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Rachub, Gwynedd.
Rackenford, Devon, All Saints. Large scale O.S. maps label it as Holy Trinity Church. The tower, and the interior. SS 8508 1821. All © Chris Kippin (2022). Link. Grade I listed.
Radbourne, Derbyshire, St. Andrew. Interior view. SK 286 359. Both © Richard Roberts (2014). Link. Grade I listed.
Radcliffe, Greater Manchester.
Radcliffe on Trent, Nottinghamshire, St. Mary. Another view. Both © David Regan (2013). Link1. Link2. Grade II listed.
Radclive, Buckinghamshire, St, John the Evangelist. Another view. SP 6756 3392. Both © David Regan (2017). Link. Grade I listed. The war memorial in the churchyard is listed as grade II.
Raddington, Somerset, St. Michael.  In the tower, at just above porch-door height, is a stone with "1675" carved on it. ST 020 261. © Andrew Ross. Link. The church was used as one of the locations for filming "The Land Girls" - link.
Rademon, County Down, Non-Subscribing Presbyterian Church. © Jack Storey.
Radford, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire - see Nottingham.
Radford Semele, Warwickshire, St. Nicholas. © Aidan McRae Thomson. John French advises me that St. Nicholas burnt down on 16th March 2008. Some more views of the church (from both before and after the fire) 1, 2, 3, 4 -  all © John Bowdler, who advises that re-building work will commence shortly (2009). Added 2011 - John has advised that, planning permissions having been granted, work is still proceeding towards re-building. The font from before the fire, and it can also be seen here in this interior photograph, from after the fire, both © Revd. Martin Green. The restored church re-opened in 2013, and John Bowdler has been back to record the results - exteriors - 1, 2, 3, interior, and the rose window, created by Aidan McRae Thomson, stained glass artist (website), and a contributor to this website, all © John Bowdler (2013). Link. Baptist Church. © John French. Another view, and two interior views - 1, 2, all © John Bowdler (2013). Link.
Radipole, Dorset, St. Ann. From an old postcard in Steve Bulman's Collection. Link.
Radley, Oxfordshire, St. James the Great. © Chris Emms (2009). Link.
Radnor, Cornwall, the former United Methodist Chapel, which has a date-stone for 1907. SW 7092 4406. Across the road and a few yards to the west  stands what is presumably its predecessor, a Bible Christian Chapel, apparently known as Ivanmor Chapel, which is dated here to circa 1850. Another view. All © Paul E. Barnett (2022).
Radstock, Somerset.
Radstone, Northamptonshire, St. Lawrence. No photos, just some information in case you are planning to visit. Howard Richter advises that the church is closed, for health and safety reasons, due to a severe bat droppings problem. Link, which shows the situation in 2012, since when it has worsened. SP 588 405. Grade I listed.
Radway, Warwickshire, St. Peter. SP 368 481. © Steve Bulman. An old postcard view, from Reg Dosell's Collection. Link.
Radwell, Hertfordshire, All Saints. TL 232 359. © Les Needham (2010).
Radwinter, Essex, St. Mary the Virgin. TL 6063 3728. From an old postcard in Steve Bulman's Collection. The postcard was badly faded, and has been heavily processed to recover as good an image as possible. Three modern views - 1, 2, 3, and the lych-gate, all © Karel Kuča (2019). Link. Grade II* listed. Older maps show a Mission Room to the NE of the village, on Ashdon Road at TL 6119 3769. It, or a later building on the same site, can be seen in a Streetview from 2011.
Radyr, Cardiff (City), Cardiff - see Cardiff (City).
Rafford, Moray, Church of Scotland. NJ 060 584. © John Mackie. Another view, © Peter Morgan (2014). Link. Former Church, now the village hall. Howard Richter advises that this is the former Free Church, at NJ 068 556. Dating from 1889, it became the hall from 1950, when it was bought from the church by the villagers. The Wikipedia entry for the village - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafford - says that there was an earlier church dating from 1843, which stood where the car park is now - so between camera and church. © Peter Morgan (2014).
Raffrey, Co. Down, Presbyterian Church. © Jack Storey.
Ragdale, Leicestershire, All Saints. Another view, two interiors - 1, 2, and the font. All © David Regan (2016). Grade II* listed.
Raglan, Monmouthshire.
Ragnall, Nottinghamshire, St. Leonard. Another view. Not listed on ACNY, so perhaps redundant. Both © David Regan (2011). Grade II* listed - link1. Link2.
Rainford, Merseyside, All Saints. © Alan Hopkins. Link.
Rainham, Kent.
Rainworth, Nottinghamshire, St. Simon & St. Jude (1938-9). © David Regan (2019). Link. Methodist Church. © David Regan (2013).
Rainow, Cheshire, Holy Trinity. In its grade II listing it's dated to 1846. SJ 9511 7598. © Len Brankin. Link. The former Wesleyan Methodist Church, now closed. SJ 9533 7627. © Len Brankin. The earliest available map, of 1881 (surveyed in 1870-2) shows a predecessor chapel, a few yards to the east. Genuki dates the foundation of the church to 1808. Its site was seen by Streetview in 2023. Large scale O.S. maps show Chapel (Site of) north of Holy Trinity at SJ 9511 7610. Genuki identities it as Rainow Chapel, and dates it to 1724-1844. Its site lies behind the house seen here in a 2023 Streetview. Older maps show a Chapel at Hough-hole House, at SJ 9460 7632. A map of 1881 labels it as Chapel (Private). Its grade II listing dates it to 1844, initially as Methodist and later as Swedenborgian. It hasn't been seen by Streetview, but a photo is available here.
Rainsough, Prestwich, Greater Manchester - see Prestwich.
Rainton, North Yorkshire, Methodist Church. © Bill Henderson.
Raithby (near Louth), Lincolnshire, St. Peter. Two interior views - 1, 2, and the font. All © David Regan (2017). Grade II listed.
Raithby-by-Spilsby, Lincolnshire, Holy Trinity. TF 3738 6707. © Dave Hitchborne. Three additional views - 1, 2, 3, three interiors - 1, 2, 3, the painted ceiling, and the font, all © David Regan (2016 and 2019). Link. Grade II* listed. The Methodist Chapel (on the upper floor) is said to be the oldest in Lincolnshire, and was dedicated by John Wesley in 1779. Interior view. TF 3738 6703. Both © David Regan (2019 and 2022). Link1. Link2. Grade I listed.
Rake Foot., Lancashire.
Rame, Cornwall, St. Germanus. Another view, and an interior view. SX 4262 4915. All © James Murray. Link. Grade I listed. Numerous churchyard monuments are also listed, for which see here. Standing isolated south of the village is the shell of Rame Head Chapel dedicated to St. Michael. Another view. SX 4182 4834. Both © Chris Kippin (2018). Link1. Link2.
Rampside, Cumbria, St. Michael. Dated here to 1840. SD 2393 6737. © John Balaam (2012). Link.
Rampton, Cambridgeshire, All Saints. Another view, two of the interior - 1, 2, the chancel, font, and the tomb of a knight. Fragments of wall painting survive. TL 4285 6811. All © David Regan (2019). Link. Grade II* listed.
Rampton, Nottinghamshire, All Saints. Another view, and the tower. Interior view, the altar, font, and a charming angel lectern. There is an unusual gateway in the churchyard wall. SK 7995 7858. All © David Regan (2011). Link. Grade I listed. The former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel of 1837. SK 8006 7841. © David Regan (2020).
Ramsbottom, Greater Manchester.
Ramsbury, Wiltshire, Holy Cross. Another view. SU 273 715. Link. Grade I listed. The Methodist Church was built as Primitive Methodist in 1876. SU 276 716. Link1. Link2. All © Chris Kippin (2018).
Ramsden Bellhouse, Essex, St. Mary. Another view, the wooden porch, and three views of the interior - 1, 2, 3. TQ 7192 9427. All © Karel Kuča (2007). Link. Grade II* listed. A Baptist Church stands a little way north, on Church Road, at TQ 7190 9454. It was seen by Streetview in 2009. Link.
Ramsey, Cambridgeshire.
Ramsey, Isle of Man, St. Paul (consecrated 1822) on Dale Street. The interior. Both © John Balaam (2011 and 2023). Link, which says it was consecrated in 1822. Ramsey Methodist Centre on Waterloo Road and Parsonage Road. © John Balaam (2011). Link.
Ramsey Mereside, Cambridgeshire, the former chapel on Oilmills Road. Maps of the early 20th century label it as Baptist. Another view. TL 2853 8915. Both © David Regan (2019).
Ramsey St. Mary's, Cambridgeshire, St. Mary. Another view. TL 2555 8725. © Jim Rushton. Link. Grade II listed.
Ramsgate, Kent.
Ramsgill, North Yorkshire, St. Mary the Virgin. SE 119 709. © Michael Bourne. A simple and charming Dales church, which Pevsner appears not to have included in his guides. Another view, the interior, and an example of good stained glass, all © Steve Bulman. A fragment of the old church has been built into the churchyard wall at the rear of the present church. © Steve Bulman (2017). Link.
Ramshaw, Co. Durham, Methodist Church, on Gordon Lane. It was built as Primitive Methodist in 1870. A recent estate agents notice here, shows that it is has now been converted to residential use. NZ 1497 2591. © Alan Blacklock.
Ramshorn, Staffordshire, the Ramsor Jubilee Primitive Methodist Chapel (1897 - date-stone). SK 082 453. Both © Mike Berrell (2014). Link (well worth reading).
Ranby, Lincolnshire, St. Germaine (or St. German). Two other views - 1, 2, two of the interior - 1, 2, the chancel, and the font. TF 2277 7909. All © David Regan (2011 and 2021). Link. Grade II listed.
Ranby, Nottinghamshire, St. Martin. Another view. Both © David Regan (2011).
Rand, Lincolnshire, St. Oswald. Another view, an interior view, and the font. All © David Regan (2013). Link. Grade II* listed.
Randalstown, Co. Antrim.
Randwick, Gloucestershire, St. John the Baptist. SO 828 067. © Neil McDonald. Link1. Link2.
Rangemore, Staffordshire, All Saints. Its grade II* listing dates it to 1866-7, by Butterfield. Interior view. SK 1806 2297. Both © Richard Roberts (2023). Link. About 200 yards east of the church is Chapel Lane. No available maps show a chapel on it (or site of one), and I've not been able to find any on-line sources which mention one.
Rangeworthy, Gloucestershire, Holy Trinity. ST 6866 8625. © Phil Draper. Grade II* listed. There are three listed monuments in the churchyard - they can be found here. The former Ebenezer Methodist Chapel (1874 - date-stone) stands about half a mile south of the village, and is now in residential use. It was built as Wesleyan. ST 6905 8541. © Janet Gimber (2012). Interior view, © Neil Floyd. Bethel Independent Chapel used to stand in the village at ST 6892 8634. It pre-dates the 25" O.S. map published in 1881. A bungalow now stands on the site (as seen in 2009 by Streetview) - the bungalow has been built on roughly the same line as the chapel - there was a cemetery between the chapel and the road.
Rankinston, East Ayrshire, has had three churches at one time or another. The village has recently been visited by the Streetview van, so all of the Streetviews which follow date from 2023. The former Shaw Kirk (CoS) on Littlemill Place at NS 4508 1453. Another view. The demolished Rankinston Mission Hall used to stand across the road from Shaw Kirk - its site now marked by the patch of grass. NS 4511 1453. Both of the preceding churches appear on a map of 1961, revised in 1959. The site of the demolished Baptist Mission Hall on Kerse Terrace at NS 4513 1375. It pre-dates a map of 1911.
Ranskill, Nottinghamshire, St. Barnabas. © David Regan (2011). Link.
Ranton, Staffordshire, All Saints. Another view. Both © Dennis Harper (2006). Since Dennis last visited, a hard path has been added - another view. Three interior views - 1, 2, 3, the stone pulpit and organ, and the font. All © Dennis Harper (2017). Link. Grade II listed.
Ranworth, Norfolk, St. Helen. © Geoff Watt. Another view. Interior view. Both © James Murray. Link. Grade I listed.
Rasharkin, Co. Antrim, Church of Ireland. Presbyterian Church. C 973 127. Free Presbyterian Church. C 966 140. Gospel Hall (1955). C 976 125. All © Gerard Close. St. Mary (R.C.). C 973 137. © Gerard Close (2010).
Rashcliffe, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire - see Huddersfield.
Raskelf, North Yorkshire, St. Mary. Graham describes it as "possibly the only church in Yorkshire with a wooden steeple". SE 4895 7077. © Graham Pickles. Another view, two of the interior - 1, 2, and the font, © Chris Stafford (2014). The lych-gate, © Karel Kuča (2019). Link. Grade II* listed. A cross shaft in the churchyard is also listed as grade II. Chapel House is a former Methodist Church, originally Wesleyan, seen here by Streetview in 2011. SE 4920 7108. Link.
Rastrick, West Yorkshire, St. Matthew (Anglican and Methodist), dates from 1797. SE 1386 2158. © Stan Walker. Another view, © Bill Henderson (2014). Link. Grade II* listed. New Road Independent Family Church. SE 133 208. © Bill Henderson (2014). Cemetery Chapel in the cemetery on Carr Green Lane. According to this Wikipedia entry the cemetery dates from 1883, though whether the chapel is that early is not so far known. SE 1392 2105. © David Regan (2020).
Ratby, Leicestershire, St. Philip and St. James on Church Lane. Another view. SK 5131 0597. Both © David Regan (2017). The interior (note the lean of the outside wall), © Richard Roberts (2024). Link. Grade II* listed. Methodist Church on Station Road and Chapel Lane. SK 5127 0570. © David Regan (2017). Link. Older maps show a Primitive Methodist Chapel just yards north of the present church, on Chapel Lane. It survives, converted, and was seen by Streetview in 2023. This source says it was used as a Sunday School after the present church was built, at some point between 1901 and 1914. SK 5128 0572.
