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Demolished.
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Primitive Methodist Chapel (Demolished),
Selsley Hill (B4066), Stanley End,
Selsley, Kings Stanley, 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 before 1863, but we understand it was closed in 1972.

This former place of worship first came to my attention in a notice in The London Gazette of 1st February 1972 (p.1307) as one of the buildings on that date which "have wholly ceased to be used as places of worship by the congregations on whose behalf they were certified in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855". Its address was recorded as "Methodist Chapel, Stanley End, King's Stanley", and its original certification was dated 14th December 1863.

Its location is indicated on early Old Maps, in a plot between what is now the Old Vicarage and the former School House. It seems to have been a small square building, close to the road, which now appears to have been demolished, though it is still possible to see what may have been its gateway. "Stanleyend" is the name of a nearby farm. It is also mentioned by the Victoria County History series: A History of the County of Gloucester, Volume 10: Westbury and Whitstone Hundreds (1972), pp.266-267 (Kings Stanley - Nonconformity) as a small brick chapel, built 1863, which continued in use until around 1965 - seemingly several years before it was de-registered for worship.

Denomination

Now or formerly Primitive Methodist.

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 SO8345604064. You can see this on various mapping systems. Note all links open in a new window:

• Primitive Methodist Chapel (Demolished), Selsley, Kings Stanley shown on a Google Map.
• Places of Worship in Kings Stanley 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 Selsley, Kings Stanley, 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 10: Westbury and Whitstone Hundreds (null) (verified 2018-11-06)
• 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.