Papworth St. Agnes. Cambridgeshire.
Oddly, dedicated to St. John the Baptist. Now in the
care of the Friends of Friendless Churches.
Another view. TL 2693 6448. Both ©
Jim Rushton. Link.
Grade II* listed.
Par, Cornwall.
Parbold, Lancashire, Our Lady & All Saints
(R.C.). SD 495 107. © Chalmers Cursley.
Link.
Parc, Gwynedd,
Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Chapel. Originally built in 1810, it was (according
to this
link), re-built and/or modified in 1852 and 1875. SH 876 339. © Peter Morgan (2013).
Pardshaw, Cumbria,
a former chapel, now a house. Janet Gimber advises that this was Wesleyan
Methodist. NY 0971 2486. © Philip Kapp. The
Friends' Meeting House at Pardshaw
Hall. NY 1038 2547. George Fox preached from the nearby
Pardshaw Crag in the mid-17th
century. Both © Alan Marsden (2021).
Parham, West Sussex, St. Peter. From an
old postcard (franked 1905) in Steve Bulman Collection.
Link.
Park, Greater Manchester - see Ramsbottom.
Park Gate, Hampshire, St. Margaret Mary
(R.C.). © Graeme Harvey.
Park Gate, South Yorkshire - see
Rawmarsh.
Parkend, Gloucestershire, St. Paul.
Baptist Church. Both © Graeme
Harvey.
Parkgate, Cheshire,
St. Thomas on School Lane, aka The Fisherman's Church. The
church
website says that it was built as Congregational in 1843, was later
Presbyterian, and Church of England from 1917. SJ 2789 7825. © Bruce Read.
Grade II listed. Mostyn House School Chapel stands set back from (and is
invisible from) The Parade, at SJ 2803 7795. It was seen by
Streetview from Grenfell
Court in 2022. There's a better image on its
grade II listing, where it's dated to 1895.
Parkfields, Wolverhampton, West Midlands - see
Wolverhampton.
Parkgate, Co. Antrim, 1st Donegore Presbyterian (1827). J 228 878. © Gerard Close (2013).
Parkham, Devon,
St. James. The fine
south doorway, the
interior and the
font. SS 3890 2151. All
© Chris Kippin (2024).
Link.
Grade II* listed. The Methodist
Church is on Chapel Road, and was originally Wesleyan. Older maps show that
the part of the church nearest to the camera was the Sunday School, with the
church behind. SS 3888 2158.
Parkmill, Swansea, Mount Pisgah
Congregational Chapel (1822). Another
view. Both © Gerard Charmley (2011).
Parkstone, Dorset, St. Peter. © Roger Hopkins. Link. The
former Salterns Road Methodist Church. © Graeme Harvey (2011).
Parkwood, Maidstone, Kent - see Maidstone.
Parkstone, Poole, Dorset - see the
Poole page.
Parr, St. Helens, Merseyside - see St Helens.
Parracombe, Devon, St. Petrock (no longer in use; now in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust, and kept unlocked).
SS 675 449. From an old
postcard in Steve Bulman's Collection. A modern view, and the
sun-dial, both © Martin Richter (2011). Interior view, © Lesley Baxendale.
Link1. Link2.
Christ Church. Another view.
SS 669 449. Both © Martin Richter (2011). Interior view, © Lesley Baxendale. Wesleyan
Chapel (1839). SS 667 448. © Martin Richter (2011).
Parson Drove,
Cambridgeshire, St. John the Baptist - now in the care of the Churches
Conservation Trust.
Another view.
TF 3903 0909. Both © David Regan (2016).
Link.
Grade II* listed. For several listed headstones in the churchyard, see
here. Church of
Emmanuel on Main Road, undergoing works.
Another view. TF 3729 0858. Both © David Regan (2016).
Link.
Grade II listed.
St. Mark (Methodist), as
seen by Streetview in 2021. It stands just a few yards east of Emmanuel. TF 3733
0859.
Partick, Glasgow - see the
City of Glasgow page.
Partington, Greater Manchester.
Partney, Lincolnshire,
St. Nicholas. Two interior views - 1,
2, the
chancel, and the
font. A
stone in the churchyard commemorates
Matthew Flinders,
who was married here. TF 4104 6837. All © David Regan (2019).
Grade II* listed.
Parton, Cumbria,
Methodist Church. Unused since 2004, planning permission for demolition was granted
in 2006. None of the available maps label it more closely than Church, or
Ch., but it is probably the Bank Yard Road United Methodist Free Church
mentioned
here as dating from 1861. NX 9782 2028. © Steve Bulman. Housing was
subsequently built on the site, and
Chapel House and Chapel
Villa were seen by Streetview in 2022. An Independent
Chapel is shown on a map of 1867, at NX 9794 2052. It still shows as
active on mid-20th century maps. Now demolished, it stood set back from the
road, running away from the rear of the playground seen in a
Streetview from 2022.
Parton, Dumfries & Galloway, Parish Church (CoS). To the left, and now forming part of a walled burial area, is the remaining fragment of
the old parish church. Another view. Both © James Murray (2009).
Partry, Co. Mayo, St. Mary (R.C.). © Len Brankin.
Parwich, Derbyshire, St. Peter.
Interior view. Both © James Murray.
Link. Former Methodist Church, and an
interior view (taken through a window). The Methodists now share St. Peter's. Both © Gervase N. E. Charmley
(2011).
Passenham,
Northamptonshire, St. Guthlac. Two interior views -
1,
2, the latter showing the wall
paintings, and the modern font.
All © David Regan (2017).
Link.
Grade I listed.
Paston, Norfolk, the 14th century St. Margaret on Bacton Road. Interior view. TG 322 344.
Both © Richard Roberts (2018). Link1.
Link2.
Grade I listed.
Patchway, Gloucestershire, Holy Name (R.C.).
© Graeme Harvey.
Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire, St. Cuthbert. Interior view and
window. This bell is reputed to have been brought from Fountains Abbey.
All © Steve Bulman (2010).
Pathfinder
Village, Devon, St. John the Evangelist. Chris advises that, according to
Wikipedia, Pathfinder mobile home village is the only one in the UK whose name
is recorded by the Ordnance Survey. SX 842 932. © Chris Kippin (2021).
Link.
Pathhead, East Ayrshire, the former
Gospel Hall. NS 6194 1437.
© Howard Richter
(2014).
Pathhead, Kirkcaldy, Fife - see
Kirkcaldy.
Patna, East
Ayrshire, the parish Church (1837) on Main Street. Two further views -
1, 2.
The adjacent church hall dates from 1898.
NS 4122 1064. Link.
The former Free Church, on Main
Street. Map evidence suggests it was built after 1896, and before 1909, when it
shows as U.F. Church. It continued showing on O.S. maps at least up to the 1985
edition (United Free Church). Evidently now closed, this
photo on an external
website, is from 2006, and the church appears to be being looked after, so was
possibly still active at that date.
Another view. NS 4150 1055. It had been preceded by an earlier church at
circa NS 4143 1056, which shows on the 1857 map, and it continued in use as the
church hall, at least until 1962, when it is shown as such on the O.S. map of
that year. The former Ebenezer Gospel Hall
on Main Street, which was for sale in 2014.
Another view. NS 4129 1068. All © Howard Richter
(2014).
Patrick Brompton, North Yorkshire, St.
Patrick. © Bill Henderson. Another view, and an interior view,
both © Alan Blacklock.
Patricroft, Eccles, Greater Manchester,
Patrington, East Riding of Yorkshire,
St. Patrick. © Bill Henderson. Three additional views -
1,
2,
3, all © David Regan (2016). Two interior views -
1,
2 - both © Bernard Hylands.
Link.
Grade I listed.
Patrington Haven, East Riding of Yorkshire, former
Primitive Methodist Church, now a private residence. © James Murray.
Patrishow, Powys,
St. Ishow (or Issui). SO 2789 2243. From an old illustration (mid 1930's) in Colin Waters' Collection.
Old postcard views of the interior
and screen,
both from Christopher Skottowe's Collection.
Interior view, showing the screen,
a detail, and the
font, all
© Christopher Skottowe
(1964).
Coflein entry.
Link.
Grade I listed. Other listed features associated with the church can be
found
here.
Patrixbourne, Kent, St. Mary. TR 189 558.
From an old postcard, Geoff Watt's Collection. A modern view. © Geoff Watt.
Two additional views - 1, 2. The chief glory of the church are the Norman
survivals - the priests doorway, and the spectacular south doorway. The
handsome wheel window, two interior views - 1,
2, a window, and the font. All ©
Steve Bulman (2014). Link1.
Link2.
Grade I listed.
Patshull, Staffordshire, St. Mary (1743, with Victorian alterations). © Dennis Harper (2011).
Link. Grade II* listed -
link.
Patterdale,
Cumbria, St. Patrick. NY 3929 1611. © Steve Bulman.
Link. Its
grade II listing dates it to 1853, and says it replaced an earlier church of
circa 1600, but whether it was on the same site isn't stated.
Pattingham, Staffordshire, St. Chad. Interior view, and
font. All © Dennis Harper (2010).
An old postcard view of the
interior, from Dennis Harper's Collection. Link.
Grade II* listed.
Pattishall, Northamptonshire,
Holy Cross. A pre-Norman church once stood on this site, and the church is
mentioned in Domesday. Six additional views -
1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6. SP 671 543.
Grade II* listed. The former
General Baptist Chapel (1839), now converted to residential use. SP 6685
5430. Both © Howard Richter (2015).
Paul, Cornwall,
St. Pol de Leon. SW 4645 2708. © Andrew Ross. Another view, © Bill Henderson
(2009). Link.
Paulerspury, Northamptonshire, St. James
the Great. © Jane Marriott. Another
view. © Bernard Hylands.
U.R.C. SP 723 455. © Les Needham.
Paull, East Riding of Yorkshire, St. Andrew.
Link.
Methodist Chapel. Both © James
Murray.
Paulstown, Co. Kilkenny, St. John
(COI). © Liam Murphy.
Paulton, Somerset, Holy Trinity.
Interior view.
Link.
Grade II* listed. The Baptist Church
on Winterfield Road was built as Particular Baptist in 1721, and re-built in
1827 - date-stone.
Link.
Grade II listed. Methodist Church,
at the junction of High Street and Park Road. It was built as Wesleyan in 1826.
Another view.
Link.
Grade II listing, which dates it to 1894. The former
Primitive Methodist Chapel on Park Road,
now in residential use. The small sign reads "Newtown Chapel", so perhaps this
was what it was known as. Another view.
The former Catholic Church, Our Lady of
Paulton, off Winterfield Road. It appears on maps of 1971 and 1981. Older
maps show a building with the same footprint (though not marked as a church),
and it is obviously residential now, so was the church a temporary arrangement?
All © Janet Gimber (2016).
Pauntley, Gloucestershire, St. John the Evangelist. © Graeme Harvey (2013).
Grade I listed.
Pavenham, Bedfordshire,
St. Peter. Interior view. SP 9914
5595. Both from old postcards in Judy Flynn's Collection. A
modern view, © David Regan (2018).
Link.
Grade I listed.
Older O.S. maps show a Wesleyan Methodist Chapel on
High Street, at SP 9886 5549. The village
Wikipedia entry dates it to
1857. It seems to have still active after the war (it shows on a map from 1956).
Its site can be seen on a
Streetview from 2019. The village also had a Primitive
Methodist Chapel, dated
here to no later than 1842 - 1890's. Now converted to residential use, it
was seen by Streetview in
2019. SP 9866 5548.
Pawlett, Somerset, St. John the
Baptist. ST 30085 42648.
© Chris Kippin (2019).
Link.
Grade I listed.
Paxton, Borders,
Church of Scotland (1907). Its
category C listing dates it to 1908. NT 9342 5306. © Bill Henderson (2012).
Link says it used to be United Free.
Payhembury, Devon, St. Mary the
Virgin. The
interior,
screen and
detail. ST 0887 0179. All ©
Chris Kippin (2022). Link.
Grade I listed. For listed features in the churchyard, see
here.
Paythorne, Lancashire, Methodist Church. ©
Steve Bulman.
Peak Dale, Derbyshire, Holy Trinity
(unsafe, and now closed) on School Road. The
foundation stone. Two interior views -
1,
2, both taken through windows. SK
087 764. Peak Dale Methodist Church
on Upper End Road. SK 090 762. All © Mike Berrell (2010).
Peak Forest, Derbyshire, Charles, King and Martyr. SK 113 792. © Chris Emms (2009).
Five interior views - 1,
2 (both of Needham's Chapel),
3,
4,
5, all © Mike Berrell (2010).
Link1.
Link2. The former
Wesleyan Chapel (1851), now in
secular use. SK 140 794. © Mike Berrell (2010).
Peakirk, Cambridgeshire,
St. Pega - apparently a unique dedication. TF 1681 0669. © Robin Peel. Link.
Grade I listed.
Pear Tree Green, Southampton, Hampshire - see
Southampton.
Peasedown St. John, Somerset, St. John
the Baptist on Church Lane. Another view.
Link.
Grade II listed. The former Baptist
Church on Eckweek Road, now a day nursery.
Methodist Church on Bath Road,
originally Primitive Methodist.
Link. St. Joseph (R.C.) on
Ashgrove.
Link.
Christadelphian Hall on Huddox
Hill. Link. All ©
Janet Gimber (2016).
Peasenhall, Suffolk, St. Michael and All Angels. © Kevin Price (2012).
Link. Grade II* listed -
link.
Peasemore, Berkshire,
St. Barnabas on Field Road and Prince's Lane. Although
the base of the tower is 18th century, most of the church dates from the
mid-19th. Interior view. SU 4580
7708. Both from old postcards in Judy Flynn's Collection, posted respectively in
1918 and 1913. A modern view, and the
interior, both © Richard Roberts
(2018). Link.
Grade II listed. Ebenezer Primitive Methodist Chapel
shows on old maps a little way west of the village, at SU 4543 7740. It's dated
here (where there is a photo) to 1831, with an enlargement in 1853.
Demolished in 1922, the bungalow on the site was seen by
Streetview in 2011. It was
succeeded by Memorial Chapel (there's a photo of
this chapel too, on the afore-mentioned source). Whether it was on the same site
isn't clear, however there is another place of worship shown on Field Road on
mid-20th century maps at SU 4575 7741. If it wasn't the Memorial Chapel, what
was it? This has also been demolished, and its site was seen by
Streetview in 2011.
Peaslake,
Surrey, St. Mark. © Robin Sherlock.
Peasmarsh, East Sussex,
St. Peter and St. Paul on Church Lane. © Bill McKenzie. Two additional views -
1,
2, two interiors -
1,
2, a
window, the
pulpit and the
font, all © Carole Sage (2016).
Link.
Grade I listed. Former
chapel (now a private residence),
© Geoff Watt. Janet Gimber advises that this was Wesleyan Methodist.
Peathill, Aberdeenshire, Pitsligo Old Kirk. NJ 9339
6623. © Martin Briscoe.
Link. Just a few yards to its north-east is the former parish church,
Hill Kirk of Rosehearty, seen
here by Streetview in 2016.
It's dated
here to 1890-1997. NJ 9343 6628.
Peatling Magna,
Leicestershire, All Saints. © David Regan (2017).
Grade I listed.
Peatling Parva,
Leicestershire, St. Andrew. Two further views -
1,
2, two interiors -
1,
2, the
chancel and
font. All © David Regan
(2017).
Grade I listed.
Peatonstrand, Shropshire,
the site of the demolished Primitive Methodist Chapel. It stood where the nearer
half of the terrace now stands. A photo of the site after demolition is
available here,
and there is a link on that page to a photo of the chapel itself. The same link
also provides dates of 1873-1985. SO 5373 8480. © Chris Kippin (2020).
Pebworth, Worcestershire, St. Peter. Interior view.
SP 1286 4690. Both © Tudorbarlow (Flickr). Three more views -
1,
2, 3, all © Peter Morgan (2022).
Link.
Grade I listed. There's also a former Wesleyan
Methodist Chapel, at the corner of Front Street and Chapel Road. It
pre-dates a map of 1883. Now in secular use, it was seen by
Streetview in 2021. SP 1306
4677.
Pecket Well, West Yorkshire, the former Crimsworth Methodist Church (1834), now a private residence. © David Regan (2011).
Grade II listed - link.
Peckham, Greater London.
Pecking Mill, Somerset, the
site of the demolished Southwood Wayside Church (CoE), as seen by the Streetview
van in 2021. The few maps available to me can only de-limit its building date to
between 1931 and 1962. It survived at least into the 1970's. ST 6398 3727.
Peckleton,
Leicestershire, St. Mary Magdalene, © David Regan (2016).
Link1. Link2.
Grade I listing,
which curiously has it as St. Martin, "Formerly listed as Church of St. Mary
Magdalene".
Pedmore, Stourbridge, West Midlands - see the
Stourbridge page.
Pedwell, Somerset, the former Methodist
Chapel (originally Wesleyan), on Pedwell Hill. This
source
dates it to 1828, and says it was still open in 1997, but is now in residential
use. ST 4243 3661. © Chris Kippin (2020).
Peebles, Borders.
Peel, Isle of Man.
Peel Hall, Wythenshawe, Manchester, Greater Manchester - see
Wythenshawe.
Pelsall, West Midlands, St. Michael and
All Angels on Church Road and Hall Lane. Dating from 1844, it was extended in
1889, and the church hall added in 1985. SK 020 030.
Link.
Methodist Church (1970's) on Chapel
Street. The older attached building to the right is a 19th century former
school, now used by the church as meeting rooms. SK 022 034. Old maps show a
now-vanished Wesleyan Chapel on the other side of the road.
Evangelical Church on Old Town Lane.
SK 018 034. Link. All © Richard Roberts
(2017).
Pelynt, Cornwall,
St. Nonna (or Nun).
SX 2031 5506. © Paul E. Barnett (2015).
Link.
Grade I listed. For the listed war memorial, and the numerous listed
headstones and tombs, see
here. The former
Wesleyan Association Chapel (later
United Methodist Free) is dated
here to 1837. SX 2032 5527. © Paul E. Barnett (2016).
The
Methodist Church, on Jubilee
Hill, built as
Wesleyan. SX 2048 5492. © Paul E. Barnett (2017).
Link1.
Pembrey, Carmarthenshire,
St. Illtyd on Pembrey Square. SN 4286 0121. From an old postcard in Reg Dosell's Collection.
Two modern views - 1,
2, both © Jim Parker. A
niece of Josephine (consort of Napoleon) is buried here.
Link.
Grade II* listed. An animal pound attached to the churchyard wall is also
listed, as
grade II.
Bethel Chapel (Calvinistic Methodist) on Gwscwm Road.
SN 4295 0126. © Jim Parker.
Hermon Wesleyan Chapel (1858) on Waun Deri.
SN 4312 0111. © Jim Parker.
Pembridge, Herefordshire,
St. Mary the Virgin, has a detached bell-tower. SO 3909 5801. From an old
postcard in Steve Bulman's Collection. The following photos are all © James
Murray - a modern
view, the detached tower, the
interior, and the
Lady Chapel. Two further interior views - 1,
2, the font, and a tomb,
all © Steve Bulman (2011).
Link.
Grade I listed. Primitive Methodist Chapel (1891). SO 3902 5814. © James Murray.
Link. Former Chapel, now a gallery. SO 3912 5813. © James Murray. Janet Gimber
advises that it was built as an Independent Chapel, but later became Congregational.
Pembroke, Pembrokeshire.
Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire.
Pembroke Ferry, Pembrokeshire, Trinity Wesleyan Chapel (1880), Methodist and U.R.C. SM 978 046. © Mike Berrell (2009).
