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Abbots Leigh,
Holy Trinity, on Church Road. Two additional views -
1,
2, a selection of some of the
head-stops and grotesques - 1,
2,
3,
4, the
cockerel weather-vane, and the
interior. ST 5444 7402. All
© Carole Sage (2016 and 2017).
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Adsborough, the former Union Chapel, later Congregational. ST 277 291. © Mike Berrell (2013).
Photo removed at request of property owner.
Link (which includes a link to a photo).
Alcombe, Minehead - see
Minehead.
Alford, All Saints.
Interior view. The church has
some good wood carving - evident in the
pulpit, and two of the
bench-ends - 1,
2. ST 6045 3260. All © Chris
Kippin (2020).
Link.
Grade I listed. A churchyard cross is listed
separately as
grade II.
Alhampton,
the Anglican Mission Church, a tin tabernacle. ST 6281 3464.
© Chris Kippin (2021). The
church website has an interior view. Its
"about" page
dates it to 1892.
Aller, St. Andrew, on Church
Path. Two interiors - 1,
2. The
list of rectors commences in
1205. ST 396 288.
Link.
Grade II* listed. A former chapel, now in
residential use. All © Mike Berrell (2016).
Angersleigh, St. Michael & All
Angels. Another view. ST 1991
1870. Both © P. L. Kessler /
The History Files.
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Ansford, St.
Andrew. Revd.
James Woodford, author of the The Diary of a Country Parson,
was curate here. ST 6383 3291. © Chris Kippin (2020).
Link.
Grade II* listed. Some churchyard monuments
are listed separately - they can be found
here.
Ash (near Martock), Holy Trinity.
Its
grade II listing dates it to 1841, with later additions.
Another view. ST 4726 2071. Both
© Chris Kippin (2021).
Link.
Ash Priors, Holy Trinity. Two interiors - 1, 2,
a squint, and the list of incumbents, going back to 1439. ST 151 295. All © Mike
Berrell (2014). Grade II* listed.
Ashcott, All Saints (O). ST 4372
3715. © Chris Kippin (2020).
Link.
Grade II* listed. A churchyard monument is
listed as
grade II.
Ashill, St. Mary the Virgin. Two interiors - 1,
2. The list of vicars commences in 1312. ST 3212 1726. All © Mike Berrell
(2014). Link.
Grade II* listed.
A good number of monuments in the churchyard are listed separately -
they can be seen
here. Baptist Chapel, about
¾ of a mile to the S.W. of the church, at Windmill Hill. ST 3100 1667. ©
Chris Kippin (2022).
Facebook.
Ashington, St. Vincent. ST 561 214. © Julie Baker.
Link.
Ashwick, St. James. ST 6371 4842. ©
Chris Kippin (2021).
Link.
Grade I listed.
Axbridge, St. John the
Baptist, which dates from circa 1400, with a restoration in 1888. ST
43152 54609. © Roy Graham. Two additional views -
1,
2, the cockerel
weather-vane and two of the
grotesques - 1,
2, all © Carole Sage (2018).
Link.
Grade I listed. The Methodist Church
stands on West Street, and was built circa 1850 as Wesleyan.
Another view. ST 42896 54587. Both ©
Carole Sage (2018).
Link.
Grade II listed.
Babcary, Holy Cross, on Church Street. Its
grade II* listing advises of a Saxon
foundation. ST 5614 2878. A number of churchyard monuments
have separate listings - they can be found
here. The former Wesleyan
Methodist Chapel on Main Street pre-dates a map of 1886, and it went
out of use in 1965 or soon after (source).
The same source also suggests that the part of the chapel furthest from
the camera in Chris's photo may be of a chapel noted in 1811, with the
rest of it from a later enlargement. ST 5636 2870. Both © Chris Kippin
(2020).
Backwell,
St. Andrew. ST 49308 68332. © Andrew Ross. Four additional views -
1, 2,
3, 4,
the porch, two of the
grotesques - 1,
2, the golden cockerel weather-vane, a
carving of St. Andrew towards the top
of the tower, two interior views - 1,
2, the
chancel and
screen,
side chapel, a
tomb, the
pulpit, two windows -
1,
2, and the
list of incumbents (which goes back to
1202), all © Carole Sage (2016 and 2017).
Grade I listed. Wesleyan Zion Chapel
(1853), © Graeme Harvey.
Another view, © Carole Sage (2016).
Baptist Church. ST 497 693. © Carole
Sage (2016). Link.
Badgworth, St. Congar (a unique
dedication) on Church Lane. Another
view, and the porch, with
sun-dial, the latter added to commemorate the Queen's silver jubilee
in 1977. ST 39584 52617. All © Carole Sage (2018).
Link.
Grade II listed. A
2011 photo shows
the church before the render was added.
Baltonsborough, St. Dunstan.
ST 5416 3480.
Link.
Grade I listed. Part of the churchyard
boundary wall and a monument are listed separately, as
grade II and
grade II respectively. The former
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel.
This
source dates a Wesleyan Chapel here to 1844, but confusingly says it
was to the west of the crossroads, but old maps clearly show it east of
the crossroads. ST 5430 3493. Both © Chris Kippin (2020). Old maps show
a Moravian Chapel east of the village, at
ST 5493 3501. The same source already quoted dates it to 1852, closed by
1955, and later converted to residential use. It can be seen
here on a 2009
Streetview.
Banwell, St. Andrew
(normally closed). ST 39945 59135. © Barbara Barklem. Two additional
views - 1,
2, a selection of gargoyles and
grotesques - 1,
2,
3,
cockerel weather-vane, two of
the interior - 1,
2, the
chancel and its
painted ceiling,
ringing chamber, the fine
rood screen, the
East window and two others (two
of many good windows) - 1,
2, the stone C15
pulpit, and the C12
font. All © Carole Sage (2018).
Grade I listed. A glimpse of
Banwell Abbey. Built on the site of an earlier monastery, this
14th/15th century building was a residence for the Bishops of Bath and
Wells. Now converted to residential use, the grounds are private, and
very well protected by walls and vegetation. ST 40036 59135. © Carole
Sage (2018). A photo of the house and chapel is available
here.
Grade II* listed. The
Methodist Church on West Street was built as Wesleyan in 1862. ST
39773 59134. Its predecessor was a
Wesleyan Chapel dating from the 1790's, on East Street. It's now in
residential use. ST 39910 59077. Both © Carole Sage (2018).
Link. The former Free
Methodist Chapel (1872) on Church Street. Sold to a Baptist
congregation in the 1940's, it was used as a church hall in the 1950's,
subsequently it was in commercial use, and has since been made
residential. Another view.
ST 39879 59105. Both © Carole Sage (2018).
Barrington, St. Mary the Virgin. ST 389 181. © Bill McKenzie. Another view, and
two interior views - 1, 2, the latter showing the unusual double
squint. An explanatory notice in the church says that the squints were there so the priests officiating in the side chapels could see, and synchronise to, the
service at the main altar. All © Mike Berrell (2014). Link.
Grade I listed. Former
Chapel at ST 389 182. © Mike Berrell (2014).
Barrow Common, the former Baptist Chapel
(a tin tabernacle). ST 551 681. © Carole Sage (2016).
Barrow Gurney, Church of the Blessed
Virgin Mary and St. Edward. Two additional views -
1,
2. This was originally the priory
church of a Benedictine nunnery. Following the Dissolution, the nunnery was
re-built as a private house, and more recently has been sub-divided. Part of the
house can be seen in the first church photo, and in the number 1 which follows. The
gateway and lodge. Whether any
fabric of the nunnery buildings still exists is not at present known. ST 515
685. The whole site can be seen in an aerial photograph
here.
ST 51466 68452. Link.
Grade II* listed. The site of
the chapel of the Barrow Hospital. The psychiatric hospital was built in 1939
and closed in 2006. Housing has been built on the site, and the chapel stood
where the house at the centre of the photo now stands. ST 53811 68770. The
former St. Anne. Built in the
latter years of Victoria's reign, it seems to have closed before 1967, as it
isn't marked as a place of worship on the O.S. map of that vintage. It was
subsequently converted into a private residence, called St. Anne's.
Another view. ST 52841 68121.
The site of an iron Baptist Chapel
which once stood on land belonging to Bristol Water Works (as it then was) for
construction workers engaged in building reservoirs. Built in 1893, it is still
marked on the 1938 O.S. map, but probably closed not long after. ST 53246 67770.
All © Carole Sage (2016 and 2017).
Barton St. David, St. David
(O). This
source says it was originally dedicated to All Saints, and it also
includes an old engraving of the church. ST 5397 3171.
Link.
Grade II* listed. The churchyard has a cross
and several memorials, listed separately - these can be found
here. The former
Ebenezer Congregational Chapel. The same source mentioned earlier in
this entry dates it to 1804, and says it was "closed by 1958". ST 5400
3219. Both © Chris Kippin (2020).
Barwick, St. Mary Magdalene. ST
5580 1386. © Chris Kippin (2021).
Link.
Grade II* listed. Churchyard tombs listed separately can be found
here.
Batcombe, St. Mary the Virgin.
Another view, and the
interior. ST 6901 3903. All ©
Chris Kippin (2021).
Another view, and a
close up of some stone-carved
angels, both © Christopher Skottowe (1964).
Link.
Grade I listed. The former Methodist Church
is labelled on older maps as Wesleyan. It can be seen
here on a Streetview
from 2009. ST 6893 3893. It's dated
here to 1868-1965. It also says there was an earlier chapel of 1817,
though it doesn't specify whether it was on the same site or not.
Bath.
Bath Abbey, Cemetery Chapel on
Prior Park Road.
Another view. Both © Janet Gimber
(2016).
Link.
Bathampton, St. Nicholas. ST 777 665. ©
Dave Westrap. Another view, two
views of the interior - 1,
2, the
chancel, and the
font, all © Dennis Harper
(2019). Link.
Grade II* listed.
Bathealton, St. Bartholomew
(1854). ST 0794 2407. © Huw Thomas /
The History Files.
Link.
Grade II listed.
Batheaston,
St. John the Baptist, and the
interior. SJ 7775 6791. Both © Chris Kippin (2024).
Link.
Grade II* listed.
For listed chest tombs, see
here. The former Wesleyan
Methodist Chapel on Northend, dated 1876. SJ 7783 6768.
© Chris Kippin (2024). The former
Church of the Good Shepherd on Brow Hill and Penthouse Hill. It's
dated
here to 1967, and a
news report from 2023 discusses its proposed demolition, it never
having re-opened following Covid.
Another view. SJ 7784 6753.
Both © Chris Kippin (2024).
The former Congregational
Chapel on High Street. A
plaque dates it to
1870-1. SJ 7790 6749. Both © Chris Kippin (2024). A
Mission Hall is marked on old maps on
London Road at SJ 7818 6734. A building with the same footprint stands
on the site today (2023
Streetview) but whether anything from the Mission survives is
unclear.
Bathford, St. Swithun. Two further views- 1, 2.
Link. The church itself doesn't seem to be listed, but part of the churchyard wall is listed as grade II -
link. Some further
ancient fragments seem
to be built into the church itself. Bathford also has a
Baptist Chapel with a date-stone of 1839.
It closed in 2011 (see this
link). All © Peter
Morgan (2012).
Bathpool, Taunton - see Taunton.
Bathwick, Bath - see Bath.
Bawdrip, St. Michael and All
Angels, on Church Road. ST 3415 3959. © Chris Kippin (2020).
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Bayford,
the former Mission Room. It now serves as the village hall. A
source mentions the building of a Mission Room here in 1881,
presumably this one. ST 7264 2906. © Chris Kippin (2021).
Beckington,
St. George, which is labelled on a map of 1904 as St. Gregory. ST 8016
5164.
© Chris Kippin (2021).
Link.
Grade I listed. The
War Memorial, and several tombs are listed separately - they can be
found
here. The former Baptist
Church (1839) on Frome Road is labelled on a map of 1886 as
Baptist Chapel (Par.), i.e. Particular Baptist. Its
grade II listing
dates it to 1839. ST 7994 5171. © Chris Kippin (2021). A former
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel
of 1839 stands on Goose Street at ST 8011 5197. © Chris Kippin (2024).
Grade II listed. The site
of a demolished Nonconformist Mortuary
Chapel, which stood in the cemetery on Church Street at ST 7989
5135. © Chris Kippin (2024).
Beercrocombe, St. James. Two interiors - 1,
2. The list of rectors commences in 1318. ST 326 205. All ©
Mike Berrell (2014). Grade I listed.
Berkley, St. Mary. The
interior. ST 8111 4940. Both ©
Chris Kippin (2021).
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Berrow, St. Mary on Coast Road, a C13 church.
ST 293 524. From an old postcard in Steve Bulman's
Collection. A modern view. © Andrew
Ross. Interior view, © Richard Roberts
(2016).
Grade I listed.
Bickenhall, the former St. Paul (1848), now the Parish Hall. ST 2829 1876. © Mike Berrell (2014).
Two more views - 1,
2, both © Chris Kippin
(2022), who advises that it's now known as Neroche Hall
(link).
Grade II listed.
Its medieval predecessor, also St. Paul, stood about half a mile to the
NE at ST 2866 1957. Demolished in
1849, the graveyard remains.
© Chris Kippin (2022).
Bicknoller, St. George on Church Lane.
Two interiors - 1,
2, and the
list of vicars, which goes back to
1249. ST 111 394. All © Mike Berrell (2013).
Link.
Grade I listed.
Biddisham, St. John the
Baptist, on Biddisham Lane. At least the second church on the present
site, it replaced a Norman church in the 13th century. The The bent
appearance of the tower is real, the lower stage of the tower was
already leaning when the 15th century upper stage was added.
Another view, and the cockerel
weather-vane. ST 38185 53438.
Link.
Grade II* listed. The former
Bible Christian Chapel. Its present appearance reveals no hint of
its prior religious use. It pre-dates a map of 1884, but by the 1903
edition it seems to have ceased as a chapel (at least, it isn't marked
as such), and at some point it was converted to residential use. ST
38845 53047. © Carole Sage (2018).
Binegar, Holy Trinity.
Another view. Both © Jill Bennett (2017).
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Birchwood, Mission Church.
It's dated
here
to 1887. Another view. ST
2404 1429. Both © Chris Kippin (2022).
Bishop Sutton, Holy Trinity (1848) on
Wick Road. Another view. ST 58595
59582.
Grade II listed. The recently closed (2015)
Methodist Chapel on The Street,
built as Wesleyan in 1914. Carole advises that there were tentative plans for
the Baptists to take over the building. ST 5872 5983. The
predecessor building (1778)
still stands adjacent, and served as the church hall after its replacement was
built. A simple plaque
announces that John Wesley Preached Here 17th September 1782. All ©
Carole Sage (2016).
Bishop's Hull, Taunton - see Taunton.
Bishops Lydeard, St. Mary the Virgin on Church Street. Two interiors - 1,
2. ST 1679 2976.
Another view, © P. L. Kessler / The History
Files, and an
old postcard view, from Paul E.
Barnett's Collection - note the variant (or mistaken) spelling Bishop
Lydeard. Link.
Grade I listed.
A cross, and numerous tombs, etc, are listed separately, and they can be
found
here. The former
Congregational Chapel on High Street. ST 1690 2989. All © Mike Berrell (2013).
Bishopswood, Bishopswood Chapel (1874 -
date-stone). ST 257 128.
Both © Mike Berrell (2014).
Blackford (near Wedmore), Holy
Trinity (1823). Two interior views -
1,
2. ST 4088 4776. All ©
Chris Kippin (2021).
Link.
Grade II listed.
Blackford
(near Wincanton), St. Michael. The Norman
doorway. ST 6580 2616.
Both © Chris Kippin (2021).
Grade II* listed (note that the photo included with the listing is
not of St. Michael - it's St. Mary at Compton Pauncefoot. Older maps
mark a Wesleyan Methodist Chapel at the north-west end of the village on
Chapel Lane, at ST 6559 2626. The
VCH advises that it was built in 1837, "closed by 1949 and was
subsequently demolished". I've been unable to find a photo, and
Streetview hasn't passed the site.
Blagdon, St. Andrew.
Link.
Grade II* listed. Baptist Church.
Link. The
former Wesleyan Methodist Church, now
in residential use. Another view. All
© Janet Gimber (2016).
Bossington, Methodist
Church (1895 Wesleyan), on Bossington Lane.
Interior view. SS 898
477. Both © Richard Roberts (2019).
Another view,
© Chris Kippin (2019).
Grade II listed.
Bradford-on-Tone, St Giles. ST 1730 2298. ©
Andrew Ross. Another view, two interior views - 1,
2, a window, and an unusual feature for a church - a set of
stocks!, all © Mike Berrell (2013). Link.
Grade II* listed.
The former Congregational Church
on Regent Street. It bears a date-stone for 1859. ST 1722 2275. © P. L.
Kessler / The History
Files. Peter Kessler's notes
here (click on number 6) says that it was closed after WW1. It's now
in residential use.
Bratton Seymour, St
Nicholas. The carved stones in the
porch arch are re-set
(i.e. originally from elsewhere) says the
grade II* listing. The
doorway into the church is C12. ST 6770 3007. All © Chris Kippin
(2021). Link.
Breach Hill. A Baptist congregation
used to meet in a house in the hamlet, though which house, and indeed whether it
still survives is not, at present, known. The photo, and the following grid
reference are just general ones for the hamlet. ST 53951 59841. © Carole Sage
(2017).
Brean, St. Bridget.
Another view. ST 297 559. "Fantastic
building!" says Andrew. Methodist
Church. ST 295 561.
Link.
All © Andrew Ross.
Brendon Hill, Methodist
Church. This
source
says it was previously known as Beulah Bible Christian Chapel. ST 026
343.
© Chris Kippin (2019).
Brent Knoll, St. Michael. ST 335 507. Link.
Methodist Church. ST 333 507. Both © Andrew Ross.
Bridgwater.
Broadway, St. Aldhelm and St.
Eadburga. Another view. ST 3297
1591. Both © Chris Kippin (2022).
Link.
Grade I listed. Numerous features in the churchyard are listed
separately
here. The church sits outside the village; in the village itself is
a former Congregational Chapel, at ST 3202
1545, seen by Streetview
in 2011.
Grade II listed.
Brockley, St. Nicholas, now in the care of
the Churches Conservation Trust. Of Norman foundation, the chancel is 13th
century, and the tower of the 15th. It was restored in the 1820's. ST 46589
66978. ©
Carole Sage (2016). Interior view, the
altar, the late medieval
stone pulpit, the
font, and three of the windows (which
date from the 1820's restoration) - 1,
2,
3, the latter of St. Nicholas, the
Piggott family pew (with its own
door, fireplace, and a good view of the pulpit), the golden cockerel
weather-vane, the
headstone on the so-called
"Pirate's Grave", and a selection of stone carvings and gargoyles -
1,
2,
3,
4, all ©
Carole Sage (2017).
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Brompton Ralph, Blessed
Virgin Mary. Another view,
and the interior. ST 084
323.
All © Chris Kippin
(2019).
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Brompton Regis, Church of
the Blessed Virgin St. Mary. The
pulpit. SS 951 314.
Both © Chris Kippin (2011).
Grade II* listed. The former
Zion Chapel, built as
Methodist in 1854. SS 952 314.
SS 9526 3142. ©
Chris Kippin (2020).
Grade II listed.
Broomfield, St. Mary and All Saints on Church Road. ST 224 320. © Simon Kidner.
Another view, and an interior, both © John Pether. Link.
Grade I listed.
Brushford, St Nicholas. SS 9195
2574. ©
Chris Kippin (2020).
Link.
Grade I listed.
Bruton, St. Mary the Virgin. ST 6846
3480. © Bob Feltham. Two more views - 1,
2, and a
detail from the tower, all © Christopher Skottowe
(1964). Three interior views - 1,
2,
3, and the
font, all © Steve Bulman (2023).
Link.
Grade I listed. The Chapel in
Sexey's Hospital (almshouse), from an old postcard (franked in 1906) in
Christopher Skottowe's Collection.
Link. The
Methodist Church is on Shute Lane at ST 6796 3469. Old maps show it as
Wesleyan. © Chris Kippin (2021).
Link. Old O.S. maps reveal another chapel, and the site of
Bruton Augustinian Abbey. The latter is
indicated on a plot of land immediately adjacent to St. Mary at ST 6846
3474, and the site can be seen on a
2016 Streetview to
the left of the church.
Link. The
former Congregational Chapel
stands on the south side of High Street at ST 6828 3485, and is now in
commercial use. © Steve Bulman (2023).
