The Churches of Britain and Ireland

 

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Wibtoft, Warwickshire, given variously as The Chapel of the Assumption of Our Lady, and St. Mary's Chapel. © George Weston.
Wichenford, Worcestershire, St. Laurence. Interior view, and the superb Washbourne monument.  SO 7872 6015. All © Chris Kippin (2018). Three more views - 1, 2, 3, and two more of the interior - 1, 2, all
 © Chris Kippin (2024). Link. Grade II* listed. A churchyard tomb is listed as grade II.
Wichling (alternatively Wychling), Kent, St. Margaret. © Bill McKenzie. Link.
Wick, Gloucestershire, St. Bartholomew. © Geoff Watt. Tabernacle U.R.C., from 1837 with later additions. Originally Independent, later Congregational. © Janet Gimber (2014).
Wick, Highland.
Wick, Vale of Glamorgan, St. James (CiW). Interior view. Both © Gerard Charmley (2011). Unitarian Chapel. © Gerard Charmley (2010). Another view. © Gerard Charmley (2011).
Wick, Worcestershire, St. Mary. © Peter Morgan. Another view. © Aidan McRae Thomson. Interior view, © Peter Morgan (2015). Grade II* listed.
Wick St. Lawrence, Somerset, St. Lawrence. ST 366 654. © Andrew Ross.
Wicken, Cambridgeshire,
St. Laurence. TL 5772 7058. © William Fisher. Link. Grade II* listed. In the cemetery across the road is a Mortuary Chapel, seen by Streetview in 2023. TL 5774 7062. The village also had Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist Chapels. The Wesleyan survives as the Methodist Church (2023 Streetview) on the main road, at TL 5664 7082. Link. The Primitive Methodist Chapel on Chapel Street is now residential, The Old Chapel (2023 Streetview). It's dated here to 1866-1944, where it also mentions an earlier chapel of circa 1835 on an adjacent plot of land. TL 5679 7081.
Wicken, Northamptonshire, St. John the Evangelist. Another view. Both © David Regan (2017). Link with interior photos here). Grade II* listed. Having been on the Unknown pages for years, John R. Parker has solved the following mystery. Ian Lewis had sent in a photo of the unveiling of a war memorial. Thought to possibly be in Cumbria, John has shown that it's St John at Wicken in Northamptonshire. John has offered this webpage (with photo) as proof.
Wicken Bonhunt, Essex, St. Margaret. Another view, three interiors - 1, 2, 3, the pulpit and the font. All © Chris Stafford (2013). Link.
Wickenby, Lincolnshire, St. Peter and St. Lawrence. © Dave Hitchborne. Another view, two interiors - 1, 2, and the font, all © David Regan (2017 and 2022). Link. Grade II* listed.
Wickersley, South Yorkshire,
St. Alban. SK 4783 9166. © Bill Henderson (2012). Two more views - 1, 2, both © David Regan (2021). Link. Grade II listed. Other listed features associated with the church can be seen here. The former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel on Wood Lane. It has a date-stone for 1828, and records exist for it up to 1958. SK 4819 9147. © David Regan (2021). This source mentions a private house, licensed for protestant dissenter worship in 1806 (and hence a possible predecessor for the Wesleyan Chapel), at 35 Morthen Road. The Round Houses, as they are known locally, can be seen on a Streetview of 2019, though I can't determine which of the two houses is the one referred to. The Methodist Church is on Bawtry Road, on the site of a Primitive Methodist predecessor (although it stood closer to the road), dated to 1879 here. © David Regan (2021). Link. Blessed Trinity (R.C.) on Northfield Lane. This source dates it to 1961. SK 4782 9201. © David Regan (2022). Link.
Wickham, Berkshire, St. Swithin. SU 3947 7152. From an old postcard in Judy Flynn's collection. A modern view, © Chris Kippin (2021). Link1. Link2. Link3 (with photos of the flying elephants!). Grade II* listed.
Wickham, Hampshire, St. Nicholas. SU 575 114. © Chris Kippin. Link. Grade II* listed.
Wickham Bishops, St. Bartholomew. Another view. TL 837 120. Both © Steve Taylor (2010). Link.
Wickham Market, Suffolk, All Saints. Two more views - 1, 2, two of the interior - 1, 2, and the font. TM 3022 5580. All © Steve Bulman (2024). Link. Grade II* listed. The former Congregational Chapel (1815-1986) on Chapel Lane, now a private residence. TM 3034 5555. © Iris Maeers.
Wickham St. Paul's, Essex, All Saints (K). Four further views - 1, 2, 3, 4. All © Roger Heap. Link. Grade II* listed - link.
Wickhambreaux, Kent, St. Andrew. © Aidan McRae Thomson. Former Wesleyan Chapel (1890), now a private residence. 179 TR 219 586. © Geoff Watt.
Wickhambrook, Suffolk, All Saints. From an old postcard in Reg Dosell's Collection. Link.
Wickmere, Norfolk, St. Andrew on Lower Street. Interior view. TG 165 337. Both © Richard Roberts (2018), who explains that the internal scaffoldings were for an art conservator, who was revealing and conserving wall paintings. Link1. Grade I listed.
Wickwar, Gloucestershire, Holy Trinity. © Graeme Harvey. Another view, © Simon Edwards (2011). Link. Congregational Church. © Graeme Harvey. Former Baptist Chapel (1865), now in residential use. © Janet Gimber (2012).
Widcombe, Bath, Somerset - see Bath.
Widdale, North Yorkshire, the former Methodist Chapel. The date-stone shows 1856, which date is confirmed as building rather than enlargement by the fact that the 1856 O.S. map doesn't show a building on the site. The history recounted by various websites show that it was for many years a school (since before the 1913-16 O.S. map, anyway), and continued as such until it was closed, in the very early 1930's. The O.S. map of 1979 marks it as Chapel. The church only rented a room, never owning it outright. It continued as a place of worship until 1994, at which time the building was auctioned off. Various attempts have been made since to convert it to residential use, but even as late as 2016 conversion work remains unfinished. Two additional views - 1, 2. SD 8265 8784.
All © Howard Richter (2016). By 2021 it appears that the far end of the building may now be lived in, but the rest is still being worked on. The date-stone. Both © Dennis Harper (2021).
Widdington, Essex, St. Mary the Virgin. Three interior views - 1, 2, 3, a carved capital, a window, the piscina, and the font. TL 5397 3178. All © Chris Stafford (2013). Link. Grade II* listed. Older O.S. maps mark a Congregational Chapel on High Street at TL 5386 3168. It pre-dates a map of 1881, and was still active into the mid-20th century at least. Ash Tree Cottage now stands on the site, and it was seen by Streetview in 2014.
Widdrington, Northumberland, Holy Trinity. NZ 2546 9577. © Alan Craxford. Another view, © Bill Henderson. Link. U.R.C., formerly Widdrington Presbyterian Church. Built in 1893, it replaced an earlier building. NZ 2536 9556. © Alan Craxford. Another view, and the interior, both © Lesley Taylor. The wooden spire, © Karel Kuča (2019). Link.
Widecombe-in-the-Moor, Devon, St. Pancras. Another view, an interior view, and side-altar. SX 719 768. All © James Murray.
And an old postcard view, from Reg Dosell's Collection. Two additional views - 1, 2, both © Bill Henderson (2018). Link.
Widemouth, Cornwall, Our Lady and St. Anne (Anglican, 1929). Another view, and its interior. All © Chris Kippin (2024). Another exterior and interior photos can be found here. As the church website (where there are also photos) explains, the church was originally towards the north of the village, and was transplanted to its current location in 1940. A map of 1933 labels a building as St. Anne's on the north side of Madeira Drive (at circa SS 2020 0245), although it isn't indicated as a place of worship. SS 2027 0207. Link.
Wideopen, Tyne & Wear, St. Columba (CoE & Methodist). NZ 241 732. The Sacred Heart of Jesus (R.C.). © Bill Henderson. St. Chad (now demolished), from a painting, courtesy of Clive Berriman.
Widford, Hertfordshire, St. John the Baptist. TL 413 158. © Bill McKenzie. Another view.
© Chalmers Cursley. And an old postcard view, from Reg Dosell's Collection.
Widford, Oxfordshire, dedicated to St. Oswald, stands by itself in a field, and is built over the remains of a Roman villa. SP 273 121. © Steve Bulman. Another view. © Dave Westrap. Link.
Widmerpool, Nottinghamshire, St. Peter (some sources have it as St. Peter and St. Paul). Another view, interior view, the altar, font, and a tomb. SK 6287 2820. All © David Regan (2011). Link. Grade II* listed.
Widnes, Cheshire.
Widworthy, Devon, St. Cuthbert. Another view, the interior, and the very fine Marwood monument. There's a headstone to Tom Kremer and his wife Allison in the churchyard. SY 2142 9929. All © Chris Kippin (2022).
 Link1. Link2. Grade II* listed. For listed tombs and headstones, see here.
Wield, Hampshire, St. James. SU 628 387. © Nick Hopton.
Wigan, Greater Manchester.
Wiggaton, Devon, St. Edward the Confessor.
Its grade II listing dates it to 1893. SY 1006 9365. © Chris Kippin (2022). Link.
Wiggenhall St. Germans, Norfolk, St. German on Lynn Road. Interior view. TF 5969 1401. Both © Richard Roberts (2016). Interior view, and some carved wwoden figures - 1, 2, 3, all © Christopher Skottowe (1966). Link1. Link2. Grade I listed. The Methodist Church on Lynn Road. It was built as Wesleyan at some point before 1905, at which date it is shown on the O.S. map. TF 5977 1415. © Richard Roberts (2016). The village also had a Primitive Methodist Chapel, on St. Peter's Road. It survives, converted to residential use, and was seen by Streetview in 2021. This source dates it to 1840-1932. TF 5988 1417.
Wiggenhall St. Mary, Norfolk, the C13 St. Mary the Virgin on Lynn Road. Interior view. TF 596 140. Both © Richard Roberts (2016). Link. Grade I listed. The former Primitive Methodist Church (1910) on Church Road, now in residential use. TF 583 140. All © Richard Roberts (2016).
Wiggenhall St. Mary Magdalene, Norfolk, St. Mary Magdalene. Another view, two interior views - 1, 2, and the chancel. Link. Grade I listed. Baptist Church. The Genuki entry provides dates of 1817 for its foundation, and "before 1966" for its closure. David advises of a date-stone for 1886. All
© David Regan (2019).
Wiggenhall St. Peter, Norfolk, the ruins of the largely C15 St. Peter on St. Peter's Road. Another view. TF 604 132. Both © Richard Roberts (2016). Link, which has a postcard of the 1920s showing the church roof still in place. Grade II* listed.
Wigginton, Hertfordshire, St. Bartholomew. SP 940 103. Link. Baptist Chapel. SP 939 101. Both © Les Needham.
Wigginton, York North Yorkshire - see York.
Wigginton, Oxfordshire, St. Giles. SP 391 333. © Steve Bulman. Interior view. © Aidan McRae Thomson.
Wigginton, Staffordshire, St. Leonard. Dating from 1777, the north aisle was added in 1830. © Bruce Read. Three further views - 1, 2, 3, two of the interior - 1, 2 (the unusual central gallery is an unusual feature), and the font, all © David Regan (2017). Link. Grade II listed.
Wighill, North Yorkshire, All Saints. © Bill Henderson.
Wighton, Norfolk, All Saints. Another view. TF 9406 3995. Both © Robin Peel. The porch two interior views - 1, 2, and the font, all © Chris Stafford (2014). Link1. Link2. Grade I listed. Old O.S. maps show an otherwise unidentified Chap. at the junction of High Street and Buddell's Lane, at TF 9407 3972. A 2021 Streetview reveals it to have been Primitive Methodist, dated 1874. This source says that there had been a predecessor of 1862, and that it was still open (presumably as Methodist) in 2015, but had later closed. Less that half a mile south O.S. maps show Chapel (Remains of) at TF 9421 3905. This source says that the identification of the remains with a chapel is tentative. There is an aerial photo, but the site hasn't been seen by Streetview.
Wigmore, Herefordshire, St. James. Another view, the interior, and the font. SO 4129 6907. All © Chris Kippin (2023). Link. Grade I listed. A churchyard cross is also listed, as grade II. A former Methodist Chapel (originally Primitive Methodist) stands on Broad Street. SO 4143 6894. © Chris Kippin (2023). Grade II listed. Its My Primitive Methodists entry dates it to 1863. The same website also has an entry (includes photos) for an earlier P.M. chapel on Castle Street, which it says is probably an originally Independent Chapel of 1847, P.M. from 1854. Streetview saw it in 2011, as Chapel Cottage. SO 4136 6904.
Wigmore, Kent, St. Matthew (R.C.). TQ 802 643. © Geoff Watt.
Wigsley, Nottinghamshire, the former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel of 1886.
Despite having a date-stone for 1886, this source dates it to 1888, with closure in 1945. SK 8603 7016. © David Regan (2020).
Wigston, or Wigston Magna, Leicestershire.
Wigtoft, Lincolnshire, St. Peter and St. Paul. Two interiors - 1, 2, and the two fonts - 1, 2. TF 2628 3622. All © David Regan (2016). Grade I listed. The former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel stands to the north of the village on the Asperton Road, at TF
2654 3640. It has a date-stone for 1862. Labelled as Meth. Chap. on a O.S. map of 1956, it isn't labelled on the map of 1973, so had presumably closed by then. © David Regan (2020). A Primitive Methodist Chapel once stood on Wigtoft Bank (a little less than a mile to the S.W. of the village), at TF 2504 3552. Its site can be seen here on a 2009 Streetview, roughly opposite the house. Its My Primitive Methodists entry dates it to 1839, with demolition "before 1977". Note that the map therein is inaccurate.
Wigton, Cumbria.
Wigtown, Dumfries and Galloway.
Wilbarston, Northamptonshire, All Saints. Another view, the interior, chancel, side chapel, and the font. All © David Regan (2017). Grade II* listed.
Wilberfoss, East Riding of Yorkshire, St. John the Baptist. Wilberfoss was the ancestral home of the family of William Wilberforce. © James Murray.
Wilburton, Cambridgeshire,
St. Peter. Another view, three of the interior - 1, 2, 3, and the font. TL 4798 7500. All © David Regan (2018). Link. Grade I listed. A little way east of St. Peter is Wilburton Community Baptist Church (2023 Streetview), on the main street. It pre-dates a map of 1888, where it's labelled as Baptist Chapel (General), and this source dates it to 1845. TL 4827 7490. Link. Large scale O.S. maps show Chantry (Site of) south-west of St. Peter, at TL 4788 7488. Its site hasn't been seen by Streetview and I haven't been able to find any information about it.
