Dorset

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. 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 United Methodist Free Churches had three chapels in the Dorchester area, whereas the Bible Christian presence was confined to the Isle of Portland. In 1867 there was another chapel in the far west of the county at Churchill, but the area was transferred to Devon at the end of the nineteenth century, so it is shown on the Devon map.

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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