Ratcliffe Culey, Leicestershire, All Saints. © David Regan (2016). Link. Grade II* listed.
Ratcliffe on the Wreake, Leicestershire, St. Botolph. © David Regan (2016). Link. Grade II* listed. Ratcliffe College Chapel. Another view. Both © Graeme Harvey. Another view, and the interior, both © Mike Forbester. Link.
Ratcliffe-on-Soar, Nottinghamshire, Holy Trinity on Main Street. Interior view, the altar, and the two fonts - 1, 2. The church leaflet says that the latter font is the original, the former a gift from Kingston-on-Soar in 1936. SK 495 289. All © Dennis Harper (2014). Link. Grade I listed.
Ratford, Wiltshire, Baptist Chapel Mission. Janet advises that it was in use from circa 1900 until about 1970, and seems disused now. © Janet Gimber (2018).
Rathangan, Co. Kildare, the former Feighcullen Church, currently (2008) up for sale. Link is to the Sales website.
Rathcormack, Co. Sligo, St. Colmcille (R.C.). G 688 409. © Gerard Close.
Rathdrum, Co. Wicklow, St. Saviour. St. Mary and St. Michael (R.C.). Interior view. All © John Balaam (2008).
Rathen, Aberdeenshire, a distant view of Rathen West Parish Church (CoS, 1867-70). NK 0003 6091. © Jim Parker (2013). Link. The Old Parish Church stands a little way to the north-east, at NK 0012 6096. Large scale O.S. maps label it as St. Ethernan. It was seen by Streetview in 2021.
Rathlee, Co. Sligo, Star of the Sea (R.C.). © Bill Henderson.
Rathlin, Co. Antrim, Church of Ireland. Catholic Church. Both © Alastair Cameron.
Rathmell, North Yorkshire, Holy Trinity. Another view, the interior, and the font. All © David Regan (2015). Link. Grade II listed. 
Ratley, Warwickshire, St. Peter ad Vincula. The doorway. SP 383 473. Both © Steve Bulman.
Ratlinghope, Shropshire, St. Margaret. Another view, and a plaque recording the church restoration in 1905. SO 4027 9689. All © Chris Kippin (2021). Link. Grade II listed. Large scale O.S. (e.g. the 25" of 1892-1914) mark the Supposed site of St. Giles's Priory (Augustinian) immediately north of the church, at SO 4027 9691. More details here. In this 2009 Streetview the site marked on the map lies a little closer to the camera than the church.
Rattery, Devon, Blessed Virgin Mary. The interior. SX 740 615. Both © Chris Kippin (2019). Link. Grade I listed.
Rattlesden, Suffolk, St. Nicholas. The interior, and hammer-beam roof. TL 9780 5905. Link1. Link2. Grade I listed. The Baptist Church on Felsham Road. TL 9751 5884. Link. All © Chris Kippin (2021).
Raughtonhead, Cumbria, All Saints. Another view, two interiors - 1, 2, the font and a window. NY 3793 4558. All © Steve Bulman (2015). Link. Grade II listed.
Raunds, Northamptonshire, St. Peter - a difficult church to photograph well. Another view. Both © David Regan (2017). Link. Grade I listed.
Ravenfield, South Yorkshire, St. James. © Bill Henderson. Another view, © David Regan (2021). Link. Grade II* listed, wherein it's dated to 1756.
Ravenscar, North Yorkshire, St. Hilda (C. of E.) united with the Methodists. © Bill Henderson.
Ravensden, Bedfordshire, All Saints. Another view. TL 0777 5432. Both © David Regan (2018). Another view, © Chris Stafford (2013). Link. Grade I listed. The former (well-disguised) Zion Baptist Chapel stands about half a mile west of the church, at TL 0672 5428. Seen by Streetview in 2012, it's dated here to 1853, closing in 2016.
Ravenshead, Nottinghamshire, St. Peter on Sheepwalk Lane. Another view, two interiors - 1, 2 (note the unusual organ), the altar, and the font. All © Dennis Harper (2016).
Ravensmoor, Cheshire, Baddiley & Ravensmoor Methodist Church on Swanley Lane, originally Wesleyan (1878). SJ 6202 5069. © Chris Emms (2010). Link.
Ravensthorpe, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire - see Dewsbury.
Ravensthorpe, Northamptonshire, St. Denys. Two additional views - 1, 2. SP 6700 7035. Link1. Link2. Link3. Link4. Grade II* listed. The site of the demolished Particular Baptist Chapel. As close as Howard can establish, the chapel stood on the corner, where the bungalow now stands, at the right. An old gazetteer of the 1870's or so mentions a Baptist Chapel, which is assumed to be this one. Later maps show it as presumably being active until at least 1959, but the 1966 O.S. map suggests it had closed by that date. It may have been closed for a period prior to November 1888, when a newspaper report mentions it re-opening. "Before" and "after" maps hint that the closure may have been for refurbishment or enlargement, as they indicate that a porch had been added. SP 6681 7021. All © Howard Richter (2014).
Ravenstone, Buckinghamshire, All Saints. SP 8506 5089. © David Regan (2017). Link. Interior photos are available here. Grade I listed. A cross shaft in the churchyard is listed as grade II. In what may be a rare error, the O.S. 1:25,000 map of 1955 shows another place of worship immediately S.E. of All Saints, in the churchyard, at SP 8506 5088. No other available maps show it. Another anomaly is that while I was looking on Streetview for another place of worship, shown on the same map at SP 8497 5036, on Common Street, I found Union Chapel (2009 Streetview). This source dates it to 1790, re-built in 1907, but it's missing from a map of 1900.
Ravenstone, Leicestershire, St. Michael and All Angels. © Christine Denton. An old postcard view, from Christine Denton's Collection. Link1. Link2. The Chapel and Chaplain's House in the grounds of Ravenstone Almshouses (founded 1711) on Hospital Lane. SK 401 138. © Richard Roberts (2014). Link.
Ravenstonedale, Cumbria, St. Oswald. NY 7223 0427. © Philip Kapp. The church has a splendid Georgian interior (view); the seating is arranged on the "collegiate" plan, with the seats facing the central aisle. There is a gallery at the rear, and on the north is the three-decker pulpit. There is also a splendid brass eagle lectern. All interior photos © Steve Bulman. Immediately behind are the excavated remains of the small Gilbertine Priory (link), a daughter cell of the foundation at Watton in Yorkshire. © Steve Bulman. Methodist Church, © Philip Kapp. The stone over the door reads "Wesleyan Centenary Chapel A.D. 1839". NY 7235 0397. U.R.C. (Originally Congregational) at High Chapel. NY 7748 0860. © Philip Kapp. Kevin Price has advised (2010) that this is now closed, and awaiting a decision on its future. Howard Richter advises (2013) that it is now in use as the Ravenstonedale Community and Heritage Centre. See link, which says it closed as a chapel in 2006. The Restoration and History pages on the same website are interesting too. See also Milburn, St. Cuthbert, on the Cumbria page.
Ravensworth, North Yorkshire, St. Peter and St. Felix. Another view, porch, and a small statue in the niche above. All © Peter Morgan (2012). Grade I listed - link. Methodist Church. © Alan Blacklock.
Rawcliffe, East Riding of Yorkshire, St. James. © Bill Henderson. Although listed as a possible former church, Janet Gimber's investigations suggest it may never have been one. Now a private residence, on old maps it appears successively as a school, Sunday School, and a "hall". © James Murray.
Rawcliffe Bridge, East Riding of Yorkshire, former Wesleyan Methodist Church (1908), now converted into two dwellings. © James Murray.
Rawdon, West Yorkshire.
Rawmarsh, South Yorkshire.
Rawnsley, Staffordshire, St. Michael. © Bruce Read.
Rawreth, Essex, St. Nicholas, a re-build of 1882. © Brian Thompson.
Rawtenstall, Lancashire.
Rawthorpe, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire - see Huddersfield.

Raydon, Suffolk, St. Mary. TM 049 386. © Steve Bulman (2005). Link.
Rayleigh, Essex.

Reach, Cambridgeshire, St. Etheldreda and the Holy Trinity. TL 567 662. © Steve Bulman (2012). Link.
Read, Lancashire, St. John the Evangelist. SD 765 347. U.R.C. SD 765 345. Both © Philip Kapp.
Reading, Berkshire.
Rearcross, Co. Tipperary, Our Lady of Visitation (R.C.) as seen by Streetview in 2022. Liam Kenny advises that this is one of only two Catholic tin tabernacles on the island of Ireland, the other being the Church of Our Lady and the Guardian Angels at Sallins, for which see the County Kildare page. Link.
Rearsby, Leicestershire, St. Michael. SK 651 146. © Jane Marriott. Grade II* listed - the listing includes numerous external and internal photos.
Reawick, Mainland, Highland, Congregational Church. © Tim Flitcroft (2012).
Reay, Highland, Church of Scotland. NC 967 648. © Bill Henderson. Another view, © Martin Richter (2013). Grade A listing, which says it dates from 1739, with alterations in 1933. Howard Richter advises of two additional churches. The first is the old parish church at NC 969 648. Its graveyard can be seen here on Streetview. Link1. Link2, which dates the church to the 16th century, though, as they say, the presence of a 9th/10th century cross-slab makes an earlier church likely. The ruins of a Free Church stand at ND 024 640. It can be seen here on Streetview. Link, which dates it to 1844, and that it closed in 1985.
Reculver, Kent, St. Mary, the remains of the old church demolished in 1809. TR 2276 6936. © Dave Westrap. Another view, from a postcard dated 1927, from a sketch of 1800. From an old postcard in Dave Westrap's Collection. Another view, and a plaque recording conservation efforts in 1819, both © Peter Morgan (2017). Link1. Link2. Link3. Link4.
Red Roses, Carmarthenshire, St. Margaret (Eglwys Gymyn). Another view. Both © Peter Morgan (2011).
Redberth, Pembrokeshire, St. Mary the Virgin (CiW). Interior view. SN 083 042. Former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel (1822), which has been in secular use since 1985. SN 083 043. All © Mike Berrell.
Redbourn, Hertfords,hire St. Mary. Previously in the "Unknown" section. this is another ID by Simon Davies. This glass negative, from around 1900, was taken by a great-Uncle of Ian Mead. Link.
Redbourne, Lincolnshire, St. Andrew. No longer in use, this church is now cared for by the Churches Conservation Trust. Interior view. The splendid East Window, and the decorated door. All © James Murray. Link.
Redbrook, Gloucestershire, St. Saviour. Interior view. Both © Peter Morgan (2012).
Redcar, North Yorkshire.
Redcliffe (including Temple), Bristol (City), Bristol.
Reddish, Greater Manchester.
Redditch, Worcestershire.
Redfield, Bristol (City), Bristol - see Bristol.
Redhill, Somerset, Christ Church (1843-4) on Church Road was built as a chapel-of-ease from All Saints at Wrington. Two additional views - 1, 2, some charming gargoyles - 1, 2, 3, a notice board in the porch, interior view, chancel, the pulpit and the font. ST 49665 63224. All © Carole Sage (2017 and 2018). Link. Grade II listed.
Redhill, Surrey, St. Matthew. From an old postcard in Reg Dosell's Collection. Link. Islamic Centre on Earlswood Road. Janet Gimber has advised that this was originally Wesleyan Methodist, later Methodist, and was for a time the Anglican St. Francis's Church for the Deaf. The Methodist congregation moved to a new church on Gloucester Road. TQ 277 493. © Mehmood Naqshbandi, and reproduced from his website Muslims in Britain.
Redcliffe (including Temple), Bristol (City), Bristol.
Redland, Bristol (City), Bristol.
Redlynch, Somerset, St. Peter. Another view. ST 6700 3332. Both © Chris Kippin (2021). Link. Grade II* listed.
Redmarley D'Abitot, Gloucestershire, St. Bartholomew. Interior view. Lady Chapel. Former Chapel, now a private residence. All © James Murray.
Redmarshall, Co. Durham, St. Cuthbert. Norman door. Both © Percival Turnbull. Another view. © Alan Blacklock (2010). Link.
Redmile, Leicestershire, St. Peter. An old postcard of the church (ca. 1920.) SK 7971 3553. Both © Linda Brockway. Another view, © David Regan (2011). Link. Grade II* listed. The former Primitive Methodist Chapel of 1869 on Belvoir Road. It seems to have still in active in 1974 (as Methodist). SK 7982 3541. © David Regan (2020).
Redmire, North Yorkshire, St. Mary. The Norman doorway, an interior view and the Norman font. A photo of the church in 1893 is available here. SE 051 908. All © Steve Bulman. Link. Wikipedia has a (very) little history. Grade II* listed. Previously listed as a former Chapel, a local informant had told James that it had subsequently been used as a schoolhouse, and is now a private residence. But the 1856 O.S. map shows it as a Free School, and a directory entry from 1840 says that it was built as a school, so whether it has ever been used as a place of worship is uncertain. Can you advise? SH 0453 9120. © James Murray. The former Wesleyan Chapel, converted to serve as the Village Hall in 1975. It's marked on the O.S. map 1888-1913 edition, and on the 1955-1962. No more accurate dating evidence is available at present, except for this hint in a scanned document, which was originally published in 1830, and reports the death of an old lady, who "about sixty years ago", so about 1770, was one of the first converts to Methodism in the area. How soon after this the chapel was built is not known. Another view. SE 046 912. Both © Howard Richter (2017).
Redruth, Cornwall.
Redwick, Gloucestershire - see Pilning and Redwick on the Gloucestershire page.
Redwick, Newport, St. Thomas the Apostle. © Margaret Woodley. Link.
Reed, Hertfordshire, St. Mary. TL 361 357.  © Les Needham (2011).
Reedham, Norfolk, St. John the Baptist. © Geoff Watt. Link.
Reedness, East Riding of Yorkshire, Methodist Church, originally Wesleyan (1904). Interior view. Both © James Murray.
Reedsholme, Lancashire, the former Sunnyside Baptist Chapel on Burnley Road. Founded in 1847, it closed in the early 1970's and was demolished in 1973. From an old photo in Nigel Birch's Collection.