Pembury, Kent, St. Peter (the Upper Church). 188 TQ 626 406. Link.
St. Peter (Old Church) is at TQ 626
429.
Baptist Church. 188 TQ 629
416. All © Geoff Watt.
Pen-Cwm, Pembrokeshire, Ebenezer Baptist Chapel (1768). It has an outdoor baptismal pool.
SN 161 400. © Mike Berrell (2009).
Pen Ithon, Powys, Baptist Chapel (1908). SO 088 827. © Mike Berrell.
Pen-llwyn, Ceredigion, Capel Bangor (Welsh Presbyterian). Gerard advises that the bust in front of the chapel is of
Lewis Edwards,
theologian and educator.
It's dated by
Coflein to 1790, re-built in 1821 and 1850, and also subsequently modified.
SN 6530
8033. © Gerard Charmley.
Penselwood (or Pen Selwood), Somerset,
St Michael and All Angels. ST 7562 3143. © Chris Kippin (2021).
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Pen y Cae-Mawr, Monmouthshire,
a ruinous General
Baptist Chapel stands a few kilometres away at ST 425 972. Old maps show it as
Pen Y Well Chapel. Long derelict, Neil advises that since he took these photos,
the tombs in the graveyard have been re-located to a field a little distance
away. Apparently there were plans to consolidate and rebuild into a private
residence, but after initial works, further efforts stopped. The chapel itself
must be quite old as gravestones dated back to the 18th century have been
re-located, and a yew
tree which stood in the churchyard has been destroyed. Three additional views -
1,
2,
3 and an old
monument. All © Neil
Floyd.
Pen y Fai, Bridgend, All Saints.
Smyrna Baptist Chapel. Both ©
Gerard Charmley (2011).
Pen-rhiw, Ceredigion, Capel Ffynnon-bedr (1865,
re-built 1889, Independent). SN 2272 4991. © Mike Berrell.
Coflein.
Pen-y-Bont-Fawr, Powys, St. Thomas (1855, CiW). Interior view.
Link1. Link2.
Bethania Chapel (1867). All © Peter Morgan (2013).
Pen-y-Bryn, Bridgend, Capel
Pen-y-Bryn (Calvinistic Methodist). © Gerard Charmley (2010).
Pen-y-Bryn, Pembrokeshire, Baptist Chapel. Interior view (taken through a window). SN 178 429.
Both © Mike Berrell (2009).
Pen-y-Cae, Neath Port Talbot, Saron
Calvinistic Methodist Chapel. © Gerard Charmley (2010).
Pen-y-Ffordd, Flintshire, Gwynfa
Chapel (Presbyterian Church of Wales, 1805) on Rhewyl Fawr Road. SJ 135 815. The
former Peniel Capel Wesleyaidd
(Wesleyan Methodist, 1899) on Rhewyl Fawr Road, now in secular use. SJ 135 815.
Next door stands the former Peniel
Chapel (1921), now also in secular use. Can you advise the denomination? All
© Carl Hogan. My appreciation to Janet Gimber, who has advised that both Peniel
chapels were Wesleyan Methodist, the larger one succeeding the older. The 1899
chapel then became the church hall, and was probably used as a Sunday School.
Pen-y-Garn, Torfaen, the Parish
Church. Tabernacle Baptist Chapel.
Both © Gerard Charmley (2011).
Pen-y-groes, Carmarthenshire.
Pen-y-Groes,
Gwynedd.
Pen-y-Stryt, Denbighshire, Piscah Chapel.
Coflein
calls it Pisca, and dates it to 1817, re-built in 1841. It shows as still active
on a map of 1961, but has evidently been closed and converted since then. SJ
1994 5194. © Eirian Evans.
Penally, Pembrokeshire, St. Nicholas and St. Teilo. Interior view. SS 118 992.
Former Chapel, now in secular use. SS 117 990. All © Mike
Berrell.
Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan.
Penbryn, Ceredigion,
St. Michael.
Interior view. SN 2936 5211. Both © Mike Berrell.
Link.
Coflein.
Grade I listed. Six churchyard memorials share a
grade II listing. About ¾ of a mile to the east is
Capel Penmorfa (Calvinistic
Methodist). The
date-stone has three dates, two unclear, though the earliest date is 1796.
Coflein
says 1796, 1846 and 1939. Three interior views -
1, 2, 3, and two windows -
1, 2. SN 3048 5218. All © Mike Berrell
(2011).
Grade II listed.
Penbryn,
Gwynedd, the site of the demolished Capel Pencoed (Calvinistic Methodist). SH
4406 4088. © Howard Richter (2013).
Link.
Pencader, Carmarthenshire,
the former Bethel Calvinistic Methodist Chapel.
Coflein dates it to 1908,
with closure by 1998. SN 4472 3665. © Gerard Charmley (2011).
The former
Yr Hen Capel Independent Chapel (now a nursery).
SN 4453
3612. © Gerard Charmley (2011).
Coflein.
Grade II listed, wherein it's dated to 1827, on the site of predecessors of
1780 and 1650. Moriah Baptist Chapel,
of 1897 (Coflein).
SN 4454 3573. © Gerard Charmley (2011).
Tabernacle Independent Chapel.
Coflein
says it dates from 1909, was still active in 1998, and had a predecessor
"some 160m north-north-west". This was Yr
Hen Capel. SN 4459 3594. © Gerard Charmley
(2011). St. Mary, off Pencader Square. Not visible
to Streetview, a photo is available
here. Coflein dates it to
1881, and says it was built on the site of the
"medieval Capel Mair". SN
4440 3628.
Link.
Pencaenewydd,
Gwynedd, Calvinistic Methodist Chapel. According to the
Coflein entry, it was built in 1807, re-built in 1823, and again in circa
1880. If the latter date is correct, then the
date-stone from the previous
re-build was retained, as it is still visible (although for 1822). SH 4075 4100.
Both © Howard Richter (2013).
Pencelli, Powys, St. Meugan at Llanfeugan (though there is no village of that name). © Tim Hollinghurst.
Link.
Penclawdd, Swansea.
Pencoed, Bridgend.
Pencombe, Herefordshire, St. John the
Evangelist. © Mark Turbott.
Pencoyd,
Herefordshire, St. Denys (or Dennis). The
interior, and the
font. SO 5161 2655. All © Chris
Kippin (2023). Link.
Grade II* listed. The churchyard cross is listed as
grade II.
Pendeen,
Cornwall, St. John the Baptist. SW 3826 3422. © Paul E. Barnett
(2018). Link.
Grade II listed. The former
Methodist Chapel, originally Bible Christian. This
source dates it to 1840, closing circa 1967. SW 3848 3441.
© Paul E. Barnett
(2018). The map included in the source already mentioned has an annotation
pointing to the location of a Wesleyan Chapel on Leat Road. None of the maps
available to me on-line mark the building as a place of worship, but for the
sake of completeness, its grid reference will be SW 3835 3447. The building on
the site was seen by
Streetview in 2010. Can you conform that this was, or stands on the site of,
a chapel, or point me to any on-line references to it?
Pendeilo (near LLanteg), Pembrokeshire, the former Zoar Chapel, now a funeral home. © Peter Morgan (2011).
Penderyn, Rhondda Cynon Taff, St. Cynog (CiW).
Another view. Link. Soar Methodist Chapel (1860 -
the date-stone also mentions 1912). Siloam Baptist Chapel, bult 1823 and re-built 1837. All © Peter Morgan (2011).
Pendine, Carmarthenshire.
Pendlebury, Salford, Greater Manchester.
Pendleton, Lancashire, All Saints (1847). SD 758 395. © Stuart Mackrell.
Pendleton, Salford, Greater Manchester.
Pendock, Worcestershire, The Church of
the Redeemer (or Pendock Cross Church). Another view. James advises that
it was built in 1899 as a
temporary mission church, but is still in use! It has an outdoor font,
which, though pretty, is stacked up on bricks. SO 7839 3280. All © James Murray.
Link.
Pendock Old Church stands about two
miles E.N.E. of the village, near the hamlet of Sledge Green, and is in the care of the Churches
Conservation Trust. SO 8170 3370. © James Murray. Link.
Old maps show, immediately to the east of the church at SO 8175 3371, Priory
(Site of). The site hasn't been visited by the Streetview van. The former
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel. It has a
date plaque for 1824. SO 7867 3259. © Janet Gimber (2019).
Pendomer, Somerset, St. Roch. The
interior. ST 5213 1040. Both © Chris
Kippin (2021). Link.
Grade II* listed.
Pendoylan, Vale of Glamorgan, St. Cadoc. © David
and Pat Halliday. Bethania Presbyterian Church (1870). ©
Gerard Charmley (2011).
Penegoes, Powys,
Ebeneser Independent Chapel, identified by Mike Berrell. SH 778 011. © John Bowdler.
Coflein entry, which dates it to 1823. Howard Richter has advised of three
other churches and chapels which stand/stood nearby. A former
Calvinistic Methodist Chapel stands at SH 7755
0095, which the
Coflein entry dates to 1840. Now converted to residential use, it can be
seen on a 2009 Streetview
here. A Wesleyan Methodist Chapel stood near
Ebeneser, at SH 7775 0100. Coflein dates it to a re-build of 1906, the original
chapel of 1823 having been previously replaced in 1848 and 1872. It finally
closed in 1970, and is noted as "disused" in 1998.
Streetview shows a residential building on the site; whether this is a
completely new building, or incorporates all or part of the chapel is (so far)
not known. Ebeneser can also be seen, immediately left of the Wesleyan, behind
the car. St. Cadfarc (CiW) stands at SH 770 010.
Built in 1884, it was the replacement for a medieval predecessor.
Streetview in 2010.
Coflein entry.
Link.
Penffordd, Pembrokeshire, former Calvinistic
Methodist Chapel (1861 and 1913), now a leather workshop. Two interior views -
1,
2. SN 077 223. All © Mike Berrell
(2010).
Pengam,
Caerphilly, the
former Capel y Bont Baptist
Chapel (now a private residence) on Commercial Street has dates 1857 and 1865.
ST 1551 9730. © Gerard Charmley (2011). The chapel had been re-painted a
rather fetching blue by 2022 (Streetview).
Ebenezer English Baptist
Chapel (1907) on River Terrace.
ST 1543 9751. © Gerard Charmley (2011).
Link. The chapel has been considerably extended and refurbished as
this photo of 1988 (©
Bruce Cunningham) shows. A former chapel on Station Road, Glan Y Nant - Janet Gimber advises that this was Nazareth
Methodist Chapel.
ST 1507 9751. © Gerard Charmley (2011).
Penge,
Greater London - see the London page.
Pengegon, Cornwall,
Community Hall (1936) on Lower Pengegon was at one time home to Kernow Spiritualist Centre. SW 6584
4009. © Paul
E. Barnett (2015). Older O.S. maps also show that there used to be a
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel in the village, on
Pengegon Way at SW 6586 3980. It's dated
here (where there is an old photo) to 1870-1979, by which time it was
Methodist. Housing - Chapel Court - now stands on its site (2023
Streetview). The source already quoted also says that there had been a
predecessor, built before 1841, and may have become the Sunday School shown on
old maps at SW 6592 3982. It too has gone, and the house on its site on Higher
Pengegon was seen by
Streetview in 2023.
Pengenffordd, Powys, Moriah Presbyterian Chapel. Rear view, showing the
gallery stairs. Both © Gerard Charmley (2010).
Penhalvean, Cornwall,
the former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel. This
source dates it to 1865, with its closure date unknown; old maps tell us
that it was closed in the first half of the 20th century. SW 7103 3777. © Paul
E. Barnett (2015).
Penhill,
North Yorkshire, the remains of a Templar Preceptory. According to an
information board at the site, it dates from circa 1200. The organisation was
suppressed in 1307, and by 1312 it was in the hands the Knights Hospitaller. It
is recorded as being ruinous by 1338 (see the second link). Two additional views
- 1,
2. SE 036 888. All © Howard Richter
(2017).
Link1.
Link2.
Grade II listed.
Penhow, Monmouthshire,
St. John the Baptist.
©
Janet Gimber (2015).
Another view, © Carole Sage (1992).
Link. Baptist Chapel,
originally Penhow Mission Hall (1909), as the
date-stone
explains.
Both ©
Janet Gimber (2015).
Penhurst, East
Sussex, St. Michael the Archangel, on Penhurst Lane.
Another view, and the
porch. TQ 6943 1656. All © Carole Sage
(2016).
Link1.
Link2.
Grade I listed.
Penicuik, Midlothian.
Peniel
(N.E. of Carmarthen), Carmarthenshire, Peniel Independent Chapel.
Coflein dates it
to 1864, on the site of earlier chapels of 1847 and 1809. SN 4359 2416. ©
Gerard Charmley (2011). A little over half a mile to the E.N.E. stands
Capel y Groes at SN 4443 2431. Large scale O.S.
maps label it as Capel y Groes On Site of Chapel, with Chapel in the
script indicating an ancient building. It was seen by
Streetview in 2022.
Coflein.
Penistone, South Yorkshire.
Penketh, Warrington, Cheshire - see
Warrington.
Penkhull, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire - see
Stoke-on-Trent.
Penkridge, Staffordshire, St. Michael & All Angels. From an old postcard (franked perhaps 1911)
in Steve Bulman's Collection.
A modern view. © Graeme Harvey (2010).
Another view. © Chris Emms (2010). Another view,
interior, altar and font, all ©
Dennis Harper (2011). SJ
921 141.
Link. Grade I listed - link.
Penkridge Methodist Church, on Clay Street. © Graeme Harvey (2010). Interior
view, and the font, both © Dennis Harper (2013).
Penlan, Swansea (City), Swansea - see
Swansea.
Penley, Wrexham, St. Mary Magdalene.
Another view, and an
interior view, all © Alan Blacklock
(2010). Link.
Penllergaer, Swansea, St. David, on Swansea Road. Another view.
Community of Christ Church on Gorseinon Road. All © Jim Parker.
Penllyn, Vale of Glamorgan, St. John the Evangelist. Interior view. Both © Gerard Charmley (2011).
Penmachno, Conwy, St.
Tudclud (1857, replacing an earlier building). This
source says that it was closed between 1997 and 2009. SH 7899 5059. A
2018 Streetview.
Coflein entry, which says that the churchyard once had another
church - St. Enclydwyn, but that it fell into ruin long ago, and all
above-ground traces have vanished.
Grade II listed.
Salem Chapel
(Calvinistic Methodist, 1853, re-built 1873) stands nearby at SH 7896
5065. A 2009 Streetview.
Coflein entry. Howard Richter has
advised of a nearby chapel, as follows - Bethania Wesleyan Methodist
(1867) stands at SH 7897 5051, and is
grade II listed. The
Coflein entry says that it closed in 2002. A
2017 Streetview.
Penmaen Rhos, Conwy, Disgwylfa Addoldy yr Eglwys Fethodistraidd (Welsh
Wesleyan Methodist, 1901). SH 8791 7843. © Mike Berrell. The
Coflein entry has a good number of additional photos.
Bethel Congregational Chapel stands just a short distance away, at SH
8782 7836. It can be seen here
on a 2009 Streetview. As Howard Richter has pointed out, the
Coflein entry for this is suspect. The grid reference is adrift (they give
SH 8777 7830) and a date of 1881. There was another chapel nearby, shown on O.S.
maps as Presbyterian in 1900 but Congregational by 1913. This has a grid
reference of SH 8777 7834. Demolished for road widening by 1957, it stood
roughly where the Streetview camera was to take this
view in 2009. Howard
suspects that this is the 1887 chapel, and which was replaced following
its demolition by Bethel.
Penmaen,
Caerphilly - see Oakdale on the Caerphilly page.
Penmaen, Swansea, St. John the Baptist.
© Gerard Charmley (2011).
Penmaenmawr, Conwy.
Penmark, Vale of Glamorgan, St. Mary. © David and
Pat Halliday. Another view, and an interior view, both © Gerard Charmley (2011).
Penmarth,
Cornwall,
Methodist Church. It was originally Wesleyan. SW 7045 3549. The
hall across the road
was the Sunday School. SW 7044 3547. Both © Paul E. Barnett (2021). The
village used to have a church - Holy Trinity,
commonly called Carnmenellis Church.
Genuki
dates it to 1851, with demolition in 1970 following a fire. A photo is
available
here,
and the churchyard today can be seen here. SW 7024 3568.
© Paul E. Barnett (2022).
Penmon, Isle of Anglesey,
the Priory. From an old illustration (1930's) in Colin
Waters' Collection. A modern view, ©
Penny Salisbury. This old postcard (from Steve Bulman's Collection) shows an ancient cross. Previously in the Unknown section, it was
identified by Janet Gimber. Link.
Penmorfa,
Gwynedd, St. Beuno (CiW). Two additional
views - 1,
2. SH 541 403.
Link.
Grade II* listing, from which we learn that it has 14th century nave and
15th century chancel. The former
Capel Carizim (Calvinistic Methodist, 1868), now in residential use.
Another view. SH 547 406.
Link.
Capel Zion (Independent, 1868).
Another view. SH 5485 4065.
Link. All ©
Howard Richter (2012).
Penmynydd, Flintshire, St. John the Baptist.
Penmynydd has absorbed the tiny village of Pentrobin, though the church board still says
Pentrobin. © Jane Marriott.
Penn and Penn Fields, Wolverhampton, West Midlands - see
Wolverhampton.
Pennal, Gwynedd,
St. Peter ad Vincula.
Rebuilt in 1769, much of the fabric from its medieval predecessor was re-used. The porch, and two interior views -
1,
2.
SH 700 004. All © John Bowdler. Another view, and
interior view, both © Rosemary Groves
(2011).
Link.
Coflein entry.
Grade II listed. The former Carmel Welsh Independent Chapel (1816,
re-built 1871), © John Bowdler.
Another view, © Chris Emms (2009).
The
Coflein entry includes some photos.
Grade II listed. Calvinistic Methodist Chapel (1820,
re-built 1869,
repaired 1908, for sale 2009). © John Bowdler.
Another view, © Chris Emms (2009).
Coflein entry.
Grade II listed. There was also a Wesleyan Methodist Chapel. It stands (or
stood) at SH 7009 0037. Built in 1809, it was re-built twice, in 1850 and 1899
(according to the
Coflein entry).
Pennan, Aberdeenshire, Auchmedden
Church, dated
here to 1884. Older maps label it as Mission Hall. NJ 8450 6515. © Martin Briscoe.
Pennant, Ceredigion,
St. Padarn. SN 5080
6319. © Mike Berrell (2010).
Coflein.
The church stands to the west of the village. In the village proper is a
Calvinistic Methodist Chapel
(2023 Streetview), at SN 5128 6310.
Coflein
dates it to 1760, re-built in 1823 and 1883.
Pennar, Pembrokeshire, St. Patrick (Church in Wales) on Treowen Road. Interior view. Both ©
Mike Berrell.
Pennerley, Shropshire, the former
Mount Zion Primitive Methodist Chapel, dated
here to
1869, and going out of use, probably in the late 1990's or early noughties,
before conversion to residential use.
Another view. SO 3557 9919. Both © Chris Kippin (2021).
Pennington,
Cumbria, St. Michael and the Holy Angels. Another view.
SD 2628 7742. Both ©
John Balaam (2016).
Grade II listed.
A sun-dial in the churchyard is listed separately as
grade II.
Pennybridge (properly
Egton-cum-Newland), Cumbria, St. Mary. SD 3105 8260. © Mary Read (1988).
Link.
Pennygown, Argyll & Bute (Mull), the Old
Chapel. 49 NM 604 433. © Martin Briscoe.
