St Giles's Chapel, Hereford, Herefordshire, Church History

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St Giles's Chapel, Hereford

St Giles's Chapel,
St Owen Street, HR1 2QF,
Hereford, Herefordshire.

Cemeteries

We believe the Chapel 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 1682, and we understand it is still open.

The website for the benefice of St Peter & St James tells us that St Giles's Chapel has occupied its present site in St Owen Street since 1927, when it was moved from the corner St Owen Street and Ledbury Road. Chapel services were held originally for the occupants of St Giles' Almshouses, but are now open to everyone.
The Chapel is shown in its original position on OS 1904 1:2,500, adjacent to St Giles's Hospital. It would appear it was moved stone by stone, as the present building looks older than 1927. This is confirmed by its entry on the British Listed Buildings website, which states it was founded about 1682. The site also mentions a bellcote (possibly sanctus), and a corbelled tablet and hood inscribed "Ricardus Cox 1682".

Denomination

Now or formerly Church of England.

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 is located at OS grid reference SO5161539634. You can see this on various mapping systems. Note all links open in a new window:

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

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.

Information last updated on 7 Mar 2013 at 08:44.

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This Report was created 22 Dec 2024 - 18:19:36 GMT from information held in the Herefordshire section of the Places of Worship Database. This was last updated on 7 Feb 2019 at 13:34.

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