Buckland Dinham, St Michael
and All Angels. ST 7550 5127. © Chris Kippin (2021).
Link.
Grade I listed. Old maps show a Wesleyan
Methodist Chapel off High Street, at ST 7525 5124. Pre-dating a
map of 1886, it can be seen in the background between the two houses on
a Streetview from
2019.
Buckland St. Mary, St. Mary the Virgin. ST 271 135. © Jon Mayled. Another
view, two interiors - 1, 2,
altar and reredos, and a spectacular memorial, all © Mike Berrell
(2014). Link.
Grade II* listed.
Burnett, St. Michael. Another view.
Link. The former Wesleyan
Methodist Chapel, now in residential use. All © Janet Gimber (2014).
Burnham-on-Sea.
Burrington, Holy Trinity. ST 47862
59335. From an old postcard
in Steve
Bulman's Collection. Three modern views -
1, 2,
3 and the
sun-dial. This photo shows a
gargoyle, and the dated rainwater
goods gives the date of a restoration of this C15 church. Three more gargoyles -
1,
2,
3. The roe deer
weathervane is a recent addition (2000). All © Carole Sage (2017).
Link.
Grade I listed. Burrowbridge, St. Michael on Main Road. Two interior views -
1,
2. ST 358 304. All © Mike
Berrell (2015).
Grade II listed. Prominent locally is "Burrow Mump", on which stands the
ruin of a church, built
in 1793 on the site of a medieval predecessor. On-line sources either
leave it nameless, or refer to it as St. Michael or The Free
Chapel of St. Michael. © P. L. Kessler /
The History Files.
Grade II listed. The former
Ebenezer Baptist Chapel (1856), now in residential use. There is
dating on-line (including in the
grade II listing) for 1836. This seems to be erroneous. In the
original photo a date-stone for 1856 can be seen clearly enough. © P. L.
Kessler /
The History Files.
Burtle, St. Philip and St. James.
Its
grade II listing dates it to 1838-9.
ST 3954 4329. © Chris Kippin (2020).
Link.
Burton, Baptist Chapel. Chris
says it wasn't clear if this church was still active or not. ST 193 442.
© Chris Kippin (2019).
Butcombe, St. Michael and All Angels,
which is of the 15th century. The vestry was added in 1887. ST 51537 61874. © Janet Gimber (2016).
Another view, and a
statue of St. George (1931) above the
south door, both © Carole Sage (2017).
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Butleigh, St. Leonard. ST 5200
3392.
Link,
which says the church is of Saxon foundation.
Grade II* listed.
The former Wesleyan Methodist
Chapel, which pre-dates a map of 1886. Map evidence suggests it was
closed between 1962 and 1974. ST 5219 3357. Both © Chris Kippin
(2020).
Cameley,
St. James of Compostella is now cared for by the Churches Conservation Trust.
Dating from the 12th century, the tower is of the 15th. The church was closed in
1956, it then being in a very poor condition. A determined restoration campaign
followed, and it re-opened in 1960. But redundancy followed in 1976, and was
transferred to what is now the Trust in 1981. Two further views -
1, 2,
two interiors - 1,
2, the
Clerk's pew, the
pulpit and the
font. Some wall paintings survive -
this example shows the foot of St.
Christopher as he was carrying the Christ child across a stream, and here's a
jester. I particularly
like the crab. An unusual feature is an external
flight of steps, giving access to the
gallery, built against the porch. ST 60124 57567. All © Carole Sage (2016).
Another view, © Janet Gimber (2016).
Link.
Grade I listed.
Camerton, St. Peter. ST 6870 5744. © Chris
Kippin (2022). Link.
Grade I listed.
Cannington, Blessed Virgin Mary on
Church Street. Another view, the
interior,
pulpit and
rood. ST 25788 39525.
Link.
Grade I listed. U.R.C. on High
Street. ST 2535 3950.
Link. The handsome
building at the entrance to the
cemetery on High Street seems to not be a chapel (at least, it's not marked as
such on any maps I can find), but could be mistaken for one.
ST 2526 3950. All
© Chris Kippin (2019).
Carhampton,
St. John the Baptist on Church Lane.
Another view, and an interior view.
ST 009 426. All © Dave Westrap. Another
view, and two additional interiors -
1,
2, all © Mike Berrell (2013).
Link1. Link2.
Link3.
Grade I listed. The former Wesleyan
Methodist Church, on High Street. ST 0070 4257.
© Chris Kippin (2020).
Carlingcott, Methodist Church,
originally United Free Methodist.
ST 6978 5818. ©
Janet Gimber (2016). Another
view, © Chris Kippin (2022). Google Streetmaps says "permanently closed",
and the disappearance of a previous church website tends to confirm this.
Grade II listed. The former
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, now residential. ST
6974 5813. ©
Janet Gimber (2016).
Castle Cary, All Saints, on Church
Street. ST 6392 3206. From an old postcard (franked 1908) in Steve
Bulman's Collection. Link.
Grade II* listed. Parts of the churchyard boundary
wall, and several monuments, are listed separately - they can be found
here. The former
Congregational Chapel (1815), in Chapel Yard. ST 6383 3187. © Chris Kippin
(2020).
Grade II listed. The
Methodist Church on Upper High
Street was built as Wesleyan. Its
grade II listing dates it to circa 1840. ST 6434 3241.
© Chris Kippin (2020).
Link.
Catcott, St. Peter, on Church Way. ST 3942
3928. © Chris Kippin (2020).
Link
dates it to 1292.
Grade I listed. The 25" O.S. map of 1886 shows a Wesleyan Methodist
Chapel at the junction of Hector Lane and Steel Lane, at ST 3959 3945. Since
demolished, the chapel stood
here, as seen on a 2011 Streetview, nearer to the road than the bungalow,
and at 90 degrees to it. This
source
dates it to 1876 or 1877, and says it was preceded by an earlier chapel of 1826
at the junction of Lippet's Way and Scot's Lane. Without a map showing exactly
where it was, I've picked a
general view of the junction itself, and the properties on either side, as
seen by Streetview in 2009.
Chantry, Holy Trinity, a G. G. Scott
church. Another view. ST 7192 4702.
Link. The former
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel. It pre-dates
a map of 1886. ST 7170 4696. All © Chris Kippin (2021).
Chapel Cross, the scant remains of the C14
St. Andrew's Chapel. SS 905 448. © Richard Roberts (2019). It is a
Scheduled Monument.
Chard.
Charlcombe, St. Mary.
Another view, the
interior and the
font. ST 7486 6735. All © Chris
Kippin (2024).
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Charlton Adam, St. Peter and St.
Paul. Another view and the
interior. ST 5351 2866. All ©
Chris Kippin (2020).
Grade I listed. A former, small and rather handsome
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel stands at the junction of
Top Road and Broad Street, at ST 5372 2874. It can be seen
here on a 2009 Streetview.
It's still labelled, and was presumably active, when a map of 1962 was
published.
Charlton Horethorne,
St. Peter and St. Paul. ST 6652 2307. © Chris
Kippin (2021).
Link.
Grade II* listed. A Wesleyan Methodist Chapel
is shown on old maps on North Road, at ST 6636 2343. This
source
dates it to 1861, a re-build of an earlier chapel of 1828, with closure in 1928
and subsequent demolition. Its site is to the left rear of the house seen
here in a 2021 Streetview.
Charlton Mackrell,
Blessed Virgin Mary (or St. Mary, St. Mary the Virgin), and the
interior. ST 5282 2834. Both
© Chris Kippin (2020).
Link.
Grade II* listed. A number of churchyard monuments are
listed separately - they can be found
here. Although not especially indicated on any maps I've seen, there is a
grade I listing for the The Abbey, near the church, which the listing
says is built on the site of a chantry chapel.
ST 5356 2869. Its
Wikipedia entry
includes a photo.
Charlton Musgrove, St. John,
which stands a little over 1¼
miles N.E. of the village. Older maps and its
grade II listing have it as St. John's Memorial Chapel.
Interior view. ST 7299 3174.
Link. Three hundred
yards to its west is a former
Baptist Chapel. It's dated to 1817-1958, according to the house
name-sign, but 1830-1958
according to this
source. ST 7270 3171. St.
Stephen stands in the village at ST 7201 2991.
Link.
Grade II* listed. All © Chris Kippin (2021).
Charlynch, the former St Mary,
deconsecrated in 1981 and subsequently converted to residential use. ST 238 378.
© Chris Kippin (2019).
Link.
Grade I listed.
Charterhouse-on-Mendip, St. Hugh. The
building was originally used by lead miners as a meeting/welfare hall, and
converted into a church in 1908. Two additional views -
1,
2. ST 5013 5566. All © Carole Sage
(2017).
Grade II* listed, for its Arts and Crafts interior. It opens to visitors
during the summer months of Sunday afternoons, 2-5 PM.
Cheddar.
Cheddon Fitzpaine, The Blessed Virgin Mary on Maidenbrook Lane. Another view. ST 243
276. Both © Alan Gardiner (2013). The lychgate is substantial, as is the
lich-stone, where the coffin could be rested. Two interior views - 1, 2.
All © Mike Berrell (2013). Link.
Grade II* listed.
Chedzoy, Blessed Virgin Mary. A
carved stone on the south porch bears
the date 1579. ST 3411 3767. Both © Chris Kippin (2020).
Link.
Grade I listed. A converted Wesleyan Methodist
Chapel survives on Front Street, at ST 3390 3741. It's
shown (but not labelled) on a map of 1889. It can be seen
here on a 2011 Streetview.
Chelmsine, the former Plymouth
Brethren Chapel of circa 1880, now in residential use. ST 1893 1843. © P. L.
Kessler / The History Files.
Chelston Heathfield, the
Congregational Church at ST 1600 2119. It pre-dates an O.S. map of 1888. © P. L.
Kessler / The History Files.
Peter's Kessler's
entry for this church (select number 1) says that this is now a Brethren
Chapel, and has been since at least 1929.
Chelvey, St. Bridget.
Another view. ST 4662 6837. Both © Carole Sage (2016).
Grade I listed.
Chelwood, St. Leonard.
© Janet Gimber (2016).
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Chesterblade, The Blessed Virgin Mary.
Interior view and the plain Norman
tub font. ST 6610 4123.
Link.
Grade II* listed. The stump of a cross in the
churchyard is listed as
grade II. All © Chris Kippin (2021).
Chew Magna, St. Andrew on South Parade.
Another three views -1,
2, 3, the
tower,
gargoyles and carved heads - 1,
2,
3, four of the interior -
1,
2,
3,
4, the
East window, the
screen, and the richly-carved
pulpit and Norman
font. The church has some fine
monuments - 1,
2,
3. ST 57716 63240.
Link.
Grade I listed. The former Hope
Chapel (1874, Methodist Free Church) on Battle Lane. Now used as an office,
it seems to have closed as a church in the 1970's. An earlier Wesleyan Methodist
Chapel is mentioned in a National Gazetteer (1868), but its location is so far
unknown. ST 57161 63155. Catholic Church
of the Sacred Heart on High Street. (1960's, R.C.). ST 57114 63104.
Link1.
Link2. Chew Magna Baptist Church on Tunbridge Road was built by Bristol Baptist Itinerant Society.
However, the congregation dates back to 1824, and meetings will have been held
in cottages, or outdoors, until the church was opened in 1867. There were a
number of other small chapels in the valley, some without a baptistery, so
christenings for these would be held at Chew Magna.
Another view. ST 57666 63044.
Link.
Grade II listed. All © Carole Sage (2017).
Chew Stoke, St. Andrew on Church Lane.
Note the eccentric stair-turret with its own small spire. Another view.
The church has a good number of gargoyles, a selection of four -
1,
2,
3,
4. ST 55685 61948. All © Carole Sage
(2017). Link.
Grade II* listed. Methodist Church
(C),
a late C19 re-build of an 1815-16 chapel. ST 55993 61599. © Carole Sage
(2016).
Chewton Keynsham, Mission Church.
It was converted from an older school in the late 19th century. ST 65239 66319.
© Carole Sage (2017).
Link.
Chewton Mendip, St. Mary Magdalene.
Two extra views - 1,
2, a carved stone
figure, a selection of the
(mostly cheerful) gargoyles and grotesques -
1,
2,
3, three of the interior
- 1,
2,
3, the lovely embroidered
altar cloth, and two of the windows -
1,
2. ST 5964 5315. All © Carole
Sage (2016 and 2017). Link.
Grade I listed. A former
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel stands to the south-west of the village at ST 5919
5232. © Chris Kippin (2021).
Chilcompton, St. John the Baptist.
Another view.
ST 6470 5241. Both © Janet Gimber (2016).
Link.
Grade II* listed. Church House
(on The Street), built as the hall for St. John in 1911, has been
used for services. The building might be older, or on the site of an older
building, as the 25" O.S. map of 1886 shows a building with the same footprint.
ST 6489 5214. © Janet Gimber (2016). The former St.
Aldhelm (R.C.) on Frys Well and Bowden Hill. ST 6487 5160. © Janet Gimber
(2016).
Link (still available at the time of writing). The former
Methodist Church, on Fry's Well and Bakers Lane, now residential, was
originally Wesleyan. ST 6486 5156. © Janet Gimber (2016). The 25" O.S. map of
1886 marks a Plymouth Brethren Chapel. It's unclear
which building the label is supposed to indicate, but it's perhaps one at ST
6488 5215, immediately behind what is now Church House.
Chilthorne Domer, St. Mary. ST
5248 1942. © Chris Kippin (2021).
Link has an
interior view.
Grade II* listed. Churchyard monuments listed separately can be found
here.
Chilton Cantelo, St. James. ST 5702
2218. © Chris Kippin (2021).
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Chilton Polden, St Edward. The
church is somewhat unusual in having its
Sunday School within the
churchyard. ST 3735 3996. Both © Chris Kippin (2020).
Grade II listed. Older O.S. maps mark Sion
Independent/Congregational Chapel at ST 3793 3970. It
pre-dates a map of 1886, and can be seen
here on a 2011 Streetview.
The building currently on the site betrays no signs of having been a chapel, but
looks old enough to be it. This
source
dates it to 1840, and says it was sold in 1939. It also mentions that a house
was used for worship from 1860 by Primitive Methodists, but I've been unable to
establish where this was.
Chilton Trinity, Holy Trinity. The
interior, and the
pulpit. ST 296 391. All
© Chris Kippin (2019).
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Chiselborough, St. Peter and St. Paul on Church Lane. Two interior views - 1,
2, and the altar. ST 468 149. All © Mike Berrell (2014).
Grade II* listed.
Churchill, St. John the Baptist on Church
Lane. A C12 church re-built in the C14 and C15, with a Victorian restoration.
Two further views - 1,
2, and an
example of the many gargoyles. ST
4373 6024.
Link.
Grade I listed. The Methodist Church
on Front Street dates from the 1870's.
Another view.
Link.
Grade II listed. All © Carole Sage (2016).
Churchinford,
Baptist Chapel. © Simon Kidner.
Churchstanton, St. Peter & St. Paul.
ST 1958 1453. ©
Simon Kidner. Two additional views - 1,
2, both © P. L. Kessler /
The History Files.
Link.
Grade I listed.
Clandown, the former Holy Trinity, now in
residential use. Another view. The former
Methodist Church on Springfield
Place, built as Primitive Methodist. All © Janet Gimber (2016).
Clapton, the former Methodist Church
on Zion Hill, originally Wesleyan. © Janet Gimber (2016).
Clapton in Gordano, St. Michael, now in the
care of the Churches Conservation Trust. It closed in 1995, though occasional
services are still held here. Another view,
and the porch. ST 46783 73536. All ©
Carole Sage (2016).
Link.
Grade I listed.
Clatworthy, St. Mary Magdalene.
ST 0526 3094. © Paul E. Barnett (2023). Link.
Grade II* listed. A churchyard cross is separately listed as
grade II.
Claverham, St. Barnabas on Jasmine Lane.
Two additional views - 1,
2. ST 449 666. Link.
The former Methodist Church
(1867-1972) on
Chapel Lane, now converted to residential use. ST 447 661.
Friends' Meeting House (1729) on Meeting House
Lane. It replaced an earlier one which dated back to at least 1672.
Another view.
Free Church (Evangelical) on
Claverham Road. ST 446 660. All © Carole Sage (2016).
Claverton, St. Mary. The tomb of Ralph
Allen - 1,
2, and the explicatory
plaque. ST 7879 6413. All © Chris
Kippin (2022). Link.
Grade II listed.
Cleeve, Holy Trinity.
Another view. ST 460 661.
Link.
Grade II* listed. A former chapel
on Chapel Lane and Cleeve Hill Road. Marked as such on the 1974 O.S. map, it's
now in residential use. The
Geograph entry, states that it was a Brethren church, and
that it had been built as a chapel for quarry
workers. The 1882-3 O.S. marks it as Christian Brethren.
Another view. All © Carole
Sage (2016).
Clevedon, including Walton St. Mary.
Cloford, The Blessed Virgin Mary. Its
grade I listing says it was re-built in 1856.
Another view. ST 7264 4398. Both © Chris
Kippin (2021). Link.
Closworth, All Saints. ST 5638 1005. ©
Chris Kippin (2021).
Grade II* listed. Listings for associated structures can be found
here.
Clutton, St. Augustine of Hippo on Marsh
Lane. Originally of the late C12 (with a tower of the C15) the church has been
extensively re-built over the ensuing centuries. This is one of a very small
number of churches with a ha-ha to keep livestock out of the churchyard. ST 6227
5893. © Carole Sage (2016). Two further views -
1, 2.
Grade II* listed.
The former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel on
Upper Bristol Road dates from 1810, and has been converted to residential use,
seemingly since 2002, when it is still shown as a place of worship on the O.S.
map of that vintage. ST 619 591. The former
Congregational Chapel (later U.R.C.) on Station Road
is of the late C19, and had closed during the 1980's or 1990's. This is also now
residential. ST 6236 5923. The
site of the Zion
United Free Methodist Church, which the 1885 1:2,500 map shows simply as
Nonconformist. It stood some distance behind the trees on the left. ST 6236
5886. © Janet Gimber (2016). Howard Richter has been investigating this, and has
been able to refine the placement of the site of the chapel on modern maps, and
identifies the property now called Elmwood as its probable site. It can be seen
on a 2019 Streetview here. Clutton also had a
Primitive Methodist Chapel, as
noticed in a gazetteer of 1868, but where this was, and whether is still
survives is, at present, uncertain. All © Carole Sage (2016). Howard Richter
speculates that the unplaced Primitive Methodist Chapel may have been the same
building later occupied as Zion.
Coleford, Holy Trinity.
Interior view. ST 6865 4900.
Link.
Grade II listed. The former
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel on Church
Street. An
Estate Agents' notice from 2011 has an interior photo. ST 6875 4888. It has
a date-stone for 1865.
Grade II listed. A former tin tabernacle, now called
The Old Gospel Hall stands near
the north end of Church Street, and bears a date of 1915. ST 6866 4941. The
modern Gospel Hall stands on Anchor
Road at ST 6865 4948, and was being built in 2009 when
Streetview went past. All ©
Chris Kippin (2021). The village also had a Primitive
Methodist Chapel, on High Street at ST 6853 4868. Its site, now used for
private parking, can be seen
here on a Streetview from 2019. Its My Primitive Methodists
entry has a short history, and mentions a building date of 1863 and a former
Presbyterian Chapel which had been used before this (its site isn't located).
Combe Down, Holy Trinity. ST 7603 6229. From an old postcard in Reg Dosell's Collection.
Two modern views - 1,
2, both © Chris Kippin (2022).
Link.
Grade II listed. Union Chapel
has a date-stone for 1815. © Chris Kippin (2022).
Link.
Grade II listed.
Combe Florey, St. Peter & St. Paul. ST
1506 3117. © Simon Kidner. Another view,
two interiors - 1,
2, and the
list of rectors, which commences in
1316. ST 156 3117. All © Mike Berrell (2016).
Another view, © P. L. Kessler /
The History Files.
Link.
Grade I listed. In the churchyard are a cross, a war memorial and a tomb
which all have separate listings - they can be seen
here.
Combe Hay, the church. Different sources
call it St. Philip and St. James, or say that the dedication is lost. The
interior. ST 7350 5984. Both © Chris
Kippin (2022). Link.
Grade II listed.
Combe St. Nicholas, St. Nicholas. Two interiors - 1,
2. A brass
plaque gives a little history about the
screen. ST 301 112. Link.
Grade I listed.