Reepham, Lincolnshire, St. Peter and St. Paul. © David Regan (2015). Interior view, and the font, both © David Regan (2018). Link. Grade II* listed. Methodist Church. © David Regan (2015).
Reepham, Norfolk, St. Michael and All Angels, Whitwell parish (left, redundant, now serves as the church hall) and Church of the Nativity of St. Mary, Reepham parish (right). St. Michael's tower. Three parishes meet in the churchyard, and it also contains the ruinous remains of a third church (All Saints, Hackford). TG 101 228. Both © Bill McKenzie. Link. The interior of St. Michael, taken through a locked glass door from St. Mary. © Steve Bulman (2012). Three interior views of St. Mary - 1, 2, 3, a fine tomb, and the font, all © Steve Bulman (2012). Of All Saints, all that remains above ground is one wall, almost hidden by ivy. © Steve Bulman (2012). St. Michael is grade II* listed, St. Mary grade I, and the fragment of All Saints, grade II. Methodist Church on Station Road. TG 099 230. © Steve Bulman (2012). Link. The former Primitive Methodist Chapel on Dereham Road. Originally opened in 1845, it was re-built in 1867, it now looks to be in residential use. TG 098 228. © Richard Roberts (2019). Link.
Reeth, North Yorkshire, Wesleyan Chapel (1840). SE 039 993. © Bill Henderson. Interior view, © Peter Morgan (2014). Howard Richter advises that it closed in August 2016. Closure News story. Estate Agents notice (click on the Brochure tab for interior views). Grade II listed. Congregational Church. SE 0385 9919. © Bill Henderson. By 2021 the church notice board announced itself as Reeth Evangelical Congregational Church, as does its website. Two views of the chapel undergoing building works - 1, 2, both © Dennis Harper (2021).
Regil (or until recently, Ridgehill), Somerset, St. James, a mission from St. Mary and St. Peter at Winford. It pre-dates an 1882 map. Another view. ST 53954 62605. Link. The former Baptist Chapel, built by the Bristol Baptist Itinerant Society in 1845, has been closed for many years. Having spent a long time as a local artists studio, it has recently been converted to residential use. ST 53862 62378. All © Carole Sage (2017).
Reighton, North Yorkshire, St. Peter. © Bill Henderson. The former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, now converted to residential use. Two further views - 1, 2. Howard advises dates of 1818 for the chapel, with enlargement in 1857. Closure date uncertain, but is probably post-1971, when it shows as Reighton Methodist Church on the OS map of that year. TA 130 753. All © Howard Richter (2013).
Rejerrah, Cornwall, the former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel (1879). The chapel is now in commercial use, and the adjacent (and newer) Sunday School is now a holiday let. SW 8005 5594. It was preceded by an earlier chapel which became the Sunday School after 1879. Only partly surviving, and unrecognisable as a chapel, it's currently used for storage. SW 7985 6595. Both © Jo Lewis (2017). Old photos of both chapels are available here.
Releath, Cornwall, the former Methodist Chapel is dated here to no later than 1861 (as Wesleyan), with the extension to the right of 1933, and closure in 1995. SW 6606 3300. © Paul E. Barnett (2015).
Relubbus, Cornwall, the former Methodist Chapel was built as Wesleyan, is dated 1875, and closed in the 1980's (source). SW 5653 3192. © Paul E. Barnett (2014).
Remenham, Berkshire, St. Nicholas. SU 7707 8417. From an old postcard in Judy Flynn's Collection. Link. Grade II listed.
Rempstone, Nottinghamshire, All Saints. © David Regan (2012). Link1. Link2. Grade II listed - link.
Rendcomb, Gloucestershire, St. Peter. Another view and an interior view, all © Simon Edwards (2011). Grade I listed - link.
Rendlesham, Suffolk, St. Gregory the Great on Ashe Road. TM 3251 5283. © Richard Roberts (2024). Link. Grade I listed. Services are also held at St. Felix of Dunwich on Walnut Tree Avenue, which was seen by Streetview in 2009. TM 3393 5349. Link (for both churches). Grace Church meets in Rendlesham Primary School on Sycamore Drive. It was seen by Streetview in 2011. They also hold services in other locations - see here. TM 3372 5342. Link.
Renhold, Bedfordshire, All Saints. Another view, two of the interior - 1, 2, some of the monuments, and the font. TL 0888 5285. © David Regan (2018). Link. Grade I listed. Renhold Chapel (Baptist, 1873) stands rather less than a mile E.S.E. of the village, at Workhouse End. Streetview saw it in 2012. TL 1017 5251. Link.
Renishaw, Derbyshire, St. Matthew the Apostle on Main Road. Another view. SK 4472 7787. Both © David Regan (2020). Link. Older maps show a Free United Methodist Chapel at the eastern end of the village on Sheffield Road, opposite its junction with Emmett Carr Lane, at SK 4516 7780. Its site can be seen on a 2009 Streetview. This source provides dates of pre-1878 to 1967. The present Trinity Methodist Church, on Circular Drive, can be seen on a 2008 Streetview. SK 4474 7778. Link.
Rennington, Northumberland, All Saints (1831, additions 1865). © Peter Morgan (2009).
Renton, West Dunbartonshire, Trinity Parish Church on Alexander Street. The Church Hall is on John Street. Link. Grade B listed. The former Millburn Free Church (ruins) on Main Street. Another view. Grade A listed. St. Martin of Tours (R.C.) on Main Street. Another view. Link. All © Jim Parker (2014).
Renwick, Cumbria, All Saints, dated here to 1845, replacing an earlier church of 1733. This too had predecessors. NY 5973 4364. Link. The Methodist chapel was built as Wesleyan in 1904-5 (source), a replacement on the same site for a predecessor of 1818. NY 5968 4356. Grade II listed. Both © Steve Bulman. A 2023 news item mentions that the church didn't reopen "after Covid".
Repps, Norfolk, Primitive Methodist (1907). © Geoff Watt.
Repton, Derbyshire.
Rescobie, Angus, the Parish Church (CoS). © Derek Robertson. Link.
Rescorla, Cornwall, the former Primitive Methodist Chapel (circa 1873-2001). SX 026 575. © Paul E. Barnett (2017). Link.
Resipole, Highland, former church, now a private residence. © Peter Amsden.
Resolis, Highland, Free Church of Scotland. It's dated here to 1865. NH 6725 6455. © John Mackie. Two more views - 1, 2, both © Peter Morgan (2021). Link. Grade C listed.
Resolven, Neath Port Talbot, St. David. Sardis Baptist Chapel (1904). Sardis English Baptist Chapel (1892). Another St. David. All © Peter Morgan (2011).
Restenneth, Angus, the remains of Restenneth Priory. Two additional views - 1, 2. All © Peter Morgan (2014). Link1. Link2. Link3. Grade A listed.
Reston, Borders, Church of Scotland. The church website dates it to 1880, as a Free Church. Another view. NT 8785 6210. Both © Steve Bulman (2021). Grade C listed.
Retford, Nottinghamshire.
Retire, Cornwall, the converted former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, as seen by Streetview in 2023. It has a date-stone for 1883. SX 0035 6438. A news article has a better photo, and also says that there was an earlier Wesleyan chapel of 1836. This is possibly the former Sunday School which stands nearby (2023 Streetview). SX 0034 6443.
Revesby, Lincolnshire, St. Lawrence. TF 2983 6141. © Dave Hitchborne. Another view, the interior, altar and font, all © Chris Stafford (2012). Link, which dates it to 1891 on the site of earlier churches. Grade II listed. Revesby Cistercian Abbey used to stand a little way south of the village. Marked on O.S. maps at TF 299 608, its site hasn't been seen by Streetview.
Rewe, Devon, St. Mary the Virgin. SX 9456 0922. © Chris Kippin (2021). Link. A pdf guide, with interior photos, is available here (pdf). Grade I listed. Other listed features associated with the church can be found here.
Rexon Cross, Devon, the former Bible Christian Chapel. It has a date-stone for 1860 and still shows as a place of worship on mid-20th century maps, by which time it was presumably Methodist. SX 4132 8855. © Chris Kippin (2023). Link, which says it was closed in 2013.
Reydon,  Suffolk, St. Margaret. From an old postcard in Geoff Watt's Collection. Previously in the "Unknown" section, this postcard is allegedly of Raydon Church. However, I'd been to Raydon Church, and it looked nothing like the postcard, nor could I find another Raydon. Doubting my own sanity for a moment, I did manage to find photos on the wider web, which confirmed that I had indeed been to Raydon (relief!!). Thanks to Janet Gimber for the correct identification - this is yet another example of a wrongly named postcard. Link.
Reynalton, Pembrokeshire, St. James. Interior view (taken through a window). SN 090 089. Congregational Chapel (1867, re-built 1906). SN 091 087. © Mike Berrell (2011).
Reynoldston, Swansea, St. George. SS 4794 9003. © C. Ansell. Link. Its Coflein entry dates it to 1866-7, on the site of a medieval predecessor, of which a few fragments survive. Grade II listed.

Rhayader, Powys.
Rhewl, Denbighshire, the Parish Church (1922), currently closed pending restoration. © Gervase N. E. Charmley (2011). When revising this page in 2024 I was unable to find a map showing this church, except perhaps the 1" map of 1961, which marks an otherwise unidentified place of worship at SJ 1105 6040. I also couldn't find a Streetview showing the church. I suspect that rather than being restored it was demolished, and its site commemorated in the street name of Lôn yr Eglwys surrounded by a housing estate (2023 Streetview). Rhewl Chapel (Calvinistic Methodist), which Coflein dates to 1926, a re-build of the earlier chapel of 1844. However, its grade II listing says it was extended and altered in 1926, not re-built. Another view. SJ 1096 6047. Both © Gervase N. E. Charmley (2011).
Rhiw, Gwynedd, the former St Aelrhiw (2010 Streetview), which stands about ¾ of a mile to the N.E. of the village centre. This source (which includes exterior and interior photos) dates it "probably .. the 18th century" on earlier footings. It has a curious footprint, the transepts being larger than the nave and chancel. Another page on the same website has "erected on old foundations in 1860". The caption of a Geograph photo from 2007 describes the church as "unused", and it's now used as a holiday let. Another Streetview, also from 2010. SH 2340 2863. Nebo Chapel. Another view. The date-stone bears dates of 1813, 1856 and 1876. SH 2272 2774. All © Dennis Harper (2013). Link. Grade II listed. An O.S. map of 1901 shows Capel Tan-y-foel (Calv. Meth.) at SH 2258 3277. No longer active, and presumably converted, it was seen by Streetview in 2016. The former Capel Pisgah (Wesleyan Methodist) stands a little way west of the village, at SH 2221 2786. Unfortunately I can't read the date-stone on Streetview, but the caption to its Geograph photo dates it to 1878. It also says that occasional services are still held. These must have now ceased as the chapel was being offered for sale in this 2018 notice. It was seen by Streetview in 2010.
Rhiw Goch, Gwynedd, Capel Pen-y-stryd (Independent), later known as Capel Cefn Lloyd. Coflein advises that it was built in 1789, and rebuilt in 1890. Another view, and the interior. SH 7270 3150. All © Howard Richter (2016).
Rhiwbina, Cardiff (City), Cardiff - see Cardiff (City).
Rhiwceiliog, Bridgend, Soar (or Zoar) Calvinistic Methodist Chapel on Church Street. The smaller building is the vestry. SS 9725 8434. © Gervase N. E. Charmley. Link.
Rhiwderin, Newport, Tabernacle Congregational Church. © Gerard Charmley (2010).
Rhodes, Middleton, Greater Manchester - see Middleton.
Rhodes Minnis, Kent, Methodist Church, dating from 1888. TR 153 432. © Geoff Watt.
Rhodesia, Nottinghamshire, the former Primitive Methodist Chapel on Mary Street. Its My Primitive Methodists entry dates it to 1924, with closure by 2013, at which date it was being offered for sale. SK 5649 8004. © David Regan (2020).
Rhoose, Vale of Glamorgan, St. Peter. Presbyterian Church, and another view. All © Gerard Charmley (2011). Jubilee Hall (1887) on Rhoose Road was built as a Gospel Mission. From 1938 until the 1960's it served as a Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, and afterwards converted to residential use. Another view. Both © Bruce Cunningham (2014). Link, showing the building before recent alterations and Bruce's photos.
Rhos, Carmarthenshire, St. James. SN 3801 3532. © Mike Berrell (2009). Link. An O.S. map of 1907 shows two chapels nearby. Bryn-Saron Chapel (2022 Streetview) at SN 3814 3529, and Capel Siloh (2022 Streetview) at SN 3833 3530. Coflein dates Siloh to 1889, and Bryn-Saron to 1887. Additionally, the 1950 map adds another place of worship, at SN 3792 3546. Seen here by Streetview in 2011, it's identified on Geograph as Rhos Evangelical Church.
Rhos-fawr, Gwynedd, Capel Soar (Calvinistic Methodist). The date stone says "A.D.1871.96", and Coflein says it was built in 1870, so 1871 was presumably the date of opening. The "96" probably means 1896, and must refer to an enlargement, refurbishment or re-build at that date. Another view. SH 3715 3949. Link. Capel Penuel (Particular Baptist). The chapel carries three dates - 1794, 1839, and 1896, the latter for the latest re-build. Two further views - 1, 2. SH 3883 3906. Link. All © Howard Richter (2016).
Rhos-y-gwaliau, Gwynedd, former church (CiW, Holy Trinity, both confirmed by Howard Richter). Another view. SH 944 345. The former Calvinistic Methodist Chapel (1881), which Howard advises is shown on the 1901 OS map as Capel Rhosgwaliau. SH 943 347. All © Peter Morgan (2012).
Rhoscrowther, Pembrokeshire, St. Decuman. SM 903 022. © Chris Emms (2009). Another view. © Mike Berrell (2009). Now in the care of the Friends of Friendless Churches, following closure in 2005. Link. Grade I listed.
