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Bannut Tree Chapel,
Tabram's Pitch,
Nailsworth, 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 the 14th century, but we understand it was closed before 1538.

According to the Victoria County History series: A History of the County of Gloucester, Volume 11: Bisley and Longtree Hundreds (1976), pp.215-216 (Nailsworth - Churches) "there seems little reason to doubt the 18th-century tradition that a chapel of ease to Avening anciently existed at Nailsworth or that it was the surviving building at Bannut Tree House." The VCH account then goes on to explain that this chapel may have gone out of use before the Reformation, leaving Nailsworth without a place of worship for the established church until in 1794, when "at the instigation of several prominent inhabitants, led by Jeremiah Day, an episcopal chapel was built by subscription."

Day's chapel remained unconsecrated because (it is suggested) it had uncertain foundations, and an uncertain income, till in 1900 it was pulled down, and replaced by the present St George's Church. Conversely, Bannut Chapel is now Grade II Listed. The British Listed Buildings website account indicates that at the time Day's chapel was being built (late 18th century), it was a stable. Then in the 19th century it became a dwelling house. It is of one and a half storeys, with various more recent additions, but with 14th century tracery, said to have come from Horsley church.

Denomination

Now or formerly Roman Catholic.

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 ST8511399653. You can see this on various mapping systems. Note all links open in a new window:

• Bannut Tree Chapel, Nailsworth shown on a Google Map.
• Places of Worship in Nailsworth 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 Nailsworth, 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 11: Bisley and Longtree Hundreds (null) (verified 2018-11-06)
• Learn more about Buildings of special or historical interest on the British Listed Buildings (null) (verified 2018-09-19)

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.