Methodist Church (1891) on Stooper's Hill. ST 301 114.
Link.
Grade II listed. All © Mike Berrell (2013).
Combwich, St. Peter (1870) on Church
Hill, undergoing repairs. ST 2586 4227.
© Mike Berrell (2016). The repairs had evidently been completed by 2019 - two
additional views - 1,
2, and the
interior, all
© Chris Kippin (2019).
Grade II listed. The former 1838 Bethel Chapel on
School Lane, now in residential use. ST 2578 4236. © Mike Berrell (2016).
Compton Bishop, St. Andrew on Church
Lane. Dedicated in 1236, the south doorway is older than that. Two additional
views - 1,
2. ST 39593 55393. All © Carole
Sage (2018).
Link.
Grade I listing, which mentions a Norman tub font, and a "fine C15 pulpit".
Compton Dando, Church of The Blessed
Virgin Mary. At least the second church on the site, the present church dates
from the 14th century, and has undergone much restoration since the mid-18th.
Three additional views - 1,
2,
3, a
gargoyle, and the
lych-gate. Two interior views -
1,
2, a beautifully carved wooden
cross, two windows -
1,
2, the
stone pulpit and the
font (both of 1883). ST 64564
64651.
Link.
Grade II* listed. The former
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel. Mentioned in a gazetteer of 1868, it seems to
have still been active at least until the 1970's. The residential property into
which it was converted constitutes only part of the original building - another
part which stood at right angles covered the present parking area. ST 64511
64378. All © Carole
Sage (2017).
Compton Martin, St. Michael the
Archangel. Another view.
Link1.
Link2.
Grade I listed. The former
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel on Mill Street, now in residential use.
Another view. All © Janet
Gimber (2016). A moated site to the north of the village, now a farm called
Moat Farm, was previously a
chapelry - an annexe to St. Michael the Archangel in the village. Old maps mark
it as a nunnery. Carole's photo shows a general view of the farm. Whether any
fabric remains of the old ecclesiastic buildings is so far not known. ST 54792
58702. © Carole Sage (2017). The farmhouse itself is
grade II listed; it makes no mention of the chapelry or nunnery.
Compton Pauncefoot, Blessed
Virgin Mary. ST 6441 2616. © Chris Kippin (2021).
Link.
Grade II* listed. Other listed features associated with the church can be
found
here.
Congresbury, St. Andrew on Church Drive.
It was consecrated in 1215, on the site of an earlier church. ST 4357 6377. © Jack Frost.
Two additional views - 1,
2, two interiors -
1,
2, the
Merle Chapel, and the
altar. The
font is C13, with a Jacobean cover,
and the pulpit is of 1856. All ©
Carole Sage (2016).
Link.
Grade I listed. Methodist Church
on High Street. It dates from 1875, though there has been a Methodist
congregation since 1852. It's not known whether the earlier building (if there
indeed was one) was sited here or elsewhere. ST 4378 6373. © Carole Sage (2016).
Link.
Corfe, St. Nicholas. Two interiors - 1, 2. ST
233 197. All © Mike Berrell (2014). Link.
Grade II* listed.
Corston, All Saints. Of the later 12th
century, the tower is an addition of 1622. The
list of incumbents dates back to
1180, when "Abel the Priest" was in residence. Three additional views -
1, 2,
3. A
gargoyle, and carved cats head.
Interior view, the
chancel and
side chapel,
altar,
stone pulpit, the
font, and two of the windows -
1,
2. A
plaque records the addition of the
north aisle in 1865. ST 69492 65282.
Link.
Grade II listed. The former Wesleyan Chapel,
now converted to residential use. It pre-dates a gazetteer of 1868, and seems to
have closed in the 1960's. The same gazetteer also mentions a Primitive
Methodist Chapel. ST 69418 65448. The
Chapel of St. Theresa's Nursing and
Residential Home is modern, and is first marked on the 1997 O.S. map. ST 69506
65492. All © Carole Sage (2017).
Corton Denham, St Andrew. Two
additional views - 1,
2, ST 6359 2260. All © Chris Kippin
(2021). Link.
Grade II listed. Several tombs in the churchyard are listed separately -
they can be found
here. A Wesleyan Methodist Chapel is shown on
older maps, at ST 6326 2248. This
source dates it to circa 1859, disused by 1910, and later converted to
residential use. It can be seen
here in a Streetview from 2009.
Cossington, Blessed Virgin Mary on Manor
Road, and the interior. ST 3565
4028. © Chris Kippin (2020).
Link.
Grade II* listed. It seems a little odd that a village
of this size would appear never to have had a non-conformist chapel, although
this
source mentions a Baptist meeting in a private house (unlocated, so far).
Cotford St. Luke, the former Chapel of
the Somerset and Bath Lunatic Asylum on Graham Way was in use as a pub and
restaurant when the Streetview van
went past in 2009. ST 1679
2736. Link.
St. Luke's Centre (2018), off Roger's Walk.
Link. Both © P. L.
Kessler / The History Files.
Cothelstone, St. Thomas of Canterbury
(old maps show it as St. Thomas à Becket). ST 1814 3185. © P. L. Kessler /
The History Files.
Link.
Grade I listed.
Coxley, Christ Church. © Bill Henderson.
Cranmore, St. Bartholomew (O). ST 668 433.
© John Balaam (2019).
Link.
Grade I listed.
Creech St. Michael, St. Michael on Bull
Street. ST 275 253. © Maggie Exon.
Another view, three interior
views - 1,
2,
3, and an unusual feature in a churchyard - a set of
stocks, all © Mike Berrell (2013).
Another view, © P. L. Kessler (2019) /
The History Files.
Link.
Grade I listed. Zion Baptist Church
on St. Michael Road. ST 273 257. © Mike Berrell (2013).
Another view, © P. L. Kessler (2019) /
The History Files.
Link.
Hereabouts a Wesleyan Methodist
congregation met in a house in the 1840's and 1850's. © P. L. Kessler (2019) /
The History Files.
Crewkerne.
Cricket Malherbie, St. Mary Magdalene. ST 361 115. © Julie Baker.
Link.
Cricket St. Thomas, St. Thomas, which was used in the TV series "To the Manor Born".
Another view. ST 372 085. Both © Julie Baker. Link.
Croford, the site of a
Mission Church at Slapemoor Bridge, as seen by the Streetview van in 2009. It
first shows on a map of 1930. Map evidence suggests it survived at least into
the 1970's.
Croscombe, St. Mary the Virgin. © Mark Turbott. Another view,
and the interior, showing the rood
screen and pulpit. ST 5906 4442. Both © Kevin Gordon. Two more views -
1, 2,
porch, the
interior,
screen and
carved bench-ends, all © Christopher Skottowe (1948
and 1965). Link.
Grade I listed. The Seventh-day
Adventist Church on Old Street Lane is a former Methodist Church of 1890,
labelled
on old maps as Wesleyan. TF 5895 4430. © Chris Kippin (2021).
Link. A former
Baptist Chapel survives on Church Street, at ST
5907 4446. Pre-dating a map of 1888, its
grade II* listing says it was originally a manor house. A photo is available
here (scroll down).
Crowcombe, Church of the Holy Ghost. Another view, two interior views -
1, 2, and a list of vicars
dating back to 1297. ST 141 367. All © Mike Berrell (2013). Link.
Grade I listed.
Cucklington, St Lawrence.
ST 7552 2776. © Chris Kippin (2021).
Link.
Grade II* listed. Numerous tombs and other features in the churchyard are
listed separately
here.
Culbone, St. Beuno (there are also
references to it as St. Culbone). Has been claimed as the
smallest parish church in England. © Simon Kidner.
Link.
Grade I listed.
Curland, the former All Saints. It was re-built on
the same foundations as an earlier church in 1856. In 1972 it was made
redundant, and subsequently converted to residential use.
ST 2706 1686. © Chris Kippin (2022).
Link.
Grade II listed. A tomb in the churchyard is also
grade II listed. About ¾ of a mile to the N.E., as the crow flies, is a
former Methodist Church, originally
Wesleyan. Now residential, it's called Curland Chapel. An adjacent
building may be a former schoolroom.
ST 2783 1784. Both © Chris Kippin (2022).
Curry Mallet, All Saints on Lower Street. Another view, and two interiors -
1, 2.
This church was previously dedicated to St. James - the
building
grade I listing calls it such. Mike has found an on-line source from 1875 calling it St. James, and another of 1939 as All Saints. Can you narrow down the
date any more closely? ST 334 209. All © Mike Berrell (2014).
Link.
Curry Rivel, St. Andrew. Another view. Both © Jenny Ludgate. Two interior
views - 1, 2; the list
of rectors and vicars goes back to 1257. All © Mike Berrell (2013). Link.
Grade I listed.
U.R.C., built as Congregational in 1840. © Mike Berrell (2013).
Link. Grade II listed.
Cutcombe, St. John the Evangelist.
Another view, and the
interior. SS 930 392. All © Chris
Kippin (2019). Link.
Grade II* listed.
Dean, the
former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel of 1899 (date-stone),
which appears to have closed recently. ST 6719 4400. Both © Chris Kippin (2021).
Dinder, St.
Michael. ST 5751 4459. © Chris Kippin (2021).
Three more views - 1,
2, 3,
all © Christopher Skottowe (1949).
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Dinnington, St. Nicholas on Church Hill.
Interior view (taken through a window). ST 403 128.
Grade II* listed. The former Bible Christian Chapel (1864 - date-stone)
on Chapel Lane, now in secular use. ST 402 129. Grade II listed. All © Mike Berrell (2014).
Ditcheat, St. Mary Magadalen. ST 625 363.
© Chris Kippin. Link.
Grade I listed.
Dodington, All Saints, which is now cared
for by the Churches Conservation Trust.
Another view. ST 172 406. Both © Chris Kippin (2019).
Link.
Grade I listed.
Donyatt, St. Mary. Another view, and two interiors -
1, 2. ST 339 141. All © Mike Berrell (2014).
Grade II* listed.
Doulting, St. Aldhem. ST 6462 4313. ©
Chris Kippin (2021). Link.
Grade I listed. A cross and numerous monuments in the churchyard are listed
separately
here.
Downhead, All Saints. The
porch has a date-stone for 1751.
Interior view. ST 6918 4619.
Link.
Grade II* listed. A former Primitive
Methodist Chapel stands just over a mile S.S.W. of the church, at ST 6889
4529. It has a date-stone for 1863.
Link. All © Chris Kippin (2021).
Dowlish Wake, St. Andrew on Mill Lane. Two interiors - 1,
2. ST 3758 1297. All © Mike Berrell (2014). Link.
Grade II* listed.
Downside (near Bristol), the now unrecognisable Methodist
Chapel. Originally Wesleyan, map evidence shows that it is at least as old as
1882-3. It was still marked as a place of worship on the 1997 O.S. map, but has
since been converted for residential use. ST 49932 65931. © Carole Sage (2017).
Downside (near Shepton
Mallet), the site of the demolished Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, as seen by
Streetview in 2021. Maps suggest it was built between 1888 and 1903, and closed
and demolished in the 1960's. ST 6238 4498.
Drayton, St. Catherine on Church Street.
Two interiors - 1,
2. ST 4052 2478. All © Mike Berrell
(2016).
Grade I listed.
Dulcote, the former CoE Chapel. It's dated
here to 1860 "until
the late 1980's". ST 5644 4459. © Chris Kippin (2021).
Dulverton, All Saints.
SS 9164 2800.
Grade II* listed. The former Methodist
Chapel. SS 913 281. Congregational
Church (1831) on Chapel Street. SS 9140 2776.
Grade II listed. Roman Catholic Church
of St. Stanislaus. Interior view,
and a window of St. Stanislaus. SS
913 281. Link. All
© Chris Kippin (2019).
Dundon, St. Andrew.
Another view. There is a very large and
ancient yew tree in the churchyard. ST
4794 3253. All © Chris Kippin (2020).
Link.
Grade II* listed. The former
Wesleyan Mission
Hall on Ham Lane, a little way north-east of the village at ST 4835 3276.
Its date-stone is for 1887. This
source implies the date was the building's date of acquisition rather than
of its erection, and also dates its closure "by
1949" with sale circa 1956. © Chris Kippin (2021).
Dundry, St. Michael the Archangel on Church
Road, with its remarkable tower. ST 5576 6686. From an old postcard in Steve Bulman's Collection.
Three additional views - 1,
2, 3,
all © Carole Sage (2016). The top of the
tower, two weather-vanes - 1,
2, (the latter bearing the date 1861,
when a major restoration took place), and two grotesques -
1,
2, all © Carole Sage (2018). Link1.
Link2.
Grade I listed. Baptist Church.
Built in 1828 by the Bristol Baptist Itinerant Society, the date-stone
announces that it was also restored in 1877. Two further views -
1,
2. ST 5649 6661. All © Carole Sage (2016).
Dunkerton, All Saints. 7112 5929. © Chris
Kippin (2022).
Link.
Grade II* listed. The former Withyditch Baptist Church
stands less than half a mile west of the church. It's dated
here to a 1939 rebuild, on the site of two earlier chapels of 1829 and
1839-40, and closing in 2001. It was seen by
Streetview in 2011. ST 7031
5938.
Dunster, St. George.
SS 990 436. From an old postcard in Steve Bulman's Collection. Two modern views
1, 2,
and two interior views 1,
2 all © Dave Westrap.
Another view, © Carole Sage (2016).
Link1. Link2.
Link3.
The former Methodist Chapel on West
Street and St. Georges Street. Another
view. SS 9901 4357. Both © Carole Sage (2016).
The Nunnery on Church Street was
built as a nunnery, but never used as such, and was instead used as guest
accommodation (with chantry chapel) for the Priory. From Jim Parker's
Collection.
Link.
Durleigh, St Hugh.
Another view. ST 274 361. Both © Chris
Kippin (2019).
Grade II* listed (where the dedication isn't given).
Durston, St. John the Baptist. Built in
1853, on the site of an earlier church. ST 291 281. © Simon Kidner.
Another view, and two interiors -
1,
2, all © Mike Berrell (2013).
Link.
Grade II listed.
East Brent, St. Mary the Virgin. ST 343 519.
Link. Methodist Church. ST 347 520. Both ©
Andrew Ross.
East Chinnock, St. Mary the Virgin on High Street. Interior views - 1,
2, and a modern window. ST 499 133. All © Mike Berrell (2014).
Link.
Grade II listed.
East Coker, St. Michael and All Angels.
Interior view and the
font. ST 5388 1219.
Link.
Grade II* listed. A large number of tombs in the churchyard are listed
separately - they can be found
here. Cemetery Chapel and an
interior view. ST 5406 1252. There
used to be another chapel just a few yards further north at ST 5408 1257. This
is marked on old maps as Nonconformist, the extant one as Church of
England. The former Mission Room
at Burton. ST 5342 1336. Christian
Fellowship at Burton, previously a Plymouth Brethren "tin tabernacle" dated
here to 1894, though the
congregation existed by 1844. ST 5351 1366.
Link. All © Chris Kippin (2021).
Another building is listed as St. Roch Cottage with Attached Methodist Chapel,
(grade
II), and "Chapel is extension Eastwards nearest road", dated to 1713 (though
whether this is the cottage or chapel isn't clear, and the date-stone isn't
visible from Streetview). The grid reference is ST
54122 12356, which is on Moor Lane, and the building was seen by
Streetview in 2009. Another
listing is for Naish Priory, wherein it says
"a substantial house but never a priory".
East Cranmore, the former St. James. Its
grade II listing dates it to 1846, and its
Wikipedia entry has its closure as 1958.
Another view. ST 6815 4385. Both ©
Chris Kippin (2021).
East Harptree, St. Laurence, undergoing
re-roofing in 2016. Two additional views -
1,
2. Link.
Grade II* listed. The former United
Free Methodist Chapel, now in residential use. All © Janet Gimber (2016).
The former St. Michael's Catholic Church.
ST 57215 56485. It seems to have been built around the 1870's, and the 1997 O.S.
map still marks it as a place of worship. It was sold around 2009/10 and has
been converted for residential use. © Carole Sage (2017). Geograph has
another view.
East Horrington, the former St. John.
ST 5815 4672. © Chris Kippin (2021). Its
grade II listing dates it to 1838. A
news story includes several post-conversion photos.
East Lydford, Blessed Virgin Mary or St.
Mary. Another view.
Its
grade II listing dates it to 1866, and its
Wikipedia entry says it is now redundant and in private ownership.
ST 5724 3125. Both © Chris Kippin (2020).
East Lyng, St. Bartholomew. Two
interior views - 1,
2. ST 333 289. All © Mike Berrell
(2015). Link.
Grade I listed.
East Pennard, All Saints.
Another view. ST 596 374. Both © Chris
Kippin. Link.
Grade I listed.
East Quantoxhead.
© Maggie Exon.
East Woodlands, St. Katharine. The
interior and
font. ST 7898 4415. All © Chris
Kippin (2021). Link
dates it to 1714.
Easton, St. Paul. ST 5134 4763. © June Norris.
Another view, © Chris Kippin (2021).
Link.
Easton in Gordano, St. George. ST
5143 7575. © Peter Morgan. Two additional views -
1,
2, both © Carole Sage (2018).
The handsome dragon weather-vane,
© Carole Sage (2018). Link.
Grade II* listed.
Edgarley, St. Andrew (1897), a former
Mission Church, and now a school chapel. See its
Wikipedia
entry for its history. ST 5187 3808. © Chris Kippin (2021).
Edington, St. George on The Walls. Its
grade II listing dates it to a complete re-build in 1879 on an
earlier site. ST 3871 3980. Edington Chapel (Evangelical) on Broadway. ST 3894 3931. Both
© Chris Kippin (2020).
Link.
Elworthy, St. Martin of Tours, now in the
care of the Churches Conservation Trust.
Interior view (including the font) and the
pulpit. ST 082 349.
All © Chris Kippin
(2019).
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Emborough, Blessed Virgin Mary, now in
the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. ST 6144 5135.
Two interior views -
1,
2. All © Chris Kippin (2021).
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Englishcombe, St. Peter.
ST 7160 6289. © Chris Kippin (2022).
Link.
Grade I listed. Several churchyard monuments are also listed - they can be
seen
here. A former Congregational Chapel stands
less than a quarter of a mile E.S.E. of the church, at ST 7183 6277. Seen by
Streetview in 2021, it
pre-dates a map of 1885, and was active until 1955 at least.
Enmore, St. Michael on Frog Lane. Two
interiors - 1,
2. The
list of rectors commences before 1330. ST
2398 3521. All © Mike Berrell (2016 ).
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Evercreech, St. Peter. ST 6494 3868. From an old postcard
(franked 1905) in Steve Bulman's Collection.
Another two views - 1,
2, and two of the many grotesques -
1, 2,
all © Christopher Skottowe (1964).
Three additional views - 1,
2,
3, all © Chris Kippin (2021).
Link.
Grade I listed. The former Methodist
Chapel on Weymouth Road, built as Wesleyan. This
source
dates it to 1872, closing in 2003, and says that it stands adjacent to its
smaller predecessor of 1826. This has to be the building seen
here, in a Streetview from
2009. ST 6475 3861.
Exford, St. Mary Magdalene on Church Hill -
a C15 church re-built in 1867. SS 857 385. Interior view.
Grade II* listed. The former
Wesleyan Methodist
Chapel (1838) on Chapel Street. Closed in 1979, it has been converted to
residential use. SS 853 383. All © Richard Roberts (2019).
Exton, St. Peter and St. Paul.
Another view and the
interior. SS 925 337. All
© Chris Kippin (2019).
Grade II* listed.
Failand,
St. Bartholomew. Two further
views - 1,
2. ST 5148 7351.
Grade II listed. The former Wesleyan
Methodist Chapel (1825), was converted into a private residence in the
mid-1960's. ST 5189 7360. The former
Methodist Church. Built in the 1960's to serve new housing, the chapel had been
converted to residential use by the 1990's. ST 51708 71841. All © Carole Sage (2016).
Farleigh Hungerford, St
Leonard. ST 799 574. © Chris Kippin (2019).
Grade II* listed.
Farmborough, All Saints.
Another view.
Grade II* listed. The former
United Free Methodist Chapel (1895). The former
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel,
also now residential. All © Janet Gimber (2016).
Farrington Gurney, St.
John the Baptist. Another
view. Link.
Grade II listed.
Methodist Church.
Link.
All © Janet Gimber (2016).
Faulkland, the former
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel. ST 740 546.
© Chris Kippin (2019).
