20-755: Bethel Chapel may refer to: United Kingdom [ edit ] England [ edit ] Bethel Chapel, Guildford , Surrey Bethel Strict Baptist Chapel, Robertsbridge , East Sussex Bethel Chapel, Shelf , West Yorkshire Wales [ edit ] Bethel Chapel, Abernant Bethel Chapel, Gadlys Bethel Baptist Chapel, Llanelli Bethel Chapel, Miskin Bethel Chapel, Ynysybwl United States [ edit ] Bethel Chapel AME Church , Louisiana, Missouri Bethel Chapel Pentecostal Church, Granite City, Illinois See also [ edit ] Bethel Church (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
40-417: A call to the pastorate at Bethel, expressing a desire to remain in his post until death. He died on 12 June 1953, at the age of sixty-one. He left four children. There is a small memorial to Mr. Wiltshire in the chapel. The second pastor at Bethel, Mr. P. Buss, served from 1981 to 1985. On 1 January 2018 Mr James Taylor became the current pastor. Studley, Wiltshire Studley is a small village in
60-419: A landowner who rose to the rank of General in the army. Their son Hungerford Crewe (1812–1894) was recorded as holding c.175 acres at Studley; his estate passed to his nephew Robert Milnes, Baron Houghton , later Earl and Marquess of Crewe. In 1996, Robert's great-grandson Raymond O'Neill, Lord O'Neill owned c.160 acres at Studley. Studley's manor house, north-east of the village, was lived in by members of
80-708: A sympathetic extension added in 1930, is still in use. The original furnishings, pulpit, pews and so on are all still in place. Recently the dormer window in the front of the chapel has been repaired. The first pastor of the Bethel was Jabez Wiltshire. Born into a Christian home at Studley in Wiltshire , he was brought into concern for his soul early in life. After conversion he was baptised at Zion Chapel in Trowbridge in April 1914 and began to preach in 1917. In 1925 Mr. Wiltshire accepted
100-411: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Bethel Chapel, Guildford Bethel Chapel, The Bars, Guildford , is an independent reformed Baptist church located in the heart of the historic town of Guildford. The Church was established in 1879 and the present building opened in 1910. The congregation started in 1878 when a few people left
120-467: Is of similar date. Studley was anciently part of the large parish of St Mary's Church, Calne . A dependant chapel had been built at Studley by the 13th century, probably by the lord of the manor, but it had closed by c.1480. Villagers are likely to have used the church at the abbey; since 1540, and until the new parish church was built at Derry Hill in 1840, they had to travel to Bremhill for church services. A small red-brick Wesleyan Methodist chapel
140-494: The River Marden (north of Studley) was replaced by New Mill. This was converted to a corn mill in 1728 and continued working until the mid-20th century, being demolished in 1962. The London-Bristol road meandered through the area now known as Derry Hill before descending steeply towards Chippenham. Between 1787 and 1810 a new, straighter section was built, with a gentler slope; it is still called New Road. The Calne branch of
160-455: The Wilts & Berks Canal was built north of the village, following the far bank of the River Marden , and was fully open by 1810. Traffic on the canal had ceased by the early years of the next century and it was formally abandoned in 1914; it has been under gradual restoration since the late 1990s. The oldest surviving cottages are of stone and thatch, built in the 17th century. Between 1745 and
180-418: The 13th century. It was bought by Edward Hungerford in 1468 and owned by many generations of his descendants. Notables include John (c.1560–1636), George (1637–1712) and Walter (1675–1754), all of whom were returned to Parliament for various seats. In 1803, Studley was among the estates inherited by Henrietta Maria Anna Walker-Hungerford (d.1820) who in 1807 married John Crewe, 2nd Baron Crewe (1772–1835),
200-469: The Hungerford family in the 18th century; it had formal gardens and stood in a small park, and was destroyed by fire c.1800. The nearby farmhouse built in rubble stone in the late 18th century still stands. It is possible that a fulling mill existed in the early 13th century at the start of a local cloth industry. One was certainly standing in 1602, and by the middle of the 17th century, Hassell's Mill on
220-789: The Old Baptist Chapel in Castle Street, dissatisfied with the liturgy there. They hired the basement hall in the Ward Street Halls to hold services in, and on 14 April 1879, a Church was formed on the basis of the Gospel Standard Articles of Faith. A few months later the Church obtained a piece of land in nearby Martyr Road where they erected a temporary chapel built of corrugated iron and known as 'the Tin Chapel'. The name 'Bethel'
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#1732851272420240-468: The county of Wiltshire , England, in the civil parish of Calne Without . Studley is about 3 miles (5 km) south-east of the large town of Chippenham, and 2 miles (3 km) west of the smaller town of Calne . The centre of the village is about 500m north of the A4 national route which connects the two towns. The Cocklemore Brook rises near the village. Nearby villages include Derry Hill (close by on
260-450: The forested nature of the area, settlements have always been scattered. Studley itself is mentioned in 1175 and 1196, and it was closely associated with Stanley Abbey, half a mile to the north-west in Bremhill parish, until its dissolution in 1540. The area was anciently part of Chippenham royal forest . The Wiltshire Victoria County History traces the ownership of Studley manor from
280-481: The junction of the later A4 road and Norley Lane. This was replaced in the early 19th century by an ashlar-faced farmhouse, with two and three storeys, a central square porch, and a wrought iron verandah along its south front. The house and estate were bought by the 5th Marquess of Lansdown in 1912, and the 8th Marquess sold the house in 1981. Now called Rumsey House, it was sold for £1 million in 2000. The two-storey stable block, in brick with ashlar dressings,
300-573: The middle of the next century there was a Black Dog Inn, which gave its name to the hill, and later to Black Dog Halt on the Chippenham and Calne line , at the east end of the village. In 1761 a new pub called the Rose and Crown was opened; renamed the Soho Inn by 1830, it still had that name in 1999. In 2018 it reopened as The Black Dog Inn. There was further building throughout the 19th century, chiefly along
320-460: The other side of the A4), Bremhill , Pewsham , Stanley and Tytherton Lucas . An ancient road between Salisbury and Bristol passed nearby. There were Roman and Romano-British settlements in this area; Roman bricks, and evidence of iron working, can be found in a field on the highest point of the hill. At Buck Hill, south-east of the village, the remains of a Roman villa were found in 1753. Because of
340-476: The roads and lanes, and even more houses appeared in the 20th century. Nevertheless, the community has remained scattered, largely agricultural with grassland, arable, and woodland. The houses had no mains drainage, gas, or electricity until after the Second World War . A small estate south-east of Studley village became known as Rumsey's, and in the 18th century had a house called Studley House, just south of
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380-504: Was given to the building. Although several men who preached at the Tin Chapel were asked to become pastor , none of them accepted the call and the ministry was carried on by visiting preachers. By the early years of the 20th century the church felt the need for a more permanent building. Land was purchased in The Bars, the next road north, where a new chapel was built in red brick with round-headed windows outlined in grey brick. The new Bethel
400-526: Was opened in June 1910, Mr. J.K. Popham of Brighton and Mr. Calcott of Coventry preached at the opening services. The old building was taken over by the Railway Mission. Due to the enclosed nature of the site most light enters the chapel through a large dormer window above the front door. The whole building has a pleasing arts-and-crafts feeling about it. This building, with schoolroom, hall, vestry and toilets in
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