Examples in England
| Name | Location | Photograph | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| St John's Church | Adlington, Cheshire |
St John's Church was built in 1892 and continues in active use as an Anglican mission church to St Peter's Church, Prestbury. | |
| Mission Church | Alhampton, Somerset |
The church was built in 1892 at a cost of £250; it seats 55 people. It continues in active use as a mission church to St Mary Magdalene, Ditcheat. | |
| St Felix Chapel | Babingley, Norfolk |
St Felix Chapel is a thatched, cruciform tin tabernacle. It was erected in 1880 and was at one time an Anglican parish church. It was made redundant by the Church of England and is used by the British Orthodox Church. | |
| Oldfield Park Methodist Church | Bath, Somerset | Built in about 1892, Oldfield Park Methodist Church closed in 2009. | |
| Church of the Ascension | Bedmond, Hertfordshire |
The Church of the Ascension was built in 1880 at a cost of £80. A copper-coated steeple was added in 2005. It continues as an active church in the parish of St Lawrence, Abbots Langley, and has Grade II listed status. | |
| St Barnabas' Church | Blackwater, Isle of Wight | Now redundant, St Barnabas' Church has been used for a retail business. | |
| Blennerhasset Evangelical Mission | Blennerhasset, Cumbria |
As of September 2007, weekly services were held on Sundays and prayer meetings and bible study on Wednesdays. | |
| St Matthew's Church | Boultham, Lincoln |
St Matthew's was created as a chapel of ease to St Helen's, Boultham, in 1912, to serve workers in local factories. It was extended in 1924, but has since closed, and been damaged by fire. | |
| Shaftesbury Hall | Bowes Park, London |
The hall was built in the middle of the 19th century as a chapel for railway workers next to Bowes Park railway station. As of 2011 the hall is owned by the Samaritans. Plans have been submitted for the development of the site, but are opposed by local residents. | |
| All Saints Church | Brokerswood, Wiltshire |
All Saints Church was originally built in Southwick to replace an iron church that had been destroyed by fire in 1897. In 1905 it was moved to Brokerswood. It was restored in the 1990s and remains in active use. | |
| St Mary's Church | Burgh Parva, Melton Constable, Norfolk |
St Mary's was built in 1903 in the churchyard of an abandoned medieval church to serve as the parish church of Melton Constable. It continues in active use, its benefice being united with those of three other local churches. | |
| Former Railway Mission | Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk |
A Railway Mission by Bury St Edmunds railway station was opened for railway workers who raised money to build it in 1900. The chapel was supplied by Boulton and Paul from Norwich and with furniture and fittings cost £317 7s 7d it is now used as a Seventh Day Adventist Church. | |
| St Mary's Church | Cadgwith, Cornwall |
St Mary's Church is situated on a footpath in the valley between the car park and the village centre. It was built as a mission church for the village fishermen. It is now a chapel of ease to St Rumon, the parish church of Ruan Minor, and a service is held monthly. | |
| Old St Columbia's Church | Catisfield, Fareham, Hampshire |
The original St Columbia's Church was built in 1891 as a mission church to Holy Trinity, Fareham. It continued in active use until 1993 when it became redundant. It was then used as a youth club before it was demolished in the 1990s. The photograph shows the building in 1991. | |
| St Saviour's Church | Chiddingstone Causeway, Kent |
This was built in about 1875 to serve the village. When a large stone-built church, St Luke's, was erected next to it, the building became surplus to requirements and was moved further along the road to serve as the village hall—a function it has had since about 1902. | |
| St Hugh's | Cockernhoe, Hertfordshire |
St Hugh’s, in the parish of St Francis, Luton with St Hugh, Cockernhoe, was erected as a temporary structure in 1904. One side has been replaced and pews from St Francis installed. The church hosts a carol service, a service on Easter Sunday and the local primary school use it for a monthly service. | |
| St Andrew's Mission Church | Crabtree, Burscough, Lancashire |
St Andrew's Mission Church continues in active use as a mission church in the parish of Burscough. | |
| St Barbara's Church | Deepcut Barracks, Surrey |
St Barbara's Church was built at the barracks in 1901 dedicated to St Michael and All Angels. It is now dedicated to St Barbara and remains in use by the barracks and local community. | |
| Edge End Methodist Church | Edge End, Gloucestershire |