Felton, St. Katherine and the Noble
Army of Martyrs' at Felton Common Hill. Consecrated in 1869, it replaced
a wooden church at another location (Potter's Hill).
Another view. An impressive
carving of an angel was created
by local artist Ant Beetlestone from the stump of a beech tree. ST 51520 65657.
Link. The former Felton Chapel
(U.R.C., originally Independent) pre-dates an 1882-3 map. A local
informant advised Carole that it had only closed quite recently. ST
52011 65255. All © Carole Sage (2017).
Fiddington,
St. Martin of Tours on Church Road. Two interior views -
1,
2. The
list of rectors commences in 1316. ST
2157 4059. All © Mike Berrell (2016).
Grade II listed.
Fitzhead, St. James the Great on Church Road. Two Interior views -
1, 2. The list of incumbents goes
back to 1262. ST 120 284. All © Mike Berrell (2014). Grade II* listed.
Five Cross Way, the former
Plymouth Brethren Chapel, now in residential use. ST 1772 1987. © P. L.
Kessler / The History
Files.
Fivehead,
St. Martin. Two interior views - 1,
2. ST 353 229.
Link.
Grade I listed. Baptist Chapel (1860,
enlarged 1869, as the date-stone
says). Interior view.
Link.
Grade II listed. All © Mike Berrell (2013).
Flax Bourton, St. Michael and All Angels.
Two additional views -
1, 2,
the clock,
weather vane, and a
gargoyle and
grotesque.
ST 5066 6937. All © Carole Sage (2016 and 2017). Interior view, from an old postcard in Andrew
Ross's Collection, dated ca. 1920.
Grade II* listed. The former Hospital Chapel
(1860), dedicated to St. George, was originally built as the chapel for
Bedminster Union workhouse, at the expense of William Gibbs of Tyntesfield.
The hospital closed in about 1993, and was subsequently converted to offices,
but Carole Sage says it doesn't appear to be in use at present. ST 518 695. © Graeme Harvey. Two additional views -
1, 2, both
© Carole Sage (2016).
Grade II listed.
Ford Street, a glimpse of the
former Plymouth Brethren Chapel, which is now in residential use. It
pre-dates the 25" O.S. map surveyed between 1873 and 1888. It seems to
have still been active in 1905, but had closed before 1957. ST 1556
1834. © P. L. Kessler /
The History Files.
Forde Abbey, the chapel, originally the chapter house of the monastery. Interior view.
ST 359 051. Both © Steve Bulman (2010). Link.
Fox Hill, Bath - see
Bath.
Foxcote, St. James the Less. ©
Janet Gimber (2016).
Link.
Freshford, St. Peter, and its
tower. ST 7897 6016. Both ©
Chris Kippin (2022).
Link.
Grade II* listed. Other listed features associated with the church
can be found
here.
Frome.
Galhampton,
the church. Its history can be found on the church website
here, but basically what
was originally a Congregational Chapel is now an L.E.P. (U.R.C. and CoE).
ST 6360 2974. © Chris Kippin (2020).
Galmington, Taunton - see Taunton.
Gare Hill, the former St. Michael. Two
additional views - 1,
2. ST 7799 4023. All © Chris Kippin
(2021). The village also has a former Wesleyan Methodist
Chapel. It, or its replacement with the same L-shaped footprint, can be
seen in a Streetview from
2011.
Glastonbury.
Goathurst, St. Edward King and Martyr on
Long Lane. Two interiors - 1,
2. ST 25655 34356. All © Mike
Berrell (2016).
Link.
Grade I listed.
Great Elm, St. Mary Magdalene. An
interior view, and a luxury
box pew! ST 7464 4932. All © Chris Kippin (2021).
Link.
Grade I listed. A tomb and war memorial are listed separately - they can be
seen
here. The former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel at
ST 7493 4939 as seen by
Streetview in 2009. It pre-dates a map of 1887.
Green Ore, the former Mission Room.
ST 5779 5029. © Chris Kippin (2021).
Greenham, St. Peter (1860). ST 0787 2017.
© Huw Thomas / The History
Files.
Link.
Greinton, St. Michael and All Angels.
Another view. ST 4126 3641. Both
© Chris Kippin (2020).
Link.
Grade I listed.
Halcon, Taunton - see Taunton.
Hallatrow, Friends' Meeting House and
burial ground, at the junction of Wells Road and Harts Lane. Janet advises that
there is no obvious sign of the burial ground, and whether the building that was
the one used by the Friends is the current one is also unknown. It was in use
from the 17th century. Standing opposite on Wells Road is the
site of the former Gospel Hall, which
burned down in 1962. The present building has a churchy look about it, but
whether it is used as such, or was a residential re-build reflecting the sites
history is unknown. Both © Janet Gimber (2016).
Halse, St. James the Less on Church Lane. Two interiors -
1, 2. ST 1400 2774. All © Mike Berrell (2014).
Two additional views - 1,
2, both © P. L. Kessler /
The History Files.
Link.
Grade I listed.
The churchyard has some tombs and a war memorial listed separately - these can
be found
here. The 1904 25" O.S. map marks a Bible Christian
Chapel at ST 1396 2812. This
source
dates it to 1847, and it says it was later United Methodist, closing in 1964.
Access to it (if it survives) is down a narrow lane, as seen
here on a 2009 Streetview.
Ham (near Creech St. Michael), the former
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel on White Street. It pre-dates the 25" O.S. map of
1873-88, and seems to have gone out of use between 1938 and 1962. The chapel
only occupied the end of the terrace nearest to the camera. Whether any fabric
of the chapel survives is uncertain. The back of the building is a recent
addition - compare with the 2011
Streetview. ST 2864 2516. © P. L. Kessler /
The History Files.
Ham (near Ilminster), St. Barnabas Mission
Room. ST 2936 1341. © Chris Kippin (2022).
Hambridge, St. James the Less (1843). Two interior views - 1,
2. ST 393 210. Link.
Grade II listed. Zion
Chapel (Bible Christians). The date-stone records the date of 1855. ST 393 211. All © Mike Berrell (2014).
Hardington, St. Mary, in the care of the
Churches Conservation Trust. Another view,
and two of the interior - 1,
2. ST 7423 5256. All © Chris Kippin
(2021).
Link.
Grade I listed.
Hardington Mandeville, St.
Mary the Virgin, of pre-Norman foundation.
Interior view. ST 5124
1193. Both © Chris Kippin (2021).
Link.
Grade II* listed. A cross and numerous tombs are listed separately - they
can be found
here. Old maps mark a Bible Christian Chapel on
High Street at ST 5117 1162. It pre-dates a map of 1887, was later Methodist,
and can be seen on a Streetview
of 2011. The same maps also show, just a short distance south of the B.C.C.
chapel, Chapel (Remains of). I've been unable to find any further
information about it. It may have been demolished, as Streetview has been along
the road, and I can't see any likely candidates - but it may be hidden by the
shrubs - see this 2011
Streetview. ST 5118 1159.
Haselbury Plucknett, St. Michael and All Angels on Church Lane. Two interior views -
1,
2. ST 471 110. All © Mike Berrell (2014). Link.
Grade II* listed.
Hatch Beauchamp, St. John the Baptist on
Hatch Court. Two interior views - 1,
2. The list of rectors commences in 1311. ST 304 203. All © Mike Berrell (2014).
Link.
Grade I listed.
The former Reading Room. The
History Files entry (click on number 6) says that it was built to provide a
Methodist presence in the village, and the 1888 O.S. map labels it as Wesleyan.
ST 3031 2063. © P. L.
Kessler /
The History Files. There is also a
Baptist
Church on Village Road, at ST 3005 2013. It dates from 1783, and has
been converted to residential use. © Chris Kippin (2022).
Grade II listed.
Hawkridge, St. Giles.
SS 8611 3065. © Chris Kippin.
Link1.
Link2.
Grade II* listed.
Heathfield, St. John the Baptist.
ST 1599 2646. © Andrew Ross.
Two further views - 1,
2, both © P. L. Kessler /
The History Files.
Link.
Grade II listed.
The churchyard has a
cross and memorial listed separately from the church - these can be found
here.
Hemington, The Blessed Virgin Mary.
Another view. ST 7273 5302.
Both © Chris Kippin (2019).
Link1.
Link2.
Grade I listed. Several monuments in the churchyard are listed separately -
they can be found
here. The former Primitive Methodist
Chapel, now in residential use. ST 7299 5338.
© Chris Kippin (2021).
Grade II listed.
Henley, Christian Fellowship, on Henley
Road, which was originally Zion Chapel (1841). ST 4387 3198. © Mike Berrell
(2016).
Link.
Henstridge, St. Nicholas. ST 7229 1976.
Link.
Grade II* listed. The base of a cross in the churchyard is listed separately
as
grade II. The former Methodist
Church is marked on older maps as Wesleyan. The National Archives
references
a document for the years 1899-1976. It's dated
here
to 1884-1981 - it was a re-build of an earlier chapel of 1845. ST 7249 1973. The
former Independent/Congregational
Church, dated
here
to 1834, re-built "by 1896", and closed in the 1990's. ST 7242 1976. All © Chris
Kippin (2021).
Henton, Christ Church on Wells Road. Its
grade II listing dates it to 1847. ST 4934 4544. © Chris Kippin (2021).
Link, and a
video tour of the interior.
Hewish, the former St. Anne (1864-1986), now
in residential use. Another view. ST 3976
6426. Both © Carole Sage (2016).
Grade II listed.
High Ham, St. Andrew on Ham Hill. Two
interior views - 1,
2, and the
font, which a notice in the church dates
to 1100-1135. The list of rectors
commences in 1223. All © Mike Berrell (2016).
Link.
Grade I listed.
High
Littleton, Holy Trinity. © Bob Feltham.
Link1.
Link2. Grade II listed.
Methodist Church. © Janet Gimber (2014). Link.
Highbridge.
Hillcommon, the former Bible
Christian Chapel. The date-stone, (between the windows) reads Bible Christian
Chapel Built A.D. 1846. The 25" O.S. maps of 1873-8 and 1903 label it as
such, but a later map of 1930 has it as United Methodist. The
entry on Peter Kessler's site (choose number 2) says it was also Wesleyan
Methodist, perhaps from the late 19th century, and that it was closed "before
1974". The closure date may be incorrect, as a map of 1988-9 still labels
it as Meth. Ch. ST 1482 2607. © P. L. Kessler /
The History Files.
Hillfarrance, Holy Cross. Two interior views (1,
2). ST 1674 2464. All © Mike Berrell (2013).
Link.
Grade II* listed.
The former Bible Christian Chapel.
It pre-dates the 25" O.S. map of 1873-1888, and appears to have gone out of use
between 1905 and 1930. Whether anything survives of the chapel is uncertain. ST
1662 2470. © P. L. Kessler /
The History Files.
Hinton Blewett, St. Margaret
(previously dedicated as All Saints).
Another view. Both © Janet Gimber (2016).
Link.
Grade I listed.
Hinton Charterhouse, St. John the
Baptist.
The interior, a
window showing Jocelyn, Bishop
of Bath & Wells, Alfred the Great, and St Aldhelm, and
font. ST 7765 5831. All ©
Chris Kippin (2022). Link.
Grade II* listed. Other listed features associated with the church can be
found
here. Old maps shows a Wesleyan Methodist Chapel
situated behind another building (Chapel Cottage) on the main road just south of
the crossroads, at ST 7720 5811. The National Archives
references
documents pertaining to the chapel for the years 1883-1966. Aerial views show
that a building with the same footprint survives on the site - it can be seen
(the building with the two open windows) in a
Streetview from 2021. O.S.
maps mark the remains of Hinton Carthusian Priory
to the north-east of the village, at ST 7783 5919. Not visible on Streetview, a
history with photos, is available
here. Its
Wikipedia article
includes a drawing from 1790.
Grade I listed.
Hinton St. George, St. George on Church Street. Two interiors - 1,
2. The list of rectors commences in 1297. ST 418 127. All © Mike Berrell
(2014). Link.
Grade I listed.
Holcombe, St. Andrew. ST 67174968.
Although not itself listed, the War Memorial in the church yard is, as
grade II. The old St. Andrew
stands in an isolated position over half a mile north of the village, and is in
the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. It has a
Norman porch doorway.
Link.
Grade II* listed. Several monuments in the churchyard are listed separately
- they can be found
here. St. Cuthbert (R.C.) on Common
Lane. The earliest map I can find which shows it is of 1959, though the building
looks to be older. ST 6688 5073. The former
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel on Longleat
Lane appears to be in residential use. It pre-dates a map of 1886. ST 6703 4976.
All © Chris Kippin (2021).
Holford, St. Mary the Virgin on Church Road. Two interior views - 1,
2. The list of rectors goes back to 1319. ST 157 411. All © Mike Berrell (2014).
Link.
Grade II listed.
Holton, St. Nicholas.
Another view. ST 6854 2685. Both © Chris
Kippin (2021). Link.
Grade II* listed. A cross in the churchyard is listed separately as
grade II.
Holywell Lake, the former Baptist
Chapel of 1841. Map evidence suggests it was closed after 1972. ST 1068 2047. A
map of 1962 marks this building as
Church Room, just a short distance north of the Baptist Chapel. The
building existed prior to this, and the 1965 map doesn't so mark it, so either
it was very short-lived, or it was a mistake by the map-makers. ST 1069 2050.
Both © Huw Thomas / The History Files.
Hornblotton, St. Peter. Its
grade I listing dates it to 1872-4, and mentions some features from the old
church re-used here. ST 5915 3415. Several monument in the
churchyard are listed
here. Link. Its
predecessor, Old St. Peter, which
stands in the churchyard, survives as a scant ruin only. Both
© Chris Kippin (2020).
Horsington, St. John the Baptist.
Another view. ST 7039 2372. Both ©
Chris Kippin (2021). Link.
Grade II* listed. A Baptist Church is marked on
older maps at the western end of the village, at ST 6989 2373. A building
(presumably a house) survives with the same footprint, though whether anything
of the chapel survives is so far unknown. It can be seen on a Streetview of 2009
here. The National archives
references
a document pertaining to the chapel for the years 1814-1901, though it survived
until later than this as it's marked as a church on the 1" O.S. map of
1958.
Horton, St. Peter (1900) on Hanning Road. Two interiors - 1,
2, and an attractive modern window. ST 324 149.
Link. Broadway Hill Methodist Church on Pound Road.
ST 321 149. Link.
All © Mike Berrell (2014).
Houndsmoor, the former Bible Christian
Chapel, now in residential use. It pre-dates the O.S. map of 1888. ST 1262 2545.
© P. L. Kessler (2020) / The
History Files.
Huish Episcopi, Blessed Virgin Mary
(or St. Mary the Virgin). Another view.
ST 4272 2662. Both © Chris Kippin (2020).
The tower,
© Christopher Skottowe (1965).
Link.
Grade I listed.
Hutton, St. Mary the Virgin. ST 352 585. ©
Andrew Ross.
Ilchester, St. Mary Major on
Church Street. ST 5226 2261. © Chris Kippin (2021).
Grade II* listed. St. Mary Minor once
stood on the east side of the road just south of the bridge over the
Yeo. VCH gives some
history, and dates it to no later than 1227-8, and "still standing
in Leland's time" - the early 16th century, but
"had evidently disappeared a century later". It site can be seen on a
Streetview of 2016.
ST 5222 2278. The same source also mentions St.
Michael, St. Peter, St. Olave, St. John the Baptist,
Holy Trinity, and a bridge chapel dedicated
to St. Leonard, probably demolished in
1797. Here's a view
of the present bridge from the north, from Streetview in 2016. The
precise location of St. John (pre-1207 to post-1486) is lost, but the
VCH suggests it may have been close to the old gaol. That too is long
gone, and it's supposed site (somewhere near the distant white van) can
be seen in a Streetview
of 2009. All knowledge of the location of St. Olave and St. Peter is
lost, but St. Michael was above the south gate of the town walls, the
site of which (roughly where the diversion sign is) can be seen
here on a Streetview
of 2016. Holy Trinity was the chapel of the Whitehall hospital. Older
O.S. maps show the site of Whitehall Nunnery at ST 5218 2279. If
accurate, it stood somewhere to the right of the access roadway seen in
this 2016 Streetview,
near the dark tree. The former
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel on Church Street is now in commercial use.
Its
grade II listing dates it to 1850. ST 5222 2265. © Chris Kippin
(2021). Old maps show an
Independent/Congregational Chapel (1799) off Almshouse Lane, at
ST 5216 2260. What I assume to be the building was
seen by the
Streetview van in 2009. The cemetery on Limington Road has a
Mortuary Chapel, at ST 5291 2245.
Streetview saw it
saw it in 2009.
Ilminster.
Ilton, St. Peter on Church Road. Two interior views - 1,
2. The list of vicars commences in 1643. ST 352 175.
Grade II* listed. A former
Chapel on Church Road, dated 1874 (date-stone). Circa ST 350 174.
Grade II listed. All © Mike Berrell (2014).
Isle Abbots, St. Mary the Virgin on Abbotts Way. Two interior views - 1,
2, and the squint. The
list of
incumbents goes back to 1262. ST 3526 2095. All © Mike Berrell (2014).
Another view (the top of the
tower) and the font, both
© Christopher Skottowe (1965).
Link.
Grade I listed.
A former Baptist Church, labelled as
Bethesda on older O.S. maps, stands to the south of the village on
Chapel Road, at ST 3495 2069. Wikipedia dates it to 1815. The date of
closure is so far obscure. It was seen by
Streetview in 2009.
Isle Brewers, All Saints (1861). ST 369 211. © Mike Berrell (2014).
Link.
Grade II listed.
Keinton Mandeville, St. Mary Magdalene, on Church Street. ST 5477 3005.
Link.
Grade II listed. The
Methodist Church (1843) on Queen Street shows on older maps as Wesleyan. ST
5490 3079.
Grade II listed. The former
Ebenezer Chapel on Castle Street, which is labelled as Bible Christian on
old maps. ST 5500 32098. All © Chris Kippin (2020).
Kelston, St. Nicholas. © Janet Gimber (2014).
Grade II listed.
Kenn, St. John the Evangelist.
Another view, and the
porch. ST 416 690.
Link.
Grade II* listed. The former
Congregational Church, converted to residential use. ST 417 690. All ©
Carole Sage (2016).
Kewstoke, St. Paul.
ST 334 633. © Andrew Ross. Another view
- from an old postcard in Steve Bulman's Collection.
Keynsham.
Kilmersdon, St. Peter & St. Paul. Two
additional views - 1,
2. ST 6960 5243. All
© Chris Kippin (2019).
Another view,
© Christopher Skottowe (1950).
Grade I listed. The former Wesleyan
Methodist Chapel. Built before the first on-line map I have access to
(1886), it's marked on all subsequent maps until 1972, and isn't marked on the
next edition of 1977, suggesting it may have gone out of use by then. ST 6964
5246. © Chris Kippin (2019).
Older O.S. maps also show Zion United Free Methodist
Chapel on Silver Street (then Rag Street) at ST 6951 5225. The building
on the site today - whether a later building with the same footprint, or a
conversion - was seen by
Streetview in 2009.
Kilton. © Maggie Exon.
Kilve, The Blessed Virgin Mary. The lychgate. Link.
Grade II* listed - link. The remains of the
Chantry Chapel (1329). Link. Comprehensive description and
history here.
Grade II* listed. All © John Gimber (2012).
Kingsbury Episcopi, St. Martin on Church Street. Two interior views - 1,
2. The list of incumbents commences in 1213. ST 437 211.
Link.
Grade I listed.
Methodist Church on Folly Road. ST 434 211. Link. The former
Wesleyan Chapel on Church Street, now in residential use. Built 1810, re-built 1853, as the
date-stone shows. ST 435 211. All © Mike Berrell (2014).
Kingsdon, All Saints.
Interior view. Both © Carole Sarvis. Nearby stands Lyte's Cary Manor House, with its
private chapel. Interior view and squint. Circa ST 533 265. All © Janet Gimber
(2014). Link1. Link2.
Grade I listed.
Kingston St. Mary, St. Mary the Virgin
on Church Lane. Two interiors - 1,
2, and the
list of vicars, which goes back
to 1312. ST 223 297. All © Mike Berrell (2013).
Link.
Grade I listed. The former
Independent Chapel on Greenway, now in residential use. It shows on the
1888-9 map (the earliest I have access to). On the 1961 O.S. map it's labelled
as Greenway Chapel (Congl.), and on on the 1979 edition as PW (place of
worship). © P. L. Kessler /
The History Files.
Kingston Seymour, All Saints (C).
