Chapel

  • Chrishall Chapel Graveyard

    Chrishall Chapel Graveyard

    v 53 1 Nathan Ives, Chrishall 10.9.1916 76 2 William Bond, Chrishall 20.1.1917 86 3 Joseph Flack (Church Hill) 1.8.1917 75 4 Stephen Drury, Chrishall 10.4.1918 70 5 Elsie Annie Clarke 1918 15 6 Frank Drury, Chrishall 28.11.1918 30 7 Harry William Charles Flack, High St., Chrishall 15.8.1920 12 days 8 Oswald Cranwell, Chrishall 29.3.1922…

  • Charles Clarke obituary

    Death of Mr C Clarke,  Chrishall This obituary first appeared in the Saffron Walden Weekly, 1959. Great loss to Methodism It is with great regret that we record the sudden death of Mr Charles Clarke of Church Road Chrishall at the age of 79 years. A native of the village, Mr Clarke was a man…

  • History of Chrishall Methodist Chapel

    History of Chrishall Methodist Chapel

    The following article was written some years ago by Margaret Richardson. Founding of Chrishall Methodist Chapel The church was started on the 5th May 1838 by two men from Upwell in Norfolk who founded the Saffron Walden Methodist Circuit. The church met in what is now Camps Cottage in Broad Green and soon expanded into an…

  • Laying foundation stone of the school room at the Chapel

    Laying foundation stone of the school room at the Chapel

    Laying of the foundation stone to the school room which was an extension to the Chapel and is now the village hall.  This photograph was taken in front of the cottages that stood to the left of the chapel and can be seen here. Far left, Eric Mancer, Mrs Langford (9th from left, front row,…

  • Chrishall Chapel Interior

    Chrishall Chapel Interior

    This lovely close-up of the picture above shows clearly the front of the chapel. (I love the row of useful coat pegs at the back).

  • Chapel and Cottages

    Chapel and Cottages

    This photograph shows the cottages that used to stand to the left of the chapel.  The photograph is taken from Wire Farm meadow in front of Faerie Cottage (and I believe thanks are due to the Rogers family for this lovely photograph). In the close up below you can clearly see the little chap standing…