Rhosddu, Wrexham (City), Wrexham - see Wrexham.
Rhosesmor, Flintshire, St. Paul (CiW). © Gerard Charmley (2010). Link.
Rhosgoch, Powys, Hermon Congregational Chapel. © Gerard Charmley (2011).
Rhoshirwaun, Gwynedd, Saron Chapel (1903). SH 196 293. Bethesda Baptist Chapel (1904 - date-stone). SH 197 296. All © Dennis Harper (2013).
Rhoslan, Gwynedd, Capel Rhos-lan (Independent) dates from 1808, with a re-build in 1834, and additional modifications in 1877. Another view. SH 480 413. Both © Howard Richter (2013). Link. Capel-y-Beirdd General Baptist Chapel (1822, re-built 1873). SH 470 416. © Bill McKenzie. Two further view - 1, 2, both © Howard Richter (2013). Link.
Rhosllannerchrugog, Wrexham.
Rhosneigr, Anglesey. © Bill McKenzie.
Rhossili, Swansea, St. Mary the Virgin. © Mark Turbott. Link.
Rhosycaerau, Pembrokeshire, Congregational Chapel. SM 919 376. © Mike Berrell.
Rhosymedre, Wrexham, St. John. Link to external website.
Rhos-on-Sea, Conwy.
Rhuallt, Denbighshire, Calvinistic Methodist Chapel (1869), which stands about a mile west of the village proper. It now serves as the parish hall. SJ 0600 7499. © Mike Berrell. Former chapel (1880) now in secular use. Janet Gimber advises this was originally Calvinistic Methodist, but later became Rhuallt Presbyterian Church. SJ 0747 7507. © Mike Berrell. Coflein however calls it Libanus, and dates it to a re-build in 1862 of a chapel originally of 1835.
Rhuddlan, Denbighshire.
Rhudry, Caerphilly - see Rudry.
Rhyd, Gwynedd, the former Calvinistic Methodist Chapel, as seen by the Streetview van in 2011. Its Coflein entry describes it as having been built as Rhyd Methodist Sunday School, in 1872. The 6" O.S. map of 1901 labels it as Capel Rhŷd. It closed circa 1960. The present building stands on the same footprint, and Coflein says that it is the converted chapel rather than a new-build. SH 6380 4195.
Rhyd-y-Fro, Neath Port Talbot, the former Capel Saron, now in secular use. SN 713 060. It was replaced in 1904 by New Capel Saron. SN 713 060. Both © Mike Berrell.
Rhydargaeu, Carmarthenshire, Horeb Baptist Chapel. It's dated by Coflein to an 1849 re-build of a chapel of 1783. SN 4386 2642. © Gerard Charmley (2011). Bethel Calvinistic Methodist Chapel, dated by Coflein to 1852, when the original chapel of 1816 was re-built. SN 4384 2623. © Gerard Charmley (2011).
Rhydcymerau, Carmarthenshire, Calvinistic Methodist Chapel. Coflein dates the original chapel to 1813, re-built in 1874. SN 5777 3887. © Gerard Charmley (2011).
Rhydlewis, Ceredigion, Twrgwyn Chapel. Three interior views - 1, 2, 3. The date-stone has a number of dates, commencing in 1750. A plaque tells the remarkable story of the chapel having only 6 incumbents from 1774 to 1944! SN 3516 4767. All © Mike Berrell (2011). Coflein.
Rhydowen, Ceredigion, the former Unitarian Chapel (1854). Interior view. SN 4436 4521. Both © Gerard Charmley (2011). Another view. © Mike Berrell. Coflein. The former "New" Chapel (1879). Gerard advises that, according to the story, the Unitarians were evicted from their old chapel for supporting the Liberals in a keenly contested election. They moved into the "New" Chapel, but later moved back. Previously used as a museum, the building is now unused. SN 4415 4585. © Gerard Charmley (2011). Another view, and interior view (taken through a window), both © Mike Berrell (2012). Coflein.
Rhydybont, Powys, Independent Chapel. The date-stone has dates 1778, 1829 and 1911. © Gerard Charmley (2011).
Rhydycul, Powys, Elim Chapel (1839). © Peter Morgan (2013).
Rhydyfelin, Ceredigion, Gosen Chapel (Presbyterian), of 1867. Coflein advises that this was a re-build of an earlier chapel, first built in 1741. SN 5906 7892. © Gerard Charmley (2010). A mile or so S.W. of the village on the B4340 stands the former Beulah Independent Chapel (now in residential use) at SN 6062 7844. The following photos are all © Neil Floyd (2003), taken when the chapel had fallen into serious disrepair - 1, 2, interiors - 1, 2, and the pulpit. A reasonably current view can be found on Google Earth here.
Rhydyfelin, Rhondda Cynon Taff, St. Luke (CiW). Methodist Church. The former Bethlehem Baptist Chapel, now a private residence. All © Gerard Charmley.
Rhydymaen, Pembrokeshire, Penuel Cemaes Chapel (Welsh Baptist, 1824, re-built 1860). SN 116 411. Three interior views - 1, 2, 3. All © Mike Berrell (2010).
Rhymney, Caerphilly.
Rhyl, Denbighshire.

Ribbesford, Worcestershire, St. Leonard. From an old postcard in Geoff Watt's Collection. A modern view, and an interior view, both © Aidan McRae Thomson. Link.
Ribbleton, Preston, Lancashire - see Preston.
Ribchester, Lancashire, St. Wilfrid. SD 649 350. © Philip Kapp. Another view, © John Balaam (2015). Grade I listed. St. Peter and St. Paul (R.C.) on Stydd Lane. Three interiors - 1, 2, 3. SD 6534 3579. All © Mike Berrell (2016). Evangelical Presbyterian Church. SD 650 353. © Philip Kapp.
Riby, Lincolnshire, t. Edmund. Two further views - 1, 2 and the font. All © David Regan (2012 and 2022). Link1. Link2. Grade II* listed.
Rigsby, St. James. Interior view. TF 431 754. Both © Mike Berrell. Link.
Riccall, North Yorkshire, St. Mary. Methodist Church. Both © Bill Henderson.
Richard's Castle, Herefordshire, St. Bartholomew, now cared for by the Churches Conservation trust. Another view, the interior, and the canopied box pew, for the Salweys, lords of the manor. SO  4843 7028. All © Christopher Skottowe (1979). Link. Grade I listed. The former Primitive Methodist Chapel, now a private residence. It's dated here to 1923. SO 4947 6940. © Graeme Harvey. The chapel was probably successor to an earlier one a little way to the north, marked on older O.S. maps, though exactly which building is intended is unclear. I think it's probably the one at SO 4948 6946. If this is correct, a building survives on the site, with the same footprint - the cream painted building in the background, in a 2021 Streetview.
Richhill, Co. Armagh, St. Matthew (CoI). H 942 480. Methodist Church. H 944 480. Trinity Evangelical Presbyterian Church. H 940 484. All © Gerard Close (2012). The former Presbyterian Church. H 943 478. © Gerard Close (2012). Another view, © Richard Edgar (2014) who advises that the burial ground remains in use for families who have a plot. Presbyterian Church (2003). H 935 483. © Gerard Close (2012).  Grace Community Church. H 951 498. © Gerard Close (2015). Link.
Richmond, Greater London, St. Mary Magdalene. From an old print, Shirley Beaumont's Collection. A modern view. © Shirley Beaumont. Link. St. John the Divine. A postcard from Judy Flynn, previously in the Unknown section. Note the large triptych. Printed at lower right is Richmond S.W. Janet Gimber identified it as St. John the Divine, Richmond, Greater London, and provided this link for comparison (scroll down the page). Link.
Richmond, North Yorkshire.
Richmond Hill, Leeds, West Yorkshire - see Leeds.
Rickford, Somerset, the former Baptist Chapel. Built in 1888, earlier maps show an older chapel on roughly the same spot. For many years it doubled up as the village hall as well. It closed as a chapel in the 1960's, whereupon it became a Masonic Lodge, which it still is. ST 48728 59272. © Carole Sage (2017). More photos are available here.
Rickinghall Superior, Suffolk, St. Mary, now in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. The font and pulpit. TM 0409 7459. All © Chris Stafford (2012). Link. Grade I listed.
Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire.
Riddings, Derbyshire, St. James. Its grade II listing dates it to 1832. SK 4290 5276. © David Regan (2021). Another view from Streetview in 2019. An old postcard view of the interior. Link. A short bell-ringing video. The former (or site of the former) Congregational Church on Church Street, now in residential use. Another view. SK 4268 5270. Both © David Regan (2021). A useful history here dates it to 1821, and explains that whether anything survives of the chapel is uncertain. An old postcard here has an interior view showing the organ. The former Methodist Church (Wesleyan, 1838) on Spring Road is also now in residential use. It's stated here to have closed "after 1995". SK 4315 5260. © David Regan (2021). The former Zion Free United Methodist Chapel stands on South Street at SK 4278 5242. Evidently in commercial or industrial use, it can be seen here in a 2019 Streetview. The National Archives references documents pertaining to the chapel from 1856 to 1916. Old maps show a Free United Methodist Chapel across the road just a short distance east of Zion, at SK 4278 5242. Streetview saw the housing built on the site in 2019. For some discussions around the possibility that this was originally a Primitive Methodist Chapel, see here. A Baptist Chapel once stood on the north side of South Street, east of Zion, at SK 4292 5248. The National Archives references documents for 1824-1973. The housing built on the site can be seen here, on a 2019 Streetview. Church of Christ on Shaw Street, as seen by Streetview in 2011. Its date-stone reads "Christians Meeting House A.D. 1872". A 25" O.S. map of 1892-1914 labels it as Christian Brethren Chapel. SK 4236 5288. The same map marks the site of the vanished medieval St. Mary Magdalen's Chapel at SK 4308 5274. The site can't be seen on Streetview. Link.
Ridge, Hertfordshire, St. Margaret. TL 214 005. © Thomas Curtis. Link.
Ridgmont, Bedfordshire, All Saints. SP 9759 3606. © Bill McKenzie. Another view, © Bedfordshire and Luton Archives & Records Service (2011). Another view, from an old postcard in Judy Flynn's Collection. Link1. Link2. Grade II* listed. Outside the village, to the south-east, stand the consolidated ruins of Old All Saints Church. Not seen by Streetview, its history and numerous photos can be seen here. SP 9812 3579. A former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel stands on High Street at SP 9769 3622. Seen here by Streetview in 2010, it's dates are given here as built 1853, re-built in 1991 (evidently a typo, perhaps for 1891), and closed in 1947. A former Baptist Chapel stands at the south end of the village at SP 9738 3581. The date-stone for 1811 can be seen by zooming-in on a Streetview from 2010. This source dates its closure to 1993. Grade II listed.
Riding Mill, Northumberland, St. James. NZ 018 613. © Bill Henderson (2012).
Ridley, Kent, St. Peter. TQ 616 639. © Dave Westrap. Link.
Ridlington, Norfolk, St. Peter. © Geoff Watt. Link.
Ridlington, Rutland, St. Mary Magdalene and St. Andrew. Memorial to James Harington (d. 1613) and his wife Fraunces (d. 1599), who had 16 children. Both © Robin Peel. Grade II listed - link.
Rievaulx, North Yorkshire, St. Mary. SE 5771 8520. Its grade II listing advises a date of 1906, on the site of, and incorporating fabric from, a medieval predecessor. © Bill Henderson. Link. Methodist Church. SE 5770 852. © Bill Henderson. Link. The ruins of the Cistercian Abbey. SE 5768 8502. © Bill McKenzie (2010). Another view, the choir, the refectory, and medieval floor tiles, all © Christopher Skottowe (1961). Link. Grade I listed. Other listed buildings and features associated with the abbey can be found here.
Rigsby, Lincolnshire, St. James. Interior view. TF 431 754. Both © Mike Berrell. Link.
Rilla Mill, Cornwall, the former Methodist Chapel, built as Wesleyan in 1846. SX 2968 7334. © Paul E. Barnett (2018).
Rillington, North Yorkshire, St. Andrew. Methodist Church. Bethesda Chapel. All © Colin Waters Collection (2010).
Rimington, Lancashire, Salem Congregational Chapel at Martin Top. SD 821 457. © Philip Kapp. Two additional views - 1, 2, both © Alan Marsden. Link. Grade II listed.
Rimpton, Somerset, Blessed Virgin Mary. ST 6104 2185. Link. Grade I listed. A tomb is listed separately as grade II. The former Methodist Chapel on High Street was built as Wesleyan in 1891 (source), closing in 1950. ST 6087 2167. © Both Chris Kippin (2021).
Rimswell, East Yorkshire, St. Mary the Virgin. "Disused and neglected" says James. The appended link shows that it is up for sale for conversion. © James Murray. Link.
Ringland, Norfolk, St. Peter. Two interior views - 1, 2, the ceiling, a fragment of medieval glass, the painted screen and the font. TG 1337 1406. All © Chris Stafford (2013). Link1. Link2. Grade I listed. The village used to have a Baptist Chapel on The Street, at TG 1382 1395. This source dates it to 1889. The garden and outbuilding on the site today can be seen on a Streetview from 2008.
Ringmer, East Sussex, St. Mary the Virgin. TQ 445 126. © Kevin Gordon. Link.
Ringmore, Devon, St. Nicholas. SX 924 722. © Andrew Ross.
Ring's End, Cambridgeshire, the former Methodist Church (originally Wesleyan), which dates from circa 1869, and is now in residential use. TF 3979 0273. © Richard Roberts (2018).
Ringsend, Co. Derry, Presbyterian Church. C 804 225. © Gerard Close.