Wilby, Northamptonshire, St. Mary. Thanks to Janet Gimber for identifying this as being the Wilby in Northamptonshire. From a postcard in Reg Dosell's collection. Another view, © David Regan (2016).
Link. Grade II* listed.
Wilcot, Wiltshire, Church of the Holy Cross. © Ian Miller. Link.
Wilcote, Oxfordshire, St. Peter. © Marion Hebblethwaite.
Wilcrick, Newport, St. Mary. There is a Preaching Cross in the churchyard. Both © Janet Gimber (2015). Link.
Wildboarclough, Cheshire, St. Saviour. SJ 9845 6879. © Len Brankin. Interior view, © Bruce Read. Link. Grade II listed, wherein it's dated 1901-9.
Wilden, Bedfordshire, St. Nicholas. TL 0940 5523. From an old postcard (posted in 1910) in Judy Flynn's Collection. A modern view, © David Regan (2019). Two interior views - 1, 2, a charming stone-carved owl in a door spandrel, a window, and the font, all © Chris Stafford (2013). Link. Grade I listed. Old maps mark a Baptist Chapel to the east of the village, on Great Barford Road at TL 1031 5515. The church website doesn't appear to have been updated since 2012, so the chapel may have closed. Many photos are available here.
Wilden, Worcestershire, All Saints. Interior view. Both © Aidan McRae Thomson. Link.
Wildhern, Hampshire, the former Primitive Methodist Chapel. The date-stone above the entrance porch supplies a date of 1880. SU 3526 5100. © Chris Kippin (2020). The My Primitive Methodist entry says that it was preceded by an earlier chapel of 1872, destroyed in a fire, and that the present building was out of use by 1992.
Wildmoor, Worcestershire, the former Jubilee Primitive Methodist Chapel on Top Road. The date-stone is for 1893. © Peter Morgan (2023). This source says that it closed in 2008, and that the congregation had previously met in a former Wesleyan Chapel. It's likely to be the Methodist Chapel marked on a map of 1883 on Middle Road at SO 9613 7592. The house at right in this 2022 Streetview has a plaque saying "Chapel Cottage". Whether anything of the chapel survives is unclear.
Wildmore, Lincolnshire, St. Peter (1816). Another view. Both © David Regan (2018). Grade II listed.
Wildsworth, Lincolnshire, the site of St. John the Divine. This source dates it to 1838-9, with demolition between 1989 and 2000. Despite its demolition, it retains a grade II listing. A photo is available here. SK 8082 9767. The site of the Primitive Methodist Chapel. It stood left of the gate, it's long axis heading towards the white van. SK 8076 9814. Both
© David Regan (2021).
Wildwood, Stafford, Staffordshire - see Stafford.
Wilksby, Lincolnshire, All Saints. TF 2839 6350. © Dave Hitchborne. Two additional views - 1, 2, both © Chris Stafford (2015). Link. Grade II listed, wherein it's dated to circa 1791.
Willand, Devon, St. Mary. Another view and the interior. ST 0370 1043. All © Chris Kippin (2022). Link. Grade I listed. Culm Valley Methodist Church stands on Gables Road, at ST 0332 1095. Old maps show it to have been Wesleyan. Not present on a map of 1889, it had been built by 1904. © Chris Kippin (2022). Link.
Willaston, Cheshire, Christ Church. It's dated to 1854 in its grade II listing. SJ 3286 7780. © Bruce Read. The churchyard war memorial is also listed as grade II. Link. Methodist Church on Neston Road and Elm Road. Older maps label it as Primitive Methodist, and it's dated here to 1889. SJ 3277 7777. © Bruce Read. Link. The source already referred to says it was successor to an earlier chapel of 1838 on Buckley Lane. Its site was seen by Streetview in 2022. Link.
Willenhal, Coventry, West Midlands - see Coventry.
Willenhall, West Midlands.
Willerby, East Riding of Yorkshire, St. Luke. Link. Former Chapel of De La Pole Hospital, now used as a crematorium. Methodist Church. Former Methodist Church, now an estate agents. Hull Reform Synagogue. All © James Murray.
Willerby, North Yorkshire, St. Peter. © Bill Henderson. Another view, and the sun-dial with a carved head of St. Peter, with the crossed keys to heaven, both © Colin Waters Collection (2010).
Willersey, Gloucestershire, St. Peter. From an old postcard, Geoff Watt's Collection.
Willesborough, Kent - see the Ashford page.
Willesden & Willesden Green, Greater London - see the London page.
Willesley, Leicestershire, St. Thomas. Willesley Hall, which the church used to stand next to, was demolished in the 1950's - more on the house here. David suspects that the church is redundant, with conversion likely. SK 3406 1475.
© David Regan (2020). Grade II listed.
Willey, Shropshire, St. John (C), the estate church for Willey Hall. C12, the C19 additions are by Blomfield. Another view. SO 672 992. Both © Dennis Harper (2014). Link. Grade II* listed.
Willey, Warwickshire, St. Leonard. Interior view, Both © Aidan McRae Thomson. Grade II* listed - link.
Williamstown, Co. Galway, St. Therese (R.C.). © Joseph Cantwell.
Williamstown, Rhondda Cynon Taff, St. Illtyd. Link. Sion Welsh Wesleyan Methodist Chapel (1878). The former Nazareth Calvinistic Methodist Church. Bethabara Baptist Church. The former English Wesleyan Chapel, now a youth club - thanks to David Bolton for the ID. All © Gervase N. E. Charmley.
Willian, Hertfordshire, All Saints. Another view. Both © Christopher Skottowe. Link.
Willingdon, East Sussex, St. Mary the Virgin. From an old postcard in Steve Bulman's Collection. Link.
Willingham, Cambridgeshire,
St. Mary and All Saints on Church Street. TL 4048 7049. © Jim Rushton. Another view, two of the interior - 1, 2,  the chancel and the font. The parclose screen is rather fine. Some wall paintings survive - the St. Christopher is in quite good condition. All © David Regan (2019). Link. Grade I listed. The churchyard war memorial is listed as grade II. The former Methodist Church on Church Street was built as Wesleyan in 1851, and is now in residential use. © David Regan (2019). Grade II listed. Older O.S. maps show two Baptist Chapels. Tabernacle has been replaced by a more recent chapel on the same site, on the B1050, just west of the parish church, at TL 4036 7050. Streetview saw it in 2023, and Tabernacle stood a little further back from the road. An old photo of Tabernacle can be seen here. The other Baptist Chapel stood a little further north, on the opposite side of the same street, at TL 4037 7054. A photo of it can  be seen here, and a 2023 Streetview shows the site today. Both Baptist Chapels pre-date a map of 1887, where both are labelled as Particular Baptist. A Salvation Army Hall is marked on the Streetview map as "permanently closed". It stands on Silver Street, and a Streetview photo of it can be seen here. TL 4075 7017.
Willingham by Stow, Lincolnshire, St. Helen. Three interior views - 1 2, 3, and the font. Link. Grade II listed. The Methodist Church on High Street. On the Streetview image of 2011, a date-stone can be made out which says (I think) "Wesleyan Chapel Re-built 1895". The Genuki entry for it says that it was founded in 1811, though this pdf history of the village suggests that 1801 is more likely to be correct. All © David Regan (2012 and 2019).
Willington, Bedfordshire, St. Lawrence. TL 1066 4987. © Les Needham (2010). Another view, © David Regan (2019). Link. Grade II listed. An impressive Dovecot stands nearby, which wouldn't normally merit inclusion, but the grade I listing says it is "possibly reused from Newnham Priory (dissolved 1535)".
Methodist Church (originally Wesleyan). TL 1130 5008. © Les Needham (2010). Another view, © David Regan (2019). Link.
Willington, Co. Durham, St. Stephen. © Alan Blacklock. Methodist Church on Lydia Street, built as Wesleyan in 1874. © Peter Morgan (2013). Link. Our Lady and St. Thomas (R.C.) on Cumberland Terrace. Another view. Both © Peter Morgan (2013).
Willington, Derbyshire, St. Michael. © James Murray. Link. Willington Baptist Chapel on Twyford Road was founded before 1851; the current building looks to be mid-late C20. SK 296 285. © Richard Roberts (2013). Link. The former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel on Repton Road, now in residential use. The building date is uncertain, but is before 1880, as it shows on the OS map of that year. SK 294 282. © Richard Roberts (2016).
Willington, Tyne & Wear, St. Mary the Virgin. NZ 317 677. Our Lady and St. Aidan (R.C.). NZ 319 679. Both © Bill Henderson (2012).
Willington Quay, Tyne & Wear, the former St. Paul, now a community centre. NZ 327 664. © Bill Henderson (2012).
Williton, Somerset, 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.
Willoughbridge, Staffordshire, the former Weymouth Methodist Church on Maerway Lane. Originally built in 1883 as a Wesleyan Methodist Sunday School, the 1960-1 O.S. map shows it as Weymouth Methodist Church. It is now in residential use. SJ 749 400. © Richard Roberts (2017).
Willoughby, Lincolnshire, St. Helena (C14) on Church Lane. TF 4734 7196. © Dave Hitchborne. Interior view, © Richard Roberts (2015). Another view, two more of the interior - 1, 2, and the font, all
© David Regan (2021). Link. Grade I listing, which calls it St. Helen. The former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel on Station Road. It's dated here to 1888-1995. TF 4701 7208. © David Regan (2021). The village also has a former Primitive Methodist Chapel on School Lane, off Station Road. It's not labelled on any maps I can access, but this source, which dates it to 1837 to "before 1900" says it's now called Zion Cottage. TF 4711 7209. © David Regan (2021). Link.
Willoughby, Warwickshire, St. Nicholas. © Aidan McRae Thomson. The former Wesleyan Chapel (1898), now closed. SP 522 674. © Heather Powell (2014). Two additional views - 1, 2, both © Howard Richter (2014). Old maps show that there was an earlier Wesleyan Chapel which stood at about SP 517 675, near the present church. Howard believes that this whitewashed building could well be that building. The old chapel is at least as old as 1886, as it shows on a map of that year. © Howard Richter (2014).
Willoughby-on-the-Wolds, Nottinghamshire, St. Mary and All Saints. Two further views - 1, 2, and two interior views - 1, 2, the font, and a pair of fine tombs. All © David Regan (2011). Link1. Link2. Grade I listed - link.
Willoughby Waterleys, Leicestershire, St. Mary. © Aidan McRae Thomson. The former Methodist Church, now a private residence. © George Weston.
Willoughton, Lincolnshire, St. Andrew. Another view. SK 9317 9333. Both © David Regan (2012). Interior view and the chancel, both © David Regan (2018). Link. Grade II listed. The former Primitive Methodist Chapel, now flats. SK 9310 9311. © David Regan (2012). A Wesleyan Chapel once stood on a path off Vicarage Road, at SK 9301 9342. The chapel, or the house built on the site, is seen here,
© David Regan (2021).
Willowbrae, City of Edinburgh - see Duddingston and Willowbrae, City of Edinburgh.
Wilmcote, Warwickshire, St. Andrew. Interior view. Both © Aidan McRae Thomson. Link.
Wilmingon, East Sussex, St. Mary and St. Peter. Founded circa 1000 A.D., the first church was replaced by the present one in the twelfth century, the chancel of which served as the church for the monks of the priory. Two further views - 1, 2, the interior, altar, pulpit and tester, and the font. The modern window by Paul San Casciani incorporates some glass from one destroyed in a fire in 2002, as well as a phoenix rising from the ashes. He also designed the Millenium window. An early and rather crude carving is built into the chancel wall. Removed here from the outside wall of the church, it has been plausibly suggested that it represents the Madonna and child, but see also link1. The churchyard has a famous old yew tree, claimed to be over 1500 years old. TQ 54414 04281. Link1. Link2. The very brief grade I listing. The remains of the priory (C12). TQ 54382 04257. Grade I listed. All © Carole Sage (2016).
Wilmington, Kent, St. Michael and All Angels. TQ 538 724. © Dave Westrap. An old postcard view (from circa 1903). Link1. Link2. Wilmington Christian Fellowship. TQ 525 719. © Dave Westrap. Link. Alfan Lane Full Gospel Church. © Alan Taylor.
Wilmslow, Cheshire.
Wilnecote, Staffordshire, Holy Trinity. © Bruce Read.
Wilsford, Lincolnshire, St. Mary, on Main Street. TF 0065 4302. © Jim Parker. Another view, three of the interior - 1, 2, 3, and the font, all © David Regan (2019). Link. Grade I listed. The former Primitive Methodist Chapel on Main Street is now in residential use. TF 0039 4308. © David Regan (2019). The My Primitive Methodists entry provides dates of 1902 - 1969. It also advises that there was an earlier P.M. Chapel of 1859, but doesn't say where it was (it may have been on the same site of course).
Wilsford, Wiltshire, St. Michael. Interior view. Buried here are members of the Tennant family (residents of the nearby Wilsford Manor), some of whom were the inspiration for characters in "Brideshead Revisited". A handsome memorial to Edward Tennant. SU 1347 3980. All © Roger Hopkins. Link. Grade II* listed.
Wilshaw, West Yorkshire, St. Mary, built in 1863 by a local mill-owner. © Stan Walker.
Wilsill, North Yorkshire, St. Michael and All Angels (1905-6). SE 1818 6475. © Alan Blacklock. Interior view, and the font, both © Kenneth Paver. Link1. Link2. The now-closed Methodist Church, built as Wesleyan. One source says it dates from 1897. SE 1834 6453. © Martin Richter (2015). Link (a photo from 2005).
Wilstead, Bedfordshire, All Saints. TL 0627 4349. © Stuart Hamilton. Link. Grade II* listed. The Methodist Church on Whitworth Way and Cotton End Road was seen by Streetview in 2009. It's dated here to 1967. TL 0662 4355. The same source provides details about its Wesleyan predecessor, which stood on Chapel Lane at TL 0696 4375. Housing now stands on teh site, seen here by Streetview in 2009. A Mission Hall is marked on the 1901 25" O.S. map at circa TL 0716 4374 (it's not exactly clear which building is being referred to). A photo of it can be seen here in about 1950. Wilstead Evangelical  Church is on Cotton End Road at TL 0717 4374. and was seen by Streetview in 2021. Link.
