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Gwithian Methodist Chapel, Church Town, Gwithian
Tree: AHP
Notes:
The last remaining thatched chapel in Cornwall. Deed of 1771 names John Wesley as 'Protector of the Religious Society.'. Present chapel built in 1810.
The Society ceased in 1995, but the chapel was rescued in 1999 and reopened for worship with a display of documents and photographs.
Additional visitor information
Toilets in adjoining public house
Village car parking
Level access
Worship services
Occasional Sunday evening services, especially in summer months.
Churchtown, Gwithian, Near Hayle
Cornwall TR27 5BX
Opening
Easter–October daily, usually 9am–6pm.
If locked, key available next door.
Getting there: SATNAV: TR27 OS: SW585412
Gwithian is located on St Ives Bay and has an excellent beach.
Car: South of Newquay on A30. Take the Hayle turn off, at first roundabout turn right and follow signs.
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Address : Latitude: 50.22062482261358, Longitude: -5.383994248005251| Photos |  | Plot just off the village street (which is nowadays called Churchtown Road) “thirty four feet in length and twenty five feet in width” The Chapel in Gwithian owes its existence to a Cornishman and benefactor, Richard Hockin, described as yeoman and gentleman, of Churchtown Farm. He was a third generation Methodist and, as it happened, third-cousin-once-removed, William Hockin, Rector of Phillack and Gwithian from 1809 to 1853. Richard, born in 1780, had married Mary Jennings in… |
| Gwithian Chapel 2007 https://www.nationalchurchestrust.org/sites/default/files/styles/item_image_custom_user_mobile_1x/public/places/Cornwall%2C%20GWITHIAN%2C%20Methodist%20Chapel%20%282007%29%20%23002.jpg?itok=hJwgSW43 |
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Last Name, Given Name(s)  |
Christening  |
Person ID | Tree | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Glasson, Flora Jane | 25 Mar 1901 | I8187 | AHP |
| 2 | Olds, James Pearce | 16 Feb 1905 | I7357 | AHP |
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| Last Name, Given Name(s) |
Occupation |
Person ID | Tree | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thomas, Antony Charles | 1999 | I4358 | AHP |
Matches 1 to 1 of 1
| Last Name, Given Name(s) |
Residence |
Person ID | Tree | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hockin Jnr (1780), Richard MW1X-VH5(MW1K-D6D) | 9 Jul 1810 | I2820 | AHP |