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GLOUCESTER STREET METHODIST CHAPEL, DEVONPORT

The Gloucester Street Wesleyan Chapel was located on the north side of Gloucester Street, Devonport, at the corner with Charlotte Street.

It was also known as the New Passage and Morice Town Chapel. [1]

In 1811, a few years after a Sunday School was established in Tamar Street at Morice Town, a Chapel was erected in Gloucester Street at a cost of £4,500. It was first registered as a religious meeting place on May 9th 1812. [2]

The Chapel was enlarged in 1838. [3]

In 1878 a new Chapel was erected but by 1913 even this one was inadequate to the requirements of the district. [4]

From 1887 the Gloucester Street Chapel was leased by the Salvation Army from the St Aubyn estate. [5]

Gloucester Street Methodist Chapel, Devonport.

The Gloucester Street Chapel became the head of a new Devonport (Gloucester Street) Circuit in 1893 and supported the Chapels at Morice Street, Ford, and St Budeaux, along with Torpoint, Antony and Wilcove in Cornwall. In time Keyham and Camel's Head Chapels joined the Circuit. [4]

Sources (incomplete):

[1] Source not recorded: being re-investigated.

[2] Source not recorded: being re-investigated.

[3] Source not recorded: being re-investigated.

[4] "Wesleyan Methodist Church: Conference Handbook and Souvenir: Plymouth 1913", printed by Messrs William Brendon & Son Ltd, Plymouth, 1913, courtesy of the Reverend John Haley of Ridgeway Methodist Church, Plympton, and and Mr Chris Crouch, the Property & Facilities Officer at the Circuit Office, Devonport.

[5] Source not recorded: being re-investigated.

Photograph - "Wesleyan Methodist Church: Conference Handbook and Souvenir: Plymouth 1913", printed by Messrs William Brendon & Son Ltd, Plymouth, 1913, courtesy of the Reverend John Haley of Ridgeway Methodist Church, Plympton, and and Mr Chris Crouch, the Property & Facilities Officer at the Circuit Office, Devonport.