Pennywell, Sunderland, Tyne & Wear - see
Sunderland.
Penparc, Cerdigion,
Capel Pen-y-Parc (Baptist). Its
Coflein entry
dates it to a re-build in 1856 of a chapel of 1769, re-built in 1838. Total Immersion font.
SN 2119 4789. Both © Mike Berrell.
Penparcau, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion - see Aberystwyth.
Penpedairheol, Caerphilly, Cascade Methodist Church, off Pengam Road. ST
1429 9752. © Gerard Charmley (2011).
Link.
Penpol
(or Penpoll), Cornwall, Methodist Church (1861, Wesleyan). Another view.
SW 8134 3908. Both © Carole Sage (2017).
Link.
Penponds, Cornwall, a
glimpse of Holy Trinity from Streetview in 2023. A
number of photos are available on the
church website. SW
6350 3953.
Grade II listed. The village also has a former
Methodist Chapel on Church Road, at
SW 6356 3925. It was built as Bible Christian, and dated 1844. © Paul E. Barnett
(2024).
Link.
Grade II listed.
Penpont, Cornwall, the
site of a demolished Mission Chapel, as seen by Streetview in 2023. SX 0871
7446.
Penpont, Dumfries & Galloway, Church of Scotland. 78 NX
848 944. © Dave Westrap.
Link1.
Link2.
Penrith, Cumbria.
Penrhiwceiber, Rhondda Cynon Taff, St. Winifred (CiW). The former
Bethel Wesleyan Chapel (1894), now a builders mercHampshire.
Carmel Baptist Chapel (1880). Hope Methodist Church, originally Primitive Methodist (1907). All
© Gerard Charmley.
Penrhiwgoch, Carmarthenshire,
Baptist Chapel (1909). SN 5569 1785. © Gerard Charmley (2011).
Coflein
mentions predecessors of 1797 and 1844. These were probably on a different site,
as older O.S. maps show a Capel Pen-rhiw-goch some distance further north
at SN 5560 1831. It's not clear from aerial views if anything survives of it,
and the site hasn't been seen by Streetview.
Cefenberach
Methodist Church stands at SN 5678 1866. The small date-stone above
the central window says that it was re-built in 1871. © Janet Gimber
(2018).
Penrhos-garnedd, Gwynedd,
Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses. Maps suggest a post-1990 date. SH 5610
7063.
Coflein entry. Eglwys St.
Pedr
(1956). SH 554 701.
Coflein entry.
The former Capel
y Graig (1814, re-built in 1872). Janet Gimber has advised that this was Calvinistic Methodist, and has been converted
to secular use. SH 5531 7012.
Coflein entry.
All © Martin Briscoe. There is another former chapel
at SH 5597 7051 - Capel Beula (Independent). Originally built in 1836, the
present building is of a re-build of 1872. It can be seen on a
2009 Streetview.
Coflein entry.
Penrhyndeudraeth, Gwynedd.
Penrose,
Cornwall, the former Bible Christian Chapel, of 1861 (source). SW 8754 7077. © Paul E. Barnett (2019).
Penruddock, Cumbria, All Saints. NY
429 277. © Malcolm
Minshaw. Another view. © Steve
Bulman (2010). U.R.C. NY 425
274. © Steve Bulman (2010). Howard Richter has drawn my attention to this
sale
notice, according to which the U.R.C. closed in 2011. At the time it was the
third oldest active Presbyterian chapel in England.
Penryn, Cornwall.
Pensarn,
Carmarthenshire, Babell
Chapel (Calvinistic Methodist), with dates of 1834, 1870, and 1906.
SN 4130 1921. © Gerard Charmley (2010).
Link.
Coflein dates it to 1905, a
re-build of a chapel of 1834.
Pensarn, Conwy,
St. David (CiW) on South Parade. SH 9481 7859. © Mike Berrell. Chapel (closed) on
Towyn Road. SH 9491 7866. Mike thinks it might have been Presbyterian. Judy Flynn,
referencing Pevsner, and an old postcard, advises that it was indeed
Presbyterian, of the English speaking variety, and dating from 1877-8. It has a
grade II listing.
Coflein
says it was closed "by 2008". © Mike Berrell.
Pensarn Family Church (Evangelical
Alliance, Presbyterian Church) on Y Berllan. SH 9492 7865. © Mike Berrell.
Link. Older O.S. maps mark a Calvinistic Methodist
Chapel on Ger-Y-Mor at SH 9479 7871. Its
Coflein entry
dates it to 1858, closing in 1956. It also says that the chapel was converted
for residential use - if this is correct then the housing was later demolished
and new housing built on the site (2011
Streetview).
Pensax, Worcestershire, St. James
the Great.
Interior view. SO 7233 6898. Both ©
Chris Kippin (2018). Another view, and
two more of the interior - 1,
2, all © Peter Morgan (2023).
Link.
Grade II listed. The stump of a churchyard cross is also listed separately
as
Grade II.
Pensford, Somerset, St. Thomas-a-Becket.
Most unusual in that it stands on an island in a river. The church mostly dates
from a re-build of 1869, but the tower is C14.
The nave has been converted into a private residence, and the tower is now in
the care of the Church Conservation Trust, and occasional services are held
here. Another view, the
pulpit and the
font. ST 61828 63695. The former
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel on Pensford
Hill, now residential. ST 61761 63942.
Gospel Hall. ST 62136 63491. It was preceded by an earlier Gospel Hall on
Staunton Hall, now demolished. All © Carole Sage (2016).
Penshaw, Tyne & Wear, All Saints, © Norman Cummings (2014).
Link. Our Lady Queen of Peace (R.C.). © James Murray.
Penshurst, Kent, St. John the Baptist. A close-up of the tower. Some interior
views - 1, 2, 3,
4, and the ceiling of the Sidney Chapel. 188 TQ 527 438. All © Dave Westrap. An
old postcard view, and an
old engraving, from Brett
Jeffery's Collection.
And another old postcard, this one from John Bowdler's Collection.Link1. Link2.
Link3.
Pensilva, Cornwall.
Pensnett, West Midlands.
Penterry, Monmouthshire, St. Mary. Medieval, with a Victorian restoration,
there has been a church here since at least 955 A.D. The
altar. Without electricity,
illumination is provided by oil lamps.
All
©
John Gimber (2017).
Link.
Pentewan,
Cornwall,
All Saints (1821). SX
0203 4724. © Paul E. Barnett (2017).
Link.
Grade II listed.
The former
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel on Pentewan Hill pre-dates a map of 1888. SX 0205 4738. © Paul E. Barnett
(2017). The site of a Bible
Christian Chapel. A photo of it in 1904 can be seen
here. SX 0198 4734. © Paul E. Barnett (2018). The 1888 map shows an earlier
B.C. chapel a little way west of the later one, on Glentowan Road at SX 0192
4734. The house on its site was seen by
Streetview in 2023.
Pentir, Gwynedd,
St. Cedol (1848). SH 573 671. © Martin Briscoe.
Coflein entry, which says that it replaced an earlier church nearby.
Grade II listed.
Pentlow, Essex,
St. George and St. Gregory. TL 8126 4616. © Elizabeth Orbell. Two more views -
1, 2,
both © Chris Stafford (2013).
Link1.
Link2.
Grade I listed.
Pentney, Norfolk,
the C12 St. Mary Magdalene on Narborough Road. Interior view.
TF 7208 1385. Both © Richard Roberts (2015).
Another view, two more of the interior -
1,
2 (the latter with the font), a
window, and Norman
blind arcading, all © Chris Stafford
(2014).
Link.
Grade I listed. A little over half a mile east of the church is a former
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, at TF 7311 1385.
Identified on its
Genuki entry
as "Rehoboth" and dated to 1851 and "closed before 1992",
it can be seen on a Streetview
from 2009, having been converted to residential use. A little further east
again, maps show the site of a Baptist Chapel, at
ST 7345 1389. Again,
Genuki is helpful, dating it to 1828 to "before 2009", and naming it as Zion
Particular Baptist.
Penton Mewsey,
Hampshire, Holy Trinity. Another view,
and the interior. SU 3297 4742.
All © Chris Kippin (2020).
Link.
Grade II* listed (note that the grid reference quoted there is inaccurate).
Some of the churchyard monuments are separately listed
here.
Pentonville, Greater Lodonn.
Pentraeth, Anglesey, dedicated to St. Mary. ©
Bill McKenzie.
Pentre,
Denbighshire, the Calvinistic Methodist Chapel.
Coflein dates it to 1892, a re-build of earlier chapels of 1809 and 1869. SJ
0865 6262. © Gervase N. E. Charmley (2011).
Pentre Saron, Denbighshire, Calvinist Methodist Chapel, dating
from 1826, though according to
Coflein,
probably re-built circa 1850. SJ 0283 6066. © Eirian Evans.
Pentre, Rhondda Cynon Taff.
Pentre-bach, Ceredigion,
the former Capel Emmaus (1854), now in secular use.
Coflein, which dates
it to 1894, describes it as Emmaus Independent Chapel Schoolroom, and
says it was converted to residential use "by 1998". SN 5470 4730. © Mike Berrell.
The former St.
John (CiW) at SN 5510 4725. Some more photos can be seen
here. It pre-dates a map of 1888.
© Neil Floyd. The
scant
Coflein entry.
Pentre-Cwyth, Swansea (City), Swansea - see
Swansea.
Pentre-Dwr, Swansea (City), Swansea - see
Swansea.
Pentre-Halkyn, Flintshire, Salem Methodist Chapel, built as Wesleyan in 1896. © Carl Hogan (2014).
Link.
Pentre Isaf, Conwy, Capel Cefn-Coch
(Calvinistic Methodist) can be seen in a 2009 Streetview
here. The
Coflein entry dates it to a mid 19th century re-build of an earlier chapel
of 1796, although curiously, its
grade II listing (which includes some photographs) says it
is
"little altered since its erection in 1796".
The former Capel Ainon (Baptist) stands about 3/4
of a mile NE of Pentre, at SH 8825 6977, and is now in residential use. Seen on
a 2009 Streetview here and
here, the
Coflein entry gives it dates of 1862-1986. Lastly, about a mile NW of Pentre
is the very isolated
Codau Baptist Chapel, at SH 8637 7074. The
Coflein entry dates it to 1832, with closure in the 1980's. It says that it
"stood disused in the 1990's", but the presence of tools and ladders in the
2009 Streetview suggests it
may have been undergoing conversion
at that time.
Pentre-Tafarn-y-Fedw,
COnwy, the former Carmel Calvinistic Methodist/Presbyterian Chapel, which stands
in isolation some distance north-east of the settlement at
SH 8242 6297. The link
is to a 2009 Streetview. SH 8242 6297. The
Coflein entry provides a date of 1833.
Pentre
Uchaf, Gwynedd, the former Pentre Uchaf Methodist Chapel (1896). The
appended link says that it was still active in 2010, but was undergoing
conversion for residential use in 2012. As Howard's photos show, the work was
still incomplete in 2016. Two additional views -
1,
2. SH 3560 3903. © Howard
Richter (2016).
Link.
Pentrebach, Merthyr Tydfil, Jerusalem Baptist Church.
© Gerard Charmley (2011).
Pentrefelin,
Gwynedd, the Parish Hall, which was originally built as a church, sited to be
more convenient for the villagers, as the parish church (St. Cynhaearn) was some distance away. Dating from the
1930's, it was designed by
Clough
Williams-Ellis, most famous as the designer of Portmeirion, the setting for
the cult TV series, The
Prisoner. Another view, and
the interior. SH 528 398.
Link.
An old postcard view is available
here, and an old photo
here.
Grade II listed. The old church, St. Cynhaearn
(K), is now in the care of the Friends of Friendless Churches; some services are
still held here. Some of the fabric in the nave is supposed to be of the 12th
century, with the transepts added in the 15th and 16th centuries.
Another view. SH 526 388.
Link.
Grade II* listed. The site of
the demolished Capel Tabor (Congregational). The
gateway to the site appears to
be original. SH 5226 3997.
Link. Flickr has some old photos -
1,
2,
3. All © Howard Richter (2012). The former
Capel Cedron (1867, Calvinistic
Methodist), now in residential use.
Another view. SH 5249 3964.
Both © Howard Richter (2016).
Link.
Pentrefelin, Powys, Salem Chapel (1845, renovated 1926). © Peter Morgan (2013).
Pentrefoelas, Conwy,
the Parish Church (dedication lost). SH 873 516.
Standing in
relative isolation on the west side of the B5113, about a mile and a half
north-west of the village is the former
Capel Pisgah (1878), now in secular use. It was active at least until 1953. SH 8573 5300.
Coflein entry. Both © Mike Berrell.
Pentregat, Ceredigion, Capel Ffynnon, now in use as a guest house.
Coflein, which
dates it to 1849, says it had been converted "by circa 1990". SN 3538 5195. © Mike Berrell.
Grade II listed, wherein it's described as Calvinistic Methodist. A little
further east is marked, on old O.S. maps, Capel Gwndwn
(Baptist), at SN 3544 5196. Its
Coflein entry
dates it to 1910, originally built in 1830, and possibly also re-built in 1844.
Demolished on or before 1998. The house on its site today was seen by
Streetview in 2017.
Pentre'r Bryn, Ceredigion,
Pentre'r Bryn Independent Chapel (1894).
Coflein also calls it Brynrhwgaled Independent Chapel and Schoolroom,
dating it to 1894 as a re-build of an earlier chapel of 1781. SN 3989 5509. © Mike Berrell (2011).
Pentrich, St. Matthew.
St. Matthew. From an old postcard in Steve Bulman's Collection. Two modern views
-
1,
2, two interiors -
1,
2, the
altar and the
font, all © David Regan
(2015).
Link.
Grade I listed. The site
(the red-brick building behind the telegraph pole) of the demolished
Congregational Chapel, as seen by Streetview in
2019. Old photos of it are available
here and
here (wherein it's dated to circa 1662 - 1971, and says it was latterly
United Free Methodist). In the latter can be seen the surviving gable-end of a
building to the chapel's left (its name Chapel Down can be seen on the
Streetview) - note the small wooden doorway now replaced by a window in the
modern Streetview. SK 3889 5223.
Pentridge, Dorset, St. Rumbold, and its
interior. SU 0332 1783. Both
© Chris Kippin (2022). Link.
Grade II listed. A group of monuments in the
churchyard is also listed as
grade II.
Pentrobin, Flintshire, - see Penmynydd.
Pentyrch, Cardiff.
Penweathers, Cornwall, the former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, which pre-dates
a map of 1880. SW 8041 4384. © Paul E. Barnett (2017).
Penwithick, Cornwall, the former Methodist Chapel, built as Wesleyan. Of
available on-line maps, one from 1961 is the first to show this chapel, although
it's clearly older than this. Indeed, this
source (select option 3) dates it to 1914, with an earlier chapel originally
standing on an adjacent site. SX 0241 5632. © Paul E. Barnett (2017).
Penwortham, Lancashire.
Penybontfawr, Powys, Pen-Nebo Wesleyan Chapel (1890 - date-stone).
Both © Peter Morgan (2014).
Penybryn, Caerphilly, Calvary
Evangelical Church. © Gerard Charmley (2011).
Penycwm, Pembrokeshire, former chapel, now in
secular use. SN 850 230. © Mike Berrell (2012).
Penydarren, Merthyr Tydfil, St. John (CiW, closed). Horeb Independent
Chapel. Both
© Gerard Charmley.
Penygarnedd, Powys, Carmel Wesleyan Chapel (1884 - date-stone). Both ©
Peter Morgan (2014).
Penygraig, Rhondda Cynon Taff, St. Barnabas. The chancel arch in the end wall shows
that a chancel was planned, but never built. Another view. Many churches in Rhondda were founded as Iron Churches,
but most were demolished when a stone church was built. Here it survives, though in a sorry state. The former
Pisgah Calvinistic Methodist Church, now a funeral chapel. The former
Soar Baptist Chapel. All
©
Gervase N. E. Charmley.
Penygroes, Pembrokeshire, Capel Penygroes Ty
Cwrdd yr Annibynwyr (Independent, 1765, re-built 1828).
SN 155 355. © Mike Berrell (2009).
Penzance, Cornwall.
Peopleton, Worcestershire, St. Nicholas. Another view, two interior views -
1, 2, and a window. All
© Peter Morgan (2012). Link. Grade II* listed -
link.
Peplow, Shropshire, Chapel of the
Epiphany (1877-9). Two further views - 1,
2. SJ 637 248. All © Martin Richter
(2018). Link.
Grade II listed.
Pepperstock, Bedfordshire,
the former Baptist Church on Front Street. It was evidently subsequently
demolished, as housing was built on the site, seen by Streetview (compare
2016 and
2017). SP 0851 1810. © Bedfordshire and
Luton Archives & Records Service (2007).
Link.
Percy Main, Tyne & Wear, St. John the Evangelist (1862), on St. John's Terrace. NZ 338 671. © Bill Henderson (2012).
Grade II listed - link.
Perivale, Greater London
- see the London page.
Perlethorpe, Nottinghamshire, St. John the Evangelist. SK 645 709. © Michael Bourne.
Another view. From a postcard in
the Kevin Gordon Collection.
Link.
Perranarworthal, Cornwall,
St. Piran. A small un-inscribed
cross which stands close to the church - is it ancient or recent? SW 7792 3893. © Paul E. Barnett (2015
and 2023).
Link.
Grade II* listed. For related listed features see
here.
On the nearby Carclew Estate is a small former Chapel, at SW 7893 3825.
A photo can be seen
here on an estate agency sale notice.
Grade II* listed.
Perranporth, Cornwall,
the remains of St. Piran. In use until the early 19th century, encroaching sand made the
church increasingly unusable, and the decision was made to dismantle the church and re-locate it further inland, at Lambourne,
Perranzabuloe. Much of the fabric was
removed and used in the new building. Two further views - 1,
2, and an
ancient cross (11th century or earlier). SW
7720 5646.
Link.
Grade II listed, as is also the
cross. The site of St. Piran's oratory lies nearby. SW 7685 5637. All © Josie Saunders (2010).
Link.
Grade II listed.
Christ the King (R.C., 1931)
on Wheal Leisure Road. SW 7589 5422. © Paul E. Barnett (2014).
Link. Methodist Church
(built as Wesleyan) on Ponsmere Road. SW 7581
5436. © Paul E. Barnett (2014).
Link. The tidal island
Chapel Rock, also known
as Chapel Engarder, is reputedly the site of a chapel, which this
source says was still visible in 1733. SW 7549 5462. © Paul E.
Barnett (2021). St.
Michael's Mission Church on Perrancombe Road, as seen by Streetview in 2018.
SW 7561 5391.
Link, which says that the church is (in 2024) closed for repairs, services
being held in the adjacent
church hall (2021 Streetview). SW 7562 5394.
Perranuthnoe, Cornwall,
St. Michael and St. Piran. SW 5375 2955. © Carole Sarvis. Two more views -
1,
2, both © Paul E. Barnett
(2024). Link.
Grade II* listed. A number of churchyard monuments, etc., are
separately listed
here. The former Wesleyan
Methodist Chapel dates from 1858.
Another view. SW
5389 2943. Both © Paul E. Barnett (2015 and 2024).
Perranwell (near
Perranarworthal), Cornwall,
Methodist Church on Station Road, originally Wesleyan.
Another view. SW 7762 3947. © Paul E. Barnett (2014
and 2024). Old O.S. maps show a Bible Christian Chapel
off School Hill at SW 7750 3928. It hasn't survived, and the
site where it stood
(where the building is behind the blue car) was seen by Streetview in 2022. This
source dates it to 1865, closing in the late 1960's. It also says that it
was later known as Chyvogue Methodist Church.