Located in a hamlet in the Forest of Dean Edge End Methodist Church is a tin tabernacle in its natural habitat. | |
| St Saviour's Church | Faversham, Kent |
St Saviour's Church was built in 1885 as a mission church for the parish church. It has a cruciform plan, bellcote and spire and was elaborately decorated. It is a Grade II listed building. | |
| Main Street Community Church | Frodsham, Cheshire |
St Dunstan's Church cost £600 and opened with 230 seats in 1872 as a chapel of ease to the parish church. It was licenced as the parish church for two years from 1880 while St Laurence's Church was refurbished and retained as a mission church after that. After some years of disuse the building was taken over by the present evangelical congregation in the 1980s. The structure was moved on rollers ten feet to the left and refurbished in 1995 and acquired its current name in 2007. | |
| Golden Green Mission Church | Golden Green, Kent |
This green-painted building has a chancel and nave under a single-pitched roof. It was erected in about 1914 to serve a tiny hamlet near Hadlow in the Kentish Weald. An extension was added later in complementary style. The chapel was listed at Grade II in 1990. | |
| Urswick URC | Great Urswick, Cumbria |
In active use as a United Reformed Church. | |
| Seventh Day Baptist Church | Greet, Birmingham |
The Seventh Day Baptist Church is in active use. | |
| Evangelical Church | Haggerston, Hackney, London |
Haggerston's iron church was built in 1868. Originally clad in corrugated iron, it has been re-clad in asbestos sheeting. It is described as "An early, rare and complete example of a temporary iron Mission Church", and is listed at Grade II. | |
| Halse Mission Church | Halse, Northamptonshire |
Built in the late 19th century as a community room for railway workers, Halse Mission Church was bought by the Earl of Ellesmere and moved to its present site. It opened for worship in 1900 and continues in use as a mission church in the parish of St Peter with St James, Brackley. | |
| St Philip's Church | Hassall Green, Cheshire |
St Philip's Church originated in 1883 as St Mary's Church, Alsager, and was moved to its present site at Hassall Green in 1895. It continues in use as an Anglican church in the benefice of Sandbach Heath with Wheelock. | |
| Hazeleigh Church | Hazeleigh, Essex | The iron church was erected in the late 19th century by the Rector, the Rev. William Stuart, M.A., because the original parish church had become dilapidated and was far from the centre of the village. Both churches were demolished in the 20th century and Hazeleigh now forms part of the parish of Woodham Mortimer. | |
| Good Shepherd Mission | Hurlston Green, Scarisbrick, Lancashire |
The Good Shepherd Mission was built in 1907, having been delivered via the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. It continues to be an active mission church in the parish of St Mark, Scarisbrick. | |
| St Michael and All Angels' Church | Hythe, Kent |
St Michael and All Angels' Church is a Grade II listed building built in 1893. It is a pre-fabricated structure supplied by Humphrey's of Croydon. Its exterior walls and roof are made of corrugated iron on a steel frame. The interior is boarded throughout and the church has wooden window frames. | |
| Kilburn tin tabernacle | Kilburn, London |
This was built in 1862, and used for worship until the 1920s, when it was used by sea cadets. In 2010 there was a campaign to repair and restore it. | |
| not known | Linwood, Lincolnshire |
No details known, but clearly derelict and at risk | |
| St Saviour's Church | Liss Forest, Hampshire |
This Anglican church was in the joint parish of Liss and Liss Forest. It closed in 2012 and is threatened with demolition and replacement with houses. | |
| St Peter's Church | Lower Withington, Cheshire |
St Peter's Church was built in 1891 as a chapel of ease to St John, Chelford. The benefice of the churches has been united. It is still in active use. | |
| St John the Baptist Church | Maesbury, Shropshire |
St John the Baptist Church is an active church in the village of Maesbury. | |
| St Mary's Church | Newton-by-the-Sea, Northumberland |
St Mary's Church was built as a mission room in the later part of the 19th century, and continues in active use as a church and a meeting room in the parish of Embleton. | |
| Congregational Chapel | Old Heath, Colchester, Essex |
The Congregational Chapel was built in 1869 as an outreach mission for Lion Walk Congregational Church. It was enlarged in 1888, and 1898. It continues in use as a Congregational chapel. | |
| Christchurch | Pointon, Bourne, Lincolnshire |
