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Author Archives: Matt Davis
Featured Chapel: Memorial Baptist Chapel, Hastings, East Sussex
Matt Davis pieces together some hidden history on the south coast… Thomas Elworthy (1826–1899) is little known outside his adopted home town of Hastings, East Sussex, but he was a key part of civic life throughout the Victorian era. He … Continue reading
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Featured Chapel: Rutland Hall, Hove, Sussex
Matt Davis takes a look at a neat little chapel in his home town… Poets Corner is a densely built network of terraced streets north of Portland Road in what was originally the parish of Aldrington, annexed by Hove Borough … Continue reading
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Featured Chapel: Lapworth Community Church (The Lees Chapel)
Matt Davis visits the Warwickshire–West Midlands borderlands… Any chapel-crawlers alighting at the lightly-used Lapworth railway station in Warwickshire are probably visiting the famous Umberslade Baptist Church – one of the exemplars of Victorian Birmingham’s Nonconformist confidence, now owned by the … Continue reading
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Now available: Communities of Dissent 1850–1914
The fourth volume of the Chapels Society’s Journal series, Communities of Dissent 1850–1914, has been published and is now available for purchase. This high-quality, full-colour publication features the three lectures given as part of the Society’s ‘Communities of Dissent’ conference … Continue reading
Sunnyhill Church, Corfe Mullen
Matt Davis finds an eye-catching chapel with an interesting history… Corfe Mullen is a pleasant place on the Dorset Heaths: a large village on the cusp of being a small town, and indeed Town Council status has recently been sought. … Continue reading
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