Perranwell (near
Perranzabuloe), Cornwall,
the former Methodist Church and Sunday School. Dates are 1843 (chapel,
visible in the roundel in the nearer part of the building), and 1867
(school). SW 7770 5274. © Paul E. Barnett (2015).
Link.
Perranzabuloe, Cornwall,
St. Piran.
Paul advises that the original St. Piran was on Piran Sands at
Perranporth (q.v.), but
shifting sands made it unusable. A second church suffered the same fate.
The new church incorporates some of the re-located fabric of the second.
SW 7705 5204. © Paul E. Barnett (2015).
Link.
Grade II* listed. For related listed features see
here.
Perry Barr, West Midlands, St. John. © Peter
Wood.
Pershore, Worcestershire.
Pertenhall, Bedfordshire,
St. Peter. TL 0842 6541. From an old postcard in Judy Flynn's Collection.
Grade I listed.
Older O.S. maps mark a Moravian Church at Chapel Yard, a little way to the
north-east of Pertenhall, at TL 0908 6600. The village
Wikipedia entry says that
"Little remains of the chapel itself but there are still gravestones in the
graveyard". I haven't been able to find a photo of it, and Streetview hasn't
been past the site.
Perth, Perth & Kinross.
Perton, Staffordshire, The Church at Perton. Interior view and
font. All © Dennis Harper (2011). Link.
Peter Tavy, Devon, St. Peter. The
interior and the former
screen. SX 5131 7777. All
© Chris Kippin (2022).
Link.
Grade I listed. Several items in the churchyard are listed separately - they
can be found
here. The Methodist Church is
labelled on older maps as Wesleyan. SX 5147 7761.
© Chris Kippin (2022).
Link.
Peterborough, Cambridgeshire.
Peterchurch, Herefordshire,
St. Peter.
Another view. SO 3449 3852. Both © Graeme Harvey.
Another view, the
interior, and the
font, all
© Christopher Skottowe (1963).
Link.
Grade I listed. The former
Methodist Chapel (originally
Wesleyan) now a private residence. SO 3436 3905. © James
Murray.
The demolished Particular Baptist
Chapel. This is probably the building referenced in council minutes of 2004,
discussing its proposed demolition,
here.
Another view. SO 3440 3898. Both © Paul Wood.
Both the Baptist and Methodist chapels pre-date a map of 1904.
Peterhead, Aberdeenshire.
Peterlee, County Durham.
Petersfield,
Hampshore, St. Peter. SU 7464 2319. ©
Chris Kippin. The interior and
the font, both © Chris
Kippin (2023).
Link.
Grade I listed.
St. Laurence (R.C.) on
Station Road, as seen by Streetview in 2021. SU 7451 2360. Link.
Grade II listed, wherein it's dated to 1890-1. Almost directly across the
road is Petersfield Methodist
Church (2021 Streetview), originally Wesleyan. SU 7451 2355. Link.
A little further east on Station Road stands a former
Primitive Methodist Chapel
(2022 Streetview). It has a date-stone for 1902. SU 7463 2358.
Link. The Salvation Army
Church on Swan Street was seen by Streetview in 2019. SU 7452 2331. A
map of 1909 marks a different building just a short distance to the west as
Salvation Army Barracks. Its site lies beneath the roadway seen on a
Streetview from 2019. SU
7446 2333. U.R.C. (2022
Streetview) on College Street. Old maps label it as Congregational. SU 7492
2360. Link. The cemetery at Ram's
Hill has two Mortuary Chapels - Church of England (grade
II listed, circa 1857) at SU 7493 2390, and Nonconformist (also
grade II listed, circa 1857) at SU 7496 2394. The 1958 1" O.S. map shows a
place of worship on the south side of Barham Road at SU 7474 2344. Seen by
Streetview in 2019, I
haven't been able to discover what it was.
Peterston-Super-Ely, Vale of Glamorgan,
St. Peter. Interior view. Both
© Gerard Charmley.
Peterston Super Montem, Rhondda Cynon
Taff, the ruined and remote church of St. Peter (also see
Brynna). Originally dating from C12, it was re-built in the 17th century,
and abandoned in the 19th. Two further views -
1,
2. All © Gervase N. E. Charmley.
Peterstone Wentlooge, Newport, the
former St. Peter, now a private residence.
© Gerard Charmley.
Peterstow, Herefordshire, St. Peter. Interior view. Both © Peter Morgan. Link.
Petham, Kent, All Saints. TR 130
512. Derelict Primitive Methodist
Chapel, dating from 1863. Both © Geoff Watt. Two further views - 1, 2, both
dating from the 1980's, which presumably post-date Geoff's photo. Both © Alan K. Taylor (1980's).
Petherwin Gate,
Cornwall, the former Methodist Chapel, as seen by Streetview in 2009. It was
originally Wesleyan, pre-dating a map of 1884. SX 2812 8915. A few hundred yards
east of the village is the hamlet of Daws, where there is a former
Methodist Chapel. Shown on a map of 1884 as
Ebenezer Bible Christian Chapel, it was seen by
Streetview in 2021. SX
2870 8927. Both chapels remained in active use into the second half of the last
century.
Petrockstowe, Devon, St. Petroc(k).
Another view, and the
interior. SS 5132 0916.
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Some headstones and a war memorial are listed separately
here. The Methodist Church
on Rectory Rise has a date-stone for 1933.
SS 512 094.
Link.
A little way south of the village stands or stood a
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, at SS 5128 0886. Whether anything of the
chapel survives in the building
on the site today is uncertain. All © Chris Kippin (2021).
Pett, East Sussex,
St. Mary and St. Peter (1864). TQ 8729 1391. From an old postcard, in Reg Dosell's Collection.
A modern view, © Carole Sage (2016).
Link1.
Link2.
Methodist Church (1848). Two further
views - 1,
2. TQ 86987 13937. All © Carole Sage
(2016).
Grade II listed.
Pettigo, Co. Donegal, Catholic Church.
Templecarne Parish Church (CoI). Both ©
Graeme Harvey.
Pettistree, Suffolk, St. Peter and
St. Paul. TM 2985 5497. © Steve Bulman (2024).
Link.
Grade II* listed. The war memorial is also listed, as
grade II.
Petton, Devon, St. Petrock. Its
grade II listing dates it to a re-build of a medieval chapel in 1848. ST
0076 2445. © Chris Kippin (2023). Link.
The Methodist Church has a
date-stone, declaring itself to have originally been Bible Christian, of 1901.
ST 0077 2475. © Chris Kippin (2023).
Link.
The 1:25,000 O.S. map of 1951 shows a place of worship just east of Petton
Cross, at ST 0059 2474. The shed, which may have been the church, was
visible on a Streetview from
2009. Later Streetviews show only the roofline. I haven't been able to discover
what this was, though it is reminiscent of several other Gospel Halls on this
website. Can you advise?
Petworth, West Sussex.
Pevensey, East Sussex, St. Nicholas. From an old postcard in Steve
Bulman's Collection. Another old postcard view, this one from Reg Dosell's Collection. A
modern view, © Stuart Mackrell. Grade I listed -
link.
Peverell, Plymouth, Devon - see
Plymouth.
Pewsey,
Wiltshire, St. John the Baptist. Two more views -
1, 2.
SU 1637 5990. All © Chris Kippin (2022).
Interior view, © Simon Edwards (2011).
Link.
Grade I listed. Several churchyard monuments and the war memorial are listed
separately
here.
The Methodist Church stands at the junction of
Market Place and Goddard Road. Older maps label it as Wesleyan, and it has a
date of 1873 in the archway around the entrance door.
Streetview saw it in 2009.
SU 1637 6012. Link.
Holy Family (R.C.) on Broadfields. SU
1591 5990. © Chris Kippin (2022).
Link.
Mortuary Chapel in the cemetery on
Wilcot Road. SU 1562 6023. © Ian Miller.
Grade II listed, wherein it's dated to 1862. The
Chapel for the Pewsey Union Workhouse survives, on Wilcot Road, at SU
1574 6025. Its
grade II listing dates it to circa 1840-1850. It was seen by
Streetview in 2021.
Link. A map of 1887 shows a
Particular Baptist Chapel off High Street at SU
1650 6010. It seems to have survived at least into the mid-20th century, and
what I think is the building (or replacement with the same footprint) was seen
by Streetview in 2011. The
same map also shows a Baptist Chapel (General) on
Easterton Lane at SU 1672 6006. Called Zion on a later map of 1902, aerial views
suggest it may survive, but it hasn't been seen by Streetview. A
Church Mission Room stands on Easterton Lane at SU
1680 5985. The 1887 map labels it as Primitive Methodist - it was seen by
Streetview in 2011. This
source dates it to 1879.
Philadelphia, Co. Durham,
Spiritualist Church. © Bill Henderson.
Philipstoun, West Lothian, the
former Philipstoun Main Street Pardovan Church, on Main Street. It's now in use
as a provate residence.
© Jim Parker (2016). Link.
Phillack, Cornwall,
St. Phillack (or St. Felicitas). The
ACNY entry has it as St. Felicitas and St. Piala. SW 5653 3842.
© Andrew Ross. Another view, © Paul E. Barnett (2014).
Link.
Grade II* listed.
For other related listed features see
here.
Philleigh,
Cornwall,
St. Philleigh. SW
8711 3946. Link.
Grade I listed (where it's listed as St. Felix). Three churchyard
tombs are also listed
here. The former
Lemon Chapel (Wesleyan, 1838),
which was sold in 1882. It was subsequently converted to residential
use, and is now Lemon Chapel Cottage. SW 8684 3939. The former
White Lanes Chapel
(Wesleyan). Opened in 1883, and hence successor to Lemon Chapel, it
closed in 1981. SW 8768 3915. All © Jo Lewis.
Link (for both chapels).
Pickering,
North Yorkshire.
Pickhill, North Yorkshire,
All Saints. SE 3472 8375. © Bill Henderson. Interior view, and the
splendid Norman south door, both © Kenneth Paver (2013).
Another view, another of the
interior, a
window and the
font, all © Chris Stafford (2015).
Grade II* listed.
The village also has a former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel,
at SE 3460 8342. It was seen by
Streetview in 2011. The village
Wikipedia entry dates it to
1864.
Pickletillem, Fife, the former Forgan Parish Church (CoS), now in commercial use. It lies between Newport-on-Tay and
Pickletillem on the A914. Another view. Lady Leng Memorial Chapel lies within
Vicarsford Cemetery. NO 438 257. The ruins of St. Fillan (aka Forgan Old Parish Church). Two further views -
1, 2. NO 445 259.
Link. All © Jim Parker (2010).
Pickmere, Cheshire,
the Pickmere and Wincham Methodist Church. It has a date-stone for 1826, as
Wesleyan, with an enlargement in 1928. SJ 6947
7721. © Bruce Read.
Link.
Pickworth, Lincolnshire, St. Andrew on Church Lane. Two interior views - 1,
2. TF 044 337. All © Mike Berrell (2012). Link. Grade I listed
- link.
Pickworth,
Rutland, All Saints (1822). A battle during the Wars of the Roses was fought
hereabouts - see
here.
Interior view, and the
font. An arch from an earlier
church stands in the village - a photo is available on its
grade II listing. All © David Regan (2016).
Grade II listed. The former chapel, now in residential use. SK 993 138. © Mike Berrell
(2011).
Picton, North Yorkshire, the former St. Hilary. Another view. David advises that the
building was sold in 2008, and still appears empty. Both © David Regan (2011).
Pickwell, Leicestershire, All Saints.
Interior view. Both © Jim Rushton. Another view, and an
interior view, both © Aidan McRae Thomson.
Piddinghoe,
East Sussex, St. John the Evangelist. From an old postcard in
Paul E. Barnett's Collection.
Link.
Grade I listed.
Piddington, Oxfordshire,
St. Nicholas. There is an improbably thin door, visible in the previous photo,
with a close-up here. The door is
about as wide as ones shoulders. SP 6400 1698. Both
© Steve Bulman. Another view,
© David Regan (2019).
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Piddlehinton, Dorset, St. Mary the Virgin.
© Graeme Harvey. Another view, and an interior view. Another
favourite church of Roger (and Thomas Hardy!). Both © Roger Hopkins.
Link.
Piddletrenthide, Dorset, All Saints.
© Graeme Harvey. Link.
Pidley, Cambridgeshire,
All Saints. Another view.
TL 3272 7829. ©
Jim Rushton. Link.
Grade II listed. A small
Baptist Church (2022 Streetview) stands just to the south of the church, at
TL 3274 7822. Link.
Grade II listed.
Piercebridge, Co. Durham, St. Mary.
NZ 201 158. © Steve Bulman.
Pightley, Somerset, the former
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel and Sunday
School, now in residential use. Both © Mike Berrell (2016).
Pilham, Lincolnshire, All Saints. Two further views - 1,
2, and an interior view. All © David Regan (2010).
Link.
Pill, Somerset, Christ Church. © Peter Morgan
(2009). Link.
The
Methodist Church replaced an earlier
Wesleyan chapel on the same site. ST 52592 75815. © Peter Morgan (2009).
Link. Baptist Church.
ST 52467 76000. © Peter Morgan (2009). This had closed by the time this
photo was taken, © Carole Sage (2016).
Another view, © Carole Sage (2018).
Link.
Salvation Army Church. ST 5256 7573. ©
Carole Sage (2016). The site of the demolished
Independent Chapel (later Congregational) on Chapel Row, now a parking area.
Established in 1747, it's not known at present if this was always the site of
the church, but it is marked on maps here from the late 19th century. The
congregation joined with the Baptist Church in 1905, to form Pill Union Church,
but whether it continued in use after this, and when it was demolished, are not
at present known. ST 52482 75966. © Carole Sage (2018). A
marker commemorates the spot from where
John Wesley despatched Methodist Missionary Preachers to America. The attached
plaque. The 2 people it mentions are
Francis Asbury and
Thomas Coke.
Both © Carole Sage (2018).
Pillaton,
Cornwall, St. Odulphus. SX 3670
6431. © Paul E. Barnett (2018).
Link.
Grade I listed. Other related listed features can be seen
here.
A converted former Wesleyan
Methodist Chapel (2022 Streetview) stands at SX 3652 6424. In its original
smaller form it pre-dates a map of 1888.
Pillerton Hersey, Warwickshire, dedicated to St.
Mary. © Steve Bulman. SP 299 489. Another view, and an interior view,
both © Aidan McRae Thomson.
Pillerton Priors, Warwickshire,
the former Methodist Chapel (1863), now in use as a domestic garage.
Another view. Both © John Bowdler (2012).
Pilleth, Powys, St. Mary (CiW).
Interior view. SO 256 822. Both © Ken
Taylor. Two further views - 1, 2, and the
Holy Well, all © John Bowdler. Link1.
Link2.
Pilley,
Hampshire, St. Nicholas Chapel (1964) on Pilley Street. SZ 329 982.
© Richard Roberts (2018).
Link.
Pilley,
South Yorkshire, St. Paul on Pilley Green was originally a Mission Church of
circa 1880-90. Another view. SE 3363
0045. Link. The
Methodist Church on Chapel Road and
Pilley Lane is marked on older maps as Wesleyan. The village
Wikipedia entry
dates it to 1886. SE 3345 0066.
Link. All © David
Regan (2021).
Pilning and Redwick, Gloucestershire,
St. Peter, founded in 1855. Note that a former name for Pilning was Cross Hands,
and shows as such on old maps.
ST 55766 85065. © Phil Draper.
Link.
Grade II listing, which mentions that the Norman font is believed to have
come from the demolished St. Thomas at Northwick. The former
Trinity Methodist Church. ST 55496
85136. © Phil Draper.
Another view, © Carole Sage
(2018), who explains that there are references to this having been built in
1903. This may be correct, but a Wesleyan Chapel was certainly present with the
same footprint on the same site as early as a map of 1881. It closed as a church
in 1973, when the congregation merged with St. Peter's Anglican Church, forming
an ecumenical partnership. The old church was then used as a church hall, called
Trinity Hall. The church and associated buildings were put up for sale in 2011,
and the
estate agent's notice includes interior photos. The church was subsequently
converted for residential use. A Mission Hall was built in 1881 on
Redwick Road, Pilling. 1960's maps still show it as a Mission Hall, but by 1972
it had become the village hall. Now used by the local Scouts, it has been
re-named Mafeking Hall. Another
view. ST 55413 85173. Both © Carole Sage (2018).
St. Mary's Indian Orthodox Church
on Bank Road is a former primary school. The church took over the building in
2013, though they must have met elsewhere before this, as the Bristol parish
dates from 2002. Another view.
ST 56186 84884. Both © Carole Sage (2018).
Link. The former Zion Methodist
Chapel was built as United Methodist, opening in 1879. It closed no later
than 1967. Another view. ST 54934
85920. Both © Carole Sage (2018).
Pilrig, City of Edinburgh - see City of Edinburgh.
Pilsdon, St. Mary. © June Norris.
Pilsley,
Derbyshire, St. Mary.
Another view. SK 4238 6223.
Link. An
Evangelical Methodist Church on Bridge
Street stands on the site of a Primitive Methodist Chapel. Its frontage is
closer to the road than the that of the P.M. chapel, so whether anything of it
survives is unclear. SK 4237 6239.
Link. The former Wesley Methodist
Church on Church Road, which was the former Sunday School for the adjacent
demolished Wesleyan Methodist Chapel. The original chapel stood on the area of
grass at the left in a
Streetview of 2009. Note the headstones in the background. SK 4248 6220. All
© David Regan (2021).
Pilton, Northamptonshire, All Saints. ©
Robin Peel.
Pilton, Rutland,
St. Nicholas.
SK 9147 0293. © Marion Hall. Another view,
© David Regan (2019).
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Pilton, Somerset, St. John the Baptist. Another view, and the
Norman doorway. Link. The former
United Methodist Church (built as Ebenezer Chapel, Bible Christian, 1839), now used as holiday
letting. All © Josie Saunders.
Pimlico, Greater London - see the
London page.
Pimperne,
Dorset, St. Peter. ST 903 094. © Chris Kippin (2019).
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, St. Mary on
Church Street. TF 242 256. © Dave Hitchborne.
Two further views - 1,
2, and an
interior view, all © Alan Blacklock
(2010). Another interior, and the list of vicars, which commences in
1176, both © Mike Berrell (2015). Baptist Church (1895 - date-stone)
on Knight Street. TF 2371 2595. Both © Mike Berrell (2015). Link.
Pinhoe, Exeter, Devon -
see Exeter.
Pinner,
Greater London.
Pinvin, Worcestershire, St. Nicholas.
Another view. Both © Rosemary Groves
(2010).
Pinxton, Derbyshire,
St. Helen.
Another view, and an
interior view. SK 4535 5502. All © Alan Craxford.
Grade II listed. The town Wikipedia
entry says that the church
was near derelict at the end of the 19th century, and a Mission Room was used
instead - this will probably be
the
Mission Room which shows on maps of the time, at SK
4590 5545, set back from Church Lane (now Church Street East). It stood
here, or close to it, as
seen in a Streetview of 2019.
The Town Street Methodist Church is
a former Free United Methodist Chapel of 1861. SK 4590 5553.
© David Regan
(2021). Old maps mark a Primitive Methodist Chapel
on Slade Lane at SK 4576 5539. It's dated
here to circa 1893 - circa 1966. The bungalows built on the site can be seen
here in a Streetview of
2019. Another old Methodist Chapel stood on
Alexander Terrace at Pinxton Wharf. Its site, seen
here on a Streetview of
2015, can be compared with old photos of the chapel
here
and
here, where it labelled as Wharfe Chapel - note the surviving building
beyond it. The 25" O.S. map of 1892-1914 labels it as Free United, and this
source dates it
to 1876. SK 4539 5450.
