Building record 7178 - Evangelical Chapel in Waverton

This is a Evangelical Chapel in Waverton, the chapel opened in 1849, as a Calvinist Methodist chapel, and has subsequently been used by the denomination Welsh Presbyterian. The chapel is still functioning today, however it is used by the Evangelical denomination (1).

The chapel appears on first, second and third edition OS Mapping of 1874 (2), 1898 (3) and 1911 (4) respectively, which states it is of a Presbyterian denomination suggesting that the change in denomination from Calvinist Methodist occurred prior to 1874 (5).

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2010, 'An Army of Ordinary People': religious Nonconformism in Chester and South-West Cheshire 18th-20th Centuries (Unpublished Report).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

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1871-1882, Ordnance Survey County Series (Epoch 1) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ4531 (Maps and Plans). SCH2462.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1896-1898, Ordnance Survey First Revision County Series (Epoch 2) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ4531 (Maps and Plans). SCH3848.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1909-1912, Ordnance Survey Second Revision County Series (Epoch 3) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ4531 (Maps and Plans). SCH4361.

<5> Various, Various, Oral communication to the HER, Nash, J: 13/02/2013 (Oral Communication). SCH2330.