Ringstead, Norfolk, St. Andrew, on High Street. Previously in the "Unknown" section. Many thanks to James Fielding for confirming that this is the Ringstead in Norfolk. Largely C13 and C14; much restored in C19. TF 705 406. From an old postcard (franked 1905), in Steve Bulman's Collection. A modern view, © Richard Roberts (2014). Despite visiting the church several times a year for 10 years or more, and it never being open, Richard recently managed to get in when an exhibition was being prepared - interior view. © Richard Roberts (2015). Link. Grade II* listed. The former Methodist Church on Chapel Lane, built as Primitive Methodist in 1867. TF705 405. © Richard Roberts (2014). All that remains of the medieval St. Peter on Ringstead Road is the round tower. The rest of the church was demolished in 1792. TF 705 401. © Richard Roberts (2016). Link. Grade II listed.
Ringstead, Northamptonshire, Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Three interior views - 1, 2, 3, the chancel, and the font. All © David Regan (2017). Link. Grade I listed.
Ringway, Altrincham, and Ringway, Manchester, Greater Manchester - see Altrincham and Manchester.
Ringwood, Hampshire, St. Peter and St. Paul. SU 145 053. © Frank Riddle at http://hampshirecam.co.uk. Another view, © Chris Kippin. Link. Grade II* listed. Trinity Centre (Methodist and U.R.C.). © Gerard Charmley (2010). Link.
Ringwould, Kent, St. Nicholas. TR 359 484. © Geoff Watt.
Ripe, East Sussex, St. Andrew. © Chris Emms (2011).
Ripley, Derbyshire.
Ripley, North Yorkshire, All Saints. © Bill Henderson. Another view. © Bill McKenzie. Another view, two interiors - 1, 2, a knight's tomb, and the font, all © David Regan (2016). Link. Grade II* listed.
Ripley, Surrey, St. Mary Magdalene. TQ 051 566. © Barbara Barklem. Another view. © Mehmood Naqshbandi (2009).
Ripon, North Yorkshire.
Rippingale, Lincolnshire, St. Andrew. Interior view. Both © Alan Blacklock (2010). Link. Grade I listed - link.
Ripple, Kent, St. Mary the Virgin. TR 351 503. © Geoff Watt.
Ripple, Worcestershire, St. Mary the Virgin. SO 8762 3773. From an old postcard in Reg Dosell's Collection. A modern view, and an interior view, both © Rosemary Groves (2010). The church is well known for its splendid misericords - here's a selection, 1 (bird-scaring), 2 (hawking), 3 (Lammastide bread baking), 4 (knocking down acorns for the pigs), 5 (woman spinning and man tending cooking pot), all © Christopher Skottowe (1965). The full set of misericords can be seen here, from where the interpretations listed earlier are taken. Link. Grade I listed. A cross in the churchyard is listed separately as grade II.
Ripponden, West Yorkshire, St. Bartholomew (1868). SE 0411 1978. Another view. Both © Stuart Mackrell. Another view, © David Regan (2011). Link. Grade II listed. The former Zion Congregational Church. SE 0354 1931. © David Regan (2020). Dated on its grade II listing to 1869. It remained as Congregational until its closure in 1992.
Risabus Oa, (Islay), Highland, ruined church. NR 314 436. © Martin Briscoe.
Risbury, Herefordshire, the former Methodist Chapel. Another view. SO 550 550. Both © Chris Kippin.
Risby, Suffolk, St. Giles. TL 8022 6637. © Chris Kippin (2021). Link. Grade I listed.
Risca and Pont-y-mister, Caerphilly.
Rise, East Riding of Yorkshire, All Saints. © James Murray.
Riseholme, Lincolnshire, St. Mary (services commenced in 1851). Another view, two interior views - 1, 2, and the font. All © David Regan (2013). Link1. Link2, which says that there was a medieval church, also dedicated to St. Mary, but "was unused by the late 1600s and fell into decay". Grade II* listed.
Riseley, Bedfordshire, All Saints. Another view, and an interior. TL 039 630. All from old postcards in Judy Flynn's Collection. A modern view, © David Regan (2019). Link. Grade I listed. The 25" O.S. map of 1901 shows three chapels - Moravian, Wesleyan and Baptist. The Particular Baptist Chapel hasn't survived. It stood at SP 0426 6284, and is dated here to 1838, closing in 1948. Its site on Keysoe Lane was seen by Streetview in 2009. The former Moravian Chapel stands on High Street at SP 0440 6302. Seen by Streetview in 2009, the Bedfordshire Archives entry dates its closure to 1971. The former Wesleyan Chapel on High Street was seen by Streetview in 2009. This source dates it to 1807, and active at least into the 1970's. SP 0420 6282. Grade II listed.
Rishton, Lancashire.
Rishworth, West Yorkshire.
Rising Bridge, Lancashire, the former St. John, now a private residence. SD 784 254. © Philip Kapp. Grade II listed.
Risley, Derbyshire, All Saints on Derby Road. It was founded as a chapel in 1593. SK 461 357. © Richard Roberts (2014). Grade II* listed.
Rivenhall, Essex, St. Mary and All Saints on Church Road. The tower. TL 828 178. Both © Steve Taylor. Link.
River, Kent (near Dover), St. Peter and St. Paul. TR 290 435. Methodist Church. TR 293 434. Both © Geoff Watt.
Riverside, Cardiff (City), Cardiff - see Cardiff (City).
Rivington, Lancashire, Rivington Church, on Sheep House Lane. Mike advises that "Rivington Church" is the correct name, there being no dedication. SD 625 144. Grade II listed - link (which has it as Holy Trinity). The church also has a detached single-storey belltower, though the bell is now missing. It dates from 1542. Link (for both). It is also Grade II listed - link. Unitarian and Free Christian Chapel (1703) on The Green. It has links with Walt Whitman - see plaque. Link. SD 627 145. All © Mike Berrell (2012).
Rixton, Cheshire, Methodist Church on Chapel Lane. Older maps label it as Wesleyan. SJ 6904 9072. © Bruce Read. Another view, © Kit Heald. A little way to the north is the former St. Michael (R.C.) - 2021 Streetview. Its dates are given as 1856-1975 on Genuki. SJ 6900 9087.

Roade, Northamptonshire, St. Mary the Virgin. Two additional views - 1, 2. SP 757 519. Grade II* listed. Methodist Church (Wesleyan, 1908). It was preceded by an earlier chapel, adjacent, of 1875, visible to the right of the photo. There was an earlier C19 chapel too. SP 760 517. All © Howard Richter (2015).
Roadwater, Somerset, St. Luke. ST 031 382. © Chris Kippin (2019). Link. The former Anglican Mission Room, which the Wikipedia entry dates to the 1880's. It certainly pre-dates the earliest available map I can find on-line, the 1888-9 edition. ST 0332 3858. © Chris Kippin (2019).
Roath, Cardiff (City), Cardiff.
Robertsbridge, East Sussex, U.R.C., originally Congregational (1881), which Pevsner records, rather unkindly, as "truly horrible". Bethel Chapel (1842). Both © Steve Bulman (2009). Darvell Bruderhof, © Alan K. Taylor. Link.
Robertstown, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Salem Welsh Independent Chapel. Probable former church - can you name it? Thanks to a fine piece of detective work, Janet Gimber has shown that this was originally St. John the Evangelist (CiW), but it is now Aberdare Islamic Centre. (link). Both © Gerard Charmley.
Roberttown, West Yorkshire, All Saints. SE 195 225. © Bill Henderson.
Robin Hood's Bay, North Yorkshire, St. Stephen. NZ 948 052. From an old postcard in Geoff Watt's Collection. A modern view, and interior, both © John Balaam (2014). Fylingdales Old Church (St. Stephen) lies outside the village, and is well worth a visit, retaining the old box pews. It's in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. Interior view. NZ 941 059. Both © Steve Bulman. Former chapel, now a cafe (called Swell). Dated in Pevsner as 1779. © Steve Bulman. U.R.C. (1840) was originally Congregational. © John Bowdler. Another view, © John Balaam (2014).
Robeston Wathen, Pembrokeshire, Holy Trinity. Two interior views - 1, 2. SN 084 157. All © Mike Berrell (2012).
Robeston West, Pembrokeshire, St. Andrew. Three interior views - 1, 2, 3. SM 885 095. All © Mike Berrell (2010).
Roborough, Devon, St. Peter. Another view, and the interior. SS 5769 1711. All © Chris Kippin (2022). Link. Grade II* listed.
Roby Mill, Lancashire, Jubilee Methodist Chapel (1860). © Mick Finney.
Rocester, Staffordshire, St. Michael. SK 1117 3937. © Mike Berrell. Interior view, © Richard Roberts (2024). Link. Grade II listed. A churchyard cross is also listed, as grade II*. The former St. Joseph's Chapel (so named on the date-stone, 1837) on the north side of High Street, is now a private residence. Older maps label it as Wesleyan Methodist, and this source says it was later a Catholic Church - perhaps the date-stone was re-cut when the catholics took over. SK 1070 3933. © Mike Berrell. The former Primitive Methodist Chapel (1888) on High street. The source already referred to advises that there was an earlier P.M. Chapel of 1813 on Mill Street, Dove, the 12th century St. Mary, on Church Road. SK 235 272. From an old postcard in Reg Dosell's Collection. A modern view, and the interior, both © Richard Roberts (2017  & 2020). Link. Grade I listed. The former Methodist Church on Chapel Street was built as Wesleyan in 1893. It has been sold for redevelopment. SK 238 277. © Richard Roberts (2017). This document (page 45) identifies a building on Church Lane as a former Baptist Chapel (2023 Streetview), which is dated 1889. A map of 1887 labels it as Chap. SK 1104 3945. The large area of park land immediately south of St. Michael's is labelled as Abbey (Site of) on O.S. maps. Its Wikipedia article calls it Augustinian. Its site was seen by Streetview in 2023.
Rochdale, Greater Manchester.
Roche, Cornwall, St. Gomonda of the Rock. Of ancient foundation, but now largely of the re-building of 1822. SW 9879 5980. © Bill Henderson (2009). Another view, and the interior, both © Carole Sage (2013). Another view and interior, the list of rectors, which commences in 1258, the font, and the ancient cross which stands in the churchyard, all © Paul E. Barnett (2018). Link1. Link2. Grade II* listed. For related listed features in the churchyard, see here. Previously listed as a former Chapel (1887) on Fore Street. In fact I suspect that this may never have been a chapel, because it is marked on O.S. maps as a Sunday School, from the earliest available map to show it. SW 9873 6001. © Paul E. Barnett (2015). A former Methodist Chapel at Trezaise (or Tresayes) was built as Bible Christian, and stands at SW 9903 5910. It's dated here (choose #6) to 1853. © Paul E. Barnett (2015). Cemetery Chapel at SW 9880 5951. © Paul E. Barnett (2016). Methodist Church on Chapel Road, built as Wesleyan. SW 9886 6029. © Paul E. Barnett (2017). Facebook. The ruins of a C15 chapel to St. Michael stands atop Roche Rock. SW 9911 5962. © Paul E. Barnett (2018). Grade I listed.
Roche Abbey - see Maltby, South Yorkshire.
Rochester, Kent.
Rochester, Northumberland, Scotch Church (closed since about 2006). Another view. NY 8278 9819. Although the plaque says 1826, Tony has a family baptism here from 1824, so this probably isn't the first building on the site. Both © Anthony Preston.
Rochford, Worcestershire, St. Michael. SO 6292 6850. © David Adams. Two mire views - 1, 2, and two of the interior - 1, 2, all © Peter Morgan (2023). Link. Grade II* listed.
Rock, Co. Tyrone, Church of the Sacred Heart (R.C.). H 755 722. © Gerard Close (2013).
Rock, Northumberland, St. Philip and St. James dates from 1176. NU 202 202. © Bill Henderson (2013). Interior view, © Richard Roberts (2017). Link1. Link2. Grade II* listed.
Rock, Worcestershire, St. Peter & St. Paul. © Bill McKenzie.
Rockbeare, Devon, St. Mary. The lych-gate. SY 0203 9526. Both © Chris Kippin (2022). Link. Grade II* listed.
Rockcliffe, Cumbria, St. Mary. NY 3588 6165. © Steve Bulman. Link. Its grade II* listing dates it to 1848, replacing a medieval church. Its tower was re-built in 1900 following a lightning strike. A cross in the churchyard is dated in its grade I listing to the 10th or 11th century.
Rockhampton, Gloucestershire, St. Oswald. ST 65495 93294. © Phil Draper. Another view, © Chris Kippin (2019). Grade II* listed. A former Gospel Hall, now in residential use and known as Gospel House. ST 65225 93342. © Chris Kippin (2019).
Rockingham, Northamptonshire, St. Leonard. © Bill McKenzie. Another view. © Alan Craxford.
Rockley, Nottinghamshire, the former Methodist Church, which was built as Wesleyan in 1875, is now in residential use. This source mentions a Wesleyan Chapel as having been built in 1826, but whether it was this building's immediate predecessor is unknown. SK 7156 7475. © David Regan (2020).
Rockwell Green, Somerset, All Saints. Another view. ST 1264 1999. Link. Christian Fellowship. The 25" O.S. map of 1873-1888 labels this as Union Chapel (Par. Bapt.), and on the 6" map of 1905, just as Baptist Chapel. Peter Kessler gives a closure date 1983, with the Fellowship starting up in 1996. ST 1260 2013. All © P. L. Kessler / The History Files. Their website (here) was flagged as unsafe by my anti-virus software so I didn't proceed any further. The local cemetery has or had two mortuary chapels, Anglican (ST 1302 2012) and Non-Conformist (ST 1303 2010). They pre-date the 25" O.S. map of 1873-1888. Both are shown on a map of 1981-4, but, unless they are hidden by the lie of the land, had been demolished before the Streetview van went past in 2009, as can be seen here.
Rodbourne Cheney, Swindon, Wiltshire - see Swindon.
Rodbourne, Wiltshire, Holy Rood. ST 934 834. © Chris Kippin (2017). Link. Grade II* listed.
Rodden, Somerset, All Saints. ST 7987 4772. © Chris Kippin (2021). Link. Grade II* listed. The (former?) Sunday School in the church yard is also listed, as grade II. © Chris Kippin (2021).
