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MORICE STREET METHODIST CHAPEL, DEVONPORT

The Morice Street Wesleyan Chapel was situated in Morice Street, Devonport, between Granby Street and Cannon Street.

This Chapel started as the "Higher Room" in Princes Street, Devonport, where workers from the parent Ker Street Chapel began services. The Chapel was erected in 1807. [1]

In celebration of its centenary, the building was re-decorated and re-seated. [1]

The Chapel was sold as part of a scheme started in December 1924 to reorganise Methodism in Devonport. It was amalgamated with the Ker Street Methodist Chapel and a new Devonport Methodist Mission was created. Both Chapels were replaced in 1926 by the Devonport Methodist Central Hall in Fore Street. [2]

Sources:

[1] "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.

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