Scaleby Hill WM Chapel, Cumberland

Grid ref NY 439636

 

The chapel was built in 1828 at a cost of £80 and in 1851 it had 159 free sittings. In 1873 it had 150 sittings. In 1940 the chapel  had 100 sittings in pews and there were no other rooms. By 1980 the sittings had been reduced to 75. It was closed in 1991 and is now in residential use.

Sources

Cumbria Archives Service Carlisle DFCM1/2/82-97, Carlisle WM District property schedules, 1862-1877

Cumbria Archives Service Carlisle DFCM3/1/43-62 Carlisle WM  District property schedules, 1898-1917

The National Archives HO129/567/2/10

Carlisle Library, 1A287, Methodist property statistics 1940, 1980, 1991

Wesleyan seating returns 1873

Huggon, John, Carlisle Methodism, Part 3, Cumbria Wesley Historical Society, 75, Spring 2015, p10 -11

Site visit July 2013

 

G W Oxley

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  • I bought the chapel and had it converted into a 2 bedroom cottage with plans drawn up by award winning architect Richard Jaques. I lived here with my labrador Dennis until i met and married my husband and lived with him in Hampshire. The cottage was always a lovely home. We kept many of the original features including the wall lamps and the street light. We sold the cottage in 2009

    By Jane Molton (19/09/2022)

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