Wilsthorpe, Lincolnshire, St. Faith (O). Two further views - 1, 2, three of the interior - 1, 2, 3, and the font. TF 09225 13647. All
© David Regan (2019). Link. Grade II* listed.
Wilstone, Hertfordshire, St. Cross. SP 904 140. © Les Needham. Link.
Wilton (near Pickering), North Yorkshire, St. George. SE 862 827. Wesleyan Chapel. Both © Elaine Hindson.
Wilton (near Redcar), North Yorkshire, St. Cuthbert. NZ 583 197. © Ken Roddam. Grade II* listed.
Wilton, Taunton, Somerset - see Taunton.
Wilton, Wiltshire, St. Mary & St. Nicholas. SU 0947 3129. © Mark Summers. An old postcard view (postcard franked 1904), from Steve Bulman's Collection, and another from Reg Dosell's Collection. Three additional views - 1, 2, 3, the interior, and the font, all © Chris Kippin (2020). Link. The grade I listing dates it to 1841-4. The ruins of the old church of St. Mary, with part of the chancel re-built as a chapel. SU 0970 3124. © Mark Summers. Another view, and the interior, both © Chris Kippin (2020). The grade II* listing dates the chancel consolidation to the mid 1840's. St. John's Priory Chapel. Another view. SU 0941 3144. Both © Chris Kippin (2020). Grade II* listed. The former Independent (Congregational) Chapel has been converted into flats. SU 0961 3131.© Chris Kippin (2020). St. Edith's (R.C.) is a former Primitive Methodist Chapel. Another view. Its My Primitive Methodists entry dates it to 1837. SU 0974 3117. Both © Chris Kippin (2020). Grade II listed. The Spritualist Church on Warminster Road. Map evidence suggests that this is the former chapel for the Wilton Union Workhouse. Another view. SU 0990 3187. Both © Chris Kippin (2020). Link. Wilton Baptist Church, aka The Church in the Square on Market Place. SU 0967 3117. © Chris Kippin (2022). Link. The history page advises that the church bought the former town hall in 1981. Grade II listed.
Wimbledon, Greater London, Bethel United Church of Jesus Christ (Apostolic) on Kohat Road. Another view. TQ 259 712. Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses on Plough Lane. Another view. TQ 259 713. All © Mehmood Naqshbandi. Gap Road Cemetery Chapel. Another view. TQ 256 715. Both © Mehmood Naqshbandi (2009). Wimbledon Mosque on Durnsford Road. Interior view. Both © Mehmood Naqshbandi (1990), and reproduced from his website Muslims in Britain. Buddhapadipa Thai Temple. Another view. Both © Jennifer Murray. Link.
Wimblington, Cambridgeshire, St. Peter. Two interior views - 1, 2, and the font. TL 4161 9207. All © David Regan (2019). Link. Grade II listed. The churchyard war memorial is also listed, as grade II. The Methodist Church is on Norfolk Street at TL 4153 9242, and was seen by Streetview in 2022.
Wimborne Minster, Dorset.
Wimbotsham, Norfolk, St. Mary the Virgin on Church Road. Interior view. TF 6223 0489. Both © David Regan (2019). Another view, Norman doorway, two more of the interior - 1, 2, bench-ends, and the font, all © Chris Stafford (2015). Link. Grade II* listed. The Methodist Church on Chapel Lane was built as Primitive Methodist in 1894. TF 6211 0496. Link1. Link2. © David Regan (2019). Old maps show that the village also had a Wesleyan Methodist Chapel at one point, set back slightly from the north side of Church Road at TF 6205 0509. Shown on the 1885-6  O.S. map, it's later indicated as a United Methodist Chapel, but although the 1938-52 map still shows the building, it's no longer labelled, suggesting that it was closed by then. Its Genuki entry calls it Wesleyan Reform, and dates it to 1842 to "before 1952". The building seen here on a Streetview from 2009 stands on the site - does anything of the chapel survive?
Wimpole, Cambridgeshire, St. Andrew. Another view. TL 3365 5100. Both © James Murray. Another view, and two of the interior - 1, 2, all ©
Janet Gimber (2019). Link. Grade II* listed. The adjacent Wimpole Hall has a private chapel in the East Wing - interior, and the pulpit, both © Janet Gimber (2019). Grade I listed (for the hall).
Wincanton, Somerset, 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.
Winceby, Lincolnshire, the site of St. Margaret.
It was demolished in the 1960's. TF 3207 6840. © David Regan (2020). Link has some photos.
Winchcombe, Gloucestershire, St. Peter on Gloucester Street. SP 0230 2823. © Graeme Harvey. Another view, interior view, font, three gargoyles - 1, 2, 3, and a fine weather-vane, all © Steve Bulman (2011). Link. Grade I listed. For related listed features, see here. Methodist Church on High Street. An un-dated news item dates the church to 1885, and says that the empty church is to be redeveloped as a venue for the arts. SP 0251 2827. © Graeme Harvey. Cotswolds Christian Centre on Gretton Road. Older maps label it as Union Congregational Church. In 2024, Encounter Vineyard either also meets here, or is an alternative name (link). SP 0236 2861. © Steve Bulman (2011). Mortuary Chapel in the cemetery on Greete Road. SP 0250 2892. © Steve Bulman (2011). St. Mary, the church of Sudeley Castle. SP 0318 2767. © Bill McKenzie. Link. Grade I listed. St. Nicholas (R.C.) is on Chandos Street. It was seen by Streetview in 2023. SP 0263 2852. Link.
Winchelsea, East Sussex, St. Thomas the Martyr. From an old postcard in Steve Bulman's Collection. Three modern views- 1, 2, 3 - all © Steve Bulman (2009). Link. Wesley's Chapel (Methodist). Winchelsea was the last place that John Wesley delivered a sermon, beneath a large ash tree, beside the old church. © Steve Bulman (2009).
Winchelsea Beach, East Sussex, St. Richard of Chichester (1935). Another view. The "Rhenish Helm" roof is unusual - see also Sompting in West Sussex. Both © Steve Bulman (2009).
Winchester, Hampshire.
Wincle, Cheshire, St. Michael. SJ 9586 6607. © Len Brankin. Interior view, © Bruce Read. Link. Grade II listed.
Windermere, Cumbria.
Winderton, Warwickshire, St. Peter and St. Paul. Its grade II listing dates it to 1878. SP 3250 4047. © Steve Bulman (2002).
Windlesham, Surrey, St. John the Baptist. SU 930 637. © Susan Heighes (2013). Link. Grade II listed.
Windley, Derbyshire, Baptist Church (1809) on Gun Hills Lane. SK 307 449. © Richard Roberts (2014).
Windmill Hill, Bristol (City), Bristol - see Bristol.
Windrush, Gloucestershire, St. Peter. © Peter Wood. Three additional views - 1, 2, 3, two interiors - 1, 2, the altar, pulpit and font, all
© Dennis Harper (2015). Link. Grade I listed.
Windsor, Berkshire.
Windygates, Fife, St. Kenneth (CoS) on Balcruvie Road was originally St. David's United Free Church, built 1926. Linked with St. Kenneth's Parish Church in Kennoway. Another view, also showing the church hall, which pre-dates the church itself, and which was originally a United Free Church Mission Hall. Link. All © Jim Parker (2010).
Winestead, East Riding of Yorkshire, St. German. Another view. Both © James Murray. Link. Also St. German's story.
Winewall, Lancashire, the former Inghamite Chapel, now houses. SD 911 399. © Philip Kapp.
Winford, Somerset, 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).
Winforton, Herefordshire, St. Michael and All Angels. Interior view. SO 298 469. Both © Chris Kippin. Grade II* listed.
Winfrith Newburgh, Dorset, St. Christopher. Another view, interior view, altar and font. All © Dennis Harper (2011). Grade II* listed. The former Wesleyan Chapel on High Street/Water Lane. There is a badly degraded date-stone, perhaps for 1914. SY 806 848. © Richard Roberts (2016).
Wing, Buckinghamshire,
All Saints on Church Street, has extensive Saxon work. The tower. SP 8802 2258. Both © Bill McKenzie. The Saxon apse, and the font. The church has two gloriously over-the-top monuments to members of the Dormer family - 1, 2.  All © David Regan (2019). Link. Grade I listed. The shaft of a cross in the churchyard (converted into a sun-dial) is listed as grade II. A converted Primitive Methodist Chapel stands on Church Street, at SP 8817 2260. Its 2016 Streetview shows its date-stone for 1847. This source says it closed in the 1990's. There was also a Wesleyan Methodist Chapel nearby on High Street at SP 8814 2267. It's dated here to 1864-1940's, with demolition in 1968. The housing on the site (the right hand end of the terrace) was seen by Streetview in 2016. In the once separate hamlet of Littleworth, now absorbed into Wing, is the former Baptist Chapel (2021 Streetview), on Littleworth. It's dated here to 1854 or 1857, where it also says that it was sold in circa 1870 and became the Congregational Union Chapel (link, which says it was closed circa 2010). SP 8826 2313.
Wing, Rutland,
St. Peter and St. Paul. Two additional views - 1, 2, and the War memorial tablet. SK 8937 0298. All © Dennis Harper (2015). Five interior views - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and the font, all © David Regan (2016 and 2019). Link1. Link2. Grade II* listed.
Wingate, Durham,
Holy Trinity (1840-1). Another view, following the demolition of the vestry. NZ 4000 3715. Both © Bill Henderson. Two additional views - 1, 2, and an interior, all © Norman Cummings (2015). Link. Grade II listed. Older O.S. maps mark two chapels. South of Holy Trinity at NZ 4003 3702 was a Primitive Methodist Chapel. Its site can be seen here, on a Streetview of 2008 - the house on the site of the chapel stands to the left of a garden, where its Sunday School used to be. Its My Primitive Methodists entry (which includes a photo, dates it to 1897, replacing an earlier one on Humble Lane. Humble Lane seems to have gone, and so presumably has the old chapel. The other chapel was Bible Christian, at NZ 3986 3725. The Streetview van hasn't passed its site, and I haven't been able to find a photo on-line.
Wingerworth, Derbyshire, All Saints. The modern extension is rather oddly aligned in a north-south orientation. SK 38319 67454. Both © David Regan (2011). Three additional  views - 1, 2, 3, the sun-dial (dated 1770), weather-vane, two of the gargoyles - 1, 2, lych-gate, and the early preaching cross base. The original church, which became the medieval chancel, is now the Lady Chapel, and the old nave is now called the narthex. Between the two stands the chancel arch, with rood loft above (circa 1500, and the only one to survive in the county), and squint to the left. The ringing room has a plaque recording a bell-ringing feat. The East window; an unusual survival in the wooden beam over it is a "Jack O' The Green". Some C14 glass survives in other windows, and there is also some medieval wall painting. A carved stone effigy has been dated as circa 1200. The organ and Norman font. The interior of the modern extension. All © Carole Sage (2018). Link. Grade I listed. Salem Independent Chapel (1849) on Malthouse Lane, which is now Methodist. Another view. SK 36232 66975. Both © Carole Sage (2016). The Plymouth Brethren Meeting Room on Birkin Lane is a fairly recently built building. © Liz Allen.
Wingfield (Winkfield on earlier O.S. maps), Wiltshire, St. Mary. Two interior views - 1, 2, and the pulpit. ST 8262 5678. All © Chris Kippin (2024). Link. Grade II* listed. Numerous churchyard monuments are also listed - see here. The former Baptist Chapel, off Chapel Lane, now Chapel Cottage. It's dated here to 1896. ST 8226 5665. © Chris Kippin (2024).
Wingham, Kent, St. Mary the Virgin. TR 242 575. © Geoff Watt. Link.
Wingrave, Buckinghamshire,
St. Peter and St. Paul. SP 8691 1906. © Bill McKenzie. Another view, two of the interior - 1, 2, the chancel and the font, all © David Regan (2019). Link. Grade II* listed. The former U.R.C. on Church Road is marked on older O.S. maps as Independent. The churchyard, to where some memorials from the church have been re-located, has a plaque saying that the church closed in 2004 (although different dates can be found on-line, for example 2005 and 2007). SP 8685 1892. Both © Robert Hellier (2013). Link. Grade II listed. The Methodist Church on Nup End Lane was originally Primitive Methodist, dated here to 1906, with predecessors of 1841 and 1859. 2011 Streetview. SP 8660 1925.
Winkburn, Nottinghamshire, St. John of Jerusalem (an unusual dedication) in the grounds of Winkburn Hall. Two interior views - 1, 2, and the font. All © David Regan (2013). Link. Grade I listed.
Winkfield, Berkshire, St. Mary. SU 9042 7244
. © Barbara Barklem. Interior view, from an old postcard in Judy Flynn's collection.  Link. Grade II* listed. Two churchyard tombs are listed separately - they can be found here.
Winkhill, Staffordshire, the former Methodist Chapel. © Gervase N. E. Charmley (2011).
Winkleigh, Devon, ll Saints. The screen. SS 6328 0806. Both © Chris Kippin (2021). Link. Grade I listed. The Methodist Church is on Castle Street, and is marked on older maps as Bible Christian. It has a date-stone for 1883. SS 6312 0804. Both © Chris Kippin (2021). The church website  history page mentions an earlier (un-located) chapel of 1830. The village also has a former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, on Exeter Road at SS 6318 0798. It has a date-stone for 1854 or 1864. © Chris Kippin (2021).
Winksley, North Yorkshire, St. Cuthbert and St. Oswald. Another view. Both © David Regan (2016). Grade II listed.
Winmarleigh, Lancashire, St. Luke. SD 4710 4798. © Elaine Hindson. Three more views - 1, 2, 3, and the spirelet, all © Karel Kuča (2019).  Link. Grade II listed.
Winnington, Cheshire - see Northwich.
Winnothdale, Staffordshire, the Old Chapel, now in secular use. SK 028 405. © Mike Berrell. Janet Gimber has advised that this was Wesleyan Methodist in 1891.
Winscombe, Somerset, St. James the Great. The tower and porch. ST 411 566. Lynch Chapel. ST 419 572. All © Barbara Barklem.
Winsford, Cheshire.
Winsford, Somerset, 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, Somerset, St. Stephen. Another view. ST 374 062. Both © Julie Baker. Link. Grade II* listed.
Winshill, Staffordshire.