Pipe and Lyde (or
Pipe cum Lyde), Herefordshire, St. Peter.
Another view. SO 502 440. Both © Chris Kippin.
Link1.
Link2.
Grade II* listed.
Pipe Aston (just Aston on O.S.
maps), Herefordshire, St. Giles. Another
view, the fine tympanum, two
views of the interior - 1,
2, the
font, and some
information about it. ST 4612
7180. All © Chris Kippin (2023). Link.
Grade I listed.
Pipe Ridware,
Staffordshire, St. James. © Bruce Read.
Piper's Ash, Cheshire,
the former Methodist Chapel. SJ 4335 6862. © Gervase N. E. Charmley (2010).
Since Gervase took his photo the chapel has been demolished. Streetviews show it
still in commercial use in
2012, and replaced by housing in
2017.
Pipers Pool, Cornwall, the Methodist
Church, built as Wesleyan. SX 2605 8418. © Paul E. Barnett (2017).
Link.
Pipewell, Northamptonshire, St. Mary
(1881) - said to be the smallest church in the county. Also known as the Abbey
Church of St. Mary, a Cistercian Monastery once stood in the vicinity. © David
Regan (2017).
Link.
Pirbright, Surrey, St. Michael and All Angels on Church Lane. © Susan Heighes (2013).
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Pirnmill, Arran, North Ayrshire
- see Arran.
Pirton, Hertfordshire, St. Mary the Virgin. ©
Bill McKenzie. Despite being labelled as St. Mary Magdalene, Great Offley, this old postcard in Reg Dosell's collection
is clearly Pirton. Thanks to Janet Gimber for unravelling this little mystery. Link.
Pirton, Worcestershire, St. Peter.
Another view. Both © Peter Morgan.
Two interior views - 1,
2, both © Peter Morgan (2015).
The one-handed clock, © Janet Gimber
(2018). Link.
Pistyll, Gwynedd, St. Bueno, and its
rush-strewn interior. SH 3282 4232.
Both ©
Janet Gimber (2023).
Link.
Grade I listed. The former Bethania
Calvinistic Methodist Chapel (1875), as seen by Streetview in 2009.
Another Streetview, from
2010. A Streetview from 2009
shows a memorial, better seen
here, to
Reverend Tom Nefyn Williams, more on whom
here. SH
3263 4198.
Coflein entry. News stories from
before and
after its auctioning.
Pit Hill, Co. Durham - see
Beamish.
Pitchcombe, Gloucestershire, St. John the
Baptist. © Graeme Harvey.
Link.
Pitchcott,
Buckinghamshire, the former St. Giles, now converted to residential use. SP 7753
2042. © David Regan (2019).
Grade II* listed.
Pitcombe, Somerset, St. Leonard.
Another view. ST 6727 3272.
Link.
Grade II listed. The former Mission
Room on Mill Lane, now known as "Old Mission Hall". This
source
mentions a Wesleyan Chapel on Mill Lane - was it the Mission Room? If it is then
it's dated to 1892. ST 6734 3307.
Pitlochry, P&K.
Pitminster, Somerset, St. Mary and St. Andrew. Two interiors - 1,
2 and a modern window. The list
of vicars commences in 1297. All © Mike Berrell (2014). Link.
Grade I listed.
Pitney, Somerset, St. John the Baptist on
Gore Lane. Two interiors - 1,
2, and the
squint. ST 4446 2850. All © Mike
Berrell (2016).
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Pitsea, Essex, the remains of St. Michael.
© Mark Summers.
Pitsford,
Northamptonshire, All Saints.
Another view, the
interior,
font, and a fine Norman
tympanum. All © David Regan
(2016). Link.
Grade II* listed.
Pitstone, Buckinghamshire,
St. Mary. Not in regular use. SP 9423 1494. © Les Needham.
Link.
Grade I listed.
Pittenweem, Fife.
Pittington, Co. Durham,
St. Lawrence, on Pittington Lane. NZ 3288 4358. © James Murray.
Another view, © Colin Coates.
Two of the interior - 1,
2, both
© Christopher Skottowe. The resemblance of the
columns with those in Durham Cathedral will not
go unnoticed. The
grade I listing dates the oldest parts of the church to the
11th or 12th century; the
church website says there are pre-Norman fragments too.
St. John (Methodist,
1963) on St. John's Road. Their
website says that it was successor to congregations from Clayton
Street and Dixon Street. NZ 3285 4436. © James Murray. Clayton Street,
since re-named as Lawrence Road, was home to a
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, at NZ 3297 4435. Two houses now stand
on the site, seen here
by the Streetview van in 2009. A Primitive
Methodist Chapel stood on Dixon Street. Both the chapel and the
street have gone. The
site of the chapel now lies beneath a pair of houses and their
gardens, as seen by Streetview in 2009. NZ 3298 4440. A
Salvation Army Hall is recorded as having
been de-registered as a place of worship in 1900. Howard Richter
speculates that a hall marked on a map of 1939 at NZ 3278 4481 may
be this former S.A. Hall. Can you confirm this? A building on the site
today has the same footprint, and it can be seen
here in a Streetview
of 2009. Whether anything of the old hall survives (assuming this is the
correct site) is so far unknown.
Pitton, Wiltshire, St. Peter, and
its
interior. SU 2126 3157. Both © Chris
Kippin (2022). Link.
Grade II* listed. A churchyard monument is listed as
grade II. The village also has a former
Wesleyan
Methodist Chapel, on White Hill, at SU 2117 3125. It has been
converted to residential use. The village
Wikipedia entry dates it to
1888, with closure no later than 2008. ©
Chris Kippin (2023).
Pixley, Herefordshire, St. Andrew. © Bill McKenzie.
Plaistow, Greater London - see the
London page.
Plaitford, Hampshire, St.
Peter. SU 2778 2032. © Chris Kippin (2022).
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Plaitford Green,
Hampshire,
Wellow Wood Methodist Chapel.
This
source dates it to 1967, a re-build of a Primitive Methodist Chapel of 1910.
SU 2851 2146. © Chris Kippin (2022).
Link.
Plas Newton, Chester, Cheshire - see
Chester.
Plasmarl, Swansea (City), Swansea - see
Swansea.
Platt,
Kent, St. Mary the Virgin. TQ 623 570. © Dave Westrap.
Link1.
Platt Bridge, Greater Manchester.
Platt's Heath, Kent, Chapel. TQ 878
506. © Geoff Watt.
Plaxtol, Kent, of unknown dedication. TQ 602
537. © Dave Westrap. A 1920's postcard view,
from Brett Jeffery's Collection. Link1. Link2. Link3.
Playden, East
Sussex, St. Michael on Rectory Lane, which dates from the late C12. Two further
views - 1,
2, and the
interior. TQ 9202 2168. All © Carole
Sage (2016).
Link.
Grade I listed.
Plealey, Shropshire, Chapel. © James Murray.
My appreciation to Janet Gimber, who has advised that this chapel is Methodist.
Originally Congregational, it later became Baptist before the Methodists took
over. According to the Wikipedia
entry, it has also been used by Shrewsbury Evangelical Church.
Pleasington, Lancashire, Pleasington Priory.
dedicated to St. Mary and St. John the Baptist (R.C.).
Another view, and a doorway. SD 643 266. All ©
Philip Kapp. Three interior views - 1,
2,
3, all © Mike Berrell (2016).
Pleasington Crematorium Chapel (1956) on Tower Road. This
sculpture commemorates its 50th anniversary. SD 649 272. Both © Mike Berrell (2013).
Link.
Pleasley, Derbyshire/Nottinghamshire, St. Michael
on Church Lane. SK 5042 6457. © David Regan
(2011).
Link.
Grade II* listed.
St. Barnabas at Pleasley Hill is
dated
here to 1895. SK 5076 6397. ©
David Regan (2011). The former
Primitive Methodist Chapel on Chesterfield Road is dated
here to 1869, closing
"before 1920", and appears to now be residential.
SK 5062 6426. ©
David Regan (2021). The former Free
United Methodist Chapel on Crow Hill is now in commercial use. Map evidence
shows it was built before 1875, and went out of religious use between 1938 and
1955. SK 5055 6419. © David Regan (2021). The former
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, now in
commercial use. It pre-dates a map of 1899, and was closed in 1970 (source).
SK 5012 6460. © David Regan (2021). What is likely to be its predecessor is
shown on a map of 1875, on Chesterfield Road.
It's difficult to locate it precisely, but will have stood somewhere within this
view, from Streetview in
2019. Circa SK 507 642.
Plemstall, Cheshire,
St. Peter. SJ 4571 7009. © Peter Morgan (2011).
Link.
Grade I listed. For related listed features, see
here.
Plockton, Highland.
Plowden, Shropshire, St. Walburga
(R.C.). © Chris Kippin.
Link.
Pluckley, Kent, St. Nicholas. © Bill McKenzie. Link.
Pluckley Thorne, Kent, former
chapel (now a private residence). TQ 914 444. © Geoff Watt. Janet Gimber advises that this was Wesleyan Methodist, and later "Pluckley Methodist Church".
Pludd, Devon, the former Wesleyan
Methodist Chapel. It's dated in its door
surround to 1889. SS 4936 4610. Both © Chris Kippin (2023).
Plumbland, Cumbria,
St. Cuthbert. Its
grade II listing dates it to 1871 (re-using some earlier material), on a
medieval site. NY 1415 3923. © Catherine Low.
Link. Plumbland Evangelical Chapel (Baptist) at
NY 1528 3923 is marked on old O.S. maps as Congregational. It can be seen on a
2009 Streetview here, where
the date-stone for 1847 is visible.
Link.
This source
mentions a Mission Hall (a wooden hut) set up by a
group of breakaway Congregationalists, active from 1946-1963. I haven't been
able to locate its site so far.
Plumbridge, Co. Tyrone, Sacred Heart (R.C.). H 481 911. © Gerard Close.
Plumley, Cheshire,
the Methodist Church, which was originally Wesleyan. SJ 7175
7558. © Bruce Read. Link.
Plumpton
(or Plumpton Wall), Cumbria,
St. John the Evangelist. NY 4973 3717. ©
Steve Bulman. Another view, ©
Rosemary Gordon. Link.
Its
grade II listing dates it to 1907. There used to be a
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel west of the village at Brockleymoor, NY 4917
3693. It may have been the predecessor of Cottage Wood Centre at
Calthwaite, for which see the Cumbria page. If this
is correct, it was originally Congregational, then Presbyterian, and latterly
Wesleyan. The building on the site was seen by
Streetview in 2009.
Plumpton, Northamptonshire,
St. John the Baptist (K). Largely re-built in 1822, incorporating some medieval fabric.
There is a date-stone for this date in the
porch. Two additional views -
1,
2, and the
interior (taken through a
window). SP 598
483. All © Howard Richter (2015).
Grade II listed.
Plumstead, Greater London, St.
Margaret. One of London's lost churches, having been
demolished in 1974. From an old postcard (franked
1907) in Steve Bulman's Collection. As advised by Mike Berrell, this
website
confirms the identification. A mystery photo previously in the "Unknown" section
came from Mark
Wilson who discovered a photo album in a skip in Dagenham of a
church interior, which has a seven-light
East window with rose window above. The rather awkward transition from the rose
to the junction of the 2nd and 3rd, and 5th and 6th lancets are unusual. The rest of the album can be viewed
here, and includes photos including
the iron-strapworked door, the only exterior views. Photos are on an external
website. Solved by Graham Maxwell, and this
link provides the proof.
Plumstead,
Norfolk, the 12th century St. Michael on Church Street.
Interior view. TG 132 348. Both ©
Richard Roberts (2018).
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Plumtree, Nottinghamshire, St. Mary the Virgin. © Tim Hollinghurst. Link.
Plungar, Leicestershire,
St. Helen.
SK 7693 3404. © David Regan (2011).
Grade II* listed. The former Wesleyan
Methodist Chapel of 1874 (date-stone)
on Church Lane at SK 7683 3405. This
source says that
there was an earlier Wesleyan Chapel, of "before 1800". The implication of
"rebuilt" suggests that it was on the same site.
© David Regan (2020).
Pluscarden, Moray, Church of Scotland. Another view.
Link.
Pluscarden Abbey. Another view, and two interiors -
1, 2.
Link1.
Link2. All © Peter Morgan (2014).
Plushabridge, Cornwall, the former Plymouth Brethren Meeting Room (or the
building on its site) as seen by Streetview in 2022.
Genuki says it
was built at the end of the 19th century (old maps show that it had been built
no later than 1881), closing during or after WWII. SX 3019 7239.
Plymouth, Devon.
Plympton, Plymouth, Devon - see
Plymouth.
Plymstock, Devon, St. Mary & All
Saints. SX 517 530. © Peter Wood.
Link.
Plymtree, Devon, St. John the Baptist.
Another view, the
interior and
screen and
detail. ST 0518 0291. All ©
Chris Kippin (2022). Link.
Grade I listed. For other listed features in the churchyard, see
here.
The U.R.C. at Norman's Green is
marked on older maps as Congregational.
Another view. ST 0559 0359. Both
© Heath Nickels, the first photo dating from 2017.
A more recent view, with less
vegetation, © Chris Kippin (2022).
Grade II listed (wherein it's dated to 1850); the churchyard walls and gateway are separately listed,
also as
grade II.
Pockley,
North Yorkshire, St. John the Baptist, has an unusual bell-turret. From an old
postcard in Reg Dosell's Collection. Surrounded by trees, it is a difficult
church to photograph today - three modern views -
1,
2, 3, the
interior and the
font, all © David Regan (2015).
Grade II listed.
Pocklington,
East Riding of Yorkshire, All Saints, SE 802 490. © Paul Brown.
Another view. © James Murray.
Link1.
Link2. St. Mary and St. Joseph (R.C.).
Another view, and an interior view, all © James Murray.
Podimore, Somerset, St. Peter. ST 5456
2492. © Chris Kippin (2021).
Link.
Grade I listed. The VCH
mentions a Quaker Meeting House, converted to
residential use by 1862. but I haven't been able to locate it precisely.
Podington,
Bedfordshire,
St. Mary the
Virgin.
Another view. SP 9418 6268. Both © David Regan
(2017). Link.
Grade I listed. The village has a former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel of 1902,
off Gold Street at SP 9407 6269. Barely glimpsed by
Streetview in 2009, there
are much better views of it
here, where it's dated to 1902. It also says it had a sixty year history,
implying closure in circa 1962.
Pointon, Lincolnshire, Christ Church on Pinfold Lane. Interior view. TF 114 319. The
former Wesleyan Chapel (1842) on West Road, now in secular use. TF 116 319. All © Mike Berrell (2011).
Polbeth, West Lothian, Polbeth and
Harwood Parish Church (CoS) on Chapelton Drive. © Jim Parker (2016).
Link.
Polborder, Cornwall, the former Bible Christian Chapel, now in residential
use. It's very probably the United Methodist Chapel mentioned
here as having been
built in 1861. SX 3886 6488. © Paul E. Barnett
(2018). A 2011 Streetview from provides
another view.
Pole Moor, West Yorkshire, the
former Baptist Chapel. This
source dates it to an 1859 re-build of a chapel of 1790, with closure in
1992. It was subsequently converted to residential use.
SE 0669 1585. © David Regan
(2023).
Polebrook,
Northamptonshire, All Saints. Another
view, two interiors - 1,
2, the
chancel, and the
font. All © David Regan (2016).
Link1.
Link2.
Grade I listed.
Polegate, East Sussex, from an old postcard in Steve
Bulman's Collection. U.R.C., formerly
the Congregational Church. TQ 584 050. From a postcard in the Kevin Gordon
Collection (posted 1907).
Link.
Polesworth, Warwickshire.
Polgooth,
Cornwall,
Methodist Church. The original Wesleyan Chapel
has been demolished; the present church is the converted Sunday school. SW 9947 5051. © Jo Lewis (2018).
Link.
Polkerris, Cornwall, Tregaminion
Chapel of Ease (C). SX 0967 5191.
© Paul E. Barnett (2017).
Another view, and two
ancient crosses - 1,
2, all © Paul E. Barnett
(2018). Link.
The village also has a converted former Methodist Chapel
(originally Wesleyan). SX 0933 5216. It hasn't been seen by Streetview, but a
photo can be seen
here, and it's dated to the early 19th century in its
grade II listing.
Pollacahar (North Uist), Highland, Free
Church of Scotland. © Carol Myers.
Pollagh, County Mayo, St. Patrick (R.C.).
Pollington-cum-Balne, East Riding of Yorkshire, St. John
the Baptist. © Bill Henderson.
Pollokshields, Glasgow - see the
City of Glasgow page.
Polmassick, Cornwall, the
former Bible Christian Chapel. It's dated
here to 1836-1985. It later became Polmassick United
Methodist Church. SW 9710 4543. © Jo Lewis.
Polmear,
Cornwall, possible former
Chapel, attached to a row of almshouses. Now called Chapel Cottage, the stone above the upper window
reads W. R. May 14 1855, which Paul advises stands for William
Rashleigh, 14th May 1855 being his death date. More on him
here. SX 0884 5346. © Paul E. Barnett (2016).
Polmont, Falkirk, Church of Scotland. © Catriona Livingston. Brightons
Parish Church on Main Street, Brightons. © Jim Parker (2015). Link.
The Old Parish
Church Hall can be mistaken for a church. © Jim Parker (2015).
Polnish, Highland, Our Lady of the Braes (R.C.). © Martin Briscoe. Another view. © Roger Heap. And another, © Bill
McKenzie.
Link.
Polpeor,
Cornwall, the former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, as seen by Streetview in 2009.
It pre-dates a map of 1886 (surveyed in 1877), and according to this
source, was closed in 1939. SW 5118 3601.
Polperro,
Cornwall.
Polruan, Cornwall.
Poltalloch, Argyll & Bute, St. Columba. ©
Martin Briscoe.
Poltimore, Devon, St. Mary the Virgin.
SX 9660 9683. © Chris Kippin (2021).
Link.
Grade I listed. Several tombs and a cross are listed separately. They can be
found
here.
Polwarth, Borders,
the former Church of Scotland, sold in 2006 (thanks to Jim Napier). It's dated
here to 1703, and had at least three predecessors.
Another view. NT 7800 4949. Both © Bill McKenzie (2013). Link.
Category A listed.
Polyphant, Cornwall, the
Methodist Chapel, originally Wesleyan. It's dated 1887. SX 2623 8221. ©
Chris Kippin (2024).
Link. O.S. maps
show Chapel (Site of) at SX 2624 8197. If
the maps are accurate, the chapel stood to the left of the building at the end
of the drive in a Streetview
from 2023. I've been unable to discover anything about it.
Pomeroy, Co. Tyrone, Presbyterian Church.
© Jack Storey. The Church of the Assumption (R.C.). H 693 723. © Gerard Close.
Link.
Pondersbridge,
Cambridgeshire, St. Thomas. Two additional views - 1,
2. TL 2612 9191. All © David Regan (2019).
Link.
Grade II listed.
Ponjeravah,
Cornwall,
the building on (or close to) the site of a Bible Christian Chapel, as
seen by Streetview in 2023. It shows on a map of 1888, and seems to have gone
out of use in the late 19th or early 20th century. SW 7375 2917.
Link.
Ponsanooth, Cornwall,
St. Michael and All Angels (1880). SW 7589 3768. © Paul E. Barnett
(2024).