Christchurch in Pinfold Lane is an Anglican mission church, erected in 1893 to support the work of St Andrew's Parish Church at Sempringham. It continues in use as an active church and, as the parish church lacks electricity, Christchurch is the focus during the darker days of the year. | |
| Heath Church | Reigate, Surrey |
The first service at Heath Church was held in 1907, and the church continues in use in the parish of St Mary Magdalene, Reigate. | |
| Cuxton Chapel, Kent Life |
Sandling, Kent |
Originally a chapel in the village of Cuxton, Kent, Cuxton Chapel was moved to the museum Kent Life in 2000. | |
| St Mary's Church Room | Sole Street, Cobham, Kent |
St Mary's Church Room continues in use as part of the parish of St Mary Magdalene, Cobham. | |
| Great Moulton Chapel, Museum of East Anglian Life |
Stowmarket, Suffolk |
Great Moulton Chapel was a non-denominational chapel with ties with other chapels, including Surrey Chapel. It was built in the 1890s by the Norwich firm of Boulton and Paul at a cost of £105 18s 0d. The chapel closed in 1990 and was moved the 30 miles (48 km) from Great Moulton to the Museum of East Anglian Life. | |
| St Paul's Church | Strines, Marple, Greater Manchester |
St Paul's is located 1.5 miles (2.4 km) southeast of Marple, Greater Manchester in the parish of All Saints, Marple. It was built in 1880 by the owners of Strines (Calico) Print Works. The church continues in active use, and in November 2011 was designated by English Heritage as a Grade II listed building. | |
| St Saviour's Church, Midland Railway Centre |
Swanwick Junction, Derbyshire |
St Saviour's Church, originally located at Westhouses, Nottinghamshire, was dismantled and rebuilt at Swanwick Junction by the Midland Railway Trust. The church was consecrated in 1898, became redundant in the 1990s and was acquired for the museum site. | |
| Thorlby Chapel | Thorlby, North Yorkshire |
Abandoned building | |
| All Saints Church | Thrupp, Gloucestershire |
The church was established in 1889, dedicated to All Saints and part of the parish of Holy Trinity, Stroud. It closed in 1968, some of its fittings were moved to Holy Trinity, and there were plans for it to be dismantled and stored. The photograph shows the building in 2002. | |
| St Andrew's Church | Tonbridge, Kent |
Previously known as Hadlow Stair Mission, Fish Hall Mission and Fish Hall Church, this grew out of an Anglican mission held at Fish Hall, a mansion in north Tonbridge. A disused tin tabernacle was purchased in Brighton, transported to Tonbridge and re-erected on a plot of land gifted by A.E. Peters of Fish Hall. | |
| St Antony of Padua Roman Catholic Church | Trafford Park Village, Greater Manchester |
Three tin tabernacles were built in Trafford Park Village: a Methodist chapel in 1901, the Anglican St Cuthbert's Church in 1902, and the Roman Catholic St Antony of Padua in 1904. Much of the village was demolished by the early 1980s leaving the church with no resident population. Its parish of St Antony of Padua became an industrial chaplaincy. The church closed in 2009 but the building was retained for use by the Centre for Church and Industry. | |
| Twitton Mission Church | Twitton, Otford, Kent |
This village west of Otford was served by an iron mission room from 1900 until 1982. It was extended in 1950 and rededicated as the Church of the Good Shepherd. | |
| St Paul's Mission Church | Warren Row, Berkshire |
St Paul's Mission Church was bought as a kit in 1894 for just over £100. It continues in active use as a mission church in the parish of Wargrave. | |
| Westergate Mission Hall | Westergate, West Sussex |
Apparently built in about October 1905 as a mission room for the parish church at Aldingbourne, this building later had various social functions (such as a Scout hut) until planning permission was granted in 2007 for its conversion into a house. | |
| Church of St Francis | Westhope, Canon Pyon, Herefordshire |
Church of St Francis continues in use as an Anglican mission church in the parish of St Lawrence, Canon Pyon. | |
| Winterslow Baptist Church | Winterslow, Wiltshire |
Winterslow Baptist Church remains in active use as a Baptist church. | |
| Church Hall at Braemar Avenue Baptist Church | Wood Green, London |
The church hall was built some time in the period 1904-1914. It is in need of repair and apparently disused. The church is in use, and a grade II listed building, and the church hall is listed by virtue of being within the curtilage of the listed building. | |
| Woodmancote Mission Church | Woodmancote, West Sussex |
The hamlet of Woodmancote in Westbourne parish is served by this "modest chapelry"—a rare prefabricated green-painted tin tabernacle with an entrance porch. It was erected in 1892 and licensed in 1928. |
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