Winsley, Wiltshire, St. Nicholas. Another view, and two views of the interior - 1, 2. ST 7992 6097. All © Chris Kippin (2024). Link. Grade II listed. Numerous churchyard monuments are also listed - see here. Winsley Methodist Church stands on Bradford Road. Another view. ST 7989 6083. Both © Chris Kippin (2024). Link. Grade II listed, wherein it's dated to 1902. A map of 1889 shows another "Metht Chap" a short distance to the N.W. of the present Methodist, but it's not clear which building is intended.
Winslow, Buckinghamshire, St. Lawrence on Church Walk. SP 7693 2766. © Bil
l McKenzie. Two further views - 1, 2, two of the interior - 1, 2, the chancel, the poorly-preserved wall-painting, and the font, all © David Regan (2019). Link. Grade II* listed. The former U.R.C. on Horn Street was originally Congregational. SP 7681 2757. © David Regan (2019). Tabernacle Chapel (Baptist, 1864). Apparently no longer Baptist, the present church website describes themselves as "an evangelical Pentecostal Church". SP 7702 2808. © David Regan (2019). This church history includes an old interior photo, and a photo of the preceding chapel. Link.
Winson, Gloucestershire, St. Michael. Another view, and the interior. SP 0907 0864. All © Martin Larner. Link. Grade II* listed. Numerous headstones, monuments, etc., are listed separately here. The village used to have a Primitive Methodist Chapel, shown on a map of 1902 at SP 0899 0885. It's dated here to circa 1884, and still shows as an active place of worship on a map of 1961, by which time it was presumably Methodist. Since demolished, its site was seen by Streetview in 2009.
Winsor, Hampshire, the Winsor Mission Evangelical Church. It pre-dates a map of 1909, where it's labelled as Mission Hall. Another view, and an interior view. SU 3214 1450. All © Dennis Harper (2011). Another view, © Chris Kippin (2023). Link.
Winster, Cumbria, Holy Trinity (O). According to my edition of Pevsner (which dates the church to 1874-5) the chancel arch is from the old church. The churchyard war memorial, two interior views - 1, 2, the East window, and the font. A cross in the churchyard is carved in the style of pre-Norman work, but none of the available sources on-line mention it, so it's presumably relatively recent. SD 4175 9303. All © Steve Bulman (2024).
Winster, Derbyshire.
Winston, County Durham, St. Andrew. © Bill Henderson. Two further views - 1, 2, both © Alan Blacklock (2011). Methodist Church. © Steve Bruce.
Winstone, Gloucestershire, St. Bartholomew. Another view. SO 965 053. Both © Mark Turbott. Two further views - 1, 2, and two interior views - 1, 2, all © Richard Bedford. Link1. Link2. Link3.
Winterborne Houghton, Dorset, St. Andrew. The church website dates it to 1861. Another view, and the interior. ST 8203 0440. All © Chris Kippin (2022). Grade II listed.
Winterborne Kingston, Dorset, St. Nicholas. Another view. Grade II* listed - link. Methodist Church (1872). All © Dennis Harper (2011).
Winterborne Steepleton, Dorset, St. Michael. Two more views - 1, 2, two of the interior - 1, 2, the pulpit and the font. SY 6291 8981. All © Chris Kippin (2022). Link. Grade I listed. Several monuments in the churchyard are listed separately - they can be seen here
Winterborne Tomson, Dorset, St. Andrew, now cared for by the Churches Conservation trust. As early as a 1901 O.S. map it's labelled as Disused. Two interior views, showing the box pews - 1, 2. SY 8848 9742. All © Christopher Skottowe.
Winterborne Whitechurch, Dorset, St. Mary
. Another view. ST 8360 0012. Both © Chris Kippin (2022). Grade I listed. For other related listed features, see here. The village also had a Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, on Blandford Hill, at ST 8397 0025. It pre-dates a map of 1887, and this source (which has old photos) says it was closed in 1971 and demolished two years later. There's a house on the site today, seen by Streetview in 2021. Link1. Link2. Grade I listed.
Winterbourne, Gloucestershire.
Winterbourne Abbas, Dorset, St. Mary. © Graeme Harvey. Link.
Winterbourne Bassett, Wiltshire, St. Katherine and St. Peter. Another view and the interior. Here lies Malcolm Rhondda Young, on whom more here. All © Janet Gimber (2015). Link. Grade I listed.
Winterbourne Clenston, Dorset, St. Nicholas. ST 840 029. © Chris Kippin. Link. Grade II* listed.
Winterbourne Dauntsey, Wiltshire, Bourne Valley Methodist Church. SU 1759 3475. © Chris Kippin (2022).
 Link. The village used to have a church - St. Edward. Its graveyard survives, a little way north of the Methodist. Large scale O.S. maps give the grid reference of the church as SU 1754 3487. It's dated here (where there is an engraving) to 1326-1867. The surviving graveyard was seen by Streetview in 2011.
Winterbourne Down, Gloucestershire, All Saints. Two further views - 1, 2, and the lychgate. Link. Grade II listed - link. Bethesda Methodist Church. Another view. Link. All © Janet Gimber (2012).
Winterbourne Earls, Wiltshire, St. Michael and All Angels. It's dated in its grade II listing to 1867. Another view and the interior. SU 1748 3449. All © Chris Kippin (2022). Link (History page). The war memorial in the churchyard is listed as grade II. Large scale O.S. maps shows St. Michael's Ch. (Site of) a short distance away at SU 1731 3449. The site hasn't been seen by Streetview. Older O.S. maps show a Wesleyan Methodist Chapel at Hurdcott, at SU 1696 3375. Pre-dating a map of 1881, it survived (presumably as Methodist) at least up to the mid-20th century. Demolished at an as yet undetermined date, it stood behind the hedge seen centrally in a 2019 Streetview. The National Archives references documents for the years 1843-1967.
Winterbourne Gunner, Wiltshire, St. Mary the Virgin. Two interior views - 1, 2. SU 1805 3536. All © Chris Kippin (2022).
 Link. Grade I listed. For listed churchyard monuments, see here. A Wesleyan Methodist Chapel stood (or stands) about ¼ of a mile to the S.W. of the church, at SU 1785 3516. It pre-dates a map of 1879, and the building on the site was seen by the Streetview van in 2021.
Winterborne Monkton, Dorset, St. Simon and St. Jude. Another view. SY 6757 8774. Both © Chris Kippin (2022). Grade II* listed.
Winterbourne Monkton, Wiltshire, St. Mary Magdalene. © Janet Gimber (2015). Grade II listing in which it says that this is a Butterfield re-build of 1877-9.
Winterbourne Stickland, Dorset, St. Mary. ST 834 046. Grade I listed. Former Chapel. ST 835 046. Both © Chris Kippin.
Winterbourne Stoke, Wiltshire, St. Peter. Interior view. SU 0770 4066. Both © Chris Kippin (2020). Link. Grade II* listed.
Winteringham, Lincolnshire, All Saints. Two further views - 1, 2. SE 9248 2246. All © David Regan (2012 and 2021). Link. Grade I listed. The site of the Primitive Methodist Chapel on High Burgage. This source dates it to 1837.
SE 9314 2209. © David Regan (2021). The Methodist Church is on Low Burgage, and was seen by Streetview in 2009. © David Regan (2021). Link. What is presumably its predecessor, a Wesleyan Methodist Chapel of 1891, survives on West End at SE 9285 2227. © David Regan (2021).
Winterslow, Wiltshire, All Saints. SU 2290 3251. © Chris Kippin (2022).
 Link. Grade II* listed. Listed monuments in the churchyard can be found here. A Baptist Church stands on Weston Lane at SU 2350 3209. © Chris Kippin (2022). Link. Older O.S. maps show what is surely a predecessor just across the road at SU 2353 3208. The house on the site (does anything of the chapel survive?) was seen by Streetview in 2008. The following three churches are all at Middle Winterslow. A Methodist Chapel (originally Wesleyan) stands at SU 2465 3264. The interior. This source dates it to 1865, replacing a predecessor of 1810 which stood adjacent. Both © Chris Kippin (2023). St. John the Baptist, undergoing repair work. SU 2474 3265. © Chris Kippin (2023). A 2008 Streetview shows it without the corrugated sheeting. Link. Gospel Lifeboat Mission on Middleton. SU 2375 3286. © Chris Kippin (2022). Link.
Winterton, Lincolnshire, All Saints. Another view. SE 9283 1858. Both © David Regan (2021). Link. Grade I listed. Listed separately are a cross and tombstone in the churchyard - they can be found here. Trinity Methodist Church on King Street stands on the site of a Wesleyan predecessor of 1878, in turn successor to two chapels on different sites on Chapel Lane of 1778 and 1837 (source). SE 9296 1841.
© David Regan (2021). Link. At least one of the Chapel Lane chapels survives, and was in use as Winterton Youth Centre when the Streetview camera went past in 2009. It stands on the north side of the lane at circa SE 9296 1850. I suspect that the other chapel hasn't survived. The Primitive Methodists are known (source, with photo) to have had three chapels in the village, of 1820, 1838, and 1880 - these latter two on the same site on Queen Street. Demolished, housing stands on the site today. © David Regan (2021). The cemetery on Cemetery Road has two Mortuary Chapels (CoE at left, Nonconformist at right, SE 9364 1857). The linking arch has a date for the 1870's (the last digit isn't clear in the photo). © David Regan (2021).
Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk, Holy Trinity and All Saints. © Geoff Watt. An interior view, from an old postcard, Reg Dosell's Collection. Link.
Winthorpe, Lincolnshire, St. Mary. TF 5590 6585. From an old postcard in Steve Bulman's Collection. A modern view, © Dave Westrap. Link1. Link2. The former Primitive Methodist Chapel, aka Seathorne Chapel. It's dated here to 1910-2009, and it had been preceded by an earlier chapel of 1836 on the same site. TF
5688 6574. © David Regan (2021).
Winthorpe, Nottinghamshire, All Saints. SK 8121 5636. © David Regan (2011). Another view, and three of the interior - 1, 2, 3, all © Tim Hollinghurst (2011).Link. Grade II listed. The Wesleyan Methodist Chapel on Chapel Lane. Originally built in 1822, it was re-built in 1849.
SK 8141 5686. © David Regan (2020).
Winton, Cumbria, United Church (Baptist and Methodist). Old maps label it as a Baptist Chapel. NY 7857 1058. © Philip Kapp. Link.
Winton, Greater Manchester.
Wintringham, North Yorkshire, St. Peter. SE 887 732. © Stella Fisher (2010). Interior view, © David Regan, and the font, © David Regan (2012). Two views of misericords - 1, 2, and a charming wall-painted "prayer for errant bell-ringers", as John describes it, all © John Balaam (2011). Link.
Winwick, Cambridgeshire, All Saints. A "green man" boss, the lectern, and the font. TL 1048 8070. All © Chris Stafford (2013). Link. Grade II* listed. The village hall is (or is on the site of) a former Congregational Chapel. It's dated here to 1865, and was seen by Streetview in 2021. TL 1046 8079.
Winwick, Cheshire, St. Oswald. SJ 6037 9284. © Tony Preston. Link. Grade I listed. A former Roman Catholic Church stands on Hollins Drive at SJ 6008 9275. Originally built to serve the County Lunatic Asylum, its grade II listing (which includes a photo) dates it to circa 1900. Another church stood nearby on Fleming Drive. Although only labelled as Church on available maps, it's probably safe to assume that it also served the hospital, and was probably CoE. It can be seen here (behind the chimney) in an aerial view. The site today has been redeveloped for housing (2022 Streetview). SJ 6014 9268. Old Chapel House (2022 Streetview) on Golborne Road is a former place of worship, and labelled as Free Church Hall on older maps. SJ 6041 9312. Redeemed Christian Church of God Heritage Church meets in Winwick Leisure Centre off Myddleton Lane (access and distant view, from Streetview in 2022). Link.
Winwick, Northamptonshire, St. Michael. Interior view. Both © Aidan McRae Thomson.
Wirksworth, Derbyshire.
Wisbech, Cambridgeshire.
Wisbech St. Mary, Cambridgeshire, St. Mary, a mainly C14 church on Church Road. TF 4197 0814. © Richard Roberts (2016). Link. Grade II* listed. The former Methodist Chapel stands on High Road at TL 4168 0893. A 2011 Streetview shows it when it was apparently still active - at least it still had its sign, which by 2018 had gone. The date-stone announces it to have been Primitive Methodist, of 1926. Just a few yards along the road, on the other side of the road, is its predecessor (2022 Streetview), dated here to 1891. TL 4167 0788.
Wisborough Green, West Sussex, St. Peter ad Vincula. TQ 052 259. From a postcard in the Kevin Gordon Collection. Link.
Wishaw, North Lanarkshire.
Wishaw, Warwickshire, St. Chad. © Aidan McRae Thomson. Link.
Wisley, Surrey, dedication unknown. © Barbara Barklem. TQ 057 596.
Wispington, Lincolnshire, St. Margaret (redundant). © Dave Hitchborne.
Wistanstow, Shropshire, Holy Trinity. SO 432 855. © Dorothy Turley. Another view, © Aidan McRae Thomson. Another view, three interiors - 1, 2, 3, an example of the wall-texts, and the font. All © Steve Bulman (2014). Link. Grade II* listed.
Wistanswick, Shropshire, U.R.C. This was formerly Congregational. Two additional views - 1, 2. All © Martin Richter (2018). The grade II listing suggests that the building was built in two phases, with "not much time elapsed between each phase". This link says that the building was started in 1802,  and enlarged in the early 1860's.
Wistaston, Crewe, Cheshire - see Crewe.
Wistow, Cambridgeshire, St. John the Baptist. Another view. TL 2786 8097. Both © Jim Rushton. Link. Grade I listed. The churchyard wall is listed as grade II. The village hall (2023 Streetview) on Manor Street is a former Chapel (unidentified on available maps). Its grade II listing describes it as a "Mid C19, formerly Nonconformist chapel". TL 2800 8111.
Wistow, Leicestershire, St. Wistan. © George Weston. Three additional views - 1, 2, 3, all © David Regan (2017). Link. Grade II* listed.
Wistow, North Yorkshire, All Saints. SE 5923 3565. © Steve Bulman. Another view, © James Murray.
 The tower, three views of the interior - 1, 2, 3, two windows - 1, 2, the font, and there's some good wood carving - 1, 2, all © Chris Stafford (2015). Link. Grade I listed. The Methodist Church, originally Wesleyan of 1873. SE 5924 3561. © Steve Bulman. Link.