ST 40082 66853. ©
Bob Feltham. Four additional views -
1, 2,
3,
4, the
cockerel weather-vane,
lych-gate, and a
board with the story of a
flood in 1606, all © Carole Sage (2018).
Link.
Grade I listed.
The former Ebenezer Chapel
(Plymouth Brethren) stands nearby at ST 40320 66902. Dating from the 1860's, it
shows on the 1973-4 OS map as Kingston Seymour Chapel. It was active up to at
least 1997 but was subsequently converted to residential use. © Carole Sage
(2018).
Kingstone, St. John and All Saints on Moolham Lane. Two interiors - 1,
2. ST 379 137. All © Mike Berrell (2014).
Grade II* listed.
Kingweston, All Saints.
Interior view.
Here lies Ned Sherrin. All © Roger Hopkins (2013).
Grade II* listed.
Kittisford, St. Nicholas.
Another view. ST 0782 2233. Both © Huw
Thomas / The History Files.
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Lamyatt,
St. Mary and St. John. Interior view.
ST 6612 3619. Both © Chris Kippin (2021).
Link.
Grade II* listed. A couple of tombs in the churchyard are separately listed
- they can be found
here. A Wesleyan Methodist Chapel is shown on
old maps at ST 6573 3606. It pre-dates a map of 1886. The building with the same
footprint which occupies the site today, Chapel House, can be seen on a
Streetview from 2009.
Whether anything of the chapel survives is not so far known.
Langford Budville, St. Peter.
Another view. ST 1116 2293.
Link.
Grade I listed. A cross and tombs are listed separately - they can be found
here. The former Independent
Chapel is now in residential use. It seems to have had a relatively short
active life, in the mid-20th century. Circa ST 109 230. All © P. L. Kessler /
The History Files.
Langridge,
St. Mary Magdalene, with which Janet was much impressed. Three interior views -
1,
2,
3. All © Janet Gimber (2018).
Link.
Grade I listed.
Langport, All Saints, on The Hill, is now
in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.
Another view. ST 4223 2674.
Link.
Grade I listed.
The Hanging Chapel, also on The Hill,
is a former chantry chapel above a gateway. Its
grade I listing says that it had more recently been the Town Hall, a school,
arms store and Sunday school, but at the time of its writing, it was being used
by the Masons. ST 4214 2669. All © Chris Kippin (2020). The
U.R.C. on
Bow Street. Older maps show it as Congregational. This
source
dates this Independent Chapel to 1828-9. ST 4184 2678. © Chris Kippin (2022). The same source advises
of a Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses dating
from 1970 in Beard's Yard, off Bow Street. The entrance can be seen on a
2009 Streetview. It also
says that they had previously met in The Reading Room, but I haven't been
able to establish where this is or was. And again the same source mentions a
Particular Baptist Chapel of 1851 on the "south
side of the Hill"; more accurately, old maps show it on the south side of what
was Whatley Lane (Bush Place now). The appearance of the
building on the site
today, as seen by Streetview in 2009 suggests that something of the building
survives, and the source says it was still standing and in use as a private
parking garage by 1972. The 25" O.S. map of 1887 shows a
Wesleyan Mission Room on the south of Whatley Lane at ST 4203 2669.
Satellite views suggest it hasn't survived, and the Streetview van hasn't been
past the site, but the entrance to the lane can be seen
here, in 2009. Langport
Cemetery on Newtown Road once had a Mortuary Chapel.
It stood at ST 4228 2736, but has been demolished. In this
2009 Streetview it would
have stood just slightly right of, and quite close, to the entrance.
Link.
Leigh on
Mendip,
St. Giles. ST 6925 4729. © Kevin Gordon. Two additional views -
1,
2, and the
roof, all © Christopher Skottowe
(1965 and 1950). Another view, © Chris Kippin
(2021), who highlights the similarity of the tower to that of St. Andrew at
Mells.
Link.
Grade I listed. The former
Primitive Methodist Chapel on Leigh Street, now in residential use.
Another view. Its My Primitive
Methodists
entry dates it to 1835. ST 6896 4725. Both © Chris Kippin (2021). Another
former Chapel was Wesleyan Methodist. Also on Leigh
Road, it stands at ST 6907 4723, and was seen by
Streetview in 2009. It
pre-dates a map of 1886.
Leigh
Woods, St. Mary the Virgin, on Church Road. An unusual church, with
dormer windows, and an
odd tower. ST 55840 72887. © Andrew Ross.
Two additional views - 1,
2, and the
churchyard gate, all © Carole Sage
(2016). Another view, and the cockerel
weather-vane, both © Carole Sage
(2018). Link.
Leighland, St. Giles.
Another view, and the
interior. ST 0321 3654.
All © Chris Kippin (2020).
Link. This source
says it was built on the site of a medieval predecessor.
Lilstock. Maggie
explains that this church was de-consecrated in the late 19th century, and only the
chancel has been restored. © Maggie Exon.
Limington, Blessed Virgin Mary. ST 5416
2237. © Chris Kippin (2021).
Link1.
Link2.
Grade I listed. A Primitive Methodist Chapel is
marked on old maps on Church Street at ST 5405 2241. It stood on the patch of
grass at the roadside, as seen
here on a Streetview of 2009.
Litton, St. Mary the Virgin.
Another view. ST 5938 5470. Both © Chris
Kippin (2021). Link.
Grade I listed.
Locking, St. Augustine. ST 363 596.
Link.
RAF Locking Church (now closed along
with the base). ST 369 599.
Link. Both © Andrew
Ross.
Long Ashton.
Long Load, the former Christ Church. Its
grade II listing dates it to 1854-6, replacing a medieval predecessor.
Another view. ST 4649 2318. Both © Chris
Kippin (2021). Older maps mark a Wesleyan Methodist Chapel
a little way north of the church, at ST 4655 2326. It pre-dates a map of 1887,
and seems to have gone out of use in the 1960's or 1970's. It may survive,
heavily altered, or be a new building in church-style built on the site. It can
be seen in a Streetview of 2009
here.
Long Sutton, Holy Trinity.
Interior view. Both © Carole Sarvis.
Link (follow the "Friends of LS
Church").
Lottisham, Blessed Virgin Mary (or St.
Mary) on Lottisham Road, and its interior.
ST 5702 3507. © Chris Kippin (2020).
Link.
Lovington, St. Thomas à Becket (or St.
Thomas of Canterbury). Interior view.
ST 5967 3083.
Grade II* listed. The former
Providence Chapel (Bible Christian, later Wesleyan) stands a little way
north of the village. This
source dates the congregation to 1886, when it took over a slightly older
chapel, but it was re-built in 1896-7. ST 5938 3146. All © Chris Kippin (2020).
Low Ham, The-Church-in-the-Field (no
dedication, K), on New Way. Two interiors -
1, 2. ST 4324 2910. All © Mike
Berrell (2016).
Grade I listed.
Lower Failand - see Failand, above.
Lower Langford, St. Mary (1900).
Link. Langford Evangelical Church
was built as New Independent Chapel in 1846, with help from the Bristol
Itinerant Society. It joined with the Congregational Union for some time, but
became independent again in 1968.
Link. Both © Carole Sage
(2016).
Loxton, St. Andrew. From an old postcard in Judy Flynn's Collection. Grade II* listed -
link.
Luccombe, St. Mary the Virgin on Stoney
Street, which dates from circa 1300.
Interior view. SS 910 445. Both © Richard Roberts (2019).
Grade I listed.
Lufton, St. Peter and St. Paul. TF
5150 1686.
© Chris Kippin (2021).
Link.
Grade II listed.
Lullington, All Saints.
Another view. ST 7832 5194. Both
© Chris Kippin (2021).
The superb early font,
© Christopher Skottowe. The church
Wikipedia entry has a translation of the text.
Grade I listed. A tomb and the lych-gate are
listed separately
here.
Luxborough, The Blessed Virgin
Mary. Another view, and the
interior.
SS 9738 3802. All
© Chris Kippin (2020).
Link.
Grade II listed.
Lydeard St. Lawrence, St. Lawrence. Two
interior views - 1,
2. The
list of rectors commences in 1270. ST
1281 3213. All © Mike Berrell (2016).
Another view, © P. L. Kessler (2020) /
The History Files.
Link.
Grade I listed.
The former Congregational Chapel is
now in residential use. It pre-dates a map of 1888, where it's shown as
Independent Chapel. ST 1280 3236. © P. L. Kessler (2020) /
The History Files.
Scarr Congregational Chapel
stands at Scarr Bridge, just over 1½ miles S.W. of the church, as the crow
flies, at ST 1064 3058. © P. L. Kessler (2020) /
The History Files. The
church website also has a photo, and
there's also an old photo on their
Contact page.
Lympsham, St. Christopher. ST 335 541. © Andrew Ross.
Lynch - see West Lynch, below.
Maperton,
St. Peter and St. Paul. ST 6721 2614. © Chris Kippin (2021).
Link.
Grade II listed. Tombs which are listed separately can be found
here.
Mark, Church
of Holy Cross (previously St. Mark) on Church Street. Mainly of C13, with a
mid-C19 restoration. ST 380 478.
© Jeremy Roberts (2016). Another view, ©
Christopher Skottowe (1965).
Link.
Grade I listed. The former General Baptist
Chapel (pre-1886) on Church Street, now in residential use. ST 378 479. © Jeremy Roberts (2016).
Mark Causeway, the former
Methodist Chapel, originally the Sunday School for an adjacent Wesleyan
Methodist Chapel. Another view.
An examination of old maps show that the chapel was on a different alignment,
gable-end to the road, to the right of the former school. The building now on
the site can be seen here in
a 2011 Streetview. A 1955 photo of the old chapel is available
here, and a little history
here, wherein it says that the chapel had a smaller predecessor on the same
site, of circa 1796, replaced by a larger building in 1869, and that this was
closed in 1973 as unsafe. The school then became the chapel, and that too was
closed in 1998. ST 3597 4755. Both © Chris Kippin (2021).
Marksbury, St. Peter. © Janet Gimber (2014).
Link.
Grade II* listed.
The former Methodist Church, now in
use as a holiday let. Originally Wesleyan, it (or possibly a predecessor)
pre-dates a gazetteer of 1868. Despite the retention of the church sign, it's
definitely closed. Another view.
ST 6665 6256. Both © Carole Sage (2016).
Marston Bigot, St. Leonard. Another view.
Both © Dennis Harper (2010). Grade I listed - this says
it dates from 1789.
Marston Magna, Blessed Virgin Mary.
ST 5934 2234. Link.
Grade I listed. Other listed features in the churchyard can be seen
here. The former Wesleyan
Methodist Chapel of 1882. ST 5936 2248. Both © Chris Kippin (2021). The
VCH
mentions a Quaker Meeting House in the 17th century, and a Primitive Methodist
Chapel in 1855, but I haven't been able to locate either of them.
Martock, All Saints.
Another view. ST 4612 1915.
Link.
Grade I listed. Listed churchyard monuments etc. can be found
here. The Methodist Church
on North Street was built as Wesleyan. It pre-dates a map of 1887, and its
grade II listing dates it to 1868, re-built in 1886. ST 4623 1970.
U.R.C. at Bower Hinton. Older maps
label it as Independent, and it pre-dates a map of 1887. ST 4574 1823.
Link. All © Chris
Kippin (2021). Martock Christian Fellowship stands
on Church Street at circa ST 4621 1918, and can be seen in a
Streetview from 2016.
Link. There is a
grade II listing for "Walls Enclosing Burial Ground Of Former Congregational
Chapel". A little way west of the church on Pound Lane, it's dated to 1701 with
demolition in 1913. Large scale maps as far back as 1887 show the building but
don't label it, but this
source says it was still in use until 1908, latterly by
a Baptist Congregation. It hasn't been visited by Streetview, but there is a
photo of the access gates
here. ST 4594 1917.
Meare, Blessed Virgin Mary (or St. Mary) on
St. Mary's Road. A
door has some fine ironwork, but how old
is it? According to the
grade I listing, it was dedicated in 1323.
ST 4554 4171. Link.
A monument in the churchyard has a separate
grade II listing. Community Church
on Church Path was originally Congregational. This
source dates it
to 1826. ST 4530 4166. Link.
All © Chris Kippin (2020).
Meare Green, St. Peter's Mission
Church, © P. L. Kessler /
The History Files, which provides dates of 1896 for opening, and
1992 for closure. ST 2971 2223.
Mells, St.
Andrew. The grave with the poppies is that of
Siegfried Sassoon.
ST 7279 4928. © Kevin Gordon.
The South porch, © Christopher Skottowe
(1964). The tower, and an
interior view, both © Chris
Kippin (2021).
Link.
Grade I listed. This
source mentions Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist Chapels in the
parish. The Wesleyan may be the one at Upper Vobster (q.v.). I've
been unable to locate the Primitive Methodist.
Merriott, All Saints on Church Street. ST 443 129. Two interiors - 1,
2. All © Mike Berrell (2014). Link.
Grade II* listed.
Middle Chinnock, St. Margaret on Poop Hill. Two interior views - 1,
2. The
list of rectors begins in 1337. ST 472 131. All © Mike Berrell
(2014). Link.
Grade II* listed.
Midford, the former Wesleyan
Methodist Chapel. It has a date-stone for 1837. I've been unable to
discover any information on-line about this chapel, except to say that
it appears (from O.S. maps) to have still been active in 1958, by which
time it was likely to have been just Methodist. ST 7601 6077. © Chris
Kippin (2022).
Middlezoy, Holy Cross. Two interior
views - 1,
2. ST 375 331.
Link.
Grade I listed. The former Methodist
Chapel (1847) on Old Chapel Road. ST 376 329.
The Levels Methodist Church on Church
Road, built as Wesleyan in 1898. ST 375 328. All © Mike Berrell (2015).
Midsomer Norton, St. John the
Baptist. Another view.
Link.
Grade II* listed. Holy Ghost
(R.C.), just off the High Street, was originally a tithe barn dating from the
15th century, and converted by G. G. Scott. It's apparently now only used for
"occasional" services.
Link.
Grade II* listed. Methodist
Church on High Street. Link.
All © Janet Gimber (2016).
Milborne Port, St. John the
Evangelist, of pre-Norman foundation.
Another view, doorway with
tympanum, the interior,
rood screen and
tower arch, which appears to be
Norman. ST 6764 1854.
Link.
Grade I listed. The former
Independent/Congregational Chapel on Chapel Lane pre-dates a map of 1873-88.
It's dated
here
to pre-1830, closing in 1991.
Another view. ST 6775 1851. The former
Methodist Church on Cold
Harbour. It also pre-dates a map of 1873-88, where it's labelled as Wesleyan,
and dated
here to 1866. The National Archives
reference
documents from 1820, implying an earlier chapel. It was closed in 1988 and
converted into flats (source).
Grade II listed. ReBorne
Community Church (Evangelical) on North Street. In 2011 (Streetview)
it was Steps Community Church. ST 6769 1879.
Link. All © Chris Kippin (2021).
The cemetery on Wheathill Lane has a small
Mortuary Chapel. ST 6803 1908.
© Chris Kippin (2021). The
VCH
says that there was a Roman Catholic congregation
in the town, which used a room in the Town Hall for services until 1973 - it can
be seen here in a Streetview
of 2018.
Milborne Wick, Mission
Church. ST 6689 2072. © Chris Kippin (2021).
Link.
Milton Clevedon, St. James, and its
C18 font (there's also a
Victorian font). ST 6646 3779. Both ©
Christopher Skottowe (1964).
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Milverton, St. Michael and All Angels on St. Michael's Hill. Two Interior views -
1, 2. ST 1217 2587. All © Mike Berrell (2014).
Two additional views - 1,
2, both © P. L. Kessler /
The History Files.
Link.
Grade I listed.
The Methodist Church on Silver Street
was previously Wesleyan - the
entry on Peter Kessler's website (choose number 6) says that it was
originally Bible Christian. ST 1242 2583. © Mike Berrell (2014).
Link. The former
Independent (Congregational) Chapel of 1821, on
Fore Street, can be seen in this
2009 Streetview. ST 1231 2579.
Grade II listed. The former
Friends' Meeting House on Mill Lane and
North Lane was bought in 1753, and used by the Friends until 1855. It's now been
split into two houses. They had a previous meeting from 1684 on Quakinghouse
Lane, though the building no longer survives. The site can be seen
here. ST 1066 2618. Both
© P. L. Kessler / The
History Files.
Minehead.
Monksilver, All Saints.
Another view and the
interior. ST 072 374.
Link.
Grade I listed. The disused Wesleyan
Methodist Chapel. ST 075 374.
All © Chris Kippin (2019).
Monkton Combe, St. Michael.
Another
view, and the interior.
ST 7722 6193. Link.
Grade II listed.
For listed churchyard
features, see
here. School Chapel,
and its interior. ST
7746 6211. All © Chris Kippin
(2022). The 25" O.S. map of 1887 shows an
Independent Chapel just to the north of the School Chapel, on
Church Lane, at ST 7743 6213. It was seen by
Streetview in 2019.
I've not been able to discover anything about it.
Monkton Heathfield, Greenway Christian
Fellowship. © Sam Burton.
Another view, © P. L. Kessler /
The History Files.
Link.
Montacute, St. Catherine on Middle Street. ST 497 170. © Bill McKenzie. Two interiors -
1, 2, and the list of vicars,
all © Mike Berrell (2014). Grade II* listed.
Baptist Church (1879) on South Street. ST 499 169.
Link. © Mike Berrell (2014). Grade II listed.
Moorlinch, Blessed Virgin Mary (or St.
Mary) on Moor Road. ST 3980 3688. © Chris Kippin (2020). Link.
Grade I listed. A cross and tombs are listed
separately,
here. A former Independent/Congregational Chapel
is shown on old maps (it pre-dates a map of 1886) on Moor Road, at ST 4008 3663.
Seen here on a 2011
Streetview, I think the date-stone reads 1840, re-built 1894.
Muchelney, St. Peter and St. Paul. ST 4290
2491. © Roy Graham.
Link.
Grade I listed. There are a good number of listed
monuments in the churchyard - these can be found
here. And numerous photos of the church can be seen
here. The site of the former Saxon, and later medieval Benedictine Abbey
stands nearby. Two of the buildings survive substantially intact - the Abbot's
House and Reredorter. These are listed
grade I and
grade II* respectively.
Link.
Mudford, St. Mary the Virgin. ST 573 199. © Julie Baker. Link.
Nailsea.
Nempnett Thrubwell, The Blessed Virgin
Mary. Largely 15th century (with a 19th century chancel and vestry), it stands on
the site of a Norman church. ST 53279 60400. © Janet Gimber (2016). Two
additional views - 1,
2, both © Carole Sage (2017).
Link.
Grade II* listed. The former Baptist
Church (1842). ST 52297 60362. © Janet Gimber (2016).
Nether Stowey, St. Mary the Virgin on St. Mary's Street. Two interior views - 1,
2. ST 197 3971. Both © Mike Berrell (2014).
Link.
Nettlecombe, The Blessed Virgin Mary.
ST 056 377. Interior view. Both
© Chris Kippin (2019).
Link.
Grade I listed.
Newton St. Loe, Holy Trinity. A
late-13th century church, the tower was added in the 15th; the
North aisle was added in 1857 (plaque). Two additional views - 1,
2. The
weather-vane is a handsome cockerel.
The church has a good collection of gargoyles and head-stops -
1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6.
Interior view, the
chancel, the
pulpit, the
font, the handsome
Langton Memorial (1701), and two of the
windows - 1,
2. The
list of rectors commences in 1297. ST 70112 64873. All © Carole
Sage (2017). Link.
Grade II* listed.
North Barrow, St. Nicholas.
Another view. ST 6079 2938. Both © Chris
Kippin (2020).
Link.
Grade II listed.
North Cadbury, St. Michael the
Archangel. ST 6354 2705. © Chris Kippin (2021).
Link.
Grade I listed. A number of churchyard monuments are listed separately -
they can be found
here. The former Wesleyan Methodist
Chapel, now a house (Chapel House). It's dated
here to 1848. ST 6354
2758. © Chris Kippin (2021).
North Cheriton, St. John the Baptist. ST
6873 2583. Link.
Grade II* listed. A churchyard cross and several tombs are listed separately
- they can be found
here. The cemetery on Blackacre Hill has a
Mortuary Chapel. ST 6932 2555.
Grade II listed. Both © Chris Kippin (2021).
North Curry, St. Peter and St. Paul on Church Road.
