Clements End Methodist Church, Clements End, Coleford, Gloucestershire, Church History

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Clements End Methodist Church, Clements End, Coleford

Clements End Methodist Church,
Clements End Road, GL16 8LL,
Clements End, Coleford, Gloucestershire.

Cemeteries

We believe the Church does NOT have a graveyard.
Note: any church within an urban environment may have had its graveyard closed after the Burial Act of 1853. Any new church built after that is unlikely to have had a graveyard at all.

Church History

This Place of Worship was founded in 1856, and we understand it is still open.

Clements End Road is off Oakwood Road, the main route through the Forest at this point, and is not therefore visible on Google StreetView. It is possible however to appreciate its setting, on one of the flat 'common' areas backing onto the forest.
Its position is shown on Old Maps, for instance OS 1878-1881 1:2,500, where it is labelled as "Bible Christian". According to the Victoria County History series: A History of the County of Gloucester, Volume 5: Bledisloe Hundred, St Briavels Hundred, The Forest of Dean (1996), pp.396-404 (Forest of Dean - Nonconformity) it was built in 1869 "on the south-western side of the Forest" to serve an area where preaching had begun in 1856.
It is still shown as a Bible Christian Chapel on OS Maps of 1922, but by 1924 it is labelled as "U.M. Ch", and on the 1960-68 series as "Meth Ch". Interestingly, it must be one of the few formerly Bible Christian Chapel buildings in the Forest to survive in situ to the present day. To appreciate its position, you may like to see photographs, and a description, on the website of the Gloucestershire Methodist Circuit.

Denomination

Now or formerly Bible Christian.

If more than one congregation has worshipped here, or its congregation has united with others, in most cases this will record its original dedication.

Maps

This Church is located at OS grid reference SO5901007206. You can see this on various mapping systems. Note all links open in a new window:

Clements End Methodist Church, Clements End, Coleford shown on a Google Map.
Places of Worship in Coleford shown on a Google Map.
Streetmap.co.uk (arrow on map shows the Place of Worship's location) (verified 2018-10-15)
Bing (Ordnance Survey option) (verified 2018-10-13)
Bing Maps ('Bird's Eye' View) (verified 2018-10-15)
Ordnance Survey "getamap" (NB some of the 'Change Map' options may require a subscription) (verified 2018-10-15)
OpenStreetMap (Maps © OpenStreetMap contributors, CC-BY-SA) (verified 2018-10-15)
A Vision of Britain Through Time - useful for Boundary Changes (verified 2018-10-15)
www.magic.gov.uk (Modern Maps with various overlays) (verified 2018-10-15)

Resources

I have found many websites of use whilst compiling the information for this database. Here are some which deserve mention as being of special interest for Clements End, Coleford, and perhaps to Local History and Places of Worship as a whole.

The Victoria County History series: A History of the County of Gloucester, Volume 5: Bledisloe Hundred, St Briavels Hundred, The Forest of Dean (null) (verified 2018-11-06)
“Home to 44 (in 2019) places of worship across diverse rural and city communities” - the Gloucestershire Methodist Circuit (null) (verified 2019-01-26)

The above links were selected and reviewed at the time I prepared the information, but please be aware their content may vary, or disappear entirely. These factors are outside my control.

Information last updated on 26 Jan 2019 at 14:44.

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This Report was created 25 Nov 2024 - 09:26:36 GMT from information held in the Gloucestershire section of the Places of Worship Database. This was last updated on 13 Oct 2021 at 14:13.

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