Registered Wesleyan Methodist places of worship in Worcestershire, 1867

This is a list of chapels that had been registered by 1867, derived from ‘A list of places of meeting for public religious worship, certified to the Registrar General’.   Remember that registration was not compulsory. The 1873 Wesleyan accommodation returns list 72 places of worship, and we are not aware of major revivals at this time. As registration was valid until cancelled, however, there may be duplication: i.e.  both the old and new chapels in a place may be listed. This is clearly the case in a number of places in Worcestershire. We have also discovered that the official location may not be the same as the name by which the chapel is commonly described.

Historically Worcestershire had very complex boundaries, which have been simplified since 1867. For convenience the chapels in the Borough of Dudley, which was administratively part of Worcestershire are shown on the page for Staffordshire. Most of the Dudley Registration District was properly part of Staffordshire.

Unless otherwise stated each of these places of worship is described as a chapel.

The numbers on the list relate to places, and match those on the map. The base map is provided under this licence

Most of the chapels in Worcestershire were part of the Birmingham and Shrewsbury District, although those in the south of the county were in the Bristol District. For information about their capacity, go to The returns of accommodation of 1873  The chapels are also mapped on Plates 3 and 7 of The Wesleyan Methodist Atlas  At this slightly later date ther appear to have been a further twenty-six chapels.

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