Downicary Methodist Church
Launceston Cornwall
PL15 9RU
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Downicary Methodist Church St. Giles on the Heath is permanently closed
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Downicary Methodist Church St. Giles on the Heath is permanently closed
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Downicary Methodist Church History
The original Downicary Chapel, erected by Wesleyans in 1815, was the first chapel founded by non-conformists in the Parish and worship at it and its replacement, built in 1861, lasted almost two centuries. At the time of its 150th anniversary in 1965, Spencer Toy of Launcestion did some valuable research into its history and wrote:-
"A Methodist Society was probably formed at Downicary in the second half of the eighteenth century. Tradition has it that John Wesley met the members in the small building, now known as ‘the hen house’, a little way down the field west of the present chapel. This may or may not have been the case. The present writer can find no mention of it in Wesley’s Journal, but, on the other hand, the tradition has survived orally for two hundred years. Wesley might have gone to the place, when travelling eastward after visiting Week St Mary, perhaps in September 1760 or 1762."
An old plan suggests that ‘the hen house’ was the first chapel - even before that erected in 1815. However, 1815 has always been taken as the foundation year, as, on 26th August that year, Francis Northey, described as "a yeoman of Bradwoodwedger", granted a 999 year lease for ten shiilings (and, if demanded, an annual ground rent of one grain of wheat) of "a piece of land at Downeycery", 55 feet in length and 35 feet in breadth, to nine trustees "who are about to erect on the said land so granted a Methodist Chapel which is to be used for the sole purpose of worshipping Almighty God and preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ", according to the doctrines expounded in John Wesley’s Notes upon the New Testament and in the volumes of his sermons....
From: https://www.broadwoodwidger-lhs.info/downicary-chapel/
"A Methodist Society was probably formed at Downicary in the second half of the eighteenth century. Tradition has it that John Wesley met the members in the small building, now known as ‘the hen house’, a little way down the field west of the present chapel. This may or may not have been the case. The present writer can find no mention of it in Wesley’s Journal, but, on the other hand, the tradition has survived orally for two hundred years. Wesley might have gone to the place, when travelling eastward after visiting Week St Mary, perhaps in September 1760 or 1762."
An old plan suggests that ‘the hen house’ was the first chapel - even before that erected in 1815. However, 1815 has always been taken as the foundation year, as, on 26th August that year, Francis Northey, described as "a yeoman of Bradwoodwedger", granted a 999 year lease for ten shiilings (and, if demanded, an annual ground rent of one grain of wheat) of "a piece of land at Downeycery", 55 feet in length and 35 feet in breadth, to nine trustees "who are about to erect on the said land so granted a Methodist Chapel which is to be used for the sole purpose of worshipping Almighty God and preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ", according to the doctrines expounded in John Wesley’s Notes upon the New Testament and in the volumes of his sermons....
Downicary Methodist Church FAQs
Question: Where is Downicary Methodist Church located?
Answer: Downicary Methodist Church is located at St. Giles on the Heath, Launceston, Cornwall.
Question: What time is service at Downicary Methodist Church?
Answer: Downicary Methodist Church St. Giles on the Heath is permanently closed
Question: What denominaiton is Downicary Methodist Church?
Answer: Downicary Methodist Church belongs to Methodist Church denomination and is affiliated with .
Answer: Downicary Methodist Church is located at St. Giles on the Heath, Launceston, Cornwall.
Question: What time is service at Downicary Methodist Church?
Answer: Downicary Methodist Church St. Giles on the Heath is permanently closed
Question: What denominaiton is Downicary Methodist Church?
Answer: Downicary Methodist Church belongs to Methodist Church denomination and is affiliated with .
Open our ears.
Blessed Lord, open our ears to hear what Thou speakest and our eyes to see as Thou seest. Give us hearts to beat in sympathy with Thine at the sight of every little child; and above all, our Lord, to understand and experience how surely and how blessedly Thou fulfilest Thy promise, "Whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth me."
Downicary Methodist Church listing was last updated on the 21st of March, 2022