Wiswell, Lancashire, former Independent Chapel (now a private residence). Philip was advised that the house nearest the camera wasn't part of the chapel, but the two further buildings both were. It remains unclear whether these were two different chapels, or just one. Can you clarify? SD 735 375. © Philip Kapp.
Witcham, Cambridgeshire, St. Martin (C). TL 4649 8004. © David Regan (2018). Link (has numerous photos). Grade I listed. A former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel (2023 Streetview) stands on Silver Street at TL 4626 8000.
Witchampton, Dorset, St. Mary, St. Cuthberga & All Saints. © June Norris.
Witchford, Cambridgeshire, St. Andrew (C). Another view. TL 5038 7879. Both © David Regan (2018). Two interior views - 1, 2, and detail from two windows - 1, 2, all
© Chris Stafford (2015). Link. Grade II* listed. Baptist Church on Main Street. TL 4981 7881. © David Regan (2018). Evidently now in commercial use - 2023 Streetview.
Witham, Essex, Rickstones Evangelical Church on Rickstones Road. TL 820 159. © Steve Taylor. Link.
Witham Friary, Somerset, 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.
Witham on the Hill, Lincolnshire, St. Andrew. TF 053 166. © Robin Peel. Another view, two interior views - 1, 2, and a squint, all © Mike Berrell (2012). Link. Grade I listed - link.
Withcall, Lincolnshire, St. Martin. © Dave Hitchborne.
Withcote, Leicestershire, the Chapel, on the Withcote Hall estate. It's now looked after by the Churches Conservation Trust. Two interior views - 1, 2, a window, and a window detail. SK 7958 0579. All © Chris Stafford (2014). Link. Grade I listed.
Witheridge, Devon, St. John the Baptist. Another view, and the interior. SS 8033 1457. Link. Grade I listed. For other  listed features in the churchyard, see here. The Methodist Church on West Street. Its date-stone, which declares it to have originally been Bible Christian, is for 1859. The adjacent Sunday School also has a date-stone, for 1903. SS 8042 1446. Link. Grade II listed. The former Independent/Congregational Chapel on Fore Street. Its date-stone is for 1839. SS 8060 1429. Link. All © Chris Kippin (2022).
Witherley, Leicestershire, St. Peter. © Rob Brettle. Link. Grade I listed.
Withern, Lincolnshire, the former St. Margaret (now residential).
© David Regan (2020). TF 4248 8218. Grade II listed. The Methodist Church was built as Wesleyan in 1875. TF 4315 8223. © Bill Henderson (2013). Link.
Withernsea, East Riding of Yorkshire, St. Nicholas. © Bill Henderson. Another view, two side altars - 1, 2 - interior view, the chancel, all © James Murray. U.R.C. © James Murray. St. Peter and St. John Fisher (R.C.). © James Murray. Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses. © James Murray. This link contains numerous illustrations and photos of Withernsea churches.
Withernwick, East Riding of Yorkshire, St. Alban. Wesleyan Church, which James thought looked unused. Possibly counting as a church, the Methodist Schoolroom or Wesleyan Sabbath School was advertising the Alpha Course. All © James Murray.
Withersdale, Suffolk, St. Mary Magdalene. TM 284 808. © Steve Bulman (2005).
Witherslack, Cumbria, St. Paul, and an interior view. SD 4317 8419. Both © Tim Hollinghurst (2011). Link. Grade II* listed. The churchyard gate-piers and a sun-dial are listed separately, and they can be found here.
Withiel, Cornwall, St. Clement. SW 9942 6539. © Paul E. Barnett (2018). Link. Grade I listed. For related listed features see here.
Withiel Florey, Somerset, St Mary Magdalene. The exterior has recently been re-painted Interior view. SS 986 332. Both © Chris Kippin (2019). Link.
Withington, Gloucestershire, St. Michael. © Aidan McRae Thomson.
Withington, Manchester, Greater Manchester.
Withington, Herefordshire, St. Peter. © Aidan McRae Thomson. An old postcard view, from Reg Dosell's Collection. Link. Whitestone Baptist Church,
© Janet Gimber (2017). Link.
Withleigh, Devon, St. Catherine, and its interior. The church website dates it to 1847, on the site of a medieval predecessor. SS 9089 1265. Both © Chris Kippin (2022). Grade II listed.
Withnell, Lancashire, St. Paul on Bury Lane. Two interior views - 1, 2. SD 632 224. Link. St. Joseph (R.C.) on Bury Lane, and two interior views - 1, 2. SD 632 223. Link. All © Mike Berrell (2013).
Withy Ditch, Somerset, 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.
Withybrook, Warwickshire, dedicated to All Saints. Interior view, Both © Aidan McRae Thomson. Grade II* listed - link.
Withycombe, Somerset, 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.
Withycombe Raleigh, Devon - see the Exmouth page.
Withyham, East Sussex, St. Michael and All Angels. From an old postcard in Steve Bulman's Collection. Link.
Withypool, Somerset, 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.
Withywood, Bristol (City), Bristol - see Bristol.
Witley, Surrey, All Saints. From an old postcard in Reg Dosell's Collection. Link.
Witley, Worcestershire - see Great Witley, on the Worcestershire page.
Witney, Oxfordshire.
Wittering, Cambridgeshire, All Saints. Another view. TF 0563 0202.
Link. Grade I listed. The (former?) Methodist Church on Townsend Road is dated to 1891, as Wesleyan. All © David Regan (2019).
Wittersham, Kent, St. John the Baptist. TQ 898 269. © Geoff Watt. An old postcard view, from Reg Dosell's Collection. Link. Former Wesleyan Chapel, now a private residence. TQ 896 267. © Geoff Watt.
Witton le Wear, Co. Durham, St. Philip and St. James. NZ 1477 3127. © Bill Henderson. The grade II listing says it is a re-build of 1896-1902 of a medieval structure. It can also be seen on a 2009 Streetview here. The Methodist Church was built as Primitive Methodist in 1850, and its 2009 Streetview is here, and Geograph here. NZ 1474 3121. © Bill Henderson. Link. The village also had a Wesleyan Chapel at one time, the site of which can be seen on a 2009 Streetview here. Howard Richter tentatively suggests that the tall wall directly above the car may be a surviving fragment of the chapel, and also advises that it was still active in 1940. NZ 1474 3125.
Wiveliscombe, Somerset, 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.
Wivenhoe, Essex, St. Mary the Virgin. TM 039 215. © Les Needham. Link.
Wiveton, Norfolk, St. Mary. © Robin Peel. Interior view, © Richard Roberts (2014). Link. Grade I listed.
Wix, Essex, St. Mary the Virgin. Some O.S. maps label it as St. Michael. Another view, and the bell-cage. TM 1635 2903. All © Karel Kuča (2007). Link1. Link2. Grade II listed. Google Streetmap aerial view shows a MCC Wix Methodist Community Church, and a link to a site that doesn't mention it. Another source says that it was for sale at some point. Seen by Streetview in 2021, the sign to the left of the big window says "Plymouth Brethren". Have they acquired the church recently? TM 1603 2838. Older O.S. maps show a Wesleyan Methodist Chapel on  Harwich Road at TM 1664 2850. The building on the site (Streetview 2021) appears to be a barn or shed, but does anything of the chapel survive? There was also a Primitive Methodist Chapel west of the village on Colchester Road at TM 1483 2783. It pre-dates a map of 1898. It stood just past the driveway seen in a Streetview from 2021.
Wixford, Warwickshire, St. Milburga. Interior view. Both © Aidan McRae Thomson. Link. Grade II* listed - link.
Wixoe, Suffolk, St. Leonard. Two additional views - 1, 2. TL 7180 4299. All © Karel Kuča (2019). Link1. Link2. Grade II* listed.

Woburn, Bedfordshire, dedicated to St. Mary the Virgin. SP 9504 3328. © Bill McKenzie. Another view, and an interior view, both from old postcards in Judy Flynn's Collection. Its grade II* listing dates it to 1865-8. Link. The Old Church of St. Mary has been in use as a Heritage Centre since 1984. SP 9486 3325. © Judy Flynn. Grade II* listed. A former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel stands on London End. It was seen by Streetview in 2010. It's dated here to 1860, closing on or by 1963. SP 9478 3300. There was also a Congregational Chapel of 1854-1943, with demolition in 1988 (source, which also has a photo). Its site hasn't been seen by Streetview. SP 9486 3300.
Woking, Surrey, Christ Church. © Barbara Barklem. TQ 006 589. St. Paul (R.C.) on Oriental Road. TQ 016 590. © Mehmood Naqshbandi (2009).
Wolborough, Newton Abbot, Devon - see Newton Abbot.
Wold Newton, East Riding of Yorkshire, All Saints. © James Murray. Another view, © Alan Blacklock. Link1. Link2. Grade II* listed. The Methodist Centenary Church dates from 1839. © Alan Blacklock.
Wold Newton, Lincolnshire, All Saints. Three interior views - 1, 2, 3, and the font. Its grade II listing, which dates it to 1862 re-cycling medieval masonry, calls it All Hallows. TF 2419 9678. Link. The former Primitive Methodist Chapel. It's dated here to 1849-1956. TF 2436 9685. All
© David Regan (2021).
Woldingham, Surrey, St. Paul. St. Agatha. Both © Brett Jeffery. Link.
Wolferlow, Herefordshire, St. Andrew. SO 6686 618. © Les Needham (2011). Three more views - 1, 2, 3, all © Peter Morgan (2023). Link. Grade II* listed.
Wolferton, Norfolk, St. Peter. TF 657 283. © Anne East (2009). Link.
Wolfhampcote, Warwickshire, St. Peter. © Aidan McRae Thomson.
Wollerton, Shropshire, U.R.C., previously Congregational. This link gives it a date of 1867-8. The date-stone confirms 1867, though the reading of the accompanying Gothic script eludes me. Another view. SJ 620 304. All © Martin Richter (2018).
Wolsingham, Co. Durham.
Wolstanton, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire - see Newcastle-under-Lyme.
Wolston, Warwickshire, St. Margaret. Another view, four interior views - 1, 2, 3, 4, the East Window, another window, and a rather appealing octagonal font, all © John Bowdler (2005). Link. Grade I listed. Baptist Church, and an interior view during the ladies' coffee morning. Both © John Bowdler (2012). Link. The former Mortuary Chapel in Wolston Cemetery on Dyer's Lane. It first shows on O.S. maps on the 1905 edition. Probably now in use for storage, as the windows are bricked up. SP 414 753. © Richard Roberts (2017).
Wolverhampton, West Midlands.
Wolverley, Worcestershire, St. John the Baptist. SO 8289 7932. © Dorothy Turley. Two more views - 1, 2, two of the interior - 1, 2, the chancel, East window, the pulpit and the font, all © Dennis Harper (2022).
Link. Grade II* listed. Two memorials in the churchyard are listed separately - they can be found here.
Wolverton, Buckinghamshire.
Wolverton, Hampshire, St. Catherine. SU 551 585. © Chris Kippin. Link.
Wolverton, Kent, the remains of St. Radegund's Abbey. Note that its grade II* listing says that it stands 250m S.E. of Bradsole, but I can't find a place called that on any available O.S. maps. Wolverton is the nearest settlement. TR 275 419. Link1. Link2. O.S. maps mark St. Mary's Church (site of) nearby, at TR 2707 4126. Its site hasn't been seen by Streetview.
Wolverton, Warwickshire, St. Mary. Interior view. Both © Aidan McRae Thomson. Link.
Wolvey, Warwickshire, St. John Baptist. Interior view. Both © Aidan McRae Thomson. Three more views (1, 2, 3), all © John Bowdler. Grade II* listed - link.
Wolviston, Co. Durham, St. Peter. NZ 454 258. © Alan Blacklock. Three further views - 1, 2, 3, and a fine example of the monumental mason's craft, all © Martin Richter (2011). Link1. Link2, which says the previous church was dedicated to St. Mary Magdalene. Link3. Link4. Grade II listed - link. The former Methodist Church, built as Wesleyan (1829). Just visible above the fence-line is the re-located date plaque. Three further views of this dilapidated building - 1, 2, 3. This article says it closed in 1979. Planning permission has been granted in 2012 for change of use into a cattery, and hopefully this will prevent further deterioration. NZ 454 257. All © Martin Richter (2011). Grade II listed - link.
Wombourne, Staffordshire.
Wombwell, South Yorkshire.
Womenswold, Kent, St. Margaret of Antioch. TR 227 506. © Geoff Watt.
Womersley, North Yorkshire, St. Martin. © Bill Henderson. Another view, two interior views - 1, 2, and the font, all © David Regan (2011). Link. Grade I listed - link.
Wonford, Exeter, Devon - see the Exeter page.
Wonston, Hampshire, Holy Trinity. SU 476 395.
© Chris Kippin. Link. Grade II* listed.
Wooburn, Buckinghamshire, St. Paul. Another view. SU 9095 8780. Both © Chris Kippin (2021). Link. Grade II* listed.
Wooburn Green, Buckinghamshire,
Community Church on The Green. Previously Methodist, it was originally Wesleyan. Another view. SU 9141 8855. Both © Martin Richter (2011). Link1 gives the date as 1873, and closure (as Methodist) in 2008. The former Particular Baptist Chapel on Wycombe Lane. The National Archives references documents pertaining to the chapel to 1849-1979. SU 9128 8869. © Chris Kippin (2021).
Wood Dalling, Norfolk, St. Andrew on Reepham Road has fabric of the 13th, 14th, and 15th centuries. The interior. TG 090 269. Both © Richard Roberts (2017). Link. Grade I listed.
Wood Enderby, Lincolnshire, the former St. Benedict. TF 2735 6413. © Dave Hitchborne. Another view, © Chris Stafford (2015). Grade II listed. The former Methodist Church, which was originally Wesleyan.
It was built in 1876 and was closed in 1973. TF 2747 6408. © David Regan (2020).
Wood Norton, Norton, the 15th century All Saints on Church Road. Interior view. TG 010 277. Both © Richard Roberts (2019). Link1. Link2. Grade II* listed.
Wood Walton, Cambridgeshire,
St. Andrew. TL 2088 8216. © Jim Rushton. Link. Grade II* listed.
Woodbastwick, Norfolk, St. Fabian and St. Sebastian. TG 33249 15228. © Carole Sage (1984). Link. Grade II* listed.
