Cornwall: Mapping Methodism

Since 2020 the story of Methodism in Cornwall has been the subject of a project “Mapping Methodism”.

“It is planned as the first phase of a wider project to discover and explore the continuing story of Methodism within Cornwall. The participation and involvement of volunteer researchers will provide a unique opportunity for local communities to explore and record their links with Methodism, and to better understand how these frequently extensive links have developed and evolved through time.”

Local researchers have created pages telling the story of 583 individual chapels. Of these there are currently 208 chapels from the United Methodist tradition.

These very informative profiles may be found here

The project is still ongoing, sources available to us have revealed that there were 1100 Methodist chapels in Cornwall, so we can expect more information over time.