Building record 7090 - Penri Memorial Chapel, Gorse Stacks

Congregational Chapel opened in 1894 on Gorse Street in Chester for Welsh Congregation formerly from Back Brook Street (CHER 7070). It was later sold to the Welsh Baptists in 1898; the chapel has subsequently closed and is currently awaiting disposal (1).

First edition OS Mapping of 1874 shows that there is no chapel on the site (2). The chapel is present on second edition OS Maps of 1899 and is referred to a Congressional Chapel (3). On the third edition OS Map of 1911 refers to the chapel as Welsh Baptist (4).

<1> Smithson, A.M., 2010, 'An Army of Ordinary People': religious Nonconformism in Chester and South-West Cheshire 18th-20th Centuries, Appendix A (Unpublished Report). SCH6834.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1871-1882, Ordnance Survey County Series (Epoch 1) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ4066 (Maps and Plans). SCH2462.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1896-1898, Ordnance Survey First Revision County Series (Epoch 2) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ4066 (Maps and Plans). SCH3848.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1909-1912, Ordnance Survey Second Revision County Series (Epoch 3) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ4066 (Maps and Plans). SCH4361.