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Foxcote Baptist Chapel,
Foxcote Village,
Foxcote, Withington, Gloucestershire.

Cemeteries

We believe the Chapel did 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 1831, though it is now closed, but we don't yet know when.

This place of worship first came to my notice in Places recorded by the Registrar General under the provisions of the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 (2010). Further investigation revealed the following notice in The London Gazette of 4th August 1840 (p.1804):

Notice is hereby given, that a separate building, named Foxcote Baptist Chapel, situated at Foxcote, in the parish of Withington, in the county of Gloucester, in the district of Northleach, being a building certified according to law as a place of religious worship, was on the 15th day of July 1840, duly registered for solemnizing marriages therein, pursuant to the Act of 6th and 7th William 4, chap.85. Dated 25th July 1840.

A return was also made for the Religious Census of 1851 for "Foxcoatte Chapel" (HO 129/341/2/6/14), when its Deacon, Jacob Short, of 25 Exmouth St, Cheltenham, recorded that it was erected in 1831, as a separate and exclusive place of worship for Particular Baptists. There were 110 sittings, all free, with an average attendance of 45 to afternoon service, and 60 in the evenings. There were 55 Sunday Scholars.

It is situated on the right side of the gateway to Foxcote Manor, next door to Chapel Cottage.

Denomination

Now or formerly Particular Baptist.

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 Chapel was located at OS grid reference SP0122218198. You can see this on various mapping systems. Note all links open in a new window:

• Foxcote Baptist Chapel, Foxcote, Withington shown on a Google Map.
• Places of Worship in Withington 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 Foxcote, Withington, and perhaps to Local History and Places of Worship as a whole.

• Places recorded by the Registrar General under the provisions of the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 (2010) is available as a "Freedom of Information" document on the website What Do They Know. (verified 2018-10-14)
• Notices of Civil Registration of Places of Worship for marriages are published in the London edition of The Gazette. Hint: search for registrations from 1998 by choosing 'Church' notices, and the option 'Registration for solemnising marriage'. (verified 2018-12-11)

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.