Another view. ST 3194 2557. Both from old postcards in Reg
Dosell's Collection. Another view, and two interior views (1,
2), all © Mike Berrell (2013), and
another two - 1,
2, both © P. L. Kessler /
The History Files. Link1.
Link2.
Link3.
Grade I listed.
Ebenezer Independent Baptist Church (1825) at Windmill Hill. ST 3148 2485. © Mike Berrell (2013).
Link.
Grade II listed.
The Methodist Church at Windmill Hill
was built as Wesleyan in 1833. ST 3184 2511. © Mike Berrell (2013).
Link.
North Newton, St. Peter on Church
Road. Two interior views - 1,
2. Prior to 1880 this was a
chapel, but promoted to be a parish church in that year, which is why the
list of vicars commences then. ST
301 311. Link.
Grade II* listed. A former chapel
on Church Road, now in residential use. There is a date-stone which says "Free
Church 1865". ST 300 311. All © Mike Berrell (2015).
North Petherton, St. Mary. ST 2902
3302. From an old
postcard in Steve Bulman's Collection. A
modern view, two interiors -
1,
2, and the
pulpit. A small sign on the
pulpit says that tradition has it that it dates from 1415 - before the present
church was built. It also says that in 1609, a "fanatical minister" was jailed
for attempting to preach in the church naked! The
list of vicars commences in
1309. All © Mike Berrell (2015). Three more views -
1,
2,
3, all ©
Christopher Skottowe (1965).
Link.
Grade I listed. The former
Congregational Church (1833) on Fore Street. ST 2925 3316. © Mike Berrell
(2015). The cemetery on Old Road has a
Mortuary Chapel, seen by
Streetview in 2017. Older O.S. maps mark a Wesleyan
Methodist Chapel on Tappers Lane, at ST 2878 3289. It, or its replacement
on the same site, was seen by
Streetview in 2011. This
source
dates it to 1832-1961.
North Stoke, St. Martin.
Another view, the
interior and the
font. ST 7037 6912. All © Chris Kippin
(2024). Link.
Grade II* listed. There are several listed monuments in the churchyard -
they can be found
here.
North Wootton, St. Peter, on High Street.
ST 5639 4181. © Chris Kippin (2020).
Grade II* listed. A monument in the churchyard is
also listed as
grade II. A former Baptist Chapel
survives on Stocks Lane at ST 5632 4169, and is clearly now in residential use. This
source says it was originally Bible Christian (as Providence Chapel, of 1832)
and dates its adoption by the Baptists "by 1848". ©
Chris Kippin (2021).
Another view, from
Streetview in 2011.
Northover, St. Andrew (K), now in the
care of the Churches Conservation Trust. ST 5235 2314. © Chris
Kippin (2021).
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Norton Down, Methodist Church, on
Wells Road (the junction of the A367 Fosse Way and the B3139). Not a
typical-looking Methodist Church, but it was apparently built as a Methodist
Church. © Janet Gimber (2016).
Norton Fitzwarren, All Saints. ST 19675
25965. © Mike Berrell (2013).
Link.
Grade II* listed.
U.R.C. on the B3227.
ST 19377 25885. © P. L. Kessler /
The History Files.
Grade II listed.
Norton Hill, the Methodist Church.
ST 665 523. © Chris Kippin (2019).
Norton St. Philip, dedicated to St.
Philip and St. James. ST 7723 5572. © Dave Westrap.
Another view, © Chris Kippin (2022).
Link1.
Grade II* listed. For other listed features associated with the church, see
here. Gospel Chapel, a former
Baptist Chapel, stands on High Street. It's
date-stone is for 1814. © Chris
Kippin (2022).
Grade II listed. Church of Our Lady
(R.C.) on Bell Hill. It post-dates a map of 1904. ST 7735 5590. © Chris Kippin
(2022).
Link. The former Wesleyan Methodist
Chapel, which has a date-stone
for 1836. The National Archives
references
documents pertaining to this chapel relating to the years 1836-1923. ST 7731
5592. Both © Chris Kippin (2022).
Norton-Sub-Hamdon, St. Mary the Virgin on Church Lane. Two interiors - 1,
2. The
list of incumbents begins in 1241. The
painted north door with heraldic devices is an attractive feature. ST 4705 1599. All © Mike Berrell (2014).
Link.
Grade I listed.
Nunney, All Saints.
The 25" O.S. map of 1887 labels it as St. Peter.
Another view. ST 7376 4570. Both © Kevin
Gordon. Link.
Grade I listed. The former Wesleyan Methodist Church
stands close to the castle, and appears to be in residential use. ST 7365 4568. © Kevin
Gordon. Another view, © Chris Kippin
(2021). The village also had a Primitive Methodist Chapel,
off Horn Street at ST 7355 4562. It's dated
here to "before 1800". What used to be the access to it can be seen
here, on a Streetview of
2009, and the chapel, which was long and thin and parallel to the road, will
have stood behind the garden sheds. Both Methodist chapels are labelled on a map
of 1960-1, the P.M. as Meth. Ch., and the Wesleyan as Ch., but on
the next map (of 1972-5), the P.M. had been demolished.
Nynehead, All Saints. ST 1379 2271. © Mike Berrell (2013).
Another view, © P. L. Kessler /
The History Files.
Link.
Grade I listed.
Oake, St. Bartholomew. Two interior views - 1,
2. The list of rectors goes back to 1317. ST 1525 2518.
All © Mike Berrell (2013).
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Oakhill, All Saints (1860-3). ST 6359 4728.
Link.
Grade II listed. The Methodist Church
on Bath Road was built as Wesleyan in 1825. ST 6356 4739.
Link.
Grade II listed. The former U.R.C.
on High Street is marked on older maps as Independent/Congregational, and dated
in its
grade II listing to 1873. ST 6304 4726. All © Chris Kippin (2021). Oare, St.
Mary, substantially of the 15th century. SS 8021 4731. From an old postcard in Steve Bulman's Collection.
Interior view, from an old postcard in
Paul E. Barnett's Collection.
Modern exterior and
interior views, both © Richard Roberts
(2019).
Another view,
from
Christopher Skottowe's Collection, dated to 1939.
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Old Cleeve, St. Andrew.
Interior view. ST 040 419. Both ©
Dave Westrap. Link1.
Link2.
Orchard Portman, St. Michael.
Interior view (taken through a
window). ST 2437 2166. Both © Mike Berrell (2013).
Another view, © P. L. Kessler /
The History Files.
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Othery, St. Michael on North Lane. Two
interiors - 1,
2. ST 383 316.
Link.
Grade I listed. The former
Congregational Chapel on Fore Street. The
date-stone for 1836. ST 384
318. All © Mike Berrell (2015).
Otterford, St. Leonard, and its
interior. ST 2223 1432. Both © Chris
Kippin (2022).
Link.
Grade II* listed. Older O.S. maps mark a Nonconformist
Chapel, a little over ½ a mile to the N.N.E. of the church, at ST 2262
1525. The Streetview camera passed by in 2011, and saw the
house now on the site, but
whether it's a conversion or replacement isn't apparent. I've been unable to
discover anything about this chapel.
Otterhampton, All Saints on Church
Lane, now in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. Two interior views -
1,
2. ST 24633 43199. All © Mike
Berrell (2016).
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Palmer's Elm, the former Methodist
Church (built as Providence Wesleyan Chapel in 1838, closed 1978), now in
residential use. ST 3954 6383. © Carole Sage (2016).
Grade II listed.
Paulton, Holy Trinity.
Interior view.
Link.
Grade II* listed. The Baptist Church
on Winterfield Road was built as Particular Baptist in 1721, and re-built in
1827 - date-stone.
Link.
Grade II listed. Methodist Church,
at the junction of High Street and Park Road. It was built as Wesleyan in 1826.
Another view.
Link.
Grade II listing, which dates it to 1894. The former
Primitive Methodist Chapel on Park Road,
now in residential use. The small sign reads "Newtown Chapel", so perhaps this
was what it was known as. Another view.
The former Catholic Church, Our Lady of
Paulton, off Winterfield Road. It appears on maps of 1971 and 1981. Older
maps show a building with the same footprint (though not marked as a church),
and it is obviously residential now, so was the church a temporary arrangement?
All © Janet Gimber (2016).
Pawlett, St. John the Baptist. ST 30085
42648. © Chris Kippin (2019).
Link.
Grade I listed.
Peasedown St. John, St. John the Baptist
on Church Lane. Another view.
Link.
Grade II listed. The former Baptist
Church on Eckweek Road, now a day nursery.
Methodist Church on Bath Road,
originally Primitive Methodist.
Link. St. Joseph (R.C.) on
Ashgrove.
Link.
Christadelphian Hall on Huddox
Hill. Link. All ©
Janet Gimber (2016).
Pecking Mill, the site of
the demolished Southwood Wayside Church (CoE), as seen by the Streetview van in
2021. The few maps available to me can only de-limit its building date to
between 1931 and 1962. It survived at least into the 1970's. ST 6398 3727.
Pedwell, the former Methodist Chapel
(originally Wesleyan), on Pedwell Hill. This
source
dates it to 1828, and says it was still open in 1997, but is now in residential
use. ST 4243 3661. © Chris Kippin (2020).
Penselwood (or Pen Selwood), St Michael
and All Angels. ST 7562 3143. © Chris Kippin (2021).
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Pendomer, St. Roch. The
interior. ST 5213 1040. Both © Chris
Kippin (2021). Link.
Grade II* listed.
Pensford, St. Thomas-a-Becket. Most
unusual in that it stands on an island in a river. The church mostly dates from
a re-build of 1869, but the tower is C14.
The nave has been converted into a private residence, and the tower is now in
the care of the Church Conservation Trust, and occasional services are held
here. Another view, the
pulpit and the
font. ST 61828 63695. The former
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel on Pensford
Hill, now residential. ST 61761 63942.
Gospel Hall. ST 62136 63491. It was preceded by an earlier Gospel Hall on
Staunton Hall, now demolished. All © Carole Sage (2016).
Pightley,
the former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel and
Sunday School, now in residential use. Both © Mike Berrell (2016).
Pill, Christ Church.
© Peter Morgan (2009). Link.
The
Methodist Church replaced an earlier
Wesleyan chapel on the same site. ST 52592 75815. © Peter Morgan (2009).
Link. Baptist Church.
ST 52467 76000. © Peter Morgan (2009). This had closed by the time this
photo was taken, © Carole Sage (2016).
Another view, © Carole Sage (2018).
Link.
Salvation Army Church. ST 5256 7573. ©
Carole Sage (2016). The site of the demolished
Independent Chapel (later Congregational) on Chapel Row, now a parking area.
Established in 1747, it's not known at present if this was always the site of
the church, but it is marked on maps here from the late 19th century. The
congregation joined with the Baptist Church in 1905, to form Pill Union Church,
but whether it continued in use after this, and when it was demolished, are not
at present known. ST 52482 75966. © Carole Sage (2018). A
marker commemorates the spot from where
John Wesley despatched Methodist Missionary Preachers to America. The attached
plaque. The 2 people it mentions are
Francis Asbury and
Thomas Coke.
Both © Carole Sage (2018).
Pilton, St. John the Baptist.
Another view, and the
Norman doorway. Link. The former
United Methodist Church (built as Ebenezer Chapel, Bible Christian, 1839), now used as holiday
letting. All © Josie Saunders.
Pitcombe, St. Leonard.
Another view. ST 6727 3272.
Link.
Grade II listed. The former Mission
Room on Mill Lane, now known as "Old Mission Hall". This
source
mentions a Wesleyan Chapel on Mill Lane - was it the Mission Room? If it is then
it's dated to 1892. ST 6734 3307.
Pitminster, St. Mary and St. Andrew. Two interiors - 1,
2 and a modern
window. The list
of vicars commences in 1297. All © Mike Berrell (2014). Link.
Grade I listed.
Pitney, St. John the Baptist on Gore Lane.
Two interiors - 1,
2, and the
squint. ST 4446 2850. All © Mike
Berrell (2016).
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Podimore, St. Peter. ST 5456 2492. © Chris
Kippin (2021).
Link.
Grade I listed. The VCH
mentions a Quaker Meeting House, converted to
residential use by 1862. but I haven't been able to locate it precisely.
Porlock, St.
Dubricius. SS 8864 4667. From an old postcard in Steve Bulman's Collection. Another
old postcard view, this one from Reg Dosell's
Collection. A modern view, © Martin
Richter (2018).
Link. The
Wikipedia entry includes a couple of interior photos.
Grade I listed.
The former (and unrecognisable) Wesleyan
Methodist Chapel (1837), now a restaurant. SS 8865 4675. © Martin Richter
(2018). A successor Wesleyan chapel took over in 1928, and this is the
Methodist Church still active today.
SS 8850 4675. © Martin Richter (2018). Some interior photos are available
here.
Link.
Porlock Weir, St. Nicholas a tin
tabernacle of circa 1880. Two additional views -
1,
2. An interior photo is available
here. SS 8655 4770. All © Martin Richter (2018).
Link.
Portbury, St. Mary the Virgin. ST 50296
75435. © Peter Morgan (2009).
Two additional views - 1,
2, both © Carole Sage (2016).
Link.
Grade I listed. Part of the
Augustinian Priory survives as a private residence.
Another view. ST 49833 75231. Both © Carole Sage
(2016).
Grade II listed. The former Wesleyan
Methodist Chapel on Station Road, now in residential use. Based on map
evidence, it was built between the 1880's and 1903, and the last map showing it
as a place of worship is the 1970 edition. ST 4975 7549. © Carole Sage (2016).
Portishead.
Prestleigh, the former Church of
England Mission Church. ST 6344 4044. © Chris Kippin (2021). A
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel is shown on old maps at
ST 6345 4033. It pre-dates a map of 1886 and survived at least into the 1930's.
On the site today is Chapel Cottage, seen
here in a 2021 Streetview.
How much (if any) of the chapel survives is not known to me.
Priddy, St. Lawrence, and its
font. ST 5283 5138. Both © Christopher Skottowe
(1964).
Link.
Grade I listed. An O.S. map of 1903 shows a Bible
Christian Chapel at ST 5268 5155. An earlier map of 1888 labels it as
Chapel (Nonconformist). It, or its replacement with the same footprint,
survives, and was seen by
Streetview in 2009.
Priorswood, Taunton - see Taunton.
Priston, St. Luke and St. Andrew.
Interior view - note the two Norman
arches - here's a close-up of one of
them. However, the appended listing says the church underwent a major neo-Norman
restoration in 1861, so perhaps these arches are from then. All © Chris Kippin
(2022). Link.
Grade I listed. Other listed features can be seen
here.
Publow, All Saints. Two further views -
1, 2,
two interiors - 1,
2, the
pulpit and
font. The church has some good glass;
here are two examples - 1,
2, the latter being the Millennium
window. Site visitors of a certain vintage may remember
Acker Bilk, who is
buried here. ST 62346 64147. All © Carole
Sage (2016).
Some examples of the gargoyles which adorn this church -
1,
2, 3,
4. All © Carole Sage (2017).
Link.
Grade I listed.
Puckington, St. Andrew. Another view. ST 377 183. Both © Mike Berrell (2014).
Grade II* listed.
Puriton, St. Michael and All Angels. ST
3204 4172.
Link.
Grade I listed. A monument in the churchyard is listed
separately as
grade II. The former
Congregational Chapel on Woolavington Road. ST 3217 4150. Both © Chris
Kippin (2020).
Puxton, St. Saviour. The
leaning tower of Puxton. The lean is
believed to date from the original building. ST 4066 6326. Both © Andrew Ross.
Two further views - 1,
2, the
porch, interiors - 1,
2,
3, 4, and the
pulpit, all © Carole Sage (2016).
Originally a chapel of ease to St. Andrew's in Banwell, it became a parish
church in C18, and was made redundant in 2002. It is now cared for by the
Churches Conservation Trust, and services are still held here occasionally.
Grade I listed.
Pylle, St Thomas à Becket. ST 6071 3833. ©
Chris Kippin (2021). Link.
Grade II* listed.
Queen Camel, St. Bartholomew. The
interior,
rood screen, and the fine
font. ST 5974 2495. All © Chris
Kippin (2021). Link.
Grade I listed.
Queen Charlton, St. Margaret
- a late 12th century church. Two additional views -
1,
2, and a
gargoyle. ST 63429
67010. All © Carole Sage (2017).
Jan Bradley had sent me some scans
of old stereoviews. This one was identified by Phil Draper. Phil was able to date one of the
others as being of pre-1873 vintage, so this one is probably of a similar date.
Grade II* listed.
Raddington, 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.
Radstock.
Redhill, 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.
Redlynch, St. Peter.
Another view. ST 6700 3332. Both © Chris
Kippin (2021). Link.
Grade II* listed.
Regil (or until recently, Ridgehill), 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).
Rickford, 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.
Rimpton, 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).
Roadwater, 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 (2020).
Rockwell Green, 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.
Rodden, 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, 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.
Rodhuish, St. Bartholomew.
Interior view. ST 0122 3960. Both
© Chris Kippin (2020).
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Rodney Stoke, St. Leonard. © June Norris.
Link.
Rooks Bridge (or Rooksbridge), 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).
Rowbarton, Taunton - see Taunton.
Rowberrow, St. Michael and All Angels
dates from the late C14. © Carole Sage (2016).
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Rudge, 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).
Ruishton, St. George on Church Lane. Two interiors -
1,
2. ST 264 251. All © Mike
Berrell (2013). Link.
Grade I listed.
Rumwell, 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.
Runnington, St. Peter and St. Paul.
Another view. ST 1189 2188. Both © P.
L. Kessler / The History Files.
Link.
Grade II* listed.
St. Catherine,
St. Catherine. The interior,
chancel,
font and a
monument. ST 7777 7025. All © Chris
Kippin (2024). Link.
Grade II* listed. For related listed features, see
here.
Saltford,
St. Mary the Virgin. Damaged in the civil war, this C12 church has some C17
re-building. Another view, two interiors
- 1,
2, the
altar, a
window, the
pulpit, an unusual
memorial stone, and the early
font, with civil-war defaced heads,
and which was at one point serving as a cattle trough. An embroidered
coat of arms is also unusual, and
dates from just after Waterloo. ST 68564 67501.
Link, which has a useful
history section - note particularly the story of the monument to a woman's feet.
Grade II listed. The former Methodist
Chapel (1865) at The Shallows. In use as the village Working Men's Club by 1930, it
was later converted to residential use. ST 68680 67047.
Saltford Community Church
(Independent Evangelical) on Norman Road was previously called Grace Bible
Church. A "Working Men's Hall" for gospel meetings was built here in the 1860's,
and was later known as Saltford Mission Hall. It seems to have been modified or
replaced in the 1920's, and replaced by the present church relatively recently.
A photo of the 1860's building is available
here. ST 68109 67409. All © Carole Sage (2017).
Sampford Arundel, Holy Cross. Two interiors -
1, 2. The list
of vicars commences in 1324. ST 1076 1889. All © Mike Berrell (2014).
Another view, © Huw Thomas /
The History Files.
Link.
Grade II listed.
Sampford Brett, St. George. Another view,
and an interior view. ST 089 402. All © Dave Westrap. Link1.
Link2.
Link3. Link4.
Sampford Moor, the Baptist Church,
now in residential use. This
link downloads a pdf from an old directory which dates it to 1871, and map
evidence suggest it was closed in the 1960's. ST 1106 1781. © Huw Thomas /
The History Files.
Sandford,
All Saints, on Hill Road. ST 421 595.
Link.
Methodist Church, on Hill Road.
ST 420 592. Both © Andrew Ross.
Seavington St. Mary, St. Mary on Church Lane. Redundant since 1983, and now in the care of the Churches Conservation
Trust. ST 403 149. © Mike Berrell (2014). Link.
Seavington St. Michael, St. Michael on School Lane. Three interiors -
1, 2, 3. The
list of incumbents goes back to 1297. ST 410 150. All © Mike Berrell (2014). Link.
Selworthy, All
Saints. SS 920 469. © Simon Kidner. An additional view, and two interior views - 1,
2, all © Mike Berrell (2013).
Grade I listed.
Shapwick, Blessed Virgin Mary (or St.
Mary), and the interior.
ST 4178 3825.
© Chris Kippin (2020).
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Sharpstone, the former Primitive
Methodist Chapel. It has a partly defaced
date-stone for 1875. It pre-dates
a map of 1891 and seems to have gone out of use before 1958. ST 7824 5970. Both
© Chris Kippin (2022). The village also has a former
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, on The Tyning. ST 7855 5985. It was seen by
Streetview in 2021.