Link. The imposing
Methodist Church (Wesleyan, 1843) on Rye Hill. SW 7577 3764. © Paul E.
Barnett (2014).
Link.
Grade II* listed. Previously listed as a possible
church, Janet Gimber advises that this was a Sunday School. Paul has
since let me know (2021) that this is now being used for services, and
the
link he has provided (not working in 2024) refers to it as Cafe
Church. Another page of the same website announces the closure of the
Methodist Church, in 2019. SW 7600 3753. © Paul E. Barnett (2014).
Another view, © Paul E. Barnett (2024). In 2023 it was called Ponsanooth
Hall, and evidently still home to Cafe Church (2023
Streetview). Link, with
history here.
Ponsonby, Cumbria,
dedication unknown, is unique, so far as I know, in having a ha-ha surrounding
it. NY 0420 0561. © Steve
Bulman. Link.
Grade II listed.
Pont-ar-gothi,
Carmarthenshire,
Siloam Independent Chapel. Three interior views -
1,
2,
3. SN 5062
2175. All © Mike Berrell.
Coflein.
Pont-Cyfyng,
Conwy, the former St. John the Baptist Mission Church,
as seen by Streetview in 2011. According to its
Coflein
entry it dates to circa 1875, and had closed by 1953. SH 7345 5683. A
little further to the S.E. is a former
Calvinistic Methodist Chapel. SH 7367 5672. © Martin Richter (2022).
Coflein entry.
Pont Gynon, Pembrokeshire, Capel (1862). SN 126
370. © Mike Berrell (2009).
Pont Rhyd-sarn, Gwynedd, Peniel Chapel (Independent, 1895).
There was an earlier Independent Chapel nearby, at about SH 8585 2864.
Demolished (after 1901, but when?), there should be photos of it "out there"
somewhere. SH 8595 2875. © Peter Morgan (2014).
Pont Rhyd-y-Cyff, Bridgend,
the former Ainon Welsh Baptist Church on Station Road. The National Library of
Wales
holds documents for the years 1890-1974. Its date-stone shows a date of
1888(?), but it's curious that maps of the early 20th century don't show a
building here. SS 8695 8900. © Gervase N. E. Charmley. This building is marked as a
chapel on maps, but has no visible denomination - can you supply it? My appreciation to Howard Richter for advising that this was built as a school
(before 1898, as it appears on a map of that date). By 1940 it shows as a church, and on a 1964 map, is St. Stephen's Church (CiW). Both © Gervase N. E. Charmley.
Shiloh Apostolic Church on
Llan Road. ©
Gerard Charmley (2011).
Link.
Moriah Chapel on Station
Road, as seen by Streetview in 2022. The date-stone for 1876 can be seen. Older
O.S. maps label it as Jerusalem Chapel (Calvinistic Methodist). SS 8718 8900.
Yet another Station Road chapel has been demolished. All available maps identify
it only as Capel. It stood on the north side of the
road, just west of the railway bridge, at SS 8704 8901. It doesn't appear to
have been active after WWI. Its site was seen by
Streetview in 2022. The
property name (Ainon House) suggests that it was the predecessor of the
previously mentioned Ainon. If correct, then the dates mentioned for the other
Ainon includes both Ainon's, and the date-stone of this first chapel was built
into the second.
Pont Siân, Ceredigion,
St. John. Two interior views - 1,
2. SN 4392 4707. All © Mike Berrell (2012).
Link. On an O.S.
map of 1889, a little way south of the village at SN 4415 4585, is marked
Unitarian Chapel (2023 Streetview). It's dated in its
Coflein
entry to 1878-9, successor to an earlier chapel. Its
grade II listing dates its predecessor to 1834, but annoyingly only locates
it "at the crossroads". Fortunately the same 1889 map already mentioned shows it
at the crossroads in Rhyd-Owen, a little way to the south at SN 4436 4521. See
Rhydowen, on the Ceredigion page.
Pont-y-Rhyl, Bridgend,
a distant view of the former St. Mary (CiW).
Its
Cofelin entry dates it to
1891-2. SS 9045 8959. © Gervase N. E. Charmley. Early O.S. maps mark a
Mission Room near to the church at SS 9049 8954. It
ceases to be labelled in the early 20th century, so it's possible that it was
the predecessor of St. Mary. In a
2010 Streetview, its site
will be somewhere up the grassy bank - the roof of St. Mary can be seen among
the trees in the background. Old maps also mark Carmel
Chapel at SS 9047 8963, a short distance N.E. of the church. It survived
at least up to the mid-20th century but was closed and demolished at some point.
Its site (Streetview 2022)
remains undeveloped. Another chapel is shown on old maps - as
Nazareth Chapel (Welsh Meth.), at SS 9073 8936.
Genuki
dates it to 1887, closed by 1998. From an aerial view I think it
survives, but it isn't visible on Streetview.
Pontardawe, Neath Port Talbot.
Pontarddulais, Swansea.
Pontefract, West Yorkshire.
Ponteland,
Northumberland, St. Mary the Virgin. Methodist Church. Both © Bill Henderson.
Ponterwyd, Ceredigion,
Capel Ponterwyd (Welsh Presbyterian).
A map of 1886 labels it as Meth. Chap. (Primitive). This
source discusses the possibility that it may originally have been Wesleyan.
Coflein
dates it to 1800, with re-builds in 1821 and 1854. SN 7488 8091. © Gerard Charmley.
Grade II listed. Coflein also has an
entry
for an un-dated Mission Room a little way south of
the village. It was seen by
Streetview in 2021, and has evidently been converted to residential use. But
for the small belfry, it would have been difficult to have identified it as a
former church.
Pontesbury, Shropshire, St. George.
Another view. Both © James Murray.
And another view, © Gerard Charmley (2010). Link.
Methodist Chapel, originally Wesleyan (1896), with schoolroom
added in 1932. Both © Gerard Charmley (2010). Baptist Chapel (1833),
Congregational Chapel (1839) and the former Primitive Methodist Chapel, now a private residence, all © Gerard
Charmley (2010).
Pontfaen, Pembrokeshire, St. Brynach. Two
interior views - 1,
2. SN 022 341.
Jabes Capel y Bedyddwyr (1802 and
1842). SN 029 341. All © Mike Berrell (2010).
Ponthir, Torfaen, Ponthir Baptist Church. Interior view. Both ©
Gerard Charmley (2010). Link.
Ponthirwaun,
Ceredigion,
Bethesda Chapel
(Independent, 1840). Three interior views -
1,
2,
3. SN 2614
4515. All ©
Mike Berrell (2010).
Coflein.
Grade II listed.
Pontllanfraith, Caerphilly.
Pontlottyn,
Caerphilly.
Pontnewynydd, Pontypool, Torfaen - see
Pontypool.
Pontrhydfendigaid, Ceredigion, St. David.
Its Coflein entry dates it
to 1898-1900, though (it says) "the
foundation stone says 1888". SN 7294 6637. © Mike Berrell. Former
Chapel (?) on Bridge
Street, now in secular use. SN 7306 6661. © Mike Berrell.
Penuel Calvinistic Methodist Chapel, also on Bridge Street. SN 7304 6665. © Mike Berrell. Janet Gimber, who identified the latter chapel, advises that the preceding chapel seems to have been the Sunday School for
Penuel. This
link gives dates for Penuel as 1794, with re-buildings in 1802, 1827 and
1859-60, and re-modelled in 1907. Another view, the
date-stone for the 1859 re-build, and three views of the handsome interior -
1, 2,
3, all © Mike Berrell (2013).
Coflein.
Grade II listed. Carmel Baptist Chapel,
of 1872, is labelled as Particular Baptist on a map of 1886. SN 7307 6687. © Mike Berrell (2012).
Coflein.
Pontrhydyfen, Neath Port Talbot, the
derelict Jerusalem Calvinistic Methodist Chapel.
Macpelah-Sardis Independent
Chapel, formed following the merger of two congregations in 1994. Both
© Gerard Charmley (2010). Pontrhydyrun,
Cwmbran, Torfaen - see Cwmbran.
Pontsaeson, Ceredigion,
former Methodist chapel, now in private ownership.
Coflein
dates it to 1824, re-built in 1841 and 1871. The vestry (the nearer building) is still used for
services. SN 5431 6314. © Mike Berrell (2012).
Pontsticill, Merthyr Tydfil, the former Sion Chapel, now in secular use.
Bethlehem Chapel, also now in secular use. (Corrections advised by Steve Brewer). Both
© Gerard Charmley.
Pontyclun, Rhondda Cynon Taff.
Pontycymer, Bridgend.
Pontyglasier, Pembrokeshire, Capel
Bethabara (Baptist, built 1826, re-built 1873).
Interior view (taken through a
window). SN 141 364. Both © Mike Berrell (2009).
Pont-y- mister, Caerphilly - see
the
Risca and Pont-y-mister page.
Pontymoel, Torfaen, St. Michael. © Gerard Charmley (2010).
Pontymoile, Pontypool, Torfaen - see
Pontypool.
Pontypool, Torfaen.
Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taff.
Ponygwaith, Rhondda Cynon
Taff, the former Hermon Welsh Baptist Church (1881).
Soar Calvinistic Methodist Church.
Both
© Gervase N. E. Charmley.
Pool, Cornwall.
Pool, West Yorkshire, St. Wilfred. © Bill
Henderson.
Pool of Muckhart, Clackmannanshire,
Muckhart Parish Church (CoS). It's dated to 1838 in its
category B listing. NO 0007 0097. ©
Martin Briscoe. Link.
Poole,
Cheshire, the Methodist Chapel on Wettenhall Road, which was built
as Wesleyan in 1834 (date-stone).
SJ 6365 5584. Both © Peter Morgan (2015).
Link.
Grade II listed.
Poole, Dorset.
Poolewe, Highland, the Free Church.
Church of Scotland (disused). Both © Peter Amsden.
Pooley Bridge, Cumbria,
St. Paul. NY 4727 2446. © Malcolm Minshaw.
Link,
which dates it to the 1860's.
Poplar, Greater London - see the
Greater London page.
Poringland, Norfolk, All Saints. From
an old postcard in the Kevin Gordon Collection.
Link.
Porkellis, Cornwall,
the former St. Christopher, which is now used as the village hall. The
village Wikipedia entry
says it was closed in the 1970's. Another
view. SW 6939 3344. Both © Paul E. Barnett (2015 & 2024).
Trinity Methodist Church was
originally Wesleyan, of 1866. The adjacent
Sunday School was the original
chapel, of 1814. According to this
source, the congregation has met in the latter building since 1998, and the
larger building sold. SW 6910 3343. © Paul E. Barnett (2015).
Link. The 1866
building is
grade II* listed, and the 1814 chapel (which it says is circa 1860's) as
grade II. The possible former
Chapel at SW 6921 3310. It certainly looks the part, but it's not
marked as a place of worship on any available on-line maps or other sources. ©
Paul E. Barnett (2015).
Porlock, Somerset, St. Dubricius. SS 8864
4667. From an old postcard in Steve Bulman's Collection. Another old postcard view, this one from Reg Dosell's
Collection. A modern view, © Martin
Richter (2018).
Link. The
Wikipedia entry includes a couple of interior photos.
Grade I listed.
The former (and unrecognisable) Wesleyan
Methodist Chapel (1837), now a restaurant. SS 8865 4675. © Martin Richter
(2018). A successor Wesleyan chapel took over in 1928, and this is the
Methodist Church still active today.
SS 8850 4675. © Martin Richter (2018). Some interior photos are available
here.
Link.
Porlock Weir, Somerset, St.
Nicholas a tin tabernacle of circa 1880. Two additional views -
1,
2. An interior photo is available
here. SS 8655 4770. All © Martin Richter (2018).
Link.
Port Askaig, (Islay), Argyll & Bute, Keills
Chapel (ruin). © Martin Briscoe.
Port Carlisle, Cumbria,
Solway Methodist Chapel (1861). NY 2418 6197. © Steve Bulman.
Link1.
Link2.
Port Charlotte, (Argyll & Bute, Islay), St.
Kiaran, the parish church for Kilchoman. Free
Church, now the Museum of Islay Life. Both © Martin Briscoe.
Port Ellen (Islay), Argyll & Bute.
Port Erin, Isle of Man, St.
Catherine. Interior view.
Grace Baptist Church.
Another view.
Link. All © John Balaam (2015).
Methodist Church (1903). © John Balaam (2011).
Link.
Port Eynon (or Porth Einon), Swansea, St. Cattwg. The statue commemorates the
crew of a lifeboat lost during a rescue attempt in 1916. © Alex Parker.
Link1. Link2.
Port Isaac, Cornwall,
St. Peter (1884). SW 9969 8095. © Bill Henderson (2009).
Another view, and two interior views -
1, 2, all © Steve
Bulman (2010). The former
Roscarrock Methodist Church, now a shop. What was the
Sunday School stands to its left. The relationship between the two
can be better seen in this more
distant view. Both built
in 1836, the church was originally Bible Christian, later United
Methodist. My appreciation to Steve Willimott for corrections and
clarifications regarding the Methodist Church, and for advising that
there was at one time also a Wesleyan Chapel in the village, now
demolished. SW 9960 8075. All © Steve Bulman (2010). The
Wesleyan Methodist stood on Middle Street at SW 9973 8068. Dated
here to 1839, it survived at least into the second half of the last
century. Its site hasn't been seen by Streetview, and I haven't been
able to find a photo of it. It may have been re-built in 1868, as this
is the date given
here.
Port Loe (or Portloe),
Cornwall,
All Saints. SW 9374 3942. © Paul E. Barnett (2016). Two additional views -
1,
2, both © Chris Kippin (2018).
Link.
Grade II listed, which advises that it is a former "lifeboat house". The former
Methodist Chapel
dates from circa 1860 as Bible Christian, was later United Methodist, and has now been converted to
residential use. SW 9391 3949.
© Jo Lewis.
Grade II listed.
Port of Brims, Highland, ruined chapel. ©
Bill Henderson.
Port St. Mary,
Isle of Man, St. Mary, on Bay View Road.
Interior view.
Link.
Methodist Church on Athol Street.
Link. Living Hope Church on Bay
View Road. Link. All © John Balaam
(2017).
Port Seton, East Lothian
- see Cockenzie and Port Seton.
Port Sunlight, Merseyside,
Christ Church (U.R.C.) on Church Drive. Pevsner dates it to 1902-4. SJ 3385 8452. From an old postcard (franked 1908),
in Steve Bulman's Collection.
A modern view, © Len Brankin.
Link.
Port Talbot, Neath.
Portadown, County Armagh.
Portarlington, Co. Laois,
St. Paul (CoI), or the "French Church" (to right, square tower with pinnacles) named for the
Huguenots who were a large part of the congregation. The other visible church (with the spire) is
St. Michael (R.C.), identified as such by Joseph Cantwell. From an old postcard in Reg Dosell's Collection. Link.
Portbury,
Somerset, St. Mary the Virgin. ST 50296 75435. © Peter Morgan (2009). Two
additional views - 1,
2, both © Carole Sage (2016).
Link.
Grade I listed. Part of the
Augustinian Priory survives as a private residence.
Another view. ST 49833 75231. Both © Carole Sage
(2016).
Grade II listed. The former Wesleyan
Methodist Chapel on Station Road, now in residential use. Based on map
evidence, it was built between the 1880's and 1903, and the last map showing it
as a place of worship is the 1970 edition. ST 4975 7549. © Carole Sage (2016).
Portesham, Dorset, St. Peter. Another view,
interior view, altar, pulpit
and font. Link. Grade I listed -
link. Methodist
Church (1867). Another view. The left hand half of the building was built as a schoolroom in 1905. All ©
Dennis Harper (2011).
Portessie,
Moray, the Methodist Church on Chancellor Road. It shows as Wesleyan on older
maps. NJ 4418
6545.
©
Peter Morgan (2021).
Link. Its likely predecessor (now in residential use) stands on
Chapel Street. It pre-dates a map of 1870, as
Wesleyan. It was seen by
Streetview in 2008.
NJ 4445 6662.
Link. Old maps show a Mission Hall at
NJ 4427 6657. It has survived, as this 2008
Streetview on
Ogilvie Street shows. This
source lists
its incarnations as - by 1897, Mission Hall, and from 1961, Assembly Hall.
Another
source mentions an un-located Brethren
Gospel Hall, possibly on Victoria Street or Stuart Street. No available maps
indicate where it could have been, and it's possibly confusing it with the
Ogilvie Street hall which is not far from Victoria Street.
Portglenone, Co. Antrim.
Porth, Rhondda Cynon Taff.
Porthcawl, Bridgend.
Porthclew, Pembrokeshire, the ruins of Porthclew Chapel, on Chapel Lane. SS 023 986. © Mike Berrell. Privately owned, those
wishing to visit should seek permission from Sid Howells, Sea Hollies, Chapel Lane, or Barry and Linda Clark, Highlands, Chapel Lane.
Link.
Portgordon, Moray,
Enzie Parish Church of
Scotland stands on a block surrounded by Hope Street, and West High
Street. It was previously Enzie North Parish Kirk. NJ 3970 6427. © Peter
Morgan (2021). It recently joined with the
South and West Church of Scotland
in Buckie - see the
Buckie page for more details. The
former
Methodist Church is on Gordon Street at NJ 3985 6433.
Link dates it to 1874. © Peter Morgan (2021).
Porthilly, Cornwall,
St. Michael. SW 9367
7537. © Roger Heap.
Link.
Grade II* listed. For the numerous related listed features, see
here.
Porthkea (or Porth Kea), Cornwall,
the former Methodist Chapel.
Originally Wesleyan, it has a date-stone for
1869. Still in use in 1986, when it was listed as
grade II, it has since been converted for residential use. SW 8297
4205. © Carole Sage (2017).
Porthkerry, Vale of Glamorgan, St.
Curig (O). From an old postcard in Reg Dosell's Collection. A
modern view, and an
interior view. both
© Gerard Charmley (2010). One of the many churches at which John Wesley preached.
Porthleven,
Cornwall,
St. Bartholomew (1841). SW 6288 2600. © Paul
E. Barnett (2015). Link.
Chapel of Rest at the northern end
of the cemetery on Vicarage Road. SW 6297 2612. © Paul E. Barnett (2015).
Christadelphian Hall on Church Row, at SW 6289 2596. Older maps show
that it was previously a school. © Paul E. Barnett (2015).
Link. The Methodist Church
on Fore Street was
originally Wesleyan, and is dated 1883. SW 6296 2592. © Paul E. Barnett (2014).
Link.
Grade II* listed. A short distance to the S.W. is the former
Wesley Chapel, on Chapel Terrace, dated in its
grade II listing to 1840. Streetview hasn't seen the front of the chapel,
but its rear, on The Gue,
has, in 2022. SW 6295 2587. Older maps also show a former
Bible Christian Chapel
(2023 Streetview), later Methodist, on Peverell Road, at SW 6303 2577. It's
dated to 1863 in its
grade II listing. Hope
Church (2023 Streetview) stands on Thomas Street. In 2009 it was
Apostolic Church
(Streetview). It's first marked as a place of worship on mid-20th century maps,
but it's denomination isn't shown. SW 6309 2585.
Facebook.
Porthmadog, Gwynedd.
Portholland East,
Cornwall,
the former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel (1881) is now in residential use.
SW 9594 4129. © Jo Lewis.
Portholland West,
Cornwall,
the
former Bible Christian Chapel of 1858 is now in use as a holiday let. SW
9565 4115. © Jo Lewis.
Porthpean, Cornwall, St. Levan.
It shows on a map of 1888 as Wesleyan Methodist, however neither the
church website (which
dates it to 1884-5) or the appended listing mention any Wesleyan history. SX
0291 5053. © Paul E. Barnett (2017).
