Former Unitarian Chapel (now S-Store Limited), Lye, Worcestershire, Church History

Worcestershire Places of Worship

Other Places of Worship in this Area

Lye, The United Church Lye
(0.04m.)
Lye, The Salvation Army Lye Corps
(0.06m.)
Lye, Christ Church
(0.13m.)
Wollescote, Lye, Bethel Chapel
(0.17m.)
Lye, Mount Sion Chapel
(0.21m.)
Lye, Lye Cemetery
(0.29m.)
Lye, Christadelphian Hall
(0.3m.)
Lye, Former Salem Chapel (now Casa Fina)
(0.3m.)
Cradley, St John
(0.92m.)
Cradley, St Peter
(0.92m.)
Cradley Heath, St Luke
(0.98m.)
Cradley Heath, St Philip
(0.98m.)

Note: distances (in miles) are calculated as the crow flies; it may be further by road or on foot.

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Above Photograph(s)
Copyright of James Barry, Unitarian Church HQ

Former Unitarian Chapel (now S-Store Limited), Lye

Former Unitarian Chapel (now S-Store Limited),
High Street, DY9 8LX,
Lye, Worcestershire.

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 1790, and we understand it is still open.

This former Unitarian Chapel is now commercial premises, providing Data Protection and Storage Management Solutions.
A foundation date of 1790 has been noted on the website of Bethel Chapel, Wollescote, which records a Unitarian Church of that date, led by the Rev. Scott, who "tried to make an impact on the inhabitants (but) they remained hostile despite his best efforts".
The accompanying image is a reproduction of a wood-cut from Pictures of Unitarian Churches, by Emily Sharpe (1901), available in the Document Library of the Unitarians UK website. The text at the bottom of the image reads:
Unitarian Church, Lye Waste, near Stourbridge (Worcestershire)
Founded in 1790, in a hired room by the Rev. James Scott, of Park Lane Chapel, Netherend Cradley. In 1805 a small Church was built, which has been used as a Schoolroom since the new Church was built in 1861.
[Image reproduced by kind permission of James Barry, Unitarian Church HQ]

Denomination

Now or formerly Unitarian.

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 SO9256784351. You can see this on various mapping systems. Note all links open in a new window:

Former Unitarian Chapel (now S-Store Limited), Lye shown on a Google Map.
Places of Worship in Lye 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 Lye, and perhaps to Local History and Places of Worship as a whole.

Information provided on the Bethel Chapel, Wollescote website. (verified 2018-12-06)
The General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches - Unitarians UK (null) (verified 2018-10-10)

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 6 Dec 2018 at 11:47.

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This Report was created 23 Dec 2024 - 11:20:36 GMT from information held in the Worcestershire section of the Places of Worship Database. This was last updated on 7 Feb 2019 at 12:48.

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