Rode, Somerset, St. Lawrence. It stands rather less than ½ a mile S.E. of the village. ST 8080 5338. The postcard, from Brian Curtis's collection, was previously in the Unknown section. It was sent to an address in Bath, and has a part postmark for "OAD". An old spelling for Rode is Road. Phil Draper has suggested that the old spelling may have fallen out of favour in reaction to an infamous murder which was committed there. Greg Mishevski also identified the church. Two modern views - 1, 2, both © Chris Kippin (2021). Grade I listed. The former Christ Church on Rode Hill is impossible to photograph well (at least, in the summer) because of rampant vegetation. Another view. ST 8063 5415. Both © Chris Kippin (2021). Grade II* listed, wherein it's dated to 1824. The former Baptist Church on High Street has a date-stone for 1786. A map of 1886 labels it as Bapt. Chapel (Par.), so Particular Baptist. Another view. ST 8048 5393. All © Chris Kippin (2021). The former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel off High Street has a date-stone for 1809. ST 8038 5378. © Chris Kippin (2021). Old maps show a Congregational Chapel off High Street at ST 8033 5376. Pre-dating a map of 1887, satellite views suggest that a building with the same footprint still survives, but I haven't been able to find a photo, and Streetview doesn't provide a view.
Rode Heath, Cheshire, Church of the Good Shepherd (CoE) on Sandback Road. Older maps label it as Mission Church. SJ 8051 5737. © Len Brankin. Link. Rode Heath Methodist Church on Chapel Lane was originally Wesleyan. SJ 8079 5708. © Len Brankin. This had become Rhema Mission Church by 2024. Link.
Rodel, Western Isles (Harris) - see the Harris page.
Rodhuish, Somerset, St. Bartholomew. Interior view. ST 0122 3960. Both © Chris Kippin (2019). Link. Grade II* listed.
Rodley, Leeds, West Yorkshire - see Leeds.
Rodmersham, Kent, St. Nicholas. TQ 925 618. © Geoff Watt.
Rodney Stoke, Somerset, St. Leonard. © June Norris. Link.
Rodsley, Derbyshire, the former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel (1823), now a private residence. SK 201 403. © Richard Roberts (2014).
Roeburndale, Lancashire, Methodist Chapel. © Mrs. Janet Dalby.
Roecliffe, North Yorkshire, the redundant St. Mary (1843-1983). © David Regan (2011). Interior view. The pulpit. Both © Kenneth Paver. Link.
Rogart, Highland, St. Callan (CoS, 1775/7). Link. NC 735 035. Associated Presbyterian Church (previously Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland). NC 715 035. Pitfurie Church of Scotland (built as a United Free Church of Scotland, 1909/10). NC 715 035. All © John Mackie. Free Church of Scotland. © John Mackie (2010).
Rogate, West Sussex, St. Bartholomew. From an old postcard in Steve Bulman's Collection.
Rogerstone, Newport, St. John the Baptist (CiW). Link. Bethesda Baptist Church - a modern re-build on an old site. Link. Rogerstone Pentecostal Church. All © Gerard Charmley (2011).
Roghadal (Harris), Western Isles, St. Clement. Another view. John describes it as "the grandest medieval building in the Western Isles". It dates from the early 16th century, but was abandoned following the Reformation. Repaired and re-roofed in the 1780's, and repaired again in 1873, it is now in the care of Historic Scotland. NG 047 831. Both © John Mackie.
Rogiet, Monmouthshire, St. Mary. Link. Grade II* listed. Methodist Church on Ifton Road. Link. Both © Janet Gimber (2015).
Rokeby, Co. Durham, St. Mary, dates from 1778. It stands alone beside the A66 at NZ 0725 1382. © Steve Bulman. Three further views - 1, 2, 3, all © Martin Richter (2011). Howard Richter advises that the church is now closed and sold. A local informant told him that it was built to replace an old church near the river. The 1857 map has "Site of Rokeby Old Church" marked at NZ 0842 1443. Grade II* listed.
Roker, Sunderland, Tyne & Wear.
Rollesby, Norfolk, St. George. © Geoff Watt. Link.
Rolleston, Leicestershire, St. John the Baptist. © George Weston.
Rolleston, Nottinghamshire, Holy Trinity. Another view. SK 7418 5250. Both © David Regan (2011). Another view, the interior, and the font, all © Chris Stafford (2012). Link1. Link2. Grade I listed.
Rolleston on Dove, Staffordshire, the 12th century St. Mary, on Church Road. SK 235 272. From an old postcard in Reg Dosell's Collection. A modern view, and the interior, both © Richard Roberts (2017 & 2020). Link. Grade I listed. The former Methodist Church on Chapel Street was built as Wesleyan in 1893. It has been sold for redevelopment. SK 238 277. © Richard Roberts (2017).
Rollestone, Wiltshire, St. Andrew, now in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. The interior, some lovely carved bench-ends, and the font. SU 0735 4312. All © Chris Kippin (2020). Link1. Link2. Grade II* listed.
Rolvenden, Kent, St. Mary the Virgin. From an old postcard in Steve Bulman's Collection. A modern view. TQ 845 312. © Geoff Watt. A further photo has been in the "Unknown" section for some time - this war memorial ceremony from Ian Lewis's Collection was identified by Simon Davies. Link.
Romaldkirk, County Durham, St. Romald. Percival recommends a visit to this church, which contains some early masonry, and interesting church furniture. © Percival Turnbull. Another view. © Bill Henderson. Methodist Church. © Steve Bruce.
Romanby, North Yorkshire, St. James the Great (1882). Two further views - 1, 2. SE 360 932. Link. Grade II listed. The Methodist Church was opened in 1964, and was successor to a chapel in Northallerton (for which see the Northallerton page). Another view. SE 361 930. Link. All © Howard Richter (2016).
Romansleigh, Devon, St. Rumon, and its interior. SS 7272 2059. Both © Chris Kippin (2022). It's dated in its grade II listing to 1868, with the tower added in 1887, but Pevsner says a re-build in 1868. Link.
Romford, Greater London.
Romiley. Stockport, Greater Manchester.
Romsey, Hampshire.
Romsley, Worcestershire, St. Kenelm. SO 943 807. © Roy Graham. Another view. © John French. Methodist Church (1930). SO 962 799. © Chris Emms (2011).
Rookhope, Co. Durham, St. John the Evangelist. © Alan Blacklock.
Rooks Bridge (or Rooksbridge), Somerset, the former Baptist Chapel. Dating from 1852, it was "Re-erected" (according to the date-stone) in 1897, though some on-line references suggest this was an enlargement and alteration rather than a complete re-build. It seems to have been closed in the 1980's, and has since been converted to residential use. ST 37063 52441. © Carole Sage (2018).
Roos, East Riding of Yorkshire, All Saints. James advises that the repair work being carried out is to put right the efforts of recent lead thieves. A curse on all their houses! © James Murray.
Ropley, Hampshire, St. Peter. SU 645 319. © Chris Kippin. Link, which advises that the church was very badly damaged in a fire in 2014. It had been grade II listed.
Ropsley, Lincolnshire, St. Peter on Church Lane. Two interior view - 1, 2. SK 993 342. All © Mike Berrell (2012). Link. Grade I listed - link.
Roscommon, Co. Roscommon, Sacred Heart (R.C.). © Joseph Cantwell.
Roscroggan, Cornwall, the former Wesleyan Chapel, now in use as a B&B. SW 6501 4213. © Paul E. Barnett (2015). Estate Agents sale notice. This source dates the chapel to 1888, successor to an earlier chapel of no later than 1850, which stood a little way to the S.E. by the river at SW 6506 4200. Its proximity to the river meant it was prone to flooding, and it has since been washed away or demolished. Although its site hasn't been seen by Streetview, what is probably the track which will have accessed it has, in 2021 (it stood to the right of the track). A little further to the S.W. is the site of a demolished Free United Methodist Chapel. A photo of it can be seen here, where it's dated to the 1870's - 1932. SW 6489 4178.
Rose, Cornwall, Methodist Church, built as Wesleyan - the original chapel is the one further from the camera. According to this source (where there are interior photos) the congregation now meet in the nearer building, originally the Sunday School, and the earlier chapel has been converted into a house. SW 7766 5484. © Paul E. Barnett (2018). Some old photos of the chapel are available here. Link.
Rose Castle, Cumbria, which stands to the south of Dalston, near Raughtonhead, used to be the official residence of the Bishops of Carlisle. Its chapel is at NY 3713 4618. It can be seen here, almost end-on.
Rose Ash, Devon, St. Peter. Another view, the interior, the fine screen, and a carved bench-end. SS 7875 2169. All © Chris Kippin (2022). Link. Grade II* listed.
Rose Grove, Shropshire, the former Primitive Methodists Chapel, which stands at SO 1736 8558. Its My Primitive Methodists entry dates it to 1868, with closure in the 1960's. © Chris Kippin (2020).
Roseannon, Cornwall. The village had two Methodist chapels, both pre-dating a map of 1888. The Bible Christian Chapel survives, converted, at SW 9563 6610 - 2010 Streetviews, 1, 2. Latterly the village Methodist Church, this source dates it to 1888-2015, and says that worship is to continue in the refurbished 1953 Sunday School opposite (2010 Streetview). The other chapel was Wesleyan, at SW 9557 6610. Also seen by Streetview in 2010, the oculus window suggests that it too has survived - can you confirm?
Rosedale Abbey, North Yorkshire, St. Mary of Lawrence. Former Methodist Chapel. Both © Bill McKenzie.
Rosehall, Highland, Church of Scotland (1891). Free Church of Scotland (1845). Link. Both NC 484 014. Both © John Mackie.
Rosemarket, Pembrokeshire, St. Ismael. SM 953 086. © Mike Berrell (2010). The former U.R.C. chapel, earlier Tabernacle Independent Chapel, on Middle Street, now abandoned. SM 953 082. © Dave Westrap. Link.
Rosemarkie, Highland, Rosemarkie Kirk (CoS). NH 737 578. © Bill Henderson (2014). Link.
Roseworth, Stockton-on-Tees, Co. Durham - see Stockton-on-Tees.
Roseworthy, Cornwall, the former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel. Chris advises (from his copy of An Inventory of Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting Houses in South West England  by Christopher Snell, HMSO 1991) that this is a facsimile of the original chapel, re-built on the same site for use as a domestic building. Old photos are available of the original chapel here, and its interior here. SW 6163 3969. © Chris Kippin (2019). Another view, © Paul E. Barnett (2024).
Roseyards, Co. Antrim, Presbyterian Church. C 999 296. © Gerard Close (2011).
Roskeen, Highland, Free Church of Scotland. © Bill Henderson. Rosskeen Old Parish Church (1830-2, disused). NH 683 702. © John Mackie.
Roslea, Co. Fermanagh, St. Tierney (R.C.). H 541 325. © Gerard Close (2016).
Rosley, Cumbria, Holy Trinity. NY 3155 4763. © Malcolm Minshaw. Link.
Roslin, Midlothian, the Collegiate Chapel of St. Matthew. NT 274 630 . From an old postcard in Steve Bulman's Collection. An example of the elaborate stone carving. A window. Figure. All © Bill McKenzie. Another view, and interior, both from an old album dateable to the 1890's in Christopher Skottowe's Collection. Link. Roslin Kirk (CoS). NT 269 631. © Bill Henderson. Another view, © Steve Bulman (2015).
Rosliston, Derbyshire, St. Mary the Virgin on Main Street, founder before 1291. SK 243 168. From an old postcard in Reg Dosell's Collection. A modern view, © Richard Roberts (2014). Link. Grade II* listed.
Rosneath, Argyll & Bute, St. Modan. St. Gilda (R.C.). Both © Martin Briscoe.
Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire.
Rosses Point, Co. Sligo, Church of Ireland (1854). G 672 389. St. Columba (R.C.). G 670 401. Both © Gerard Close (2013).
Rossett, Wrexham, Christ Church (CiW). © Jane Marriott. Another view, and an interior view, both © Gerard Charmley (2010). Presbyterian Church. © Jane Marriott. Christ the King (R.C.). © Gerard Charmley (2010). Zion Primitive Methodist Church. © Gerard Charmley (2010).
Rossinver, Co. Leitrim, St. Mary (R.C.). G 882 529. The former Church of Ireland (1851), now a Community Centre. G 927 487. Both © Gerard Close (2012).
Rosskeen, Highland, the Parish Church. © Martin Briscoe.
Rosslyn, Midlothian - see Roslin above.
Rossnowlagh, Co. Donegal, Church of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (R.C.) at the Franciscan Friary. G 866 673. Presbyterian Church (1906). G 878 672. Gerry had advised that this was the only Tin Church still in use in Ireland, but Adam McCurdy has been in touch to say that there is at least one other in Rearcross, Co. Tipperary (see here). Liam Kenny has advised of another at Sallins, Co. Kildate (see here). St. John (CoI). G 909 696. All © Gerard Close. The remains of St. Barran (15th century). G 857 660. © Gerard Close (2013).
Rostherne, Cheshire, St. Mary. SJ 7427 8369. © Bruce Read. Four additional views - 1, 2, 3, 4, all © Iain Taylor. Link. Grade I listed. For the listed sun-dial and tomb in the churchyard, see here.
Rosudgeon, Cornwall, the former Bible Christian Methodist Chapel (1904). SW 5588 2954. © Paul E. Barnett (2022). Link. 2011 Sale notice. Grade II listed. An earlier B.C. Chapel of 1858 stands on the road to Lower Rosudgeon at SW 5569 2950, and was seen by Streetview in 2009. It was used as a Sunday School when the newer chapel opened, and is now in commercial use. Link (for both B.C. chapels). A former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel stands a little way to the south-west, at SW 5525 2941. Another view. Both © Paul E. Barnett (2022). O.S. maps show Chapel (Site of) at SW 5554 2945. The site hasn't been seen by Streetview, and I haven't been able to find any further information about it.
Rosyth, Fife.
Rothbury, Northumberland.