Grade II listed.
Porthtowan, Cornwall,
The Chapel on the Hill (Methodist).
Another view. SW 6926 4701.
Both © Paul E. Barnett (2022).
Its 1820 predecessor can be seen at left. This
source, which has a detailed history (and photos), mentions another chapel
of 1841, demolished circa 1980 when the present chapel was built. It stood on
what is now the car park, seen in a 2021
Streetview.
Link.
Porthyrhyd (N.W. of Llandovery),
Carmarthenshire, Smyrna Baptist Chapel.
Coflein dates the first chapel to 1828, re-built in 1885. SN 7103 3782. ©
Gerard Charmley (2011).
Porthyrhyd (N. of
Pontyberem), Carmarthenshire, Bethlehem Baptist Chapel, dated by
Coflein to 1817 or 1823, and re-built in 1842-3. SN 5207 1579.
© Peter Morgan (2011).
Portishead, Somerset.
Portland, Dorset.
Portlaoise,
Co. Laoise,
the Methodist Church on Station Road. © John
Balaam (2022). Link.
Portmahomack, Highland,
Tarbat Church of Scotland,
on Well Street. NH 9162 8446. © John Mackie.
Another view, © Peter Morgan
(2021).
Link.
News story. Tarbat Old Parish
Church (St. Colman) is now the Tarbat Discovery Centre. NH 9148 8402. © John Mackie.
Another view, and the
interior, both © Peter Morgan
(2021). Link.
Grade A listed.
Tarbat Free
Church. NH 9134 8410. © John Mackie.
Another view, © Peter Morgan
(2021).
Link.
Grade C listed.
Portnacroish, Argyll & Bute, Holy Cross Episcopal Church, consecrated
1815. NM 926 473. © N. Argyll Extracts. Another view, © Bill Henderson (2013).
Grade B listed.
Portnahaven, Argyll & Bute (Islay),
the Parish Church. James Napier advises that this church sits on a single track
road, and almost at its end, with Port Wemyss just a little further on. "It is most unusual," he
says "if not
unique in a church of this size to have 2 doors – but they do. Why? One for the
Portnahaven folk who come from one direction and one for the Port Weymss
folk who come the other way!". The Old Free Church. Both © Martin Briscoe.
Portobello, City of Edinburgh.
Porton, Wiltshire, St. Nicholas, and its
interior. SU 1903 3649. Both © Chris
Kippin (2022). Link.
Grade II listed. A
Baptist Church
stands a little way south of the village on High Street, at SU 1870 3633. ©
Chris Kippin (2022).
Link. Old maps show a
Mission Hall on Gomeldon Road, at SU 1902 3639. It
pre-dates a map of 1901. In this
Streetview of 2021, the hall would have stood behind the trees to the left
of the garage.
Portpatrick, Dumfries & Galloway, Church of Scotland. NX 001 544. St. Andrew's Auld Kirk,
17th century, ceased being used as a church in 1842. NW 999 542. Both © Bill Henderson.
St. Ninian (Episcopal). 82 NX
000 542. © Dave Westrap.
Link.
Portraine, Co. Dublin, the derelict St. Catherine. Before the Dissolution it belonged to Grace Dieu Abbey. O 253 509. © Les Horn.
Portreath, Cornwall,
St. Mary on Penberthy Road. Adjacent stands another
building which Janet
Gimber has shown was a Reading Room. She has also advised that this
link
has a photo of the previous St. Mary, which was demolished in or soon
after 1963. SW 6584 4531. Both © Paul E. Barnett (2015).
Link. A former
Wesleyan Methodist Church
(1858) on Penberthy Road, now in use as the Millennium Hall - identified by Janet Gimber.
According to this
source, it closed in 1997, and was preceded by a chapel of 1836 a little way
to the west (its exact location is unclear). SW 6597 4528. © Paul E. Barnett
(2015).
Grade II listed. There used to be a United Free
Methodist Chapel too, on Primrose Terrace, at SW 6610 4514. Pre-dating a
map of 1888, it had closed by 1961. Demolished at some point, the housing built
on its site was seen by
Streetview in 2019.
Portrush, Co. Antrim.
Portscatho, Cornwall, United Church
(Methodist and U.R.C.) on The Lugger. Older maps label it as Independent or
Congregational. SW 8788 3518. © Jo Lewis.
Another view, and the
interior, both © Chris
Kippin (2018).
Facebook.
Portsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire - see
Portsmouth.
Portskewett, Monmouthshire,
St. Mary. The churchyard has a
preaching cross. A blocked
doorway in the tower is supposed to be Saxon in date. Two interior views -
1,
2. All © Janet Gimber (2015).
Link.
Grade I listed.
Portsmouth, Hampshire.
Portsonachan, Argyll & Bute, the church. ©
Martin Briscoe.
Portsoy, Aberdeenshire,
St. John the Baptist (Episcopal) on Seafield Terrace and Hill Street. NJ 5878
6594. © Martin Briscoe. Category
B listed. Church of Scotland on Shillinghill
and Seafield Street.
Although this
source says it is a former church, the appended link says it's still
active. NJ 5893 6597. © Martin Briscoe.
Link. Portsoy Parish Church on
Seafield Terrace. NJ 5869 6590. © Martin
Briscoe. Labelled on older maps as West U.F. Church, this
link (which dates it to a re-build in 1870) says it is the parish church,
but Google Streetmap says it is permanently closed. Older maps also show
East U.F. Church, on High Street, at NJ 5882 6592.
Maps show it was built between 1866 and 1904.
Streetview saw it in 2008.
Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses on Park Road,
as seen by Streetview in 2021. NJ 5841 6614. The former
The Annunciation (R.C.) off Aird Street. Barely visible on
Streetview, photos can be
seen
here where it's dated to 1829. NJ 5901 6564. Category B listed. Category
B listed.
Portstewart, Co. Derry, The Burnside Presbyterian Church. C 821 374. © Gerard Close.
St. John the Baptist (CoI, 1841). C 816 381. © Gerard Close (2011).
St. Mary Star of the Sea (R.C.). C 815 380. © Gerard Close (2011). Baptist Church. C 823 363. © Gerard Close
(2013).
Portwood, Stockport, Greater Manchester - see
Stockport.
Posbury,
Devon, St. Luke’s Proprietary Chapel. Another
view, and its interior. SX 8132
9766. All © Chris Kippin (2021).
Link.
Grade II listed.
Poslingford, Suffolk, St.
Mary. The tower, and
the handsome (and early) brick
porch. TL 7696 4818. All © Chris
Stafford (2013).
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Postling, Kent, St. Mary & St. Radigund. TR 145 391. © Dave Westrap.
Link1.
Link2.
Potsgrove, Bedfordshire,
St. Mary the
Virgin,
now in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. SP 9515 2985. © Bedfordshire and Luton Archives & Records Service (2007).
Link1.
Link2.
Link3.
Grade II* listed.
Pott Row,
Norfolk, the Methodist Church on Chapel Road. It was built as Primitive
Methodist, and is dated
here to 1876. TF
7022 2245. © Richard Roberts (2016).
Link. Old maps show
St. Luke's Mission Church at TF 7027 2200. Dated
here to 1884, it's site
was seen by Streetview in 2021, and a 1910 photo of it is available
here
(top left).
Pott Shrigley, Cheshire,
St. Christopher. SJ 9445 7921.
© Len Brankin. Interior view, and a window, both © Kenneth
Paver (2011). Link.
Grade I listed. A churchyard cross is listed as
grade II.
Potten End, Hertfordshire, Holy Trinity. TL 017 089. © Les Needham.
Potter Heigham, Norfolk, St. Nicholas.
Link.
Methodist Church. Both © Geoff Watt.
Potterhanworth, Lincolnshire,
St. Andrew, on The Green. © Kevin Price (2012). Three extra views -
1,
2,
3, the
interior and
font, all © David Regan
(2019).
Link.
Grade II listed.
The former Methodist Church on
Banff (or Barff) Road. It was built as Primitive Methodist in 1888, and was
closed in 2008. (Note that its
Genuki entry says it was Wesleyan). TF 0562 6618.
Another view. Both
© David Regan (2019). Further
East along the road stands its predecessor of 1830, at TF 0582 6612. The My
Primitive Methodists
entry has a photo of the building. It can also be seen on a 2012 Streetview
here, where it's evident
that it has been significantly altered.
This
source says that this chapel was Wesleyan, and dates it to 1836.
Clearly some more research is needed into the history of these chapels.
Potterne, Wiltshire, St. Mary.
Interior view. The church has two
fonts - 1 (C15),
2 (Anglo-Saxon). Note the
inscribed rim of the latter, which Janet advises is Psalm 42, verse 1, in Latin.
Link1.
Link2.
Grade I listed. The former
Methodist Church (1850) on Mill Road was built as Wesleyan. All © Janet
Gimber (2017).
Potters Green, Coventry, West Midlands - see
Coventry.
Potterspury, Northamptonshire, St.
Nicholas. SP 762 433. © Les Needham.
Link.
Pottery Field, Leeds, West Yorkshire - see the
Leeds page.
Potto, North Yorkshire, St. Mary. © Bill
Henderson.
Potton, Bedfordshire.
Poughill, Cornwall,
St. Olaf. SS 2224 0775.
Link.
Grade I listed. For related listed features see
here. Methodist
Church on Poughill Road. By 2024, Google Maps was labelling it as
"permanently closed". SS 2214 0759. Both © Graeme Harvey (2011).
Poughill,
Devon, St. Michael and All Angels.
Interior view, and some box pews.
SS 8567 0846.
Grade I listed. Two chest tombs in the churchyard
are listed separately as
grade II. The former Congregational
Church stands a little way north of the hamlet at SS 8537 0885. It pre-dates
a map of 1873-88, and is dated
here to 1863. Interior view
(taken through a window, with permission). All © Chris Kippin (2021).
Poulshot, Wiltshire, St. Peter on Mill
Lane. The interior.
Grade II* listed. St. Paul on
Poulshot Road. Built as a chapel-of-ease from St. Peter in 1897, it was in use
as a church until 1929, whereupon it became the church hall. Occasional services
are still held here. All © Janet Gimber (2017).
Poulton, Gloucestershire, St. Michael and All
Angels. © Graeme Harvey.
Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire.
Poundsgate, Devon,
Methodist Church. SX
7031 7271. ©
James Murray. Interior view,
© Heath Nickels.
Link.
Poundstock,
COrnwall, St. Winwaloe - labelled as St. Neot on older maps. SX 2022
9945. ©
Chris Kippin (2024).
Link.
Grade I listed.
For related listed features, see
here.
The former Free United
Methodist Church at Bangors. SX 2081 9951. © Paul E. Barnett (2017).
A more recent photo shows that an
extensive conversion has taken place.
©
Chris Kippin (2024). Directly across the road is
Bangors Methodist Church of 1988 (date-stone).
Despite its recent date, the works going on when Chris visited proved to be
demolition rather than refurbishment - see
here for plans to
replace with housing. SX 2080 9948. © Chris Kippin (2024).
Powderham, Devon,
St. Clement Bishop and Martyr. SX 782 844. ©
Andrew Ross.
Powick, Worcestershire, St. James (a chapel of
ease). St. Peter. All © Peter Morgan.
Poynings, West Sussex, Holy Trinity. TQ
265 121. © Tony Preston (2016).
Link1.
Link2.
Grade I listed.
Poynton, Cheshire.
Poyntzpass, Co. Armagh, Presbyterian Church (1836). Link.
St. Joseph (R.C.).
Link. Acton
Parish Church (CoI). Another view. All © Richard Edgar (2014).
Pradoe, Shropshire, the Anglican Church, which is
extra-parochial, and without a dedication, dates from 1860.
Interior view. SJ 363 248. Both © Dave Westrap. Two additional views - 1,
2, both © Peter Morgan (2014).
Grade II listed.
Praze-an-Beeble, Cornwall,
the former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, now in
residential use. Dated
here to 1828, it closed in 1999. SW 6366 3583. © Paul E. Barnett (2024).
The former Free United Methodist Chapel at SW 6363 3596,
from circa 1876-1962 (source).
Another view. Both © Paul E. Barnett (2015
and 2018).
Prees, Shropshire, St. Chad. © Gill Gaiser. Three further views - 1, 2,
3, interior view, and the font, all ©
Dennis Harper (2012). Link.
Grade II* listed. The former Congregational Church
(1862). This site says it was still in use in 2001. © Dennis Harper (2012).
Preesall,
Lancashire, St. Oswald, on Lancaster Road. Two additional views - 1,
2. SD 3594 4833. All © Karel Kuča
(2019). Link.
Grade II listed, wherein it's dated to 1896. The
former Bethel U.R.C. (1836) is on Sandy Lane. It
can be seen here on a
Streetview from 2018. An un-dated
Estate Agents notice. The Methodist Church on Lancaster Road at Knott End. Older maps label it as Primitive Methodist. An old photo is
available
here, where the chapel is dated to 1904. SD 3530 4845. © John Balaam (2022).
St. Bernard (R.C.) stands on Hackensall Road. It was seen by
Streetview in 2016, and is
dated
here to 1920. SD 3525 4838. The cemetery at Preesall Park has two
Mortuary Chapels. Both can be seen on a
Streetview from 2009. The
smaller Nonconformist) one at left is at SD 3678 4620, and the larger (Church of
England) at SD 3681 4619.
Pren-gwyn, Ceredigion,
Capel Pant-y-Defaid
(Unitarian). Its
Coflein
entry has dates 1802, re-built 1836 and 1898. SN 4251 4420. © Mike Berrell.
Two interior views - 1,
2. An especially handsome memorial plaque to
Jenkin Lloyd Jones. A window illustrated
with a family tree is (as far as I'm aware) unique - unless you know better! All
© Mike Berrell (2012).
Grade II listed. Capel Carmel. The
date-stone says
built 1819, re-built 1832. SN 4263 4449. Both © Mike Berrell (2012).
Coflein.
Prenteg,
Gwynedd, St. John (CiW).
Another view. SH 585 414. Both © Howard
Richter (2012). Capel Bethlehem (Calvinistic
Methodist). SH 588 415. © Howard
Richter (2012). Another view, © Howard
Richter (2016).
Link. The former Horeb Chapel (Calvinistic
Methodist). It was originally built in 1746, but has been much altered since
then, and is now in residential use.
Another view. SH 5766 4168.
Link. Both © Howard
Richter (2016).
Prescot,
Merseyside, Our Lady and St. Joseph (R.C.). SJ 464 927. © David Lea. The demolished Unitarian Church
(1757-1879), Atherton Street. SJ 467 929. © unitarian.co.uk. This, and many other old illustrations 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.
Prescott, Devon, Baptist Church. ST
091 143. © Andrew Ross.
Preshute, Wiltshire, St. George. Interior view. Both © Graeme Harvey.
Another view, © Simon Edwards (2011).
Link.
Prestatyn, Denbighshire.
Prestbury, Cheshire,
St. Peter. SJ 9006 7693. ©
Mike Berrell. Link.
Grade I listed. For related listed features, see
here.
Prestbury Methodist Church on
Macclesfield Road.
Interior view. SJ 9005 7666. The
old chapel on Bollin Grove was
originally Wesleyan, and in use from ca. 1814 - 2002. It's since been converted
to residential use. SJ 9006 7720. Photos of the Methodist Churches are by kind
permission of the Minister, the Rev. John Squares.
Link.
Prestbury, Gloucestershire, St. Mary.
Link. U.R.C. Both © Graeme Harvey.
St. Nicolas. © Graeme Harvey (2011). Link.
Presteigne, Powys,
St. Andrew, which
retains some pre-Norman fabric, though is otherwise largely of C14. SO 3155
6455. © Dorothy Turley.
Two further views - 1, 2, and an
interior view, all © John Bowdler.
Link.
Grade I listed. Baptist Church.
The date-stone isn't entirely clear in the original, but I think it says "Built 1845, Enlarged 1885". © Gerard Charmley (2011).
Methodist Church on High Street,
originally Primitive Methodist
(1861 or 1867, with adjacent hall of 1888). It had a predecessor of the
mid-1830's. SO 3126 6461. © Gerard Charmley (2011).
Link.
Grade II listed. There was also a Wesleyan Methodist
Chapel, on St. David's Street. Maps show it present from 1903 to 1975,
and gone by 1989.
SO 3140 6458. The site where it stood can be seen
here on a 2009 Streetview.
Preston, Borders, Bonkyl Kirk (CoS), which stands about 2 miles distant
from the village at NT 8086 5960, was built in 1820. © Bill McKenzie (2013).
Another view. A
list of Ministers "since the
Reformation" hangs inside the entrance lobby. Unfortunately the entrance to the
church proper was locked on both of my visits. The
surviving apse from its medieval predecessor stands adjacent.
Another view. All © Steve Bulman (2017 and
2021).
Link.
Grade B listed.
Prestleigh, Somerset, the former
Church of England Mission Church. ST 6344 4044. © Chris Kippin (2021). A
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel is shown on old maps at
ST 6345 4033. It pre-dates a map of 1886 and survived at least into the 1930's.
On the site today is Chapel Cottage, seen
here in a 2021 Streetview.
How much (if any) of the chapel survives is not known to me.
Preston, East Riding of Yorkshire,
All Saints. Christmas-time
interior view.
Both © James Murray. Another view, ©
David Regan (2016).
Grade I listed.
Methodist Church, originally
Wesleyan (1898). Former Primitive
Methodist Church (1822), now a takeaway. Both © James Murray.
Preston, Gloucestershire, St. John the Baptist. Interior view. Both © Graeme Harvey
(2013). Link.
Preston, Lancashire.
Preston, Rutland, St. Peter and St. Paul. © George Weston. Interior view,
© Richard Roberts (2014). Grade II* listed.
Preston Bagot, Warwickshire, All
Saints. Interior view. Both © Aidan McRae Thomson.
Another view and
interior, the
font, and
list of rectors, which goes back
to 1274, all © Elaine Sanders. Link.
Grade II* listed.
Preston
Bissett, Buckinghamshire, St. John the Baptist. Another view.
SP 6578 2990. Both ©
David Regan (2018). Link.
Grade II* listed. Chapel Cottage at the southern end of the village
is a former Primitive Methodist Chapel. SP 6576
2961. Whether the building
(2021 Streetview) is the converted chapel, or a later cottage built on the site
of it, is not readily apparent, although the oculus above the doorway is
suggestive.
Preston Brook, Cheshire,
former chapel on Hill Top Road and the A56. Old maps label it as Mission Room. SJ
5687 8070. © Bruce Read.
Preston Candover,
Hampshire, St. Mary the Virgin. SU 606 415.
Grade II listed. The remains
of the old church of St. Mary. As the
grade II* listing explains, the old church was severely damaged in a fire in
1681. Repaired, it was in a bad condition by 1883, when all except the chancel
was demolished. Some wall
paintings survive.
Grade II* listed. All © Chris Kippin.
Preston Capes, Northamptonshire, SS Peter
and Paul. © Aidan McRae Thomson. The following are all © John Bowdler (2013) -
additional views - 1,
2,
3, the
porch, two interior views
- 1,
2,
pulpit and the
font.
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Preston Deanery, Northamptonshire, St.
Peter and St. Paul, now cared for by the Churches Conservation Trust.
Another view, two interiors
- 1,
2, the chancel and
font. SP 789 556. All © David Regan
(2017).
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Preston Next Faversham, Kent, St. Catherine. TR 027 608. © Geoff Watt.
Preston next Wingham, Kent, St. Mildred. Three additional views - 1,
2, 3. Note the curious small blocked doorway in the latter photo. TR 243 604.
