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Forest Chapel

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OS grid reference
  
SJ 974 722

Denomination
  
Anglican

Functional status
  
Active

Diocese
  
Material
  
Architectural type
  
Country
  
England

Website
  
Forest Chapel

Opened
  
1834

Province
  
Archdeaconry
  
Forest Chapel httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthu

Location
  
Macclesfield ForestCheshire

Similar
  
St Nicholas' Chapel, Zion Chapel - Chester, St Mary's and St Michael's, All Saints Church - Scholar G, St Luke's Church - Dunham

Forest Chapel stands in an isolated position in the civil parish of Macclesfield Forest and Wildboarclough in Cheshire, England, within the Peak District National Park 4.5 miles (7 km) from Macclesfield. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. It is an Anglican church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield and the deanery of Macclesfield. Its benefice is combined with those of Jenkin Chapel, Saltersford and Holy Trinity, Rainow.

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History

The original chapel was built in 1673. In about 1720 Francis Gastrell, Bishop of Chester noted that it was not consecrated. The chapel was almost entirely rebuilt in 1834.

Exterior

It is built in sandstone with a Kerridge stone-slate roof. The nave and chancel are in one range of five bays. On the south wall is a porch. At the west end is a tower with a saddleback roof and there are louvres in the bell-openings. The tower contains one bell.

Interior

The interior is very plain. On the chancel wall is a white marble memorial to the memory of Rev Samuel Hall, a former minister of the church. Over the porch doorway is a benefaction board. Built into the east end wall is a stone altar. The east window contains some Victorian glass. The chapel registers begin in 1759 with some loose sheets dating back to 1746.

Present day

The old tradition of rushbearing still takes place at the chapel each August.

References

Forest Chapel Wikipedia


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