Rotherby, Leicestershire, All Saints. Another view. Both © Jim Rushton. Another view, and an interior view, both © Aidan McRae Thomson. Link. Grade I listed - link.
Rotherfield, East Sussex, St. Denys. From an old postcard (ca. 1910) in Brett Jeffrey's Collection. One of Judy Flynn's old postcards was previously in the Unknown section - it was posted from Tunbridge Wells to Boscombe in 1905, and written on the back is "This photo was taken the day after our harvest thanksgiving." Interiors are always difficult to identify, so my thanks to Simon Davies for identifying this, and supplying the following confirmatory link. A modern view, the interior, pulpit and tester and the font, all © Elaine Sanders (2016). Justin Brice has told me that the church was burgled some years ago. One item stolen was a 1711 painting of an old windmill by Humphrey Fowle. As part of his researches into this mill, Justin is keen to find a photograph of this painting. Can you oblige? Link. Grade I listed.
Rotherfield Greys, Oxfordshire, St. Nicholas. Mostly dated to a mid-Victorian re-build. SU 7265 8232. © Nick Hopton. It has a spectacular monument to Sir Francis Knollys (d. 1596), seen in its entirety here, and in close-ups - 1, 2, 3, all © Christopher Skottowe (1961). Link. Grade II* listed. A tomb in the churchyard is listed as grade II.
Rotherham, South Yorkshire.
Rotherhithe, Greater London.
Rothesay, Bute, Argyll & Bute, the Chapel at Mount Stuart House. From an old postcard in Paul E. Barnett's Collection.
Rothersthorpe, Northamptonshire, St. Peter and St. Paul. SP 714 566. © Michael Bourne.
Rotherwick, Hampshire, the Parish Church (dedication is lost). SU 711 562. © Chris Kippin. Link. Grade II* listed.
Rothes, Moray, Church of Scotland on High Street and Kirk Place. Another view. NJ 2778 4917. Both © Peter Morgan (2021). Link dates it to 1782. It also mentions its predecessor, St. Laurence, which stood in the burial ground (Streetview in 2008) on Burnside Street. No trace is apparent above ground. NJ 2741 4917. The former Free Church, also on High Street, is now in commercial use. This source dates it to 1900 to no later than 1992. © Peter Morgan (2021). About ½ a mile south of the town is the site of a chapel at NJ 2761 4849. It lay somewhere near the ridge at the back of the field seen in a Streetview from 2015. It's listed here only as a possible chapel site.
Rothley, Leicestershire, St. Mary the Virgin and St. John the Baptist. Another view, and the Saxon Cross in the churchyard. All © David Regan (2017). Link. Grade II* listed.
Rothwell, Lincolnshire, St. Mary Magdalene. © David Regan (2012). Another view, the interior, altar, and the font, and a most unusual gravestone, all © David Regan (2017). Link. Grade I listed.
Rothwell, Northamptonshire, Holy Trinity. Another view, Three interior views - 1, 2, 3, the chancel, altar, and the unusual font. All © David Regan (2016). Link. Grade I listed.
Rothwell, West Yorkshire, Holy Trinity. © Bill Henderson.
Rottingdean, East Sussex, St. Margaret. From an old postcard (franked 1904) in Steve Bulman's Collection.
Roundhay and Rounday Park, Leeds, West Yorkshire - see Leeds.
Rough Hay, Staffordshire, Anslow Methodist Church on Hopley Road, built as Primitive Methodist in 1897. SK 204 241. © Richard Roberts (2016).
Rougham, Norfolk, St. Mary on The Street, medieval, but much restored in 1912. TF 830 205. © Anne East (2009). Interior view, © Richard Roberts (2014). Link. Grade I listed.
Roughton, Lincolnshire, St. Margaret. TF 2415 6470. © Dave Hitchborne. Another view, three of the interior - 1, 2, 3, and the font, all © David Regan (2022). Link. Grade II* listed.
Rous Lench, Worcestershire, St. Peter. The fine south doorway. Both © Peter Morgan (2012). Link. Grade I listed - link.
Rousdon, Devon, the redundant St. Pancras (now a holiday let). Its grade II* listing dates it to circa 1870, "replacing the former parish church". I haven't been able to establish if it was on the same or a different site. Another view. SY 2937 9050. Both © Chris Kippin (2022).
Rousham, Oxfordshire, St. James. An unusual recessed tomb. Both © John Salmon.
Rouskey, Co. Tyrone, St. Mary (R.C.), built 1800 and re-built in 1882. H 548 857. © Gerard Close.
Routh, East Riding of Yorkshire, All Saints. Link1. Link2. Samman Hall (Christadelphian Meeting Room). Both © James Murray.
Rowbarton, Taunton, Somerset - see Taunton.
Rowberrow, Somerset, St. Michael and All Angels dates from the late C14. © Carole Sage (2016). Link. Grade II* listed.
Rowde, Wiltshire, St. Matthew on High Street. Interior view. Link. Grade II* listed. The former Methodist Chapel was built as Wesleyan in 1838, and is now in residential use. It stands at the corner of Marsh Lane and Rowde Court Road. Another view. All © Janet Gimber (2017).
Roweltown, Cumbria, the former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, as seen by Streetview in 2009. It's dated here to 1891, when it was "acquired", implying that it was a pre-existing building, and suggesting that the present building may be the chapel, despite its appearance. It was closed by the mid-20th century. NY 4936 7136.
Rowen, Conwy, Seion (or Zion) Calvinistic Methodist Chapel on Gwynant. SH 7584 7202. © Martin Briscoe. A map of 1889 shows a Baptist Chapel (Par.) on Gwynant at SH 7597 7194. Coflein may have got its story mixed up, saying that the Baptist Chapel, which it dates to 1819 originally as Seion Methodist, was re-built in 1841 and re-dedicated as Siloam. It was seen by Streetview in 2023. A Congregational Chapel shows on a map of 1889 a little way south of the village at SH 7555 7176. Genuki calls it Ebeneser. It was still active into the mid-20th century, but has been demolished or altered beyond recognition - 2009 Streetview.
Rowington, Warwickshire, St. Laurence. © Tim Hollinghurst (2011). Link. Grade I listed - link.
Rowlands Gill, Tyne & Wear, Gibside Chapel (the Bowes Lyon family chapel). NZ 17183 58248. © Bill Henderson. Link.
Rowley, East Riding of Yorkshire, St. Peter. Interior view. Both © James Murray.
Rowley Hill, West Yorkshire, the former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel on Rowley Hill, at SE 1888 1481. It has a date-stone for 1886. © David Regan (2021).
Rowley Regis, West Midlands, St. Giles. © John French. Link.
Rowley, Co. Durham, Baptist Church. NZ 087 479. © Bill Henderson (2012).
Rowlstone, Herefordshire, St. Peter. The south doorway and its tympanum, the interior, and three of the carved capitals - 1, 2, 3. SO 3738 2713. All © Christopher Skottowe (1963). Two more views, from Streetview in 2009, and 2011. Link. Grade I listed. A churchyard cross is also listed, as grade II.
Rowney Green, Worcestershire, the former Mission Chapel on Gravel Pit Lane, now a private residence. It's dated here to 1862-1978. SP 0454 7156. © Peter Morgan (2023). Link. Shared Church on Chapel Lane is a L.E.P., Anglican and Methodist. The Anglican congregation moved here a few years after the mission church closed. It was originally Wesleyan Methodist, of 1869. Interior view. SP 0461 7175. Both © Peter Morgan (2023). Link1. Link2. See also the link for the Mission Chapel.
Rownhams, Hampshire, St. John. SU 3848 1704. © Chris Kippin (2022). Link. Grade II listed. Older O.S. maps mark a Mission Room just a little way east of the church at SU 3854 1705. It (or a replacement building on the same site) now serves as the church hall, and was seen by Streetview in 2021.
Rowsley, Derbyshire, St. Katherine, on Church Lane. SK 255 661. © James Murray. Two interior views - 1, 2, and a tablet recording a bequest, all © Mike Berrell (2011). Link. Methodist Church. © James Murray.
Rowston, Lincolnshire, St. Clement. © David Regan (2013). Grade I listed.
Rowton, Cheshire, Methodist Church on Moor Lane, originally Wesleyan (1865). The small porch to the left has a date-stone for 1993. SJ 4513 6445. © Peter Morgan (2010). Link.
Roxburgh, Borders, the Parish Church, dated here to 1752, "probably on the site of an earlier church". NT 7001 3069. © Bill McKenzie. Category B listed.
Roxby, Lincolnshire, St. Mary. Another view. Link. Grade I listed - link. Methodist Church, built as Primitive Methodist in 1897. All © David Regan (2012).
Roxby, North Yorkshire, St. Nicholas. © David Regan (2016). Link. Grade II listed.
Roxton, Bedfordshire, St. Mary Magdalene. TL 1534 5452. © Bedfordshire and Luton Archives & Records Service (2010). Two additional views - 1, 2, both from old postcards in Judy Flynn's Collection. Link. Grade II* listed. Congregational Church (1808). TL 1518 5448. © Bedfordshire and Luton Archives & Records Service (2010). Link. Grade II* listed.
Roy Bridge, Highland, St. Margaret (R.C.). © Martin Briscoe.
Royal Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire.
Roydon, Essex, St. Peter. From an old postcard in Reg Dosell's Collection. Link.
Roydon (near Diss), Norfolk, St. Remigius. Another view, three of the interior - 1, 2, 3, the pulpit and the font. TM 0961 8038. All © Chris Stafford (2012). Link1. Link2. Grade I listed. A little way south of the church, O.S. maps mark St. Mary's Chapel (Site of) at TM 0959 8030. This is south of the churchyard, however Geograph (here) says that it stood within the churchyard, as a ruin. BHO (here) says that it stood within the close south of the churchyard, agreeing with the O.S. This Streetview from 2010 shows the field indicated by the O.S. No other sources that I've found indicate any above-ground remains.
Roydon, (near King's Lynn), Norfolk, All Saints. A C12 church, restored in 1857. TF 6991 2365. © Steve Williamson. Another view, © Chris Stafford (2014). Link. Grade II* listed.
Royston, Hertfordshire, St. John the Baptist. Interior view. Both © Alan Craxford. Link. Grade I listed - link. St. Thomas of Canterbury and the English Martyrs (R.C., opened 1919). From an old postcard in Judy Flynn's Collection. Link.
Royston, South Yorkshire.
Royton, Oldham, Greater Manchester - see Oldham.
Rozel, Jersey, Chapel of Rosel Manor. Another view. © Alan Perchard.

Ruan Major, Cornwall, the roofless St. Rumon. Interior view. Surprisingly, the church retains some of its stained glass. SW 703 164. All © Chris Kippin (2019). Grade I listed.
Ruan Minor, Cornwall, St. Rumon. Another view. SW 7210 1522. Both © Chris Kippin (2019). Link1 (has more photos). Link2. Grade II* listed. Methodist Church. This was built as a United Methodist Free Church in 1888 (date-stone). The lack of a web presence suggests that it may have closed. SW 7193 1513 © Chris Kippin (2019). A former Wesleyan Methodist chapel (Ebenezer). It's dated here to 1885-6, closed "probably 1937", and successor to an earlier chapel, tentatively dated to "before 1828". SW 7199 1523. © Chris Kippin (2019).
Ruanlanihorne, Cornwall, St. Rumon. SW 8944 4203. © Jo Lewis. Link. Grade I listed. The lych-gate and a good number of tombs are listed here. The former Methodist Church to the S.E. of the village, which closed in 2005, and subsequently converted for residential use. Older maps label it as Wesleyan. SW 9039 4107. © Jo Lewis.
Ruardean, Gloucestershire, St. John the Baptist. © Graeme Harvey. Another view, and a charming inscription on the church gate, both © Graeme Harvey (2013). Link. Grade II* listed.
Ruardean Hill, Gloucestershire, Baptist Church. © Graeme Harvey (2013). Link.
Rubery, Worcestershire, St. Chad on New Road. A 2022 Streetview provides another view. This source dates it to 1957. It stands on the site of an earlier St. Chad, which available maps bracket to between 1883 and 1904. SO 9883 7724. © Peter Morgan (2023). Link. Beacon Church Centre (U.R.C.) stands on Whetty Lane at SO 9864 7702. © Peter Morgan (2023). Link. The history page dates it to 1928. It may have been successor to a Congregational Chapel which shows on older O.S. maps at SO 9926 7754. Its site lies somewhere beneath the roadway, pavement and adjacent greenery seen in a Streetview from 2022. Older O.S. maps show City of Birmingham Lunatic Asylum (Rubery Hill) a little way north-east of Rubery. Its chapel survives. It's not well seen on Streetview, but its grade II listing, which dates it to 1882, has a photo. SO 9926 7781. Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses on New Road. The only suitable Streetview shows the building from the A38 in 2022.
Ruckinge, Kent, St. Mary Magdalene. Another view. TR 0246 3354. Both © Dave Westrap. Two  more views - 1, 2, the porch, and a doorway, all © Karel Kuča (2007). Link1. Link2. Grade I listed. The Methodist Church on Marsh Road, which older maps label as Wesleyan. TR 0260 3360. © Dave Westrap. Link.
Ruckland, Lincolnshire, St. Olave. TF 3341 7804. © Mike Berrell. Two more views - 1, 2, two of the interior 1, 2, and the font, all © Chris Stafford (2015). Link. Grade II listed - dates it to 1885.
Rudbaxton, Pembrokeshire, St. Michael. SM 960 221. Three interior views - 1, 2, 3. All © Mike Berrell (2010).
Ruddington, Nottinghamshire, St. Peter. SK 5724 3316. Link1. Link2. Grade II listed. The former Baptist Church, now converted to residential use. The congregation still exists, now meeting in St. Peter's Church rooms (grade II listed) on Church Street (2018 Streetview), and at The Hub on Musters Road, which can be seen on a 2016 Streetview. Link. SK 5730 3326. The Methodist Church on Church Street at SK 5722 3303 was built as Primitive Methodist in 1873.  Its My Primitive Methodists entry mentions an earlier chapel of 1828-9 on Chapel Street. Now a museum, it can be seen here on a 2018 Streetview. Link. The former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel on The Green. This source mentions it being built adjacent to its predecessor - if it survives, this building seen at the left of the chapel on a 2018 Streetview is a candidate. SK 5722 3290. All © David Regan (2020).