Shepton Beauchamp, St. Michael on Church Street. Two interior views -
1, 2. ST 403 172. All © Mike Berrell (2014).
Link.
Grade I listed.
Shepton Mallet.
Shepton Montague, St Peter. The
church was badly damaged by a fire in 1964. Two additional views -
1,
2. The chancel wasn't re-built
after the fire; instead the chancel arch was filled in, as seen in the last
photo. ST 6820 3174. All © Chris
Kippin (2021). Link.
Grade II listed. A cross and several tombs in the churchyard are listed
separately - they can be found
here.
Shipham, St. Leonard (1843) on The Square.
ST44312 57425. Link.
Grade II listed. The former Wesleyan
Methodist Chapel, now residential. There was a Wesleyan Chapel here in 1868,
and the present one seems to have been active until at least the 1970's.
Another view. ST 44492 57524. There
was also a Baptist Chapel in the village, though its precise location, and
whether it still survives, are uncertain. All © Carole Sage (2016).
Shoscombe, the former Methodist
Church. Originally United Free Methodist, it has now been converted to
residential use. ST 7106 5643. © Janet Gimber (2016). It has small
date-stone above the door for
1892, © Chris Kippin (2022).
Sidcot, Friends' Meeting House. Sidcot
School, adjoining, is one of only seven Quaker schools in the country. The
meeting house displays three dates, 1817 (presumably for construction), 1926 and
1961. Another view. ST 42929 57474. Both
© Carole Sage (2016).
Simonsbath, St. Luke (1856). SS 775 394. © Martin Richter (2011).
Interior view, © Richard Roberts
(2019).
Link.
Grade II listed.
Slough Green, the former Wesleyan
Methodist Chapel. ST 2721 2032. © P. L. Kessler /
The History Files.
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Somerton.
South Barrow, St. Peter on Sparkford Road.
ST 6018 2789.
Link.
Grade II* listed. A monument in the
churchyard is separately listed as
grade II. The former Methodist Chapel
(1857) on Chapel Lane, originally Wesleyan, later Bible Christian. ST 6014 2782.
Grade II listed. Both © Chris Kippin
(2020).
South Brewham, St. John the Baptist.
Another of Judy Flynn's postcard, previously in the Unknown section. Here's the
original entry - "Bruham is a puzzler. There's no such place-name as far as I can
find, and I've ruled out the simple transposition Burham, and the similar sounding Brougham and Bruan".
Solved by Janet Gimber, Simon Davies, and Greg Mishevski.
Link. Grade II* listed -
link.
South Cadbury, St. Thomas à Becket. ©
Chris Kippin (2021). Link.
Grade II* listed. Chapel Cross,
now a house, is a former Chapel standing at a crossroads between South and North
Cadbury. ST 6308 2632. © Chris Kippin (2021).
Another view, from
Streetview, in 2009.
Grade II* listed.
South Cheriton, the former
Methodist Chapel (originally Wesleyan) on Cheriton Street.
Another view. ST 6936 2472. The
former U.R.C., originally
Independent/Congregational. ST 6950 2476. Both © Chris Kippin (2021). The
chapels are dated
here
to 1844 (Methodist) and 1823 (the Independent, in a pre-existing cottage, later
enlarged). It also mentions an un-located Quaker meeting in the 17th and 18th
century, and a Mission Room being present in the 1890's, but no maps I can find
show it. Older maps do show the site of a vanished chapel at ST 6949
2493, but I've been unable to discover anything about it, and the site hasn't
been seen by the Streetview van. The cemetery a little way south-east of the
village has a Mortuary Chapel, at
ST 6976 2460. © Chris Kippin (2021).
South Horrington, the former Chapel of
Mendip Hospital, now converted to residential use. TF 5710 464. © Chris Kippin
(2021). Its
grade II listing. dates it to 1845-7, a G.G. Scott and W.B. Moffatt church.
South Petherton, St. Peter and St. Paul on Hele Lane. Two interior views - 1,
2. The list of vicars commences in 1080. ST 432 169. Link.
Grade I listed.
St.
Michael (R.C.) on Lightgate Road. ST 435 171. Link.
Former Wesleyan Chapel on Roundwell Street, now an Arts Centre. ST 434 169. All © Mike Berrell (2014).
Southstoke, St. James the Great. Norman
doorway with tympanum. ST 7465 6123.
Link.
Grade II* listed. Other listed features associated with the church can be
found
here. Bath Seventh-day Adventist Church
on Southstoke Lane. ST 7474 6156.
Link. All © Chris Kippin (2022).
Sparkford, St. Mary Magdalene, which
stands at the southern end of the village. The
interior. ST 6091 2567. Both © Chris
Kippin (2021).
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Spaxton, St. Margaret on Church Road. Two
interiors - 1,
2. ST 2253 3703. All © Mike Berrell
(2016).
Link.
Grade I listed.
Stanton Drew, Church of the Blessed
Virgin Mary on Church Lane. Another view,
the interior,
altar,
East window, the
pulpit, and the
font. ST 59781 63124.
Grade II* listed. A housing development (The Drive) now occupies the
site of the demolished Methodist
Church. A photo of the (boarded up) church is available
here, dated 2006, on an
external site. ST 59865 62222. All © Carole Sage (2016). The preceding
Methodist Chapel (1832) still
stands at ST 60347 62894. © Carole Sage (2017).
Stanton Prior, St. Lawrence. Although
of earlier foundation, the present building is mainly of the 15th century, and
the restoration of 1860. Two additional views -
1,
2, and a badly weathered
angel. ST 67802 62728. An
interior photo is available
here.
Grade II* listed. The former
Methodist Church, built as Wesleyan in 1863. Only the central part of the
building (gable end to the road) is the original chapel, the rest is an
extension added when it was converted to residential use. It was open until at
least 1997. ST 67878 62764. All ©
Carole Sage (2017).
Staple Fitzpaine, St. Peter on Staple Hill. Two interiors - 1,
2. The
list of
rectors commences in 1277. ST 264 182. All © Mike Berrell (2014).
Another view, and a close-up of the
tower, both © Christopher Skottowe
(1965). Link1.
Link2.
Grade I listed.
Staplegrove, Taunton - see Taunton.
Stapley, the former Wesleyan Methodist
Chapel - a tin tabernacle. It's marked on the 1:2,500 O.S. map of 1889,
but from the evidence of later maps had gone out of use sometime between 1906
and 1930. At some point the chapel building was moved from its original location
at ST 1891 1349. It now stands on the other side of the road, and is used by
a local mortician. What may be the original
foundations remain visible. Both © P. L. Kessler /
The History Files.
Stathe, the former Jubilee Baptist
Chapel, now "Old Chapel", and presumably in residential use. The latest map I
have access to (1977) marks this as "Chap", so it was presumably active at least
into the 1970's. It first appears on the O.S. map of 1903-4, it being absent (or
at least, not labelled) on the earlier map of 1889-91.
ST 3739 2896. © P. L. Kessler /
The History Files, which dates it at 1887 for the chapel, and 1928
for the adjacent Sunday School.
Another view, © Mike Berrell (2015).
Stawell, St. Francis.
The dedication seems to be a recent addition, as no
older maps or sources so name it. The
interior. ST 3680 3829.
Link.
Grade II* listed. The former
Ebenezer Congregational Chapel (1861)
stands a little way back from Stawell Road, at ST 3683 3826. Clearly shown as
Congregational on the 25" map of 1904 (and this
source says it was built as Congregational), the 1886 edition shows
it as Wesleyan Methodist. I haven't been able to find any other source
mentioning the Wesleyans having been in Stawell, so perhaps this is a rare error
on the part of the Ordnance Survey. All © Chris Kippin (2020).
Steart, St. Andrew on Steart Drove. Two interiors - 1,
2. Despite its remote and isolated
position, occasional services are still held here. ST 2702 4576. All © Mike
Berrell (2016).
Another view,
© Neil Floyd.
Link.
Stockland Bristol, St. Mary
Magdalene (C). ST 2402 4362. © Mike Berrell (2016).
Link.
Grade II listed.
Stocklinch, St. Mary Magdalene. Made redundant in 1972, and now in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. Two
interior views - 1, 2. ST 387 171. All © Mike Berrell (2014).
Link1. Link2.
Grade I listed.
Stoford, the former Methodist Chapel on
Newton Road and Court Lane. A map of 1888 labels it as Wesleyan. ST 5670 1347. ©
Chris Kippin (2021). Older maps also show a Mission Room
in the village, on Silver Street, at ST 5652 1334. The Mission Room has the same
footprint as the present building on the site, but whether anything of it
survives is unclear.
Stogumber, St. Mary on High Street. Two
interiors - 1,
2. ST 0981 3729. All © Mike Berrell
(2016). Link.
Grade I listed.
Stogursey, St. Andrew, on Church Street.
ST 20475 42879. © Maggie Exon. Another view,
and two interiors - 1,
2, all © Mike Berrell (2016).
Grade I listed.
Stoke Pero, the church, which has no
known dedication. SS 8783 4349. © Simon Kidner. Two old photos, from Christopher
Skottowe's collection, and dating from circa 1905 -
1, 2,
were previously in the Unknown section. There were some slight indications in the album
that they were possibly in the
west country, perhaps somewhere near Dunster. That proved to be the case, and
Brian Curtis identified them as the church at Stoke Pero. Link.
Grade II* listed. Stoke St. Gregory, St.
Gregory on Woodhill. Two interior views -
1,
2. The
pulpit and
font, which a sign in the
church says is mid-C14. ST 348 272.
© Mike Berrell (2015). Another view,
© P. L. Kessler /
The History Files.
Grade I listed. Baptist
Church. ST 343 275. © Mike Berrell (2015).
Stoke St. Mary, St. Mary. Two interior views - 1,
2. A past incumbent was evidently keen on reminding his parishioners of their
obligations. A list of the curates and rectors goes back to 1531. The
church has a Millennium window by Patrick Reyntiens OBE. ST 2658 2234.
All © Mike Berrell (2013). Two additional views -
1, 2,
both © P. L. Kessler / The
History Files.
Grade II* listed.
Stoke Congregational Chapel (1825).
Interior view. ST 2628 2226.
Both © Mike Berrell (2013). Another
view, © P. L. Kessler /
The History Files.
Stoke St. Michael, St. Michael and All
Angels. ST 6645 4698.
Link.
Grade II* listed. Several churchyard tombs are listed separately - they can
be seen
here. The former Wesleyan
Methodist Chapel on Mendip Road. It pre-dates a map of 1886. ST 6644
4679. All © Chris Kippin (2021). The village also has a former
Primitive Methodist Chapel, on Stoke Hill, at ST
6625 4691. It was seen by
Streetview in 2009. According to this
source, the Wesleyan was known as Zion, and the P.M. as Bethel, and Zion was
closed in 1982.
Stoke-sub-Hamdon, St. Mary the Virgin
(K), which is marked on older maps as St. Andrew. ST 4840 1728. © Chris Kippin
(2021). Link1.
Link2
(many photos).
Grade I listed. Numerous churchyard monuments (and a cross) are listed
separately - they can be found
here. The Methodist Church on West Street
is marked on old maps as Wesleyan. ST 4707 1716. © Mike Berrell (2014).
Grade II listed.
The former Congregational Chapel
on North Street is dated
here
to 1866. ST 4734 1753. © Chris Kippin (2021).
Stoke Trister, St. Andrew (1841). ST
7368 2876. © Bob
Feltham. O.S. maps mark St. Andrew's Church (Site of) at ST 7420 2881 to
the north of the village, which this
source
says was demolished in 1841. Although the Streetview van has been along the
nearest road, hedgerows prevent a useful view.
Link.
Grade II listed.
Ston Easton, St. Mary
the Virgin. Another view. Both © Janet
Gimber (2016). Link.
Grade II* listed.
Stowell, St. Mary Magdalene.
Another view, and a Norman-style
doorway, surely much too crisp to be
original. ST 6869 2236. © Chris Kippin (2021).
Link.
Grade II listed.
Stowey, St. Nicholas and the Blessed Virgin
Mary (C13). Another view. ST 5992 5944.
Both © Carole Sage (2016).
Grade II listed.
Stratton-on-the-Fosse.
Street, Holy Trinity.
© Graeme Harvey. Another view, © Janet Gimber (2014).
Grade I listed. Methodist Church.
© Graeme Harvey. Society of Friends Meeting House.
Grade II listed. ©
Graeme Harvey.
Stringston, St. Mary the Virgin. Two interior views - 1,
2, and a memorial tablet. ST 177 424. All © Mike Berrell (2014).
Grade II listed.
Sutton Bingham, All Saints.
Another view. ST 5478 1113. Both ©
Chris Kippin (2021).
Link.
Grade I listed.
Sutton Mallet, no dedication, is now
in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust, whose
listing dates it to a re-build in 1827. ST 3729
3694. © Chris Kippin (2020).
Sutton Montis, Holy Trinity.
Its
grade I listing says it's of Saxon origin, though there are no survivals
from that time.
Another view, and the
interior. ST 6243 2480. All
© Chris Kippin (2021).
Link.
Swell, St. Catherine. The south porch has a fine Norman doorway. Two interior views -
1, 2. The list of rectors goes back to
1319. ST 369 236. All © Mike Berrell (2013). Link.
Grade I listed.
Tatworth,
St. John the Evangelist. © Graeme Harvey.
Taunton.
Tellisford, All Saints, and its
interior. ST 8004 5567. Both © Chris
Kippin (2022).
Link.
Grade II listed. For listed features in the churchyard, see
here.
Temple Cloud, St. Barnabas. It was
built as a chapel of ease for St. James at Cameley in 1925. ST 62224 57996. ©
Carole Sage (2016). Another view, ©
Janet Gimber (2016).
Link.
Templecombe, St. Mary. © Andrew Ross. Another view, and the
Templecombe Face Painting, both © Roger Hopkins. Roger explains that this C12 church which has probable links with
the Knights Templar, houses the painting which is believed to date to the time of the Templars. Link.
Theale, Christ Church, which is dated in its
grade II listing to 1826. Another view,
and the interior. ST 4678 4607. All ©
Chris Kippin (2021).
Link.
Thorne Coffin, St. Andrew. TF 5260
1761. © Chris Kippin (2021).
Link has an
interior photo.
Grade II* listed.
Thorne St. Margaret, St. Margaret. ST
0987 2109. © Huw Thomas / The
History Files.
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Thornfalcon, Church of the Holy Cross. Two interior views - 1,
2. The list of vicars commences in 1265. A
new board has two recent incumbents listed. ST 283 240. All © Mike Berrell (2013).
Another view, © P. L. Kessler /
The History Files.
Link.
Grade I listed.
Thurlbear, St. Thomas a Becket - in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. Sheila advises that it dates from the 11th century, and is the resting place of
Henrietta, the wife of William Surtees Altham. She was the sister of Elizabeth Barrett Browning. ST 2659 2111. © Sheila Tucker.
Another view, © P. L. Kessler /
The History Files.
Two interior views -
1, 2, and a squint, all ©
Mike Berrell (2013). Link.
Grade II listed.
Thurloxton, St. Giles. © Simon Kidner.
Grade II* listed.
Tickenham, St. Quiricus and St. Julietta
(an unusual dedication!) on Church Lane. Three additional views -
1, 2,
3, two gargoyles -
1,
2, the latter showing (presumably) a
denizen of hell enjoying a damned soul for supper (Publow, above, has a similar
gargoyle), and the handsome cockerel
weather-vane, all © Carole Sage (2016
and 2017). ST 4578 7145. Link.
Grade I listed. The former Baptist
Chapel, which has permission for conversion to residential use. It pre-dates
the 1884 O.S. map. A gazetteer of 1868 mentions a Plymouth Brethren Chapel, but
not a Baptist Chapel, so this is possibly the same building. ST 46810
71829. © Carole Sage (2017).
Timberscombe, St. Petrock, on Church
Street. SS 955 420. © Marion Hall.
Interior view, © Richard Roberts (2019). Link.
Grade I listed.
Providence Methodist Church
on Church Street was built as Bible Christian in 1836 and closed in July 2019.
SS 956 420. © Richard Roberts (2019).
Link.
Timsbury, the Parish Church, dedicated to the
Blessed Virgin Mary. Tabor Free Methodist Church.
Both © Elizabeth Nash. The Congregational
Church on North Road opened in 1928, following the congregations' move from
their previous building, which is now the former
Christadelphian Hall on Maggs
Hill. Built in 1825, the Christadelphians took it over in 1930, and it's now in
residential use. Both © Janet Gimber (2016). The
Methodist Church on South Road
was built as Wesleyan in 1805. © Janet Gimber (2016).
Tintinhull, St. Margaret, and its
interior. ST 4986 1971. Both © Chris
Kippin (2021). Link.
Grade I listed. Numerous churchyard monuments and other features are listed
separately - they can be found
here.
Tivington, Chapel of St. Leonard. Very
difficult to photograph says Chris, as the building is behind an attached
cottage. Another view, and the
interior. SS 932 450.
All © Chris Kippin
(2019).
Wikipedia entry.
Grade II* listed.
Tolland, St. John the Baptist. The
gateway
to the churchyard is attractive. ST 1004 3227.
Both © Chris Kippin
(2019). Another view,
© P. L. Kessler (2020) /
The History Files.
Link.
Grade II listed.
Treborough, St. Peter.
Interior view. ST 026 343. Both ©
Chris Kippin (2019). Link.
Grade II* listed.
Trudoxhill,
the former Mission Church. ST 7459 4407. © Chris Kippin (2021). The
Congregational Church.
ST 7492 4379. © Chris Kippin (2022).
Grade II* listed.
Trull, All Saints on Church Road. Two interior views - 1,
2, and the superb pulpit. ST 2163 2219. All © Alan Gardiner (2013).
Another view, © P. L. Kessler /
The History Files.
Link. Grade I
listed.
Ubley, St.
Bartholomew. Another view.
Link.
Grade I listed. Methodist Chapel, on
The Street.
Link.
Grade II listed. All © Janet Gimber (2016).
Uphill, St.
Nicholas (ruinous). Another view. ST 316 583. St. Nicholas
at ST 319 588 replaced the old church. The foundation stone was laid in 1892.
Methodist Church (founded
as Wesleyan in 1841). ST 320 588. All © Andrew Ross. This
old postcard shows the old church. From
Geoff Watt's Collection.
Upper Swainswick, St. Mary. The
interior. It has a fine Norman
south doorway. ST 7565 6842. All ©
Chris Kippin (2024). Link.
Grade II* listed. In the churchyard are several listed monuments. Their
listing entries can be seen
here.
Upton Noble, St. Mary Magdalene. ST 7129
3944. Link.
Grade II* listed. The former Methodist
Church. It pre-dates a map of 1886, where it's labelled as Wesleyan. It had
been seen by Streetview in 2009, affording
another view. ST 7131 3936.
Both © Chris Kippin (2021).
Vobster, the former St. Edmund (1846). Two further views -
1,
2. ST 7046 4927. All © Chris
Kippin (2021). A 2014
Estate Agents notice has more photos, including the interior. A 2006
photo on Geograph says that at that time it "seems to be disused".
Grade II listed. There is a former Wesleyan
Methodist Chapel at Upper Vobster at ST 7049 4952. It can be seen
on a Streetview from
2009.
Wadeford,
the former Baptist Chapel. It pre-dates a map of 1887, and seems to have
survived until after WWII, but I haven't been able to discover a closure date.
Another view. ST 3097 1059. Both © Chris
Kippin (2022).
Walton, Holy Trinity.
© Bill Henderson. Another view. © Graeme
Harvey. Grade II listed.
Walton St. Mary - see
Clevedon, including Walton St. Mary.
Walton in Gordano, St. Paul. Three
additional views - 1,
2,
3. Two interiors -
1,
2, the
chancel, and two windows -
1,
2.
ST 4252 7314.
Link.
Grade I listed.
A small former Congregational Chapel on Walton
Street is now a private residence. Altered from a pre-existing house (circa
1800) by the removal of a floor and the addition of the large window in 1849.
Closure was probably between 1967 and 1974, according to O.S. map evidence. ST 4259 7315. All © Carole Sage (2016).
Wambrook, Blessed Virgin Mary. ST 293 077. © Julie Baker.
Link.
Wanstrow, St. Mary. ST 7098 4167. © Chris
Kippin (2021). Link.
Grade II* listed. The former Primitive
Methodist Chapel on The Street, which has a
date-stone for 1877. ST 7131 4172.
Both © Chris Kippin (2021).