All © Steve Bulman (2014). Grade I listed.
Preston-on-Stour, Warwickshire, St. Mary.
Interior view. Both © Aidan McRae Thomson. Another view, and six interior views - 1,
2, 3, 4,
5, 6, all © John Bowdler (2010).
Preston on
Tees, Co. Durham, All Saints (1902-3) was built as a mission church to Holy
Trinity in Stockton. Two further views -
1,
2. NZ 423 153. All © Howard
Richter (2011). Link1, and see the
useful history here.
Link2.
This
pdf report (large file) has a plan on page 38.
Preston on the Hill, Cheshire,
the Methodist
Church on Windmill Lane, which was originally Primitive Methodist. It's dated
here to 1883-2017, and was successor to an earlier chapel on the same
site(?) of 1818. SJ 5708 8072. © Bruce Read.
Preston on Wye, Herefordshire, St. Lawrence. © Tim Hollinghurst.
Link.
Preston Patrick, Cumbria,
St. Patrick, of 1852. It's
Wikipedia article advises that the church was previously dedicated to St.
Gregory; there was a chapel of ease dedicated to St. Gregory on the same site
recorded in 1331.
© Elaine Hindson.
Grade II listed. Friends Meeting House
of 1869, a rebuild of an earlier meeting house of 1691. SD 5420 8405. © Elaine Hindson.
Interior view (taken through a
window), © Alan Marsden (2022).
Link
(source for the dates).
Grade II listed.
Preston St. Mary, Suffolk, St. Mary the
Virgin. Two additional views - 1,
2, the latter showing the fine flushwork on the porch.
All © Chris Kippin (2021).Three interior views -
1, 2, 3, the
altar, the splendid font, and a
board with the Ten Commandments.
TL 9460 5028. All © Chris Stafford (2012).
Link.
Grade I listed.
Preston-under-Scar, North Yorkshire, St. Margaret. A mission Room from Wensley, built in 1862. Two interior views -
1,
2, and the
roof construction. SE 071 911.
Link1.
Link2.
Another exterior view.
Grade II listed. The former
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, now converted for residential use.
Another view, and the
war memorial. The memorial
cannot be on its original building, as the chapel pre-dates the plaque by many
years. Certainly built before 1891-3, as it shows on the O.S. map of that
edition, it may even pre-date the 1856-7 6" map, though that isn't completely
certain. SE 070 911. All © Howard Richter (2016).
Prestonpans, East Lothian. Previously listed as Cockenzie and Port Seaton Old Parish Church, James Denham has
advised that this church is Prestongrange Parish Church. © Bill Henderson.
Salvation Army Hall. © Rob Brettle.
Prestwich, Greater Manchester.
Prestwick, South Ayrshire.
Prestwold,
Leicestershire, St. Andrew. The village was cleared in the C18, the church now
stands in the grounds of Prestwold Hall.
Another view. Both © David Regan (2016).
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Prestwood, Buckinghamshire,
Holy Trinity. SU 8741 9967. © Derek
Collier. Link.
Grade II listed, wherein it's dated to 1849. The lych-gate is also listed as
grade II. The
Methodist Church on
High Street, as seen by Streetview in 2022. Older maps label it as Wesleyan. SP
8716 0088. Link.
Zion Baptist Chapel is shown on a map of 1883, on
the north side of Kiln Road at SP 8679 0113. It stood at the front of the
surviving burial ground seen in a
Streetview from 2019. Closed
and demolished at some point, a new church of the same name was built across the
road (Streetview 2019). I
suspect that this has now closed, as I can find no internet presence. The
congregation of King's Church meets in the village
hall on Wycombe Road, seen by
Streetview in 2021. SP 8702 0080.
Link.
Price Town, Bridgend,
the former Bethany English Calvinistic Methodist Church (1896, re-built 1905 -
Coflein) on Hill Street and
Oakfield Terrace. SS 9379
9206. Howard Richter advises that (judging from old maps) the chapel extension comprised the nearest section with the two arched windows on the
right-hand side; the building has been converted into flats. It appears to have still been a church when the 1992 OS map was published, but the closure
date is not currently known. A
former chapel on Hill
Street and Ogwy Street. Janet Gimber has advised that this was probably Hope Congregational Chapel,
which Howard Richter has confirmed, and he also provides the building date of 1898. The building is not marked as church or chapel on the 1992 map, so was
probably closed by then. SS 9375 9204. Both
© Gervase N. E. Charmley.
Link1. Link2
(another photo, on an external site). Howard Richter also advises that there was
a Free Gospel Mission showing on the 1961-2 OS map
at SS 9372 9193, since demolished.
Streetview saw the site in
2008, and as of 2022 the
site remains vacant and completely overgrown.
Link.
Prickwillow,
Cambridgeshire, St. Peter (1866-8). Added 2023 - now closed as a church - this
news item says it was made redundant in 2011. TL 5967 8249. © David Regan
(2019). Baptist Church on Main
Street.
Also added in 2023 - this church too is now closed. This
source provides dates of 1875-2019.
TL 5951 8247. © David Regan (2019). The village also had a
Primitive Methodist Chapel further west along Main Street, at TL 5932
8236. It's dated
here to 1894-1988. It was a re-build of an earlier chapel originally of
1846, and is now in residential use.
Streetview saw it in 2021.
Priddy, Somerset, St. Lawrence, and its
font. ST 5283 5138. Both © Christopher Skottowe
(1964).
Link.
Grade I listed. An O.S. map of 1903 shows a Bible
Christian Chapel at ST 5268 5155. An earlier map of 1888 labels it as
Chapel (Nonconformist). It, or its replacement with the same footprint,
survives, and was seen by
Streetview in 2009.
Priest Weston (or Priestweston),
Shropshire, the former Zion Calvinistic Methodist Chapel, now a pottery. SO 2911
9743. © Chris Kippin (2021).
Link,
wherein it is dated to 1845-6, with closure after 1949.
Priesthill,
Co. Down, Zion Methodist Church on Kesh Road. J 222 605. © Gerard Close (2020).
Link.
Primrose Hill, Derbyshire, the site of the demolished Blackwell
Methodist Chapel (previously Wesleyan), as seen by Streetview in 2022. It's
dated here to
1875, and survived in active use until at least the late 1950's. It also says
that a replacement chapel was built
"on land adjacent to the earlier chapel". A
2009 Streetview shows
that access to the later chapel was from Whites Lane, off Primrose Hill.
This
source (un-dated)
says that the old church had been demolished because of mining subsidence. I can
find no evidence that the local Methodists remain active, but please correct me
if I'm wrong. SK 4370 5825.
Primrose Hill, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire - see Huddersfield.
Princes Gate, Pembrokeshire, St. Catherine (CiW). SN 136 127. © Mike Berrell (2011).
Another view. © Peter Morgan (2011).
Princes
Risborough, Buckinghamshire.
Princethorpe, Warwickshire, the
College Chapel (R.C.). Another
view. Interior view.
All © Aidan McRae Thomson. Link (college website).
Princetown, Devon,
St. Michael and All Angels, now in the care of the
Churches Conservation Trust. SX 5868 7371. © Alan Blacklock. A
distant view, from an old postcard in
Christopher Skottowe's Collection.
Link, wherein it's dated to 1812-14.
The One at the
Back Methodist Anglican Ecumenical Partnership (United Church) on Two
Bridges Road and Tor Royal Lane. On older maps it's labelled as Wesleyan
Methodist. SX 5912 7350. © Alan Blacklock.
Another view, © James Murray (2010).
Link.
Priors Dean Church, Hants - see Hawkley (links to Hampshire page).
Priors Frome,
Herefordshire, the Chapel, of uncertain affiliation, dates from 1880, as the
unusual "date-stone" shows. Both
© Janet Gimber (2017).
Priors Hardwick, Warwickshire, St. Mary. Two additional views - 1,
2. SP 472 562. All © Howard Richter (2014). Link.
Grade II* listed. Some old black and white photos
here, including interiors.
Priors Marston, Warwickshire, St. Leonard. Two additional views - 1,
2. Four interior views 1,
2, 3, 4,
the
pulpit, altar, a modern window and the font. All © John Bowdler (2013).
Link.
Grade II listed.
The former Wesleyan Chapel
(1858, converted 1973, as the
date-stone obligingly tells us).
Another view. SP 4895 5740.
All © Howard Richter (2015). The former
Primitive Methodist Chapel, long
converted to residential use. Note the filled in round-headed window in the end
wall. A photo of the chapel in the 1920's is available
here, which shows round headed windows on the long side too, and a
now-vanished porch. Genuki says that the church was founded in 1855, though
whether this building is of that vintage is uncertain. Warwick Record Office
holds documents for 1905-1933, and it seems likely that the chapel closed near
the latter date. SP 4895 5790. © Howard Richter (2015).
Prior's Norton, Gloucestershire, St. Mary. ©
Graeme Harvey.
Priorswood, Taunton, Somerset - see Taunton.
Priston, Somerset, St. Luke and St. Andrew.
Interior view - note the two Norman
arches - here's a close-up of one of
them. However, the appended listing says the church underwent a major neo-Norman
restoration in 1861, so perhaps these arches are from then. All © Chris Kippin
(2022). Link.
Grade I listed. Other listed features can be seen
here.
Prittlewell, Essex, St. Mary the Virgin, has
some fragments from as early as the 11th century, but is mostly 15th century. © Brian
Thompson. Another view from an old postcard in Steve Bulman's Collection.
Privett, Hampshire, Holy Trinity, dates
from 1878. © Chris Kippin.
Link (with interior photo).
Grade II* listed.
Probus, Cornwall,
St. Probus and St. Grace.
SW 8990 4773. © Graeme Harvey (2015).
Another view, © Paul E. Barnett (2016), and
another (2017).
Link.
Grade I listed. For a listed tomb and the war memorial, see
here. The graveyard has a tiny
building dated 1877, possibly a
mortuary chapel or watch house. SW 899 476. © Paul E. Barnett (2017).
Large scale maps mark, at the S.E. corner of the graveyard,
Chapel
(Site of) (2009 Streetview), at SW 8994 4767. It's called St. George
here, where it's dated to no later than 1447. The former
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel is now
in commercial use. SW 8990 4788. © Paul E. Barnett (2017).
Another view, © Jo Lewis. Its
predecessor of 1788 survives on the plot to its north, and was seen by
Streetview in 2023. SW
8990 4789.
Link which advises of the closure of the Methodist church in 1992, the
congregation subsequently meeting in the
village hall (2009
Streetview) on Amelia Close. The
former Bible Christian Chapel,
now in residential use. It's dated
here to circa 1882, with closure in 1948. SW 8915 4784. © Jo Lewis. An old photo is
available here.
The same source mentions a predecessor of 1822 on Back Lane (and
includes a photo of it), but I haven't been able to locate Back Lane. At a farm east of the village stands
Golden Chapel, now in use as a
barn. It is supposedly a secret chapel used by
St. Cuthbert
Mayne before his arrest and martyrdom. SW 9209 4690. © Jo Lewis.
Video.
Prospect, Cumbria, the
former Primitive Methodist Chapel, as seen by Streetview in 2021. This
source dates it to 1860, closing "by 1991". NY 1150 4069.
Prudhoe, Northumberland, St. Mary Magdalene. NZ 095 630. Link.
The Gate Church. NZ 095 627. Both © Bill Henderson (2012).
Publow, Somerset, All Saints. Two further
views -
1, 2,
two interiors - 1,
2, the
pulpit and
font. The church has some good glass;
here are two examples - 1,
2, the latter being the Millennium
window. Site visitors of a certain vintage may remember
Acker Bilk, who is
buried here. ST 62346 64147. All © Carole
Sage (2016).
Some examples of the gargoyles which adorn this church -
1,
2, 3,
4. All © Carole Sage (2017).
Link.
Grade I listed.
Puckeridge,
Hertfordshire, St. Thomas of Canterbury (R.C.). Old maps suggest it was built in
the 1960's or early 1970's. TL 3853 2310. © Karel Kuča (2019).
Link. Just a short
distance to the south, and on the opposite side of the road is a (former?)
Congregational Chapel, seen
by Streetview in 2016. It pre-dates a map of 1878-9. TL 3846 2309.
Puckington, Somerset, St. Andrew. Another view.
ST 377 183. Both © Mike Berrell (2014). Grade II* listed.
Pucklechurch, Gloucestershire, St. Thomas à Becket. Another view, and an unusual
grave. Link.
Grade I listed (which lists it as St. Thomas of Canterbury). The
remains of the former Congregational Chapel. Another view.
All © Janet Gimber (2012). The former Methodist Church, built as Primitive Methodist in 1851, and now a
private residence. © Janet Gimber (2014).
Pudding Norton, Norfolk, the ruins of St. Margaret. Pudding Norton is a lost village; the church is perhaps C12. TF 918
278. © Richard Roberts (2015). Link.
Grade II listed.
Puddington, Devon, St. Thomas à
Becket. SS 8335 1066. Link.
Grade II* listed. A chest tomb and railings are also listed, as
grade II. A little way north of the hamlet stands the former
Tristram Congregational Chapel.
It has a date-stone for 1854. SS 8324 1077.
All © Chris Kippin (2021).
Puddletown, Dorset,
St. Mary the Virgin.
Interior view showing the gallery and
organ, and another taken from the gallery. A medieval tomb. Roger
explains that this is Thomas Hardy's Weatherbury Church. The gallery (C17) was used by the church musician's, Hardy's father being one of them.
SY 7587 9436. All © Roger
Hopkins, who rates this church highly. Another
view, the
interior, the
pulpit and tester, the early
font, and the intricate
roof timbers, all © Christopher
Skottowe (1978 [photo 1] and 2013).
Link.
Grade I listed. Numerous monuments in the churchyard have separate listings
- they can be found
here. A former Congregational Chapel stands on
Athelhampton Road, east of the town, at SY 7619 9419. Pre-dating a map of 1902,
it was seen by Streetview in
2016.
Pudleston, Herefordshire, St. Peter.
Another view. SO 5653 5976. Both
© Chris Kippin.
Another view,
and two of the interior -
1,
2, all © Peter Morgan (2023).
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Pudsey, Leeds, West Yorkshire.
Pulborough, West Sussex, St. Mary. Another view. TQ 047 187. Both © Steve
Taylor. Link. St. Crispin & St. Crispinian (R.C.).
Another view. TQ 046 188. Both © Steve Taylor. Link
(very slow when I tested). U.R.C. Built as the hall for the Congregational Church in 1947, the congregation now
worships here, and the church has been sold. © Gervase N. E. Charmley (2012).
Pulford, Cheshire, St. Mary. SJ 3754
5877. © Jane Marriott.
Link.
Grade II* listed, wherein it says that it was re-built in 1881-4 on the site
of a medieval predecessor.
Pulham Market, Norfolk, St. Mary Magdalene.
TM 198 862. © Steve Bulman (2005).
Pulham St. Mary, Norfolk, St. Mary the Virgin. The
splendid porch. TM 212 854. Both © Steve
Bulman (2005). Link.
The former Baptist Church, now in
industrial use. © Gerard Charmley (2015).
Pulloxhill, Bedfordshire,
St. James the
Apostle. TL 0616 3380. © Bill
McKenzie. Interior view, from an old postcard in Judy Flynn's Collection.
Link. Grade II* listed.
Pumpsaint,
Carmarthenshire, Calvinistic Methodist Chapel, as seen by the Streetview van in
2016. SN 6556 4075.
Coflein dates it to 1875, enlarged in 1886.
Salem Baptist Chapel.
It stands about a mile N.N.W. of the village at SN 6496 4228. Its
Coflein entry dates it to
1828, re-built, and/or enlarged in 1871. ©
Neil Floyd.
Grade II listed.
Puncheston, Pembrokeshire, St. Mary. SN 083
298. Smyrna Capel y Bedyddwyr
(1827, with subsequent work in 1871 and 1928). SN 006 298. Both © Mike Berrell
(2010).
Puncknowle, Dorset, St. Mary. Two further views - 1,
2, interior view, altar and
font, All © Dennis Harper (2011). Grade I listed -
link.
Puriton, Somerset, St. Michael and All
Angels. ST 3204 4172.
Link.
Grade I listed. A monument in the churchyard is listed
separately as
grade II. The former
Congregational Chapel on Woolavington Road. ST 3217 4150. Both © Chris
Kippin (2020).
Purton, Gloucestershire, St. John the Evangelist. Interior view. Both © Graeme Harvey
(2012). Link.
Purton, Wiltshire, St. Mary. Another view. Both © Malcolm Rigg. Two further views -
1, 2, both © Bill McKenzie (2010). Another two views -
1, 2,
and an interior view, all © Simon Edwards (2011).
Pusey, Oxfordshire, All Saints. Interior view. Both © Aidan McRae Thomson.
Link.
Putley, Herefordshire, the church (no dedication).
Another view, the splendid
churchyard cross,
altar and reredos,
pulpit, and
font, all © Janet Gimber (2017), who
found much to admire here. A blocked
doorway, and two close-ups of the figures on the cross (there are four in
all) - 1,
2, all © Paul Wood (2018). Link1
(an excellent history).
Link2.
Grade II* listed. The cross is also
grade II* listed.
Putney, Greater London - see
Greater London.
Puttenham, Hertfordshire, St. Mary. SP 885 149. © Les Needham. Link.
Puxton, Somerset, St. Saviour. The
leaning tower of Puxton. The lean is
believed to date from the original building. ST 4066 6326. Both © Andrew Ross.
Two further views - 1,
2, the
porch, interiors - 1,
2,
3, 4, and the
pulpit, all © Carole Sage (2016).
Originally a chapel of ease to St. Andrew's in Banwell, it became a parish
church in C18, and was made redundant in 2002. It is now cared for by the
Churches Conservation Trust, and services are still held here occasionally.
Grade I listed.
Pwll,
Carmarthenshire,
Holy Trinity (CiW) on Elgin Road. Another view.
SN 4809 0110. Both © Jim Parker.
Link.
Coflein
dates it to 1905.
Libanus Independent
Chapel on Elgin Road has a date-stone for 1878. Another view.
SN 4827 0109. Both © Jim Parker.
Coflein.
Bethlehem
Baptist Chapel on Pwll Road. Its date-stone says built 1834,
re-built 1874. Another view.
SN 4736 0107. Both © Jim Parker.
Coflein.
Grade II listed.
Cemetery Chapel. © Jim Parker.
Pwllcrochan, Pembrokeshire, St. Mary. SM 921 026. © Mike Berrell (2009).
Pwllgwaun, Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taff - see
Pontypridd.
Pwllheli, Gwynedd.
Pwllmeyric,
Monmouthsire, the former Methodist Chapel on Chapel Lane, now
residential.
Another view. Both © Janet Gimber (2015).
Pyecombe, West Sussex, Church of the
Transfiguration. TQ 292 126. © Tony Preston (2016).
Link.
Grade I listing, which says the dedication is unknown.
Pyle, Bridgend.
Pylle, Someret, St Thomas à Becket. ST 6071
3833. © Chris Kippin (2021).
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Pyrford, Surrey, St. Nicholas. © Barbara Barklem. TQ 040 583. Another view, © Mehmood Naqshbandi (2009).
Link. The ruinous remains of Newark Priory.
Another view. TQ 041 576. Both © Mehmood Naqshbandi (2009).
Link.
Pyrton, Oxfordshire, St. Mary. Interior view. Both © Alan Craxford (2013).
Link. Grade II*
listed.
Pytchley, Northamptonshire, All Saints. SP 860 748. © Les Needham (2013).
Link.
Grade I listed.
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