Rudford, Gloucestershire, St. Mary the Virgin. © Graeme Harvey (2012). Link. Grade I listed - link.
Rudge, Somerset, the former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, which has a date-stone for 1839. ST 8285 5198. Grade II listed. The former Baptist Chapel. Its grade II listing dates it to 1839. Both © Chris Kippin (2021).
Rudgeway, Gloucestershire, the former Ebenezer Methodist Chapel (1890), now in residential use. The 25" O.S. map of 1903 labels it as Primitive Methodist, and it's absent from the 1881 25" map. ST 6260 8658. © Janet Gimber (2012). Another view, and the interior (taken through a window), both © Neil Floyd, taken when the church was still active. St. Helen Old Church stands about a third of a mile to the S.S.E., at ST 6319 8651. The grade II listing doesn't provide a date for its closure or partial demolition/collapse. © Chris Kippin (2020). For its successor New St Helen, see Alveston.
Rudry (or Rhudry), Caerphilly, St. James. © David Gallimore. Another view, © Gerard Charmley (2010). Link. Former Ebenezer English Congregational Church, now in residential use. © Gerard Charmley (2010).
Rudston, East Yorkshire, All Saints. © Steve Watson. Another view, showing the enormous standing stone. © David Regan. Two interior views - 1, 2, the chancel and font, all © David Regan (2016). Link1. Link2. Grade I listed.
Rudyard, Staffordshire, Methodist Church. SJ 952 579. © Mike Berrell.
Rufford, Lancashire, St. Mary the Virgin. © Rob Brettle. Interior view. © John Balaam (2007). Link.
Rufford, Nottinghamshire, the remains of Rufford Abbey. Interior view, and the doorway to the lay brothers night stair. All © David Regan (2010). These three postcards 1, 2, 3, are all © Chris Cole. No. 3 shows some delightful corbels. Link1. Link2.
Rufforth, North Yorkshire, All Saints. SE 527 514. © Michael Bourne.
Rugby, Warwickshire.
Rugeley, Staffordshire.
Ruishton, Somerset, St. George on Church Lane. Two interiors - 1, 2. ST 264 251. All © Mike Berrell (2013). Link. Grade I listed.
Rumburgh, Suffolk, St. Michael and All Angels and St. Felix. Another view. TM 3465 8187. Both © Kevin Price (2012). Link. Grade I listed.
Rumford, Cornwall, the former Bible Christian Chapel. SW 8972 7018. © Paul E. Barnett (2019). St. Ervan's Methodist Chapel was previously Wesleyan, and built in 1830. SW 8970 7030. © Paul E. Barnett (2019). Grade II listed.
Rumney, Cardiff (City), Cardiff - see Cardiff (City).
Rumwell, Somerset, the former Independent Chapel. This shows as such on the 1873-1888 25" O.S. map, but on the 1892-1914 the label has changed to Reading Room. © P. L. Kessler / The History Files. Peter Kessler's text here (click on number 3) says that the chapel was the 1/3 portionof the row nearest to the camera, though the maps seem to be labelling the central portion, both for the chapel and the reading room.
Runcorn, Cheshire.
Runcton Holme, Norfolk, St. James on Church Lane. Of C12 foundation, it was re-built in the 15th century, and restored in 1842. TF 617 094. © Richard Roberts (2016). Link. Grade I listed.
Runham, Norfolk, St. Peter and St. Paul. © Geoff Watt. Link.
Runnington, Somerset, St. Peter and St. Paul. Another view. ST 1189 2188. Both © P. L. Kessler / The History Files. Link. Grade II* listed.
Runswick Bay, North Yorkshire, the former High Chapel. © Judith Anderson. The former Low Chapel. © Steve Bulman. Both are now private residences.
Runwell, Essex, St. Mary. The tower, and the porch. TQ 7536 9440. All © Karel Kuča (2007). Link. Grade I listed. About a mile to the N.N.E. on St. Luke's Way, at TQ 7616 9589, is a grade II listed Chapel of 1837, part Runwell Hospital. It was seen by Streetview in 2018.
Ruscombe, Berkshire, St. James. SU 7981 7630. © Marion Hall. Link. Grade I listed. A number of tombs in the churchyard are listed separately - they can be seen here.
Rushall, Norfolk, St. Mary. From an old postcard in Reg Dosell's Collection. Link.
Rushall, Walsall, West Midlands - see Walsall.
Rushbury, Shropshire, St. Peter. SO 5137 9185. © Dorothy Turley. Interior view, © Aidan McRae Thomson. Link. Grade II* listed. The former (or site of the former) Wesleyan Methodist Chapel at Roman Bank, about ¾ of a mile S.E. of the village. It's unclear what, if anything survives of the chapel, but the present building occupies the same footprint. This source dates it to 1836, closing in 1928. It also has a photo of the former chapel taken in 1986. SO 5210 9091. © Chris Kippin (2021).
Rushden, Hertfordshire, St. Mary. From an old postcard in Reg Dosell's Collection. A modern view. © Les Needham (2011). Link.
Rushden, Northamptonshire, St. Mary. From an old postcard in Steve Bulman's Collection. A modern view, © David Regan (2017). Link. Grade I listed.
Rushock, Worcestershire, St. Michael and All Angels. Two interior views - 1, 2. SO 8846 7119. All © Chris Kippin (2022). Link. Grade II listed.
Rusholme, Manchester, Greater Manchester.
Rushton, Northamptonshire, All Saints. Another view. Both © David Regan (2017). Link. Grade II* listed.
Rushwick, Worcestershire, St. Thomas at Crown East. © Christopher Skottowe. Link. Grade II listed.
Ruskington, Lincolnshire, All Saints. TF 0825 5108. © David Regan (2013). Grade I listed. Methodist Church on Chapel Lane. This is a 1958 re-build of a chapel of 1849. A photo of the 1849 Wesleyan Chapel is available here, along with a short history, where it also says that there was an earlier building of 1833, but it doesn't give a location. TF 0824 5101. © David Regan (2019). Link. Ruskington Free Church stands on Chestnut Street at TF 0860 5090. It's 2009 Streetview is here. The tablet above the porch reads "Zion 1883".
Rusland, Cumbria, St. Paul. Two additional views - 1, 2. Arthur Ransome is buried here, with his second wife, who had been secretary to Trotsky during the 1917 Russian Revolution. SD 3385 8965. The former Sunday School (now a Hall) stands nearby at SD 3381 8970. A distant view of Rookhow Friends Meeting House (the white building, 1725). A sign at the driveway entrance has a few details. SD 3323 8954. All © Martin Richter (2019). Another view, © Alan Marsden (2021). Link1. Link2.
Ruston Parva, East Riding of Yorkshire, St. Nicholas was built in 1832, and appears to be more or less untouched since then. © Bill Henderson. Another view, and four interiors - 1, 2, 3, 4, all © David Regan (2017). Grade II* listed.
Ruswarp, North Yorkshire, St. Bartholomew. From an old illustration (1907) in Colin Waters Collection.
Rutherglen, South Lanarkshire, the Old Parish Church, which was consecrated in 1902, was the fourth to be built on the site. NS 612 617. © Hugh Millar. The church website also has images of the second and third churches.
Ruthernbridge, Cornwall, the former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, as seen by Streetview in 2023, with Sunday School to the right. It has a date-stone for 1879. Streetview also saw it in 2010 when its grounds were pretty overgrown, so was probably out of use by then. Grade II listed.
Ruthin, Denbighshire.
Ruthin, Vale of Glamorgan, the derelict former Calvinistic Methodist Chapel. Interior view. Both © Gerard Charmley (2011).
Ruthwell, Dumfries & Galloway, the Parish Church. The famous Ruthwell Cross shows in this internal photo. NY 100 682. Both © Gill Webb-Tomkinson. Three further views - 1, 2, 3, two interior views - 1, 2, the latter also showing the cross, and a close-up of the cross itself, all © Steve Bulman (2010). Link.
Ruthvoes, Cornwall, the former Bible Christian Chapel. SW 9248 6050. © Paul E. Barnett (2017). An earlier B.C. chapel is shown on older O.S. maps at SW 9255 6050. The building seems to have survived into the mid-20th century, but whether it still survives is unclear, as the aerial view is blocked by mature trees. Access to it may have been along the path seen in a 2023 Streetview. Also marked on O.S. maps is Chapel (Remains of) at SW 9252 6057. It stands or stood near the gap between the two tall trees to the right of the building, seen in a Streetview from 2023.
Ruxley, Kent, the remains of St. Botolph, or Ruxley Old Church. Deconsecrated in the 16th century, it was used as a barn until recently, and Dave advises that it is currently being restored. Another view. TQ 485 702. © Dave Godden. Link1. Link2.
Ruyton-XI-Towns, Shropshire, St. John the Baptist. SJ 394 221. © Dave Westrap. Two additional views - 1, 2, an interior, the chancel, pulpit and font, all © Dennis Harper (2013). Link. Grade II listed.

Ryal, Northumberland, All Saints. NZ 015 742. © Bill Henderson (2011). Grade II listed - link.
Ryarsh, Kent, St. Martin. TQ 672 591. Baptist Church (formerly Jireh Chapel). TQ 669 601. Link. Both © Geoff Watt.
Rycote, Oxfordshire, the Chapel. Another view, five of the interior - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and the font. SP 6670 0465. All © Karel Kuča (2011). Link. Grade I listed, which dates its consecration to 1449.
Rycroft, South Yorkshire - see Rawmarsh.
Rydal, Cumbria, St. Mary. NY 364 062. © Tony Richards. Another view. © Dave Westrap. Two further views - 1, 2, an interior view, the altar and the font, all © Dennis Harper (2011). Link1. Link2. Grade B listed - link.
Ryde, Isle of Wight.
Rye, East Sussex.
Rye Harbour, East Sussex, Church of the Holy Spirit (CoE). Memorial to Lifeboat men. TQ 937 190. Both © Dave Westrap. Another view. © Steve Bulman (2009). An old postcard view, from Kevin Gordon's Collection. Link. Church Mission Room. Approx. TQ 940 190. © Steve Bulman (2009).
Ryeford, Herefordshire, the former Baptist Chapel (1682), now in use for storage. SO 6408 2262. © Paul Wood (2001). Its successor, at SO 6406 2260, was built in 1862, and is grade II listed. © Paul Wood (2015).
Ryhall, Rutland, St. John the Evangelist, on Church Street. TF 0362 1081.  © Robin Peel. Since Robin took his photo, some of the trees have been cleared or cut back - another view, © Mike Berrell (2011). The spire and tall porch, and two interior views - 1, 2, all © Mike Berrell (2011). Grade I listed. Ryhall Methodist Church on Mill Street - built as Wesleyan in 1878. TF 0360 1115. © Mike Berrell (2011). Link.
Ryhill, West Yorkshire, St. James the Great. Another view. SE 3859 1451. Both © David Regan (2022). Link, which says it was consecrated in 1876. St. Paul (Methodist) on Mill Lane and Chapel Street is labelled on older O.S. maps as Wesleyan. It dates to between 1906 and 1914. SE 3857 1426. © Bill Henderson. Another view, © David Regan (2022). Link. Older O.S. maps show another Wesleyan Methodist Chapel (presumably the predecessor of the present Methodist) across the road on Mill Lane at SE 3860 1424. It pre-dates a map of 1893. The building on the site today (Streetview 2009) looks possibly old enough for some of the chapel to have survived. A former Primitive Methodist Chapel stands on Mill Lane at SE 3857 1416. It's dated here to 1907, though another source gives it as 1894-1965. The latter source also mentions an earlier P.M. Chapel - a rented building - at the southern end of Mill Lane. A map of 1893 labels it at circa SE 3872 1400 (it isn't clear which building the label applies to). It probably stood roughly where a row of white buildings now stands - seen in a Streetview from 2020. © David Regan (2022).
Ryhope, Tyne & Wear, St. Paul (1873). Another view. © James Murray.
Rylstone, North Yorkshire, St. Peter. © John Balaam (1987). Two further views - 1, 2, both © David Regan (2016). Link. Grade II listed.
Ryston, Norfolk, St. Michael, in the grounds of Ryston Hall. Another view. TF 620 017. Both © David Regan (2019). Link1. Link2. Grade II* listed. Ryther, North Yorkshire, All Saints. SE 5550 3941. © Bill Henderson. Another view, © James Murray. Two interior views - 1, 2, both © Mike Forbester. Grade I listed. The Methodist Church on Main Street is labelled on older maps as Wesleyan. SE 5518 3930. © Bill Henderson. Another view, © James Murray.
Ryton, Shropshire, St. Andrew. Another view, interior view, and the font. Link, which says the dedication was only re-discovered in the 1980's. Hence this Grade II listing entry, which says dedication unknown, is the same church. All © Dennis Harper (2010).
Ryton, Tyne & Wear, Ryton Methodist Church. NZ 165 641. U.R.C. NZ 144 641. St. Hilda at Hedgefield. NZ 165 642. All © Bill Henderson. Church of Holy Cross, two interiors - 1, 2, and the wooden spiral staircase to the ringing room, an unusual feature. NZ 15107 64831. All © Carole Sage (2009). Link. Grade I listed.
Ryton-on-Dunsmore, Warwickshire, St. Leonard. SP 3865 7453. © James King. Another view, © Dennis Harper (2015). Grade II* listing, which mentions C11 nave and chancel. This link has an 1920's interior view. The site (at centre) of the demolished Wesleyan Methodist Chapel on High Street, now occupied by a house. SP 3848 7416. From map evidence it was built prior to 1887, and it was open until at least 1967, when the marriage register ends. © Howard Richter (2014).