St Teath Methodist Church
Trevilley Lane
Minister: Rev Bryan Ede Tel 01840 770274
St Teath Church Council contact: Heather Hill, Tel 01840 213430 e-mail
Services - July 2010
Sunday 4th at 11.00 am, Mr R Heywood
Sunday 11th at 11.00 am at Delabole, Rev Brian Ede
Services 2007/8 (pdf)
Services 2009 (pdf)
History
For anyone interested in the history of Methodism in the area, the book by Rev Thomas Shaw is recommended. The title is 'Methodism in the Camelford and Wadebridge Circuit 1743-1963', published in 1963. A copy is kept at Camelford Library.
Work started on the present Grade II listed Methodist chapel in Trevilley Lane (shown above) in 1869, designed to seat 300 people.
Nameplate now in Parish Church
The building on the right in Trevilley Lane is now a private residence. It was also used as a Sunday School prior to its sale for residential use. There was a Bible Christian Chapel, possibly now demolished, in North Road near the junction with Treroosal Road, see map here. The Bible Christians previously held services in the 'long room of the inn', presumably what is now 'Greystones' in Fore Street. The same map calls this the Old White Hart. The preacher John Wesley (1703 - 1791) was well known in the area for promoting the Methodist cause, although there were no chapels in St Teath at that time. Shaw's book does not make it clear whether he ever preached in St Teath, but he seems to have been a visitor to Trewalder and preached there several times.
According to MacLean, (see here) the church in Trevilley lane was originally the site of a Methodist meeting house founded in 1815. These meeting houses were constructed by so-called Dissenters, those who refuse to adhere to the rites of the established church (of England). At one stage the dissenters separated from the Methodists to form a Wesleyan group which reverted back to the Methodist ideals as a Sunday School. The present Grade II listed building, designed to seat 300, was founded in 1869 on the same site.
There is a small cemetery adjacent to the old Trevilley Lane sunday school - more details here.