Hampshire and the Isle of Wight

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. The Registrar General did not list a handful of chapels from both denominations.  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. There are three examples in the following list. We have also discovered that the official location may not be the same as the name by which the chapel is commonly described.

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

Note the strength of the Bible Christians in the Isle of Wight, but also the two other clusters. The Free methodist presence was more restricted.

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