Some facts about the Ruardean Congregational Chapel (Announce)

by admin , Forest of Dean, Saturday, December 26, 2009, 08:18 (5478 days ago) @ unknown

Another house was licensed for the mission in 1782 and a chapel was built in the village in 1798. During the ministry of John Horlick, 1801-51, who also served Mitcheldean, the congregation grew; in 1804 a gallery was erected in the chapel and in 1813 the building was enlarged. Horlick, who in 1808 registered a collier's house for worship, claimed an average congregation of 130 for the chapel in 1851. The meeting, later called Congregational, had 25 members in 1900. The chapel closed after 1960 and was used as a carpenter's store and was in disrepair in the late 1980s.

http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=23261

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Planning Application Search

Location: The Old Chapel The Square Ruardean Gloucestershire GL17 9TJ

Development: Alterations and conversion of existing chapel to create a dwelling and ancillary self contained granny flat. Construction of new vehicular access. (Revised scheme).

http://www.fdean.gov.uk/nqcontent.cfm?a_id=6918&tt=graphic&externalurl=planning...

As this 2007 Planning Application was refused, there probably was a revised application submitted later but I'm unable to locate any reference to it.

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Many of my own Watkins extended family attended the Congregational Chapel

Ruardean Organist for 36 Years