The Methodist Church, St Martin's, Isles of Scilly is a
Grade II listed
In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Irel ...
chapel in
St Martin's, Isles of Scilly
St Martin's ( kw, Brechiek, meaning "dappled island") is the northernmost populated island of the Isles of Scilly, England. It has an area of .
Description
There are three main settlements on the island - Higher Town, Middle Town and Lower ...
.
History
Bible Christians arrived in St Martin's in the 1820s and built a simple thatched chapel around 1821. This was replaced in 1836 by the current building. In 1876 the chapel was reseated and in 1881 a Sunday School hall was added. In 1907, the Bible Christian Church in England was amalgamated with the
United Methodist Free Churches United Methodist Free Churches, sometimes called Free Methodists, was an English nonconformist community in the last half of the 19th century. It was formed in 1857 by the amalgamation of the Wesleyan Association (which had in 1836 largely absorbed ...
and the
Methodist New Connexion
The Methodist New Connexion, also known as Kilhamite Methodism, was a Protestant nonconformist church. It was formed in 1797 by secession from the Wesleyan Methodists, and merged in 1907 with the Bible Christian Church and the United Methodist F ...
, to form the
United Methodist Church
The United Methodist Church (UMC) is a worldwide mainline Protestant denomination based in the United States, and a major part of Methodism. In the 19th century, its main predecessor, the Methodist Episcopal Church, was a leader in evangelical ...
.
The church is now part of the Isles of Scilly Methodist Circuit.
See also
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St Mary's Methodist Church, Isles of Scilly
St Mary's Methodist Church, Hugh Town is a Methodist church in Hugh Town, Isles of Scilly. It is currently Grade II listed.
History
Bible Christians arrived in the islands and began preaching from the Bishop and Wolf Inn. The first chapel was bui ...
References
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Churches completed in 1836
Methodist churches in Cornwall
Churches in the Isles of Scilly
Grade II listed buildings in Cornwall
St Martin's, Isles of Scilly