Churches of the British Isles

The tower is detached, and is located about eighteen metres to the south of the church (seen here at the church's right-hand corner). It probably dates from the fifteenth century but is thought to rest on Norman foundations. It has a ring of six bells, while an idyllic stone church hall building can be found a little way down the lane which lies alongside it (on its far side). Church restoration took place in 1992. A section of the original wooden frame survives in the north porch.

Return to the Comford A393 junction, head south and take the right-hand turn at 'The Anvil', Merrymeeting. Head south in the direction of Stithians to reach Gear/Geor. Geor Wesleyan Methodist Chapel (Gillyvean) is about 400 metres north of Gilly Vean Farm, marked with a plaque on the garage. A lease of 1864 is for waste ground on the Gillyvean Estate to be used to build the chapel. Kellys (1910) notes its existence but nothing more can be found. It is now residential.

From the A393 again, turn right at Pelean Cross onto Tubbon Hill (for Stithians) and proceed about six hundred metres to the southwards lane for Sunny Corner Farm. No build date is known for Sunny Corner Wesleyan Methodist Chapel but the chapel reopened in 1869, perhaps after renovation. The tenancy was surrendered in 1892 and the chapel closed, although a harvest festival was held there in 1906. It was demolished and is now a parking area for the farm.

Frogpool Wesleyan Methodist Chapel can be found by heading back to the A393 crossroads and heading north on Tresamble Hill. Approaching Frogpool from the west, the chapel can be found just north of the main crossroads, on the way to the Cornish Arms public house. A chapel existed here by 1828, replaced by the present premises in 1843 to seat 150. The society purchased the freehold in 1860. Repairs took place around 1876 and a Sunday school was built in 1908.

The chapel's pipe organ was installed in 1912 and, at the Methodist union in 1932, the chapel became Frogpool Methodist Church. Further renovation and repair work on this now-one hundred and thirty-five year-old building was undertaken, with a reopening in 1978 and a rededication. In 1993 the church enjoyed a one hundred and fiftieth anniversary celebration. It remained active into 2024, now as part of the Falmouth and Gwennap circuit.

Five photos on this page by Jo Lewis, and one kindly contributed by Helen Orozco via the 'History Files: Churches of the British Isles' Flickr group.