Woodborough, Nottinghamshire, St. Swithun. Two further views - 1, 2. SK 6515 4771. All © David Regan (2011). Link. Grade II* listed. The Baptist Church on
Shelt Hill opened in 1830, though the congregation dates back as far as 1810. SK 6367 4784. © David Regan (2020). Link. The Methodist Church on Roe Land and Main Street. As this history relates, a Wesleyan Chapel was built on the present site in 1887 (the history referred to includes a photo of the church as it was soon after it was built). Whether the present church is a re-build or a radical overhaul is now at present known to me. SK 6311 4775. © David Regan (2020). The same history also mentions the first Wesleyan Chapel of 1827 on Roe Lane, which still exists as "The Institute". This survives, and can be seen here on a 2009 Streetview. Circa SK 6312 4784. The former Primitive Methodist Chapel on Main Street is now in residential use. It can be seen in a 2008 Streetview. Its My Primitive Methodists entry dates it to 1851, with subsequent alterations and enlargements. It also says it was closed in 1962. The present building (Chapel Cottage) is radically different to the chapel seen in a photo here, and one wonders what (if any) is left of the original building. SK 6275 4777.
Woodbridge, Suffolk.
Woodbury, Devon, Christ Church (1851) on Parsonage Way. SY 0120 8734. © He
ath Nickels (2020). Link. St. Swithun on Church Stile Lane, its tower and interior, and screen. SY 0094 8719. All © Chris Kippin (2022). Link. Grade I listed. For other listed features associated with the church, see here. Older O.S. maps mark a place of worship off Broadway at SY 0094 8693. The only available map to label it beyond Chapel is the 25" of 1888, where it's shown as Plymouth Brethren. It was still active into the 1930's at least. Aerial views show that a building with the same footprint survives - the low white-painted extension behind the house, but whether anything survives of the chapel isn't apparent. © Chris Kippin (2023).
Woodbury Salterton, Devon, Holy Trinity, and its interior. SY 0125 8906. Both
© Chris Kippin (2022).
 Link. Grade II listed, wherein it's dated to 1844.
Woodchurch, Kent, All Saints. TQ 942 349. From an old postcard, Geoff Watt's Collection. The former Mission Hall on Front Road. It was subsequently sold for residential purposes. © Alan K. Taylor (1980's).
Woodcote, Oxfordshire, St. Leonard. © Derek Collier.
Woodcott, Hampshire, St. James. Another view. SU 43280 54895. Both © Chris Kippin (2020). Grade II listed.
Woodcutts, Wiltshire, the former Methodist Chapel, which older maps label as Wesleyan. It seems to have remained active into the second half of the 20th century. Another view, and the date-stone for 1853. SU 9696 1728. All © Chris Kippin (2022).
Woodditton (sometimes Wood Ditton), Cambridgeshire,
St. Mary. The tower looks incomplete - did it have a spire at one time, later removed, or was one planned and never built? Another view. TL 6596 5915. Both © David Regan (2019). Link. Grade I listed.
Woodeaton (or Wood Eaton), Oxfordshire, Holy Rood. From an old postcard in Reg Dosell's Collection. A modern view, two of the interior - 1, 2, the chancel, and the font, all © David Regan (2019). Link. Grade I listed.
Wooden, Pembrokeshire, Moreton Methodist Church. © Peter Morgan (2011).
Woodend, Northamptonshire, the former General Baptist Chapel (1811), now in residential use (The Old Chapel). Another view. SP 616 492. Both © Howard Richter (2015).
Woodfalls, Wiltshire, the former Mission Hall. It has a foundation stone for 1882. SU 1981 2036. Both © Chris Kippin (2023). The Methodist Church was originally Primitive Methodist. The church website dates it to 1874. SU 1983 2031. © Chris Kippin (2023).
Woodford, Cornwall, the Methodist Church, which was originally Bible Christian. SS 2198 1360. © Chris Kippin (2024). Link. The village also had a Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, at SS 2188 1345. There's now a house (2009 Streetview) on its site, although the chapel extended further to the left. Both chapels pre-date a map of 1885.
Woodford, Gloucestershire, the former Baptist Church, now in residential use. © Janet Gimber (2016).
Woodford, Northamptonshire, St. Mary the Virgin. Interior view, the chancel and font. Fourteenth century wooden effigies of Sir Walter Trailli and his wife adorn their tomb - a rare survival.
All © David Regan (2017). Link. Grade I listed.
Woodford, Stockport, Greater Manchester - see Stockport.
Woodford Halse, Northamptonshire, St. Mary the Virgin. Another view. Both © David Regan (2017). Grade II* listed.
Woodgreen, Hampshire, St. Boniface. Its date-stone is for 1914. SU 1708 1766. Both © Chris Kippin (2023). Link. The Old Chapel on High Street is a former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel. SU 1706 1733. © Chris Kippin (2023).
Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire.
Woodham, Woking, Surrey, dedicated to All Saints. © Barbara Barklem. TQ 015 605. An old postcard view, from Reg Dosell's Collection. Link.
Woodham Mortimer, Essex, St. Margaret, on Maldon Road. Another view. TL 822 052. Both © Steve Taylor (2011).
Woodhorn, Northumberland, St. Mary the Virgin, now in use as a museum. © Bill Henderson. Link.
Woodhouse, Sheffield, South Yorkshire.
Woodhouse, Woodhouse Lane and Woodhouse Carr, Leeds, West Yorkshire - see Leeds.
Woodhouse Eaves, Leicestershire, St. Paul. © Mick Foreman. Methodist Church on Main Street, built as Wesleyan in 1887. SK 530 144. © Richard Roberts (2017). Link. Baptist Church on Main Street. It stands on the site of its predecessor, which dated from 1796 (and restored in 1885). A photo of it can be seen here. SK 530 146. © Richard Roberts (2017). Link.
Woodhouse, Leicestershire, St. Mary in the Elms. Another view. Both © David Regan (2016). Link. Grade II* listed.
Woodhurst, Cambridgeshire,
St. John the Baptist. Three interior views - 1, 2, 3, and the font. TL 3157 7610. All © David Regan (2018). Link. Grade II* listed. The churchyard wall is listed as grade II.
Woodkirk, West Yorkshire, St. Mary the Virgin. SE 2719 2505. © Bill Henderson. Another view,
© David Regan (2021). Link. Grade II listed.
Woodland, Cumbria, (near Broughton-in-Furness), St. John the Evangelist. SD 2473 8911. © Philip Kapp. Link.
Woodland, Co. Durham, St. Mary, one of the "tin" churches. © Alan Blacklock. Methodist Church, formerly Wesleyan. © Steve Bruce.
Woodland, Devon, St. John the Baptist. Another view. SX 791 687. Both © Andrew Ross (2019). Link. Grade I listed.
Woodlands, Dorset, Church of the Ascension. © June Norris. Methodist Church (interior only). Image courtesy of Verwood Historical Society, and kindly forwarded by Jill Coulthard.
Woodlands, Kent, St. Mary the Virgin. TQ 564 607. © Geoff Watt.
Woodlands, South Yorkshire, All Saints. St. Joseph & St. Teresa (R.C.) on Doncaster Lane and Welfare Road. SE 5425 0775. Link1. Link2. Both © Bill Henderson.
Woodlands St. Mary, Berkshire, St. Mary, which is now in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. The interior. SU 3338 7501. Both © Chris Kippin (2021). Link. Grade II listed.
Woodlands Valley, Derbyshire, Woodlands Valley Methodist Chapel. SK 145 894. © James Murray.
Woodlawn, Co. Galway, Parish Church (CoI). © Alistair Quinlan (2009).
Woodlesford, West Yorkshire, All Saints. Woodlesford Methodist Church. Both © Bill Henderson.
Woodley, Stockport, Greater Manchester - see Stockport.
Woodmancote (near Bishop's Cleeve), Gloucestershire, the former(?) Countess of Huntingdon Connexion Chapel (1854). The date-stone. SO 975 274. Both © Les Needham (2013). Grade II listed.
Woodmancote (nr. Dursley), Gloucestershire, St. Mark. © Graeme Harvey.
Woodmancott, Hampshire, St. James. SU 562 425. © Chris Kippin (2018).
Woodmansey, East Riding of Yorkshire, St. Peter. TA 062 375. © James Murray. Another view, and two interiors - 1, 2, all © Mike Berrell (2015).
Woodmill, Staffordshire, Methodist Church on Yoxall Road. This was formerly St. Paul's Primitive Methodist Chapel, and it dates from 1870. SK 136 212. © Richard Roberts (2019).
Woodnesborough, Kent, St. Mary the Blessed Virgin. TR 308 567. © Geoff Watt. Link. The former Evangelical Free Church, which closed in about 2003. © Alan K. Taylor (1992).
Woodnewton, Northamptonshire, St. Mary. © Robin Peel. Two additional views - 1, 2, both © David Regan (2016). Link1. Link2. Grade II* listed.
Woodplumpton, Lancashire, St. Anne. SD 4993 3445. © John Balaam (2014). Link. Grade II* listed.
Woodrising, Norfolk, St. Nicholas. The remains of the tower, which fell in the 16th century (source) or 18th century (source) . A wooden bell cage was subsequently built to house the bell. TF 9883 0347. All © Karel Kuča (2007).
Grade I listed. The bell cage is listed separately as grade II.
Woodschapel, Co. Derry, St. John (CoI). Gracefield Church (CoI, formerly Moravian, built 1769). H 938 893. Both © Gerard Close.
Woodseaves, Shropshire, the former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel (1896), now converted to residential use. SJ 687 310. all © Martin Richter (2018). Link.
Woodsetts, South Yorkshire, St. George. Another view - the apse. Both © David Regan (2011).
Woodside Park, Greater London, St. Barnabas. TQ 256 924. © Michael Bourne.
Woodstock, Oxfordshire,  is dedicated to St. Mary Magdalene. It has a fine Norman doorway. SP 444 167. Both © Steve Bulman. Another view, and an interior view, both © Aidan McRae Thomson.
Woodstock, Pembrokeshire, Woodstock Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Connexion Chapel (1754, 1806, and 1890). Two interior views - 1, 2, and a monument to the Rev. Howell Davies, one of the founders of this particular sect. SN 022 257. All © Mike Berrell (2010).
Woodthorpe, Derbyshire, the former St. Peter, now in residential use. Its grade II listing dates it to 1849, replacing a chapel of 1632.
Another view. SK 4512 7456. Both © David Regan (2021).
Woodville, Derbyshire, St. Stephen the Martyr (1846) on Moira Road. Another view. SK 314 190. Both © BereniceUK (2010). And another view, © Richard Roberts (2014). Grade II listed. Methodist Church on High Street. A Wesleyan foundation of 1883, the present building is of about 1966. SK 317 188. © Richard Roberts (2014).
Wookey, Somerset, 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, Somerset, 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).
Wool, Dorset, St. Joseph (R.C.). © Graeme Harvey (2011).
Woolacombe, Devon, St. Sabinus. SS 4619 4382. Its grade II* listing dates it to 1910, but it had a predecessor just a few yards away to the N.E., now the site of the church car park and adjacent roadway, seen in a Streetview from 2015. Maps show it to have been built between 1889 and 1905. © Chris Kippin (2023). Link. Calvary Chapel on Beach Road. It has a date-stone for 1893, and old maps show it to have originally been Bible Christian. SS 4595 4380. © Chris Kippin (2023). Link.
Woolage  Green, Kent, former chapel, now a private residence. TR 237 493. © Geoff Watt. Janet Gimber advises that this was Woolage Green Baptist Chapel, and appears to have been converted in the early 1990's.
Wollaston, Shropshire, St. John the Baptist. SJ 329 122. © Les Needham (2011).
Woolavington, Somerset, 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.
Wooldale, West Yorkshire, Quaker Meeting House (one of the earliest to be built). © Stan Walker. Link. Methodist Church on Wooldale Road. © David Regan (2012). Methodist Free Church on Robert Road. © David Regan (2012).
Wooler, Northumberland, St. Mary. NT 993 281. © Bill Henderson. An old postcard view, from Reg Dosell's Collection. Another view. © Stuart Mackrell. St. Ninian (R.C.). NT 989 283. © Bill Henderson. U.R.C. NT 993 279. © Steve Bulman.
Woolfardisworthy (aka Woolsery), near Bideford, Devon, All Hallows. Another view, showing the porch, and the tower, interior view, and the font. SS 332 211. All © Martin Richter (2011). Link.
Woolfardisworthy (near Exeter), Devon, St. Mary. Interior view. SS 8276 0860. Both
© Chris Kippin (2021). Link. Grade II* listed. A tomb in the churchyard is listed separately as grade II.
Woolhampton, Berkshire, St. Peter. SU 5772 6770. © Jill Bennett.
 Link. Grade II listed. The war memorial in the churchyard is also listed as grade II. Older O.S. maps show an Independent Chap. (later Congregational, and U.R.C.) off Bath Road at SU 5736 6682. Genuki dates it to 1831, closed "after 1970". The house now on its site can be seen in a Streetview from 2021. I haven't been able to find a photo of it on-line. Pre-dating an O.S. map of 1883, an R.C. Chapel is shown north of Woolhampton, at SU 5770 6808, part of St. Mary's College. The latter is now usually known as Douai Benedictine Abbey. Link. This page has an outline history, with links to more detailed history.
Woolhope, Herefordshire, St. George. The wooden porch and lych-gate. All © Janet Gimber (2017). Link. Grade II* listed.
Woolland, Dorset, the church (no dedication). Its grade II listing dates it to circa 1857, a G.G. Scott church. ST 7761 0698. © Chris Kippin (2022). Link. Two table tombs in the churchyard are listed separately - they can be found here.
Woollard, Somerset, 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).
Woollaston, Northamptonshire, St. Mary the Virgin. Difficult to photograph because of the trees. Another view. Both © David Regan (2016).
Link. Grade II* listed.
Woolley, Derbyshire, the former Methodist Church on Quarry Lane, which was built as Primitive Methodist in 1841 (source). SK
3695 6058. © David Regan (2021).
Woolley, Somerset, 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.
Woolley, West Yorkshire, St. Peter. © Bill Henderson. The altar, and the North Chapel, both © Kenneth Paver.
Woolmere Green, Worcestershire, the former St. Mark's Mission Church. It pre-dates a map of 1903, SO 9602 6263. © Peter Morgan (2023).