Link. The village also had a Wesleyan Methodist Chapel,
which pre-dated a map of 1886. The National Archives
references
documents pertaining to the chapel for 1822-1974. Demolished, its
site now lies beneath the
roadway, pavement and garden, as seen by Streetview in 2009. ST 7121 4174.
Washford, St. Mary on Station Road, shared with the Methodists (see
here). ST 047 410. © Mike Berrell (2014).
Another view,
© Chris Kippin (2019).
The Methodists old chapel survives,
at ST 049 410. © Chris Kippin (2019).
Watchet.
Waterlip, the former Primitive
Methodist Chapel, which has a date-stone
for 1874. ST 6592 4476. Both © Chris Kippin (2021).
Weare, St. Gregory, the burial place of
Frankie Howerd. © Jack Frost.
Grade I listed.
Wedmore, St. Mary. ST 4347 4793. © Christopher Skottowe
(1965), and an old postcard showing the
wall painting of St. Christopher, from his collection. Another view, the
interior, and carved wooden
pulpit, all © Chris Kippin (2021).
Link.
Grade I listed.
Several churchyard features are listed separately - they can be found
here. The Methodist Church (1817)
on Sand Road is labelled on older maps as Wesleyan. ST 4328 4764. © Chris Kippin
(2021).
Link.
Grade II listed. The former Baptist
Chapel on Grant Lane, undergoing conversion. Its closure is dated to 2010 in
this 2018
news story. Two interior views - 1,
2. ST 4356 4775. All © Chris
Kippin (2021).
Grade II listed.
Wellington.
Wellow, St. Julian the
Hospitaller on High
Street. Another view. ST 7418 5840. Both ©
Chris Kippin (2022). The
ceiling and an
angel,
effigy of a priest, and two close-ups -
1,
2, and the
monument to Thomas Scudamore (d. 1718),
all © Christopher Skottowe (1975).
Link.
Grade I listed. The churchyard has a good number of
listed tombs - they can be found
here. The former
Ebenezer Primitive Methodist Chapel at ST 7409 5833.
Older O.S. maps show it as P.M., but on-line sources also list it as Free Methodist, and later, as United
Methodist. The date-stone, which
seems to be hiding an earlier one, says United Methodist, but the date - 1869 -
must refer to its building as P.M. It seems to have still been in use into the
1970's, but has since been converted to residential use. Both © Chris
Kippin (2022). The Wesleyan Methodists also had a chapel here, on
High Street, at ST 7370 5810.
Here's a 2019 Streetview, and by zooming-in the
date-stone for 1808 can be
seen.
Wells.
Wembdon, St. George, on Church Road. ST
2894 3796. © Mike Berrell (2016). Link.
Grade II listed.
West Bagborough, St. Pancras. ST 169 337. © Lesley Baxendale. Link.
Grade II* listed.
West Bradley, St. Andrew on Lottisham
Road, and its interior. ST 5578 3687.
Both © Chris Kippin (2020).
Grade II* listed. About half a mile S.W. of the church
stands the hamlet of Plot Street; old maps show it as
having a Bible Christian Chapel, at ST 5501 3657.
Now converted to residential use, it (or its replacement on the same site) can
be seen here on a 2009
Streetview. This
source
calls it Ebenezer B.C. Chapel, and dates it to 1837, says it was United
Methodist after the merger in 1907, with closure "by 1932".
West Buckland, St. Mary the Virgin. Two interior views - 1,
2. The North window is by William Morris. ST 173 205. All © Mike
Berrell (2014). Link.
Grade I listed.
West Camel, dedicated to All Saints. © Bill
McKenzie. Grade I listed.
West Chinnock, St. Mary on Higher Street. Two interior views - 1,
2. ST 467 134. All © Mike Berrell (2014).
Grade II listed.
West Coker, St. Martin of Tours on Church
Street. Another view. ST 5165 1358.
Link.
Grade II* listed. A drinking fountain and tombs listed separately can be
found
here. Methodist Church (1839) on
Manor Street was originally Wesleyan. ST 5195 1362.
Grade II listed. All © Chris Kippin (2021). The 25" O.S. map of 1892-1914
shows a Plymouth Brethren Chapel off High Street at
ST 5167 1346. Evidently demolished, it stood immediately behind
Chapel Court, seen in a
Streetview from 2009.
West End, the former Mission Chapel,
now in residential use. Marked as a chapel on maps of 1967 and 1974, it shows as
a Mission Chapel on the 1903 edition, and as Baptist on the 1930-2 edition. Carole has been unable to unearth any
further information about it. ST 44889 69092. © Carole Sage (2016).
West Harptree, St. Mary. ©
Janet Gimber (2016).
Grade II* listed.
West Hatch, St. Andrew on Church Lane. C15, but heavily restored in 1861. Interior
view. The list of incumbents only begins in 1856, when West Hatch was made a
separate parish. ST 285 211. All © Mike Berrell (2014). Link.
Grade II listed.
West Lydford, St Peter. This
source dates it to a re-build of 1844-6. ST 5647 3188. © Chris Kippin
(2020). Link.
Grade II* listed.
West Lynch, Lynch Chapel of Ease on
Bossington Lane. Interior view. SS 900
476. Both © Richard Roberts (2019). The
Grade II* listing advises that it dates from circa 1530, and was restored in
1880.
West Monkton, St. Augustine on Church
Hill. Two interiors - 1,
2, and a set of
stocks, which seem to be popular
hereabouts! ST 263 285. All © Mike Berrell (2013).
Link.
Grade I listed.
West Pennard, St. Nicholas.
Another view, and the
interior.
ST 5522 3826. All © Chris Kippin (2020). The presumed remains of a
Bible
Christian Chapel at the junction of Glastonbury Road and Newtown
Lane, as seen on a 2016 Streetview. It shows on the 25" O.S. map of 1886 as
Chapel (Nonconformist), as Bible Christian Chapel on the edition of
1903, and on a map of 1930 as a United Methodist Free Church. It may be
the Bethel B.C. chapel mentioned
here
as having opened in 1851. ST 5466 3847. The same source mentions a
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel having opened in 1803,
but doesn't locate it. It was succeeded by a new chapel at Piltown in 1847. This
will probably be the one marked on the 25" map of 1886 at ST 5533 3898.
Satellite views suggest it survives (or at least, a building with the same
footprint occupies the same site), and a
2016
Streetview shows what I think is the building.
West Quantoxhead, St. Etheldreda (aka
St. Audrey). ST 1133 4200. © Geoff Lees.
Link. (Geoff - the return address on your e-mail isn't working - 3 e-mails
have been returned as undeliverable).
Another view, © Paul E. Barnett (2019).
Grade II* listed. The Orangery
is now used as a wedding venue. Originally built as an orangery, according to
the
grade II listing it was converted to serve as a school chapel in the 1930's.
© Paul E. Barnett (2019).
Westbury-sub-Mendip, St.
Lawrence. ST 4996 4871. © Chris Kippin (2021).
Link.
Grade II* listed. A former Bible Christian Chapel
(1872) stands on Perch Hill, at ST 5041 4877. It pre-dates the 25" map of
1873-1888. Evidently converted to residential use, it can be seen in a
Streetview of 2009. The same
map also shows a Wesleyan Methodist Chapel on Top
Road, at ST 5032 4870. It was
seen by the Streetview van in 2011, again, in residential use.
Weston Bampfylde, Holy Cross. The
interior. ST 6106 2495. Both ©
Chris Kippin (2021).
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Weston in Gordano, St. Peter and St.
Paul (1839). Three further views - 1,
2,
3. ST 44377 74211. All © Carole Sage (2016).
Link.
Grade I listed.
Weston-super-Mare.
Westonzoyland, St. Mary the
Virgin on Main Road. Three interiors -
1,
2,
3. ST 352 348. All © Mike
Berrell (2015). Link.
Grade I listed.
Wheddon Cross, the former Methodist
Chapel (1893), closed in 2006, and now converted to residential use. The second
chapel on this site, the previous one was built in 1839.
SS923387. © Andrew Ross (2018). Another
view, © Chris Kippin (2019).
Link.
Whatley, St. George.
ST 7340 4760. © Chris Kippin (2021).
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Whitchurch, St. Nicholas (C). Dating
from the 12th century, the church is thought to have been preceded by a Saxon
chapel. Before the Reformation, the church was dedicated to St. Gregory.
Another view. ST 61219 67590.
Samuel Loxton made two drawings of the church -
1,
2.
Grade II* listed. U.R.C. on
Bristol Road, built as Congregational (founded 1830).
Another view. ST 61259 67799. All
© Carole Sage (2016). A
Brethren Meeting Hall on Bristol Road was built between the wars. When it
ceased to be used for worship is at present unknown, but it was used as a public
hall until quite recently. It received planning permission for conversion to a
day nursery in 2015. ST 61219 67867. © Carole Sage (2017). The
Emmaus Spirituality Centre on
Sleep Lane is a retreat and conference centre, and is successor to Emmaus House
in Bristol, from where they moved in 2015. ST 61678 67260. © Carole Sage (2016).
Link.
Whitelackington, St. Mary. Two interiors - 1,
2, and a squint. The
list of incumbents commences before 1417. ST 379 153. All © Mike Berrell (2014).
Link1. Link2.
Grade II* listed.
Whitestaunton, St. Andrew. The
interior. ST 2805 1049. Both ©
Chris Kippin (2022). Link.
Grade I listed. Several churchyard monuments, etc., are separately listed
here.
Wick St. Lawrence, St. Lawrence. ST 366
654. © Andrew Ross. Widcombe, Bath - see
Bath.
Williton, St. Peter.
Another view, and an
interior view. ST 075 407. All © Dave Westrap. Two interior views - 1, 2,
both © Mike Berrell (2013). Link1.
Link2.
Link3.
Grade II* listed. Methodist Church
on Tower Hill. ST 078 407.
Dave Westrap. Three interior views - 1, 2,
3, all © Mike Berrell (2013).
Grade II listed.
Wilton, Taunton - see Taunton.
Wincanton, St. Peter and St. Paul. Two further views - 1,
2, the interior and font.
ST 7110 2848. All © Dennis Harper (2010).
Link.
Grade II* listed. The churchyard gates, boundary walls, and several
monuments are listed separately - they can be found
here. The Methodist Church is on
High Street, at ST 7156 2865. The
church
website has some interior views. I've not been able to discover its date of
building, or its original flavour of Methodism. © Chris Kippin (2021).
St. Luke and St. Theresa (R.C.) on
South Street. Another view. ST 7134
2855. Both © Chris Kippin (2021).
Link.
Grade II listed. Community Church
(Assemblies of God), on South Street. ST 7132 2849. © Chris Kippin (2021).
Link.
Baptist Church, off Mill Street. A
2009 Streetview shows the
adjacent Baptist School, dated 1887. ST 7122 2865. © Chris Kippin (2021).
Link. Perhaps surprisingly, the
gates are listed as
grade II, but the chapel itself appears to not be listed. The former
Congregational Church is also off Mill Street. Not
seen by Streetview, a photo is available
here. ST 7117 2865.
Grade II listed. The access passage to the church, and the Sunday School (grade
II listed), can be seen on a
Streetview from 2009. The access to the Friends'
Meeting House off High Street can be seen in a
Streetview from 2016. A
photo is available
here. ST 7150 2862.
Link. A
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel used to stand on North
Street at ST 7118 2876. It pre-dates a map of 1886, and the later building on
the site (dated 1922) can be seen on a
Streetview from 2021. Given
the windows facing the main road, it could well be that the 1922 date-stone
refers to a refurbishment of an existing building rather than a new build.
Winford, Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary
and St. Peter on Church Road. The dual dedication commemorates the original
church and an old chantry chapel at Winford. The tower is the oldest part of the
church, dating from the 15th century. The rest of the church is of a re-build in
the late 18th century, with later restorations. Three additional views -
1, 2,
3, and some of the gargoyles -
1,
2. ST 54303 65014.
All © Carole Sage (2017). Interior view,
© Chris Kippin (2019).
Link1.
Link2.
Grade II* listed. Baptist Church on
Chapel Lane. Dating from 1829, it was built by the Bristol Baptist Itinerant
Society, and was "improved" in 1877. Baptisms are not held here - they use the
Baptist Church at Chew Magna. ST 54182 64936.
Link. There used to be a large orthopaedic hospital on the outskirts of
Winford. Built in 1930, it was enlarged in 1940 for the treatment of war
casualties. Closed in 1996, the site has been redeveloped for housing. It had a
chapel, but Carole has been unable to discover its exact location, or a
photograph of it, so this photo is
just a general one showing part of the estate. ST 53737 65651. Both © Carole Sage
(2017).
Winscombe, St. James the Great. The tower and porch. ST 411 566. Lynch Chapel. ST 419 572. All © Barbara Barklem.
Winsford, St. Mary Magdalene.
Interior view. SS 904 349.
Link.
Grade I listed. The former Wesleyan
Methodist Chapel. SS 905 348. All © Chris Kippin (2019).
Winsham, St. Stephen.
Another view. ST 374 062. Both © Julie
Baker.
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Witham Friary, Blessed Virgin Mary,
St. John the Baptist and All Saints. Although the friary was dissolved by Henry
VIII in 1539, the building continued in use as the village church. ST 744 412. © Kevin Gordon.
Grade I listed.
Withiel Florey, St Mary Magdalene.
The exterior has recently been re-painted
Interior view. SS 986 332. Both
© Chris Kippin (2019).
Link.
Withy Ditch, the Baptist Chapel dates from
1839, and is now only used once a month for services. In 2004 this
old lamp, which used to hang outside the
chapel, was found beneath the staging in the chapel; it now hangs in Radstock
Museum. Both © David Ware.
Withycombe, St. Nicholas. ST 0153 4130.
From a postcard in Kevin Gordon's Collection. A modern view, © Dave Westrap,
and another, without scaffolding,
© Chris Kippin (2020).
Link1.
Link2.
Grade I listed.
Withypool, St. Andrew. SS 846 356. ©
Martin Richter (2018). Another photo is available on the Wikipedia article
here.
This
website has a photo of the Norman font.
Link.
Grade II* listing, which advises that the tower was re-built in the early
17th century, and that the church had restorations in 1887 and 1902.
Wiveliscombe, St. Andrew of 1827-9
stands on Church Street, on the site of earlier churches.
Another view. ST 0828 2768.
Link.
Grade II* listed. A cross, war memorial and other items are listed
separately - they can be found
here. Sir Richard of
Chichester (R.C., 1967). ST 0835 2769.
Link. The former Wesleyan
Methodist Chapel on South Street. ST 0815 2758. Peter Kessler's
entry (choose number 2) for this chapel dates it to 1845, with closure at an
unspecified but early date. All © P. L. Kessler /
The History Files.
Wiveliscombe Evangelical Church is on Silver
Street; older maps label it as Congregational.
Its
grade II listing dates it to 1708, with an enlargement in 1825.
ST 0818 2788. It can be seen on a 2019 Streetview
here.
Link.
Wookey, St. Matthew.
Interior view. ST 5185 4579. Both ©
Chris Kippin (2021).
Link.
Grade I listed. Several churchyard features are listed separately - they can
be found
here.
Wookey Hole, St. Mary Magdalene. Its
grade II listing dates it to 1873-4. Interior view. ST 5323 4759. The former
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel. It
pre-dates a map of 1873-88, and it is also mentioned in a
newspaper in 1875. The National Archives
references
documents pertaining to the chapel for 1868-1972. All © Chris Kippin (2021).
Woolavington, Blessed Virgin Mary, or
St. Mary. ST 3479 4165. © Chris Kippin (2020).
Link.
Grade I listed. There are two listed monuments in the
churchyard - they can be seen
here. A former Methodist Church survives on
Causeway. It was built as Wesleyan in 1838, perhaps re-built in 1865, and closed
in the late 1970's (source).
Seen here by the Streetview
van in 2011, the building to its right is a Sunday School from 1910.
Woollard, the former Baptist Chapel.
It pre-dates the 1882-3 O.S. map, closed before 1997, and subsequently converted
for residential use. Another view. ST
63199 64465. Both © Carole Sage (2017).
Woolley, All Saints, and its
interior. Both © Chris Kippin (2024).
Link.
Grade I listed, wherein it's dated to 1761, by John Wood the younger,
architect (with his father John Wood, senior), of Georgian Bath. Both Wood's are
buried here.
Woolverton, the former St. Lawrence.
Another view. ST 7902 5404. Both © Chris
Kippin (2021).
Grade II listed.
Wootton Courtenay, All Saints. Two
interior views - 1,
2. SS 938 434. All ©
Dave Westrap.
Link1.
Link2.
Grade I listed.
Worle.
Wrangway, the site of the
Congregational Church. The church, which was cruciform in plan, stood closer to
the road than the present house. Pre-dating a map of 1888, later maps indicate
that it went out of use and was demolished between 1969 and 1980. ST 1250 1809.
© Huw Thomas / The History
Files.
Wraxall, All Saints.
ST 49024 71969. © Graeme Harvey. Another view,
the churchyard gateway, the
sun-dial, some examples of
the many carved heads and gargoyles - 1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
interior
view, the chancel,
altar and fine reredos,
side chapel, painted
tomb, the
pulpit, the
font, two examples of the many fine
Kempe windows - 1,
2, and the
list of incumbents, which begins in
1265, all © Carole Sage (2017).
Link.
Grade I listed.
Tyntesfield Chapel, now a
National Trust property.
ST 507 716. © Graeme Harvey. Another view, © Janet Gimber,
and another, © Carole Sage (2006).
Interior view, © Janet Gimber
(2015).
Link.
Wrington, All Saints, on The Triangle. Two
additional views - 1,
2, the
bell-turret,
lych-gate,
interior,
East window,
altar,
stone pulpit, and the
font. The church has a good number of
head stops, gargoyles and grotesques, though many are somewhat weathered -
here's a selection - 1,
2,
3,
4,
5. In the graveyard is the
tomb of local philanthropist
Hannah
More, who worked to improve the lot of local mine and agricultural workers.
There's a bust of her in the porch,
as well as a bust of the philosopher
John Locke, a native of
the parish, though he's buried at High Laver in Essex. ST
46789 62717. All © Carole Sage (2016 and 2018).
Link.
Grade I listed. A Non-conformist meeting house was established at a
farm on Wrington Hill in 1714, about
a mile from the village. Now called Meeting House Farm, Carole's photo just
gives a general view - whether the meeting house survives is not at present
known. ST 48685 63724. © Carole Sage (2017). It was succeeded by
Wrington Chapel
(1815) on Roper's Lane and Chapel Hill. This is probably the Independent
Chapel mentioned in an 1868 gazetteer. It has also been Congregational, and
latterly U.R.C. ST 46924 63182. © Carole Sage (2016). The former
Methodist Church, originally
Wesleyan. Dating from 1864, it was closed in the early 1970's, and it is now
used by the local Scouts and Guides. © Carole Sage (2017).
Writhlington, the former St. Mary
Magdalen, made redundant in 1981, and now in residential use.
Grade II listed. The former
Methodist Church on Manor Road, originally Primitive Methodist (1913). It
had recently been sold when Janet took her photo.
Sale notice with an interior photo. Both © Janet Gimber (2016).
Wyke Champflower, Holy Trinity.
Older maps label it as St. Peter.
Another view. ST 6618 3431. Both © Chris Kippin (2021).
Two interior views - 1,
2, © Christopher Skottowe (1964).
Link.
Grade I listed.
Yarlington, St. Mary the Virgin.
Interior view. ST 6547 2931.
Both © Chris Kippin (2021).
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Yatton.
Yeovil.
Yeovil Marsh, All Saints. Its
Wikipedia entry dates it to 1869-70.
Another view. ST 5441 1882.
Both © Chris Kippin (2021).
Link. Old
maps show a Wesleyan Methodist Chapel just
to the east of the church at ST 5446 1878. Older than the first
available map of 1878, the latest map to show it as active is of the
1962 vintage, when it's labelled as Meth. Ch. Something of
it may survive as the doorway and a small window look old, as seen
here in a Streetview
from 2011.
Yeovilton, St. Bartholomew
on Pyle Lane, formerly the parish church, since 1993 the Fleet Air Arm
Memorial Church. The porch
gates and church sign.
ST 5468 2301. All © Chris Kippin (2021).
Link1.
Link2.
Grade II* listed.
Yenston, the former Wesleyan
Methodist Chapel. This
source dates it to to a re-build in 1884 on the site of a
predecessor of 1845, closing after 1981. It also mentions a so-far
unlocated Primitive Methodist Chapel of "before 1867" to after 1926. ST
7144 2114. © Chris Kippin (2021).
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