Herefordshire Through Time
Herefordshire Through Time
Historic Environment Record reference no. 37142, Ordnance Survey grid reference: SO 5060 3250
A building which is marked as a Methodist Chapel on the 1st Edition Ordnance Survey map of 1887.
HER no. 35566, OS grid ref: SO 4025 7100
Adforton is a small village in the north of the county, close to the Shropshire border. Not far from the parish church of St. Andrew stands the Primitive Methodist Chapel.
It is of rough stone with red brick dressings and a slate roof. There are double doors at the front flanked by a large pointed-arch window. Above the door is a date stone which reads "Primitive Methodist Chapel Erected 1863 - Hitherto The Lord Hath Helped Us".
The chapel is quite large with an attached building, possibly a schoolroom, to the north.
The chapel is marked on the 1st Edition OS map of 1890 but does not appear to be in use today as a place of worship.
HER no. 36597, OS grid ref: SO 4451 3532
A building to the north of Hungerstone House, which is marked as a Wesleyan Methodist Chapel on the 1st Edition OS map of 1887 but is not marked as a place of worship on modern OS maps.
HER no. 36598, OS grid ref: SO 4542 3558
A chapel near to Cobhall Common, marked as a Primitive Methodist Chapel on the 1887 1st Edition OS map, but not marked on modern OS maps.
HER no. 5424, OS grid ref: SO 3320 5240
A two-storey timber-framed building with plaster infills and a tiled roof. Built by Robert Pritchard as a Meeting House c.1672 and given to the Society of Friends in 1675.
The building is of two bays, aligned north-west/south-west, with entry via a timber-framed porch. There is an attached sandstone rubble chimney-stack, which houses a baking oven. There is a two-flight staircase with moulded handrail that leads up to a gallery.
HER no. 35601, OS grid ref: SO 3338 5250
Almeley Chapel is situated at Almeley Wootton, which is ¾ of a mile from the village of Almeley. It is a polychrome (multicoloured) brick building with a pyramid-shaped roof, arched double doorway and round window above. On each side wall are three windows.
The chapel was opened in 1870 as a Primitive Methodist Chapel in the Weobley Circuit. An article in the Weobley Circuit Quarterly Magazine of 1913 records the dedication of George Williams who was born in 1844. He converted to Methodism in 1861 and became a lay preacher. His daughter was organist and Superintendent of the Sunday School and later became a lay preacher of the Weobley Circuit.
At one time the chapel had a resident preacher - the Reverend Hardy - who lodged with a local couple.
Camp Meetings were regularly held in a field adjacent to the chapel. A Quaker Meeting House lies only some 200 yards below the chapel and there was often friendly interaction between the two. When the Quakers held their monthly meeting, which would last all day, the Methodist Chapel was used to serve lunch. This favour was returned when the Methodist Chapel was closed for refurbishment as the Quakers allowed them to use their Meeting House for services.
(Information taken from Fred Bluck, Methodism in the Marches)
HER no. 36914, OS grid ref: SO 3526 5219
Woonton is a small hamlet just to the east of Almeley village. The chapel is on the right hand side of the road leading away from Almeley. The chapel is of a good size with a wide porch with yellow brick dressings at the front, flanked by two windows. Above the porch is a round window, which has yellow brick dressings. The chapel has decorative barge boards, simply carved.
On the porch a datestone reads "Friends Meeting House 1888". In front of the chapel is a low stone wall of red, yellow and blue brick with low pillars at the gateway and taller pillars at the ends. The chapel is now in use as a private house.
HER no. 31434, OS grid ref: SO 4250 6494
Shown on the 1840 tithe map as a house and garden under the ownership of Reverend T. T. Lewis. The date stone above the small porch reads: 1884 Methodist Chapel.
The chapel is found close to the centre of Aymestrey village, not far up a slope opposite the Village Hall. The building is of corrugated iron that has been painted a light pink colour. The chapel is now closed and in quite a run-down state. The low wall at the front is falling down and the doors are hanging off their hinges.
At one time the chapel would have been an attractive building with beautiful views over fields and woodland. The ornate barge boards have weathered reasonably well and stained glass can still be seen in the windows. It is a shame to see such an quaint chapel in such a state but the location and the building still inspire.
HER no. 35568, OS grid ref: SO 4025 6660
Around the middle of the 19th century there was a small society of Methodists at Upper Lye.
Later land was obtained from a Samuel Childs to build a chapel at Lower Lye. By 1946 this chapel had been closed and permission to sell had been granted. By this time the structure was in poor condition and was sold as building materials only. The graveyard attached to the chapel was sold to Mr. H. A. Edwards, whose family was buried there.
(Information taken from Fred Bluck, Methodism in the Marches)