Devon

This is a list of chapels that had been registered by 1867, derived from ‘A list of places of meeting for public religious worship, certified to the Registrar General’.   Remember that registration was not compulsory, Methodist sources suggest that there may have been a further 30 Bible Christian chapels open by this date.  As registration was valid until cancelled, however, there may be duplication: i.e.  both the old and new chapels in a place may be listed. We have also discovered that the official location may not be the same as the name by which the chapel is commonly described. The Registrar General tended to emphasise the parish, for example.

North Devon was the birthplace of the Bible Christian Connexion, and an area of continuing strength, as can be seen from the map. The denominations which became the United Methodist Free Churches originated elsewhere, and their places of worship seem to be along the railway lines of South Devon.

Unless otherwise stated each of these places of worship is described as a chapel.

The numbers on the list relate to places, and match those on the map. The base map is provided under this licence

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