Herefordshire Through Time
Herefordshire Through Time
Historic Environment Record reference no. 31447, Ordnance Survey grid reference: SO 5230 5653
On the 1889 First Edition OS map the building is not marked as a chapel but on the 1964 map it is, suggesting a conversion to a chapel at some time after 1889. It is situated on the left bank of the river near to the railway crossing. It was entirely rebuilt in 1961 apparently on the old foundations.
The building is of grey stone with the entrance on the longer side via a small porch. Above the porch is a good sized round-headed window with decorative stone emphasising the curve.
The building is almost completely hidden by trees.
HER no. 36604, OS grid ref: SO 5954 3396
A Baptist Chapel at Oldway. The present chapel was opened in 1884 by Henry Rogers, Mayor of Hereford and an ardent Baptist. This chapel took over from an earlier chapel and manse that were built c.1826 and are situated nearby. The mayor and his wife are buried in Oldway cemetery.
The manse and its adjoining chapel also functioned as a "Gough Charitable School" (see under Huntington) and the baptistry still exists under the floorboards of the wing of the manse.
(With thanks to the Revd. David V. Clarke)
[Original author: Miranda Greene, 2003]