Woolpit, Suffolk, St. Mary. Two additional views - 1, 2, interior view, hammer-beam roof, screen, and carved bench-ends. TL 9744 6248. All © Chris Kippin (2021). Another view, two more views of the porch - 1, 2, carved animal (lions?) heads, and two more of the roof - 1, 2, all © Christopher Skottowe (1966). Link1. Link2. Grade I listed. The former Primitive Methodist Chapel is dated here to 1861. TL 9775 6222. © Chris Kippin (2021). Link. Woolpit Christian Fellowship Church stands just over half a mile north-north-east of the village on White Elm Road, at TL 9688 6317. The 25" O.S. map of 1904 labels it as Meeting Room. It was seen by Streetview in 2009. This source dates it to 1841, as Plymouth Brethren. Link.
Woolstaston, Shropshire, St. Michael and All Angels (K). Another view, and the doorway. SO 4522 9847. All © Chris Kippin (2021). Link. Grade II* listed.
Woolsthorpe by Belvoir, Lincolnshire, St. James. © David Regan (2011). Link1. After having to be closed because of structural problems, grants and fund-raising have enable restoration work to get underway - link. Grade II listed - link.
Woolston, Warrington, Cheshire - see Warrington.
Woolston, Southampton, Hampshire - see Southampton.
Woolstone, Gloucestershire, St. Martin de Tours. © Graeme Harvey (2010). Link1. Link2.
Woolton, Liverpool, Merseyside - see Liverpool.
Woolton Hill, Hampshire, St. Thomas. SU 429 616. © Chris Kippin. Link.
Woolverton, Somerset, the former St. Lawrence. Another view. ST 7902 5404. Both © Chris Kippin (2021). Grade II listed.
Woolwich, Greater London.
Woonton, Herefordshire, the former Friends' Meeting House, now in residential use.
It isn't marked on a map of 1889-91, but is present on the edition of 1904-5. SO 3526 5219. A former Mission Chapel, now in residential use. Paul advises that it is so marked on the second edition O.S. map, though not on the first. SO 3533 5228. Both © Paul Wood (2000).
Woore, Shropshire, St. Leonard. © Peter Morgan.
Wooton Underwood, Buckinghamshire, All Saints. Another view, two of the interior - 1, 2, a fine tomb, and the font. There are a number of tablets commemorating members of the Grenville family, including Dukes of Buckingham, and a British Prime Minister (George Grenville). SP 6884 1594. All © David Regan (2019). Link. Grade II* listed.
Wootton, Bedfordshire,
St. Mary the Virgin. TL 0037 4507. Link. Grade I listed. New Life Methodist Church on Cause End Road was built as Wesleyan. TL 0063 4542. Link1. Link2. Baptist Church (1836) on Bedford Road. TL 0088 4524. Link. All © Bedfordshire and Luton Archives & Records Service (2007).
Wootton, Lincolnshire, St. Andrew. © David Regan (2016). Grade I listed. The former Methodist Church, built as Wesleyan. © David Regan (2012).
Wootton, Northamptonshire, St. George The Martyr. SP 763 565. Link. Grade I listed. Wootton Trinity Church (Methodist). SP 761 556. Link. Both © Les Needham (2018).
Wootton, Oxfordshire, St. Mary. SP 439 199. © Brian J. Curtis.
Wootton, Kent, St. Martin. TR 224 465. © Geoff Watt. The former Mission Hall on Denton Lane. Another view. These photos were taken some years ago - the building has since been converted to residential use. Both © Alan K. Taylor.
Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire - see Royal Wootton Bassett.
Wootton Bridge, IoW, the Methodist Church on Station Road. SZ 5360 9140. © John Balaam (2022). Link.
Wootton Courtenay, Somerset, All Saints. Two interior views - 1, 2. SS 938 434. All © Dave Westrap. Link1. Link2. Grade I listed.
Wootton Fitzpaine, Dorset, St. Andrew (1848) on Elsdon's Lane. Interior view. SY 371 956. Both © Richard Roberts (2016). Grade II* listed.
Wootton St. Lawrence,
Hampshire, St. Lawrence. SU 592 532. © Chris Kippin. News item. Grade II* listed.
Wootton Wawen, Warwickshire, St. Peter. Interior view. SP 154 633. St. Mary and St. Benedict (R.C.). Cemetery Chapel. All © Aidan McRae Thomson.
Worcester, Worcestershire.
Worcester Park, Greater London, St. Philip. From an old postcard in Reg Dosell's Collection. This link says that the congregation now shares use of the local Methodist church for its services, so St. Philip may no longer exist - can you confirm? Janet Gimber has advised that the church was partially demolished in 1978, with the remainder following in 1984. Further details here.
Wordsley, West Midlands, Holy Trinity. © Dorothy Turley. Another view, © Dennis Harper (2011). Link. Amblecote Wordsley Methodist Church (1993) on Audnam and Platts Road. © Dennis Harper (2011).
Wordwell, Suffolk, the redundant All Saints on Brandon Road, now cared for by the Churches Conservation Trust. Originally Norman, it fell into decline, and was restored in 1868.  Interior view. TL 8280 7203. Both © Richard Roberts (2017). It has some good carved bench ends, © Chris Kippin (2021). Another view of the interior, two striking tympana - 1, 2, and the font, all © Chris Stafford (2013). Link. Grade I listed.
Worfield, Shropshire, St. Peter. SO 758 958. © Roy Graham. Three interior views - 1, 2, 3, the altar and East window, and font, all © Dennis Harper (2013). Link. Grade II* listed.
Workington, Cumbria.
Worksop, Nottinghamshire.
Worlaby, Lincolnshire, St. Clement. TA 0153 1402. © Bill Henderson. Link. Grade II* listed. The former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel on Main Street. This source dates it to 1894, a replacement for an earlier chapel of 1809 on the same site. TA 0146 1386.
© David Regan (2021). Genuki mentions a Primitive Methodist Chapel on Elsham Road, at TA 01454 13736. Early O.S. maps indicate a chapel at this grid reference (though it's on Low Road today, not Elsham Road), but curiously the 1" map of 1937-61 shows it a short distance further along the road, at TA 0147 1371. A pair of bungalows occupy the site today, seen here by Streetview in 2009. Link.
Worle, Somerset.
Worleston, Cheshire - see
Aston juxta Mondrum on the Cheshire page.
Worlington, Suffolk, All Saints. Two additional views - 1, 2, three of the interior - 1, 2, 3, and the font. All © David Regan (2019). Link1. Link2. Grade I listed.
Worlingworth, Suffolk, St. Mary. Another view. Two interior views show the gloriously over-the-top font cover - 1, 2. TM 2336 6864. All © Christopher Skottowe (1966).
 Link1. Link2. Grade I listed. The war memorial in the churchyard is listed as grade II.
Wormbridge, Herefordshire, St. Peter and St. Thomas. SO 426 306. © Chris Kippin (2018). Link. Grade II listed.
Wormhill, Derbyshire, St. Margaret. © Dorothy Turley.
Wormingford, Essex, St. Andrew. Another view. Both © Roger Heap. Link. Grade I listed - link.
Worminghall, Buckinghamshire, St. Peter and St. Paul, and its tower. SP 6425 0803. Both © Steve Bulman. Link. Grade II* listed.
Wormington, Gloucestershire, St. Katherine. Two further views- 1, 2, interior view, East Window and font. SP 039 364. All © John Bowdler (2012). This old carved stone cross is supposedly from the nearby Winchcombe Abbey, buried at the time of the Dissolution, and later recovered. © Graeme Harvey (2013). Link. Wikipedia entry on Lord Hastings, buried here.
Wormit, Fife, the Parish Church, on Riverside Road. Another view. Both © Alan Craxford.
Wormleighton, Warwickshire, St. Peter. In origin C12, with significant additions and re-builds over the centuries. Additional views - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, two windows from different periods - 1, 2, and an interior view. All © Howard Richter (2015). Howard comments about the discrepancy between the descriptions of the windows in the listing compared to the actual building. I will leave the determination of the exact nature of the errors as an exercise for visitors! Link1. Link2. Link3. Grade I listed.
Wormshill, Kent, St. Giles. © Geoff Watt.
Wormsley, Herefordshire, St. Mary is now in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. Interior view, and the ornately carved pulpit. SO 427 477. All © Chris Kippin. Link1. Link2.
Worplesdon, Surrey, St. Mary the Virgin. © Susan Heighes (2013). Link. Grade I listed.
Worrall, South Yorkshire, Independent Chapel (1878) on Towngate Road. SK 307 921. © Mike Berrell (2013). Link (see Significant Buildings).
Worsborough, South Yorkshire, St. Mary. SE 3497 0262. © Bill Henderson. Another view, © Chris Stafford (2014). Link. Grade I listed.
Worsbrough Dale, South Yorkshire,
St. Thomas and St. James on Bank End Road. Its grade II listing dates it to 1858. SE 3576 0437. © David Regan (2022). Link. A monument to the victims of a colliery disaster stands in the churchyard, listed as grade II. St. Luke on Highstone Road, Worsbrough Common. SE 3473 0519. © David Regan (2021). Link. Our Lady and St. James (R.C.) Worsbrough Bridge. This source says that it built as the Anglican Mission of St. James in 1902. SE 3539 0356. © David Regan (2021). Link. Grade II listed. The site of a Primitive Methodist Chapel (1888) on Green Street. SE 3608 0406. © David Regan (2021). Mitchell Memorial Hall was a Wesleyan Methodist Chapel which stood at the junction of Station Road and Edmunds Road. Built before 1888, its site remains undeveloped. SE 3616 0379. © David Regan (2021). Community Church (Wesleyan Reform) is also known as Ebenezer, and stands on High Street at SE 3604 0397. David advises that it has a date-stone for 1903, and a foundation stone for 1854. Old maps imply that the 1903 date is correct - is 1854 the date of the congregation or perhaps of an earlier chapel? © David Regan (2021). My appreciation to Rev. Canon Keith Farrow for getting in touch, and advising that 1903 is the correct date, the 1854 stone having been taken from the first Ebenezer Chapel, which stood on Ebenezer Square. Ebenezer Square no longer exists, and no available maps show the old chapel. It will have stood somewhere about SE 3612 0394, in the area of housing bounded by High Street, George Street, and Pantry Well. A Methodist Chapel (originally Primitive) shows on older O.S. maps, on Green Street, at SE 3608 0406. It site was seen on by Streetview in 2012. It's dated here to 1871-1986.
Worstead, Norfolk, St. Mary on Westwick Road. TG 302 261. From an old postcard in Steve Bulman's Collection. A modern view, and the interior, both © Richard Roberts (2018). Link. Grade I listed. The former Primitive Methodist Chapel (circa 1892) on Honing Row, is now in residential use. TG 303 261. © Richard Roberts (2018).
Worsthorne, Lancashire, St. John (1835). SD 877 324. The former Methodist Church (1837), now a nursery. SD 873 324. Both © Stuart Mackrell.
Worth, Kent, St. Peter and St. Paul. TR 336 561. Free Church. TR 329 565. Both © Geoff Watt.
Worth, West Sussex, St. Nicholas. TQ 302 362. © Rick Williams. Link.
Worth Matravers, Dorset, St. Alban's Chapel, aka St. Aldhelm's Chapel according to this website. From an old postcard in Steve Bulman's Collection. A modern view. Interior view. Both © Roger Hopkins. St. Nicholas, the parish church. SY 972 774. © Malcolm Matthews. A modern view. Interior view. Both © Roger Hopkins. Link.
Worthen, Shropshire, All Saints. Another view. Both © James Murray.
Worthenbury, Wrexham, St. Deniol - a lovely church. Two interior views - 1, 2. All © Gerard Charmley (2010). Link.
Worthing, Norfolk, St. Margaret on Hoe Road and Church Road. TF 994 195. © Richard Roberts (2016). Link. Grade II* listed.
Worthing, West Sussex, Goring U.R.C. on Barrington Road. © Adam Schofield (2014). Link.
Worthington, Leicestershire, St. Matthew. Another view. SK 4065 2068. Both © David Regan (2016). Link. Grade II* listed. The Methodist Chapel was built as Primitive Methodist in 1820 (date-stone) - an early example. But as its My Primitive Methodists entry relates, the cause failed, and the building was soon adopted by the Wesleyans. SK 4089 2048.
© David Regan (2020). Grade II listed.
Wortley, Leeds, West Yorkshire - see Leeds.
Wortley, South Yorkshire, St. Leonard. Three interior views - 1, 2, 3, a monument, and the font. SE 3072 9939. All © David Regan (2021 & 2024). Link. Grade II listed. A cross base/sun-dial in the churchyard is also listed, as grade II.
Worton, Wiltshire, Christ Church (1841, from a board in the church). Two interior views - 1, 2, the latter showing the boxed-in gallery. Link. Grade II listed. The former Wesleyan Methodist Church (1848) on High Street has an interesting history. At some point it became the Methodist Church, and it was closed at a so far unknown date prior to 1997, at which point it came back into use as St. Brihtwold (Anglican Catholic). It only had a short run, and closed again in 2002. All © Janet Gimber (2017).
Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire.
Wouldham, Kent, All Saints. TQ 7126 6439. © Geoff Watt.
 An old postcard image can be seen here. Link. Grade I listed.

Wrabness, Essex, All Saints. Three more views - 1, 2, 3, and the font. The bell-cage is separately listed as grade II. TM 1742 3188. All © Karel Kuča (2007). Link. Grade II* listed. About ¾ of a mile south of the church is the site of a Wesleyan Methodist Chapel. Whether the building on the site (Streetview in 2009) is the converted chapel, or a later building, is unclear. It pre-dates a map of 1897, and ceases to be marked as a place of worship in the mid-20th century. TM 1740 3058. Another Chapel, now converted, stands nearby at TM 1750 3077. Seen by Streetview in 2021, it was Wesleyan, so likely to have been successor to the previous entry. The National Archives references documents pertaining to the Wrabness Wesleyan Chapel for the years circa 1845-1993 - 1845 must relate to the building of the first chapel, and 1993 to the closure of the second.
Wragby, Lincolnshire, All Saints. © Dave Hitchborne. Another view, two interiors - 1, 2, and the font, all © David Regan (2017). Link. Grade II listed. Methodist Church. © Dave Hitchborne. Interior view, and the organ, which is also an unusual war memorial, with the names of the fallen inscribed upon it. Both © David Regan (2017). Link.
Wragby, West Yorkshire, St. Michael and Our Lady, in the grounds of Nostell Priory. © Bill Henderson. Another view, the altar and east window, and a close-up of the carvings behind the altar, all © Kenneth Paver.
