The ramblers chapel..Yorkshire.

Visited this chapel on my last trip to Scotland.the chapel dates back to the 14th century.built for an old medieval mamnor.it sits alone in a field and was next to a war of the roses battlefield.in the 1930's it was restored by a bunch of ramblers hence the name.it was declared redundant in 1980 and is grade two listed and under the care of the churches conservation trust.this was a lovely little place with a real rustic feel to it.loved the crudely made benches/pews

A nice little church in a nice setting but I have my doubts about sitting on any of the pews, they look a bit shaky.

The funt is a bit good, you find interesting sites Mikey, Thanks

Seen this before and always like seeing the photos

St Mary's Chapel Lead is maintained by the 'Friends of Lead' and an annual Service is held. The Remaining box pew and box pulpit are 14th C and likely part of the original fitment. It is most probable that the body of the chapel was filled with box pews as well originally, when this was the chapel to the long lost manor house that belonged to the Tyas family. The interior was probably altered during the time when church/chapel interiors were simplified/reordered. However; the pews are 18th C interlopers evidently, thus not part of the original church upheavals and so are later additions.

Nice set of images Mikey. Have relatives in the immediate area, so know it well.

that place is STUNNING ... dont think the pews coud cope with my beer wieght though

Dirus_Strictus said:

St Mary's Chapel Lead is maintained by the 'Friends of Lead' and an annual Service is held. The Remaining box pew and box pulpit are 14th C and likely part of the original fitment. It is most probable that the body of the chapel was filled with box pews as well originally, when this was the chapel to the long lost manor house that belonged to the Tyas family. The interior was probably altered during the time when church/chapel interiors were simplified/reordered. However; the pews are 18th C interlopers evidently, thus not part of the original church upheavals and so are later additions.

Nice set of images Mikey. Have relatives in the immediate area, so know it well.

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There seems to be a lot of confusion if it's a chapel or a church.I would say it was more of a chapel.often these disused churches and chapels have one or two services a year.I went in one near me late last year.and there had been a wedding in there.sadly some of the guests had left there rubbish behind.

A simple rule of thumb is to look at why it was built and sometimes who built the place. Obviously if Methodist, then Chapel - always to attenders and those of Methodist leanings. If Anglican and built for public worship by the citizens of a village/town etc, then no matter how small the village or the place of worship, it will be correct for the place of worship to go by the title of Church. If the place of worship was built for the private use of the 'Lord of the Manor', a person owning the large house on which the private place of worship is sited or just a small private place of worship situated on private land, then the title is more correctly Chapel.

Yes, it is sad when users of these places leave their rubbish - also seen this. No excuse in my mind - just no thought for others and very selfish!