Gloucestershire Places of Worship

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Bethel Chapel, Kempley
Bethel Chapel,
Wantridge,
Kempley, 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 1856, though it is now closed, but we don't yet know when.

Kelly's Directory of 1923 records Kempley had a Baptist Chapel, built in 1856, whilst a plaque on the gable end records its name - "Bethel Chapel" - and its date of foundation.

It is listed in Places recorded by the Registrar General under the provisions of the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 (2010), as having a congregation of Particular Baptists.

Although it now appears to be closed for worship, the notice board on the wall adjacent to the street has current notices posted, suggesting the building is still in communal use.

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 SO6769228885. You can see this on various mapping systems. Note all links open in a new window:

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 Kempley, and perhaps to Local History and Places of Worship as a whole.

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 9 Dec 2011 at 10:38.

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This Report was created 9 Oct 2024 - 02:34:45 BST 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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