Wrangle, Lincolnshire, St. Mary & St. Nicholas. TF 4248 5085. © Michael Bourne. Link. Grade I listed. The Methodist Church was built as Wesleyan and stands about half a mile E.N.E. of the village. According to its grade II listing it dates from the 1830's, and was altered circa 1890. TF 432 512. © Michael Bourne. Another view,
© David Regan (2020). Link.
Wrangle Bank,
Lincolnshire, the former Methodist Church, which was built as Primitive Methodist in 1875, closing in 1972. TF 4293 5396.
© David Regan (2020). Link.
Wrangway, Somerset, 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, Somerset, 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.
Wrawby, Lincolnshire, St. Mary the Virgin. TA 0203 0861. © Bill Henderson. Another view, and two of the interior - 1, 2, all © David Regan (2011 and 2022). Link1 has many more photos. Link2. Grade I listed. The former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel (1885-2005) on Chapel Lane and Vicarage Road. It may have had a predecessor, as Genuki says it was founded in 1827. TA 0196 0899.
© David Regan (2022). The village also had a Primitive Methodist Chapel, on Little Lane, at TA 0193 0884. Whether the building on the site today is the converted chapel, or a later building, is unclear. It seems to have existed by 1853. © David Regan (2022).
Wray, Lancashire, Holy Trinity. SD 603 675. © Philip Kapp. Two further views - 1, 2, both © Roger Heap (2012). Methodist Church, originally a Quaker Meeting House. Another view. SD 601 676. Both © Dennis Harper (2011).
Wraysbury, Berkshire, St. Andrew, on St. Andrew's Close, off Windsor Road. TQ 0013 7394. From an old postcard in Judy Flynn's Collection. Link. Grade II* listed. Baptist Church on High Street. Its Wikipedia article dates it to 1862, successor to an un-located chapel of 1827. TQ 0054 7413. From an old postcard in Judy Flynn's Collection. Link.
Wrea Green, Lancashire, St. Nicholas. © John Balaam (2014). Link.
Wreay, Cumbria, St. Mary, built to her own designs by the remarkable Sara Losh, and dedicated in 1842. NY 4353 4892. © Steve Bulman. Link1. Link2. This link has a good history, and numerous photos. Mortuary Chapel in the cemetery north of the village. NY 4342 4922. © Steve Bulman (2016).
Wrenbury, Cheshire, St. Margaret. Two interior views - 1, 2. SJ 5937 4777. All © Gerard Charmley (2013). Link. Grade II* listed. For related listed features, see here.
Wrentham, Suffolk, St. Nicholas stands to the west of the village at Church Street. The interior. TM 4890 8301. Both © Richard Roberts (2024). Link1. Link2. Grade I listed. The war memorial in the churchyard is also listed, as grade II. Wrentham Chapel (U.R.C.) was originally Congregational, and is dated in its grade II* listing to 1778. TM 4972 8270. © Richard Roberts (2024). Link1. Link2. A former Primitive Methodist Chapel (2021 Streetview) survives on High Street at TM 4987 8273. It pre-dates a map of 1883 and was still active at least into the late 1950's. Genuki dates it to 1825 or 1841, with conversion to residential use to "before 1997". Link.
Wrenthorpe, Wakefield, West Yorkshire - see Wakefield.
Wrentnall, Shropshire, Chapel Cottage, which is a former Baptist Chapel. This source provides dates of 1840 to circa 1875, re-opening as Primitive Methodist in 1910, closing in 1986 (by which time it was presumably Methodist), with subsequent conversion to residential use. Another view. SJ 425 038. Both © Chris Kippin (2021).
Wressle, East Riding of Yorkshire, St. John of Beverley. © James Murray.
Wrestlingworth, Bedfordshire,
St. Peter. TL 2592 4736. © Bill McKenzie. Interior view, from an old postcard in Judy Flynn's Collection. Link. Grade I listed. For other listed features associated with the church, see here. A former Congregational Chapel stands on High Street at TL 2690 4762. It was seen by Streetview in 2008, and Genuki (quoting from an old directory) dates it to 1887.
Wretton, Norfolk, the C13 All Saints, off Church Road. Another view, and the interior. TL 690 999. All © Richard Roberts (2019). Link. Grade II* listed.
Wrexham, Wrexham.
Wrington, Somerset, 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, Somerset, 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).
Writtle, Essex,
All Saints. TL 6776 0614. © Geoff Watt. Another view, and the interior, both © Karel Kuča (2007). Link. Grade II* listed. U.R.C. (originally Congregational) on The Green. The church website advises of the closure of the church in 2019. Both © Geoff Watt.
Wrockwardine, Shropshire, St. Peter. SJ 624 154. © Len Brankin. Link.
Wroot, Lincolnshire, St. Pancras. © Dave Hitchborne.
Wrotham, Kent, St. George, its interior and altar. TQ 6119 5919. All © Chris Kippin (2022). An old postcard view, from Dave Westrap's Collection. Link1. Link2. Grade I listed.
Wroughton, Wiltshire, St. John the Baptist and St. Helen. Interior view. Both © Simon Edwards (2012). Link. Methodist Church (1879). © Simon Edwards.
Wroxall, Warwickshire, St. Leonard. Interior view. Both © Aidan McRae Thomson. Some further views, all © John Bowdler (2011) - 1, 2, rainwater goods, dated 1715, a blocked doorway. Just a few yards away are the remains of Wroxall Priory. Two further views - 1, 2. All © John Bowdler. Link (for both).
Wroxeter, Shropshire, St. Andrew, which closed in 1980, and is now in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. Another view, two interiors - 1, 2, the altar and font, which is said to be the base of a Roman column from the nearby Roman town of Viroconium. SJ 564 083. All © Dennis Harper (2013). Link. Grade I listed.
Wroxham, Norfolk, St. Mary. A Norman doorway, two interior views - 1, 2, and two windows - 1, 2. TG 2964 1754. All © Chris Stafford (2012). Link1. Link2. Grade I listed. A mausoleum in the churchyard is listed separately as grade II. © Chris Stafford (2012). The 6" O.S. map of 1907 marks an otherwise unidentified Chapel on the south side of Castle Street at TG 2976 1713. The garage on the site was seen by Streetview in 2008. A former Methodist Church stands on Norwich Road at TG 2989 1729. Streetview saw it in 2021. Wroxham and Hoveton U.R.C. is on Church Lane. Only built in 2014, it was seen (distantly) by Streetview in 2021. TG 2984 1751. The congregation had previously met in St. Mary's Church Hall (Streetview 2021, TG 2986 1756) and Hoveton Village Hall (Streetview 2011, TG 3090 1866).
Wroxton, Oxfordshire, All Saints. SP 418 419. © Steve Bulman. Grade II* listed. St. Thomas of Canterbury (R.C.). Date variously given as 1894 or 1887, according to source consulted. Another view. SP 418 419. Both © Martin Richter (2014). Sundial Farmhouse Methodist Chapel (now with the three upper windows, and the garage door) was adapted from an existing barn and stable in 1822. SP 4135 4182. Link. It closed in 1935 to be superseded by Goodman Methodist Chapel (date-stone). This too has closed (seemingly in 2012, or soon after), and is now up for sale with planning permission for conversion to residential use. Sale notice. This Google Maps image shows it in 2011, when still in use. SP 4110 4175. All © Martin Richter (2015).

Wyberton, Lincolnshire, St. Leodegar. © Dave Hitchborne. Another view, © Chris Stafford (2015). Link. Grade I listed.
Wybunbury, Cheshire, St. Chad. The tower is all that remains of the old church. Its grade II* listing dates it to the 15th or 16th century, and says it was in danger of collapsing at the time of writing the entry (1985). As of 2023 it was still standing (Streetview). © David Lea. An old postcard view, from Reg Dosell's Collection, and another. The modern St. Chad stands further west, on Main Road, at SJ 6963 4990. Another view. Both © Peter Morgan (2015). Link. The war memorial in the churchyard is listed as grade II. The disused Wesleyan Methodist Chapel (1864) off Main Road. This source says that it closed in 2008, and had a predecessor of 1818, though whether it was on the same site is unclear. SJ 6986 4994. © Peter Morgan (2015).
Wych Cross, East Sussex. At first glance this church looks a bit like Whippingham on the Isle of Wight, but it isn't. Diana Bond had asked for  help in identifying it. Paul Smith has advised that Wych Cross Church, which was dedicated to St. Richard de Wych, although never consecrated, was built in 1866 and demolished in 1975.
Wychbold, Worcestershire, St. Mary de Wyche - consecrated 1888. SO 9296 6589. © Peter Morgan (2011). Three additional views - 1, 2, 3, the lych-gate which also serves as the War Memorial, and the wooden porch, all © Dennis Harper (2021). Link. Grade II listed. Older maps mark an Independent Chapel on School Road at SO 9217 6578. In all likelihood, this will have been the Congregational Church of 1836 mentioned on the village Wikipedia entry. A 2019 Streetview shows the housing built on the site. I've been unable to find a photo, or discover when it was closed or demolished.
Wychnor, Staffordshire, St. Leonard. © Bruce Read.
Wyck Rissington, Gloucestershire, St. Laurence. A plaque commemorating Gustav Holst's short time as the church organist. Both © John Salmon.
Wycliffe, Co. Durham, St. Mary. Interior view, and a hogback tombstone. All © Kenneth Paver (2015). Grade I listed.
Wyddial, Hertfordshire, St. Giles. © Tim Tomlinson.
Wye, Kent.
Wyfordby, Leicestershire, St. Mary. From an old postcard in Reg Dosell's Collection. Two modern views - 1, 2, both © Chris Stafford (2015), who said the church looked a bit down at heel. Grade II listed.
Wyham, Lincolnshire,the former All Saints. It hasn't been seen by Streetview, but a photo is available here. TF 2778 9510. Grade II lsted.
Wyke, West Yorkshire.
Wyke Champflower, Somerset, 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.
Wykeham, North Yorkshire, All Saints. The former church has been demolished, except for the spire, which now serves as a sort of lych-gate, with a ring of bells. Both © David Regan (2011). Link. The spire is grade II listed - link.
Wylam, Northumberland, St. Oswin. © Peter Morgan. Link.
Wylye, Wiltshire, St. Mary the Virgin. SU 0081 3773. © Bill Henderson. Link1. Link2. Grade II* listed. The former Congregational Chapel (1860) on the charmingly named Teapot Street. This source advises of an earlier chapel, though the exact location is not known. SU 0073 3756. © Chris Kippin (2020).
Wymeswold, Leicestershire, St. Mary. Two further view - 1, 2. Link1. Link2. Grade I listed - link. Methodist Church. Link. All © David Regan (2012).
Wymington, Bedfordshire,
St. Lawrence. SP 9552 6439. From an old postcard in Judy Flynn's Collection. Two modern views - 1, 2, both © David Regan (2017). Link. The grade I listing has some interior photos. Old O.S. maps show a Wesleyan Methodist Chapel on High Street at TL 9555 6429. The most recent Streetview from 2021 shows that it's now Wymington Chapel and Meeting Place. It's dated here to 1870.
Wymondham, Leicestershire, St. Peter. Interior view. SK 8516 1865. Both © Alan Blacklock (2010). Two interior views - 1, 2, and the font, figure of a knight, and a window; the church has some curious carvings, in stone and wood - column capitals - 1, 2, stone head, with lizard, carved wooden head, all © Chris Stafford (2015). The former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel (1891) on Main Street, now derelict. SK 8499 1879. © Richard Roberts (2015). O.S. maps mark a Chapel on Chapel Lane, at SK 8504 1875. Its affiliations are so far uncertain. It was seen by Streetview in 2009.
Wymondham, Norfolk.
Wyre (island), Orkney, the ruinous St. Mary's Chapel. © Tim Flitcroft (2011).
Wyre Piddle, Worcestershire, St. Anne. Another view, two interior views - 1, 2, and the altar and window. Link. Grade B listed. The former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel now in residential use. All © Peter Morgan (2012).
Wyresdale, Lancashire, Methodist Church. © Steve Bulman.
Wysall, Nottinghamshire, Holy Trinity. Three further view - 1, 2, 3. Link1. Link2. Grade I listed - link. The former Methodist Church, built as Wesleyan in 1881, is now in residential use. All © David Regan (2012).
Wyson, Herefordshire, the Methodist Church on Wyson Lane. Originally Primitive Methodist, many sources report an enlargement in 1845, for which there is a date-stone. Another view. SO 5201 6797. Both © Chris Kippin (2021). Link1. Link2.
Wythall, Worcestershire, the former St. Mary on Chapel Lane, now in commercial use. An 1862 church by Preedy, it was closed in 1999 for structural reasons.  A new church is to be built nearby. SP 0728 7488. © John Balaam (2015). Grade II listed. After a number of years of meeting in a variety of locations, the new church was finally completed in 2014. It stands off Shawhurst Lane, as part of the Coppice School site, but it isn't visible on Streetview. Link. The former St. Aiden (R.C., disused) on Station Road. SP 0836 7504. © Peter Morgan (2023).
Wythburn, Cumbria, the chapel, dating from 1640. A partial view of the apse, and the fells across Thirlmere. The grade II listing says it was built on the site of an earlier chapel. NY 3244 1358. Both © Steve Bulman. Another view, © Bill Henderson. A charming old postcard view, from Alan Bulman's Collection. Link.
Wythenshawe, Manchester, Greater Manchester.
Wythop, Cumbria, St. Margaret of Antioch (1865-6). NY 1899 3010. © Malcolm Minshaw. Another view, an interior view, and a stone in the porch with the initials I.F. and date 1673, which must have come from the nearby chapel (built 1673) which St. Margaret replaced - for which see Kelswick, above). All © Steve Bulman (2010). A remarkably tiny Sunday school (1877) stands nearby, and can be seen on a 2010 Streetview here. Link.
Wyton, Cambridgeshire,
the difficult to photograph All Saints. The spire. TL 2778 7222. Both © Jim Rushton. Link. Grade I listed.
Wyton, East Riding of Yorkshire, Methodist Church (originally Wesleyan). © James Murray.
Wyville, Lincolnshire, St. Catherine. Interior view. SK 8808 2939. Both © David Regan (2018). The porch, another interior, and the chancel, all © Chris Stafford (2014). Link. Grade II listed. O.S. maps mark a Chapel south-east of the church, at SK 8836 2917. This is the chapel listed here on Genuki as Wesleyan Methodist "founded before 1900".

 

 
 

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