Chapels · West Midlands
Gadfield Elm Chapel
In or near Castlemorton.
Gadfield Elm Chapel — church in Worcestershire, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 20 min–45 min
- Free entry
About
Gadfield Elm Chapel is a chapel in the United Kingdom. Wikidata describes it as: "church in Worcestershire, United Kingdom". Coordinates: 51.9796°, -2.3152°.
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Protected designations
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Cotswolds
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
The Gadfield Elm Chapel near the village of Pendock in Worcestershire, England, is the oldest surviving chapel of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
The structure was built in 1836 as a religious meeting house by the United Brethren, a group of breakaway Primitive Methodists led by Thomas Kington. In 1840 Latter Day Saint missionary and apostle Wilford Woodruff preached among the United Brethren; ultimately all but one of the 600 members converted to Mormonism. After the conversions, the structure was deeded to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints by Kington and John Benbow. As a chapel of the early Latter Day Saint movement, the building was a centre of activity for the church in the Malvern Hills area. Several regional conferences of the church were held in the chapel, and Brigham Young, who at the time was President of the…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 51.9796, -2.3152
- County
- Worcestershire
- District
- Malvern Hills
- Parish
- Eldersfield
- Postcode
- GL19 3PB
- Parliamentary constituency
- West Worcestershire
Sources
- wikidata: Q3850047 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Gadfield Elm Chapel (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: The oldest Mormon Chapel in the world, Gadfield Elm - geograph.org.uk - 3613.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Gadfield Elm Chapel?
- Gadfield Elm Chapel is in Worcestershire, the West Midlands, United Kingdom (postcode GL19 3PB), in the parish of Eldersfield.
- What is Gadfield Elm Chapel?
- Gadfield Elm Chapel — church in Worcestershire, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Gadfield Elm Chapel?
- Drivers can use postcode GL19 3PB.
- Is Gadfield Elm Chapel a protected site?
- Yes — Gadfield Elm Chapel is part of the Cotswolds National Landscape (AONB).
- Is Gadfield Elm Chapel free to visit?
- Yes, Gadfield Elm Chapel is free to enter.
- How do I get to Gadfield Elm Chapel?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode GL19 3PB. It sits within the West Worcestershire parliamentary constituency.