The Churches of Britain and Ireland

 

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Snailbeach, Shropshire, St. Luke. Another view, interior view, and the font. Primitive Methodist Church. All © John Bowdler (2010). Lordshill Baptist Church. © Kevin Price (2012). The Mission Hall, © Kevin Price (2012).
Snailwell, Cambridgeshire,
St. Peter on Church Lane, which David advises is one of only two round-tower churches in the county. TL 6421 6757. © David Regan (2019). Two additional views - 1, 2, two of the interior - 1, 2, chancel, stone pulpit, font, and some unusual grave-markers, all © Dennis Harper (2019). Link. The village Wikipedia entry says the church was dedicated to St. Andrew in the 13th century. Grade II* listed. An C13 coffin lid in the churchyard has a separate listing, as grade II.
Snaith, East Riding of Yorkshire, the Priory Church of St. Laurence. Methodist Church. Both © Bill Henderson.
Snainton, North Yorkshire, St. Stephen. Curiously, an old postcard of the same church has the dedication to St. Mary. The Methodist church. Also from old postcards - Primitive Methodist Church, and the Wesleyan Chapel (the same building as that Methodist church). All © Elaine Hindson.
Snape, North Yorkshire,
Methodist Chapel. Their website has some interior views. SE 2657 8431. © Alan Blacklock. St. Mary, the chapel in Snape Castle. Interior view. SE 2623 8438. Link. The former Baptist Church, converted into a house many years ago. James advises that a total immersion font has been discovered during current renovations. All © James Murray.
Snape, Suffolk,
St. John the Baptist. TM 3949 5937. © Steve Bulman (2005). Another view, © Richard Roberts (2024). Link1. Link2. Grade II* listed. The Plymouth Brethren Meeting Room on Gromford Lane, was previously Methodist, and originally Primitive Methodist. This source dates it to 1862, extended in 1871, and closed in 2008. A good history here, where is also mentioned a Wesleyan congregation which appears to have met in peoples houses rather than their having a chapel. TM 3933 5814. © Richard Roberts (2024). There are a few references online to Snape Benedictine Priory (see here for example), but no available maps indicate exactly where it stood. It's reasonable however to speculate that it was somewhere hear Abbey Farm, which is at TM 3904 5793.
Snapethorpe, West Yorkshire, St. George. © Bill Henderson.
Snarestone, Leicestershire, St. Bartholomew (1752). Another view.
Both © David Regan (2017). Link. Grade II listed.
Snarford, Lincolnshire, St. Lawrence. © Dave Hitchborne. From the outside it seems hard to understand why it merits the Grade I listing; inside, it's obvious - a plethora of fine monuments. Another view, and two interior views - 1, 2, all © David Regan (2013). The altar, the font, and three monuments - 1, 2, 3, all © David Regan (2017). Link1. Link2.
Snargate, Kent, St. Dunstan. TR 990 286. © Geoff Watt. Another view. © Dave Westrap. Link1. Link2. Link3. Link4.
Snave, Kent, St. Augustine. TR 014 299. © Dave Westrap. Link1. Link2. Link3.
Snead, Powys
, St. Mary the Virgin. Two further views - 1, 2, two interior views - 1, 2, the font and pulpit, and a carved head. SO 3161 9189. All © John Bowdler (2010). Two additional views - 1, 2, both © Chris Kippin (2021). Link. Coflein entry.
Sneaton, North Yorkshire,
St. Hilda (1823-5) on Beacon Way. NZ 894 078. © Bill Henderson. Interior view, © Richard Roberts (2019). Grade II listed.
Snelland, Lincolnshire,
All Saints. Another view, the interior, and the font. TF 0794 8069. All © David Regan (2013 and 2022). Link. Grade II listed.
Snettisham, Norfolk,
St. Mary on Old Church Road, a fine C14 church. Another view. TF 690 342. Both © Robin Peel. Another view, and the interior, both © Richard Roberts (2016). Link. Grade I listed. The Methodist Church on Lynn Road was dedicated in 1908. TF 685 339. © Richard Roberts (2016). The Salvation Army meet in a former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel on Alma Road. The building pre-dates the 1886 O.S. map. TF 683 342. © Richard Roberts (2016).
Sneyd Green, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire - see Stoke-on-Trent.
Sneyd Park, Bristol (City), Bristol - see Bristol, the Sneyd Park and Stoke Bishop section.
Snitterby, Lincolnshire, St. Nicholas. Another view, two interior views - 1, 2, and the font. A news story. Grade II listed - link. The former Methodist Chapel, now in residential use. All © David Regan (2012).
Snitterfield, Warwickshire, St. James the Great. Another view. Both from old postcards in Reg Dosell's Collection. A modern view, and an interior view, both © Aidan McRae Thomson. Another view, interior, the choir stalls, pulpit, altar, and the unusual font, all © John Bowdler (2013). Link. Grade I listed. Methodist Church, © John Bowdler (2013).
Snodland, Kent.
Snods Edge, Northumberland, St. John (1835). NZ 064 525. © Alan Blacklock. Another view, © Bill Henderson (2013). Two interior views - 1, 2, both © Mike Berrell (2012). Link.
Snowshill, Gloucestershire, St. Barnabas. Another view, interior view, altar, pulpit and font. All © John Bowdler (2012). Two additional views - 1, 2, and three interiors - 1, 2, 3, all © Dennis Harper (2014). Grade II listed.

Soar-y-Mynydd, Ceredigion, rreputedly the remotest chapel in Wales. Coflein dates it to 1822. A view of the chapel in its landscape. Interior view. SN 7846 5328. All © Philip Vey. Grade II* listed.
Soberton, Hampshire,
St. Peter. SU 609 168. © David Packman at http://www.hampshirecam.co.uk/. Another view, © Chris Kippin. Link. Grade I listed.
Soham, Cambridgeshire.
Soho, Greater London.
Sole Street, Kent, St. Mary's Church Room, now the village hall. TQ 656 676. © Dave Westrap. Link1. Link2.
Solihull, West Midlands.
Sollers Hope, Herefordshire, St. Michael. Interior view, and the beautiful tiled floor. All © Janet Gimber (2017). Link. Grade II* listed.
Solva, Pembrokeshire, St. Aidan on High Street. Two interior views - 1, 2. SM 799 244. Mount Pleasant Baptist Church (1863) on High Street. SM 801 243. Mount Zion Congregational Chapel "Re-built 1896". Two interior views - 1, 2. SM 799 244. A former Chapel (on Main Street), now in secular use. SM 806 245. The Memorial Hall was originally a Wesleyan Methodist Chapel. It was extended to the rear to serve as a memorial hall to the fallen of the two world wars. All © Mike Berrell (2012).
Somerby, Leicestershire, All Saints. © George Weston. Another view, and an interior view, both © Aidan McRae Thomson. Grade I listed - link. Methodist Church. © George Weston. The Old Methodist Church. © George Weston.
Somerby, Lincolnshire, St. Margaret. © Dave Hitchborne.
Somercotes, Derbyshire.
Somerford, Cheshire, All Saints. Built as the chapel for Somerford Hall, it now serves as a chapel of ease. SJ 8148 6485. © Len Brankin. Link. Grade II* listed, which dates it to 1720.
Somersal Herbert, Derbyshire, St. Peter and St. Blaise, of C12 foundation. Interior view. SK 136 351. Link. Grade II listed. Chapel on the Hill at Hill Somersal is linked with Dove Evangelical Free Church in Uttoxeter, but was built as Wesleyan Methodist in 1900. SK 141 348. Link. All © Richard Roberts (2014).
Somersby, Lincolnshire, St. Margaret. Alfred Lord Tennyson was baptised here in 1809. TF 343 727. From an old postcard, Steve Bulman's Collection. A modern view. interior view. Both © Mike Berrell.
Somers Town, Greater London, St. Mary, built 1822-6 (or 1824-7, according to source consulted), on Eversholt Street. TQ 295 830. © Peter Hobday. Two additional views - 1, 2, both © John French. Link. Grade II listed. St. Aloysius (R.C.), built 1966-8, stands on the corner of Eversholt Street. and Phoenix Road. © Peter Hobday. St Pancras Old Church, on Pancras Road. TQ 298 834. © Bill McKenzie. Three further views - 1, 2, 3 - all © Mehmood Naqshbandi. Two interior views - 1, 2 and the altar, all © John Balaam (2012). Link.
Somersham, Cambridgeshire,
St. John the Baptist. Another view. TL 3602 7786. Both © Jim Rushton. Link. Grade I listed. A Baptist Church (2022 Streetview) stands on High Street. It has a date-stone for 1812. TL 3615 7790. Link. Grade II listed. A former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel (dated 1845) stands on Parkhall Road. TL 3609 7806. Streetview saw it in 2022. It's also listed as grade II.
Somerton, Somerset.
Somerton, Suffolk, St. Margaret (some sources have it as All Saints). Another view. TL 8108 5301. Both © Chris Kippin (2021). Another view, three of the interior - 1, 2, 3, a window detail, and the font, all © Chris Stafford (2013). Link1. Link2. Grade I listed.
Sompting, West Sussex,
St. Mary the Blessed Virgin. Simon describes the spire as "Rhenish helm", which is confirmed in Betjeman, who adds that it is unique in England. © Simon Kidner. A view from the 1930's. Illustration from the Colin Waters Collection. Another view, © Christopher Skottowe (1964), and an old postcard view, from his collection. Link. Grade I listed.
Sonning, Berkshire,
St. Andrew. SU 7558 7557. © Paul & Janet Humphreys at http://www.berkshirecam.net. An old postcard exterior and interior, both from old postcards in Judy Flynn's Collection.
 Two more views, from 1939 - 1, 2, both from Christopher Skottowe's Collection. Link. Grade II* listed. A former Congregational Chapel stands off High Street at SU 7567 7547. It pre-dates a map of 1883 (surveyed in the 1870's). Its 2012 Streetview suggests that it has been converted to residential use.
Sookholme, Nottinghamshire, St. Augustine. Link. Grade I listed - link.
Sopley, Hampshire,
St. Michael and All Angels. SZ 156 967. © Gerard Charmley (2010). Another view, © Chris Kippin. Link1. Link2. Grade II* listed.
Sopworth, Wiltshire, St. Mary the Virgin. Another view. ST 8279 8628. Both © Janet Gimber (2019). Link. Grade II* listed.
Sorn, East Ayrshire, the parish church. © Martin Briscoe.
Sotby, Lincolnshire,
the former St. Peter. TF 2043 7886. © David Regan. Link, from which we learn that is probably of Saxo-Norman foundation, last re-built in 1857, and declared redundant in 1981. Grade II* listed. The former Wesleyan Methodist Church on Moor Lane. It was built in 1836 but closed in 1855. It was a United Methodist Free Church from 1860 until it was closed in 1980. The vegetation was less rampant when the Streetview van passed by in 2009. TF 2055 7866. © David Regan (2020).
Soudley, Gloucestershire, St. Michael and All Angels. © Peter Morgan.
Soulbury, Buckinghamshire, All Saints (C) on High Road. SP 8821 2703. ©
David Regan (2019). Link. Grade II* listed. A former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel (2009 Streetview) stands on Chapel Hill at SP 8831 2714. It was still evidently active in 1994 - see here.
Soulby, Cumbria, St. Luke. NY 7485 1111. © Philip Kapp. The church was declared redundant in 2004. According to here (with photo), it was built in 1663. Offered for sale in 2010, it has since been converted into a holiday let. Grade II listed. Methodist Church. NY 7490 1108. © Philip Kapp. Another view, © Alan Blacklock. Link.
Souldern, Oxfordshire, St. Mary. Another view, three of the interior - 1, 2, 3, and the font, all © David Regan (2018). Link. Grade II* listed.
Souldrop, Bedfordshire, All Saints. SP 9852 6154. © David Regan (2017). Link. Grade II* listed.
Sound, Cheshire, All Saints. Built as the chapel for Somerford Hall, it now serves as a chapel of ease. SJ 8148 6485. © Len Brankin. Link. Grade II* listed, which dates it to 1720.
Sound, Broomhall and Sound Methodist Chapel (1838). The text above the door reads United Methodist Church. SJ 6256 4797. © Gerard Charmley (2013). Link. A Primitive Methodist Chapel stands or stood less than ½ a mile to the west at SJ 6191 4796. It post-dates a map of 1882. Whether anything survives from the chapel isn't apparent (2011 Streetview).
Soundwell, Gloucestershire,
Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, © Janet Gimber (2014). St. Stephen, © Janet Gimber (2014). Link. The site of Salem Methodist Church. The only remaining fabric consists of the gate pillars and boundary wall. Both © Janet Gimber (2014).
Sourton, Devon, St. Thomas à Becket (or St. Thomas of Canterbury). Another view. SX 5358 9030. Both © Chris Kippin (2022). Link. Grade II* listed. Several churchyard headstones are also listed - see here.
South Acre, Norfolk, St. George. Another view, two of the interior - 1, 2, the chancel, and the font and cover. Further details about the spectacular tomb, and brasses, can be found in the grade I listing. All © David Regan (2019). Link.
South Anston, South Yorkshire,
St. James. SK 5196 8371. © Bill Henderson. Another view, © Peter Fowler, and another, © David Regan (2011). Link. Grade I listed. Methodist Chapel on Sheffield Road, dated here to 1913. SK 5176 8381. © Bill Henderson. Link. Its predecessor, a Wesleyan Chapel stands adjacent. It has a date-stone for 1871. SK 5175 8384. © Bill Henderson. This view,
© David Regan (2021), shows both buildings.
South Ashford, Kent, Christ Church (1867). TR 017 418. Link. Evangelical Church. TR 016 415. Both © Geoff Watt.
South Baddesley, Hampshire, St. Mary the Virgin. SZ 3517 9674. © Chris Kippin (2023). Link. O.S. maps mark Chapel (site of) at nearby Pylewell House, at SZ 3529 9593. The site hasn't been seen by Streetview and I haven't been able to discover anything about it on-line.
South Bank, North Yorkshire, St. John the Evangelist (1894-5), on Normanby Road. Designed by J.M. Bottomley. NZ 535 207. © Ken Roddam. Another view. © Stuart Leadley (2011). Link. Baptist Church (designed by George Baines, and opened 1905) on Redcar Road South. NZ 535 208. © Ken Roddam. Two further views - 1, 2, both © Stuart Leadley (2011). St. Peter (R.C.) on Middlesbrough Road. NZ 532 208. © Ken Roddam. The former Methodist Chapel, which since closure, has been (at least for a period) in use as a community centre. NZ 535 208. © Stuart Leadley (2011).
South Barrow, Somerset, St. Peter on Sparkford Road. ST 6018 2789. Link. Grade II* listed. A monument in the churchyard is separately listed as grade II. The former Methodist Chapel (1857) on Chapel Lane, originally Wesleyan, later Bible Christian. ST 6014 2782. Grade II listed. Both © Chris Kippin (2020).
South Benfleet, Essex.
South Brent, Devon, St. Petroc (St. Patrick on some old maps). SX 6962 6025. © Chris Kippin (2023). Link. Grade I listed. Some features in the churchyard (tombs, lych-gate, etc.) are listed separately, and they can be found here. The Methodist Church, on Church Street. It shows on older maps as Wesleyan. This source says that there was a Wesleyan presence here by 1867, though whether it was at this chapel is unclear. SX 6974 6018. © Chris Kippin (2023). The former Congregational Chapel, on Plymouth Road is now in secular use. It pre-dates a map of 1887, and still shows as active at least up to the mid-20th century. SX 6983 6002. © Chris Kippin (2023). Link. St. Dunstan (R.C.) on New Park, as seen by Streetview in 2009. SX 6962 6016. Link.
South Brewham, Somerset, St. John the Baptist. Another of Judy Flynn's postcard, previously in the Unknown section. Here's the original entry - "Bruham is a puzzler. There's no such place-name as far as I can find, and I've ruled out the simple transposition Burham, and the similar sounding Brougham and Bruan". Solved by Janet Gimber, Simon Davies, and Greg Mishevski. Link. Grade II* listed - link.
South Cadbury, Somerset, St. Thomas à Becket. © Chris Kippin (2021). Link. Grade II* listed. Chapel Cross, now a house, is a former Chapel standing at a crossroads between South and North Cadbury. ST 6308 2632. © Chris Kippin (2021). Another view, from Streetview, in 2009. Grade II* listed.
South Carlton, Lincolnshire, St. John the Baptist. Another view, two interior views - 1, 2, altar and font. All © David Regan (2012). Link. Grade I listed - link.
South Cave, ERYorks.
South Cerney, Gloucestershire, All Hallows. From an old postcard in Reg Dosell's Collection. Two further views - 1, 2, two interior views - 1, 2, and an unusual painted sundial, all © Simon Edwards (2012). Link.
South Charlton, Northumberland, St. James (1862). NU 164 202. © Bill Henderson (2019). Interior view, © Richard Roberts (2017). Grade II listed.
South Cheriton, Somerset, the former Methodist Chapel (originally Wesleyan) on Cheriton Street. Another view. ST 6936 2472. The former U.R.C., originally Independent/Congregational. ST 6950 2476. Both © Chris Kippin (2021). The chapels are dated here to 1844 (Methodist) and 1823 (the Independent, in a pre-existing cottage, later enlarged). It also mentions an un-located Quaker meeting in the 17th and 18th century, and a Mission Room being present in the 1890's, but no maps I can find show it. Older maps do show the site of a vanished chapel at ST 6949 2493, but I've been unable to discover anything about it, and the site hasn't been seen by the Streetview van. The cemetery a little way south-east of the village has a Mortuary Chapel, at ST 6976 2460. © Chris Kippin (2021).
South Church, Co. Durham, the one-time collegiate St. Andrew, on St. Andrew's Road. NZ 218 285. © Alan Blacklock. Another view, © Bill Henderson. Link1. Link2. Grade I listed. Wesleyan Chapel, dating from 1899. © Alan Blacklock.
South Clifton, Nottinghamshire,  the former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel. This source provides dates of 1882-circa 2014, and also advises of a preceding chapel on a different site, of 1814.
SK 8219 7040. © David Regan (2020). A 2009 Streetview.
South Cockerington, Lincolnshire, St. Leonard. TF 3815 8873. © Dave Hitchborne. Two interior views - 1, 2, and the superb tomb of Sir Adrian Scrope, all © David Regan (2019). Grade I listed.
South Collingham, Nottinghamshire. - see Collingham (opens the Nottinghamshire page.
South Cowton, North Yorkshire,
St. Mary. Interior view. Redundant, it's now in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. NZ 2932 0266. © David Regan (2010). Another view, two more interiors - 1, 2, two stone figures (presumably former tomb covers) and the font, all © Chris Stafford (2014). Link. Grade 1 listed.
South Creake, Norfolk,
Our Lady St. Mary. Interior view, roof angels, the south aisle, pulpit, and the font with cover. TF 8552 3622. All © Christopher Skottowe (1966). Another view, the porch, interior view (compare with Christopher's photo of 1966, since when the rood beam had been added - according to a sign in the church, it came from St. Mary-at-the-Walls, Colchester, in 1982), two side chapels - 1, 2, and the font, all © Steve Bulman (2012). Link1. Link2. Grade I listed. The former Primitive Methodist Chapel on Back Street, now converted to residential use. Opened in 1883, it was closed in the 1980's. TF 8606 3561. © Richard Roberts (2018). Older O.S. maps show an Independent Chapel on what is now the B1355, at TF 8577 3630. Streetview saw it in 2008 and 2009. Its foundation is dated here to 1783, with closure "before 1975" by which point it may well have been Congregational or U.R.C.
South Crosland, West Yorkshire, Holy Trinity. Another view. Both © David Regan (2012). Link.
South Croxton, Leicestershire, St. John the Baptist. © George Weston.
South Dalton, East Riding of Yorkshire,
St. Mary. Interior view. The Hotham Memorial Chapel contains this spectacular monument. SE 9672 4556. All © James Murray. Two more interior views - 1, 2, and the font, all © Steve Bulman (2022). Link1. Link2. Grade I listed, wherein it's dated to 1858-61. It was preceded by an earlier medieval church nearby. A map of 1855 shows a Wesleyan Methodist Chapel on the east side of Main Street at about SE 967 453. It doesn't indicate exactly which building is intended - in any event it seems to have been demolished. It stood somewhere on the left in this Streetview of 2011.
South Darenth, Kent, Southdowns Church. The church originally had a small spire, with clock, the base of which can still be seen above the porch. TQ 568 693. St. George (R.C.). TQ 561 696. St. George's statue. Link1. Link2. All © Dave Westrap.
South Darley, Derbyshire, St. Mary the Virgin. © Bill McKenzie.
South Elkington, Lincolnshire,
All Saints. TF 2934 8831. From an old postcard in Reg Dosell's Collection. Two modern views - 1, 2, two of the interior - 1, 2, the chancel, its ceiling, and the font. All © David Regan (2011 and 2021). Link. Grade II* listed. The former United Free Methodist Chapel on High Street, now residential. It pre-dates a map of 1906. TF 2955 8849. © David Regan (2020).
South Elmham St. Margaret, Suffolk, St. Margaret. © Kevin Price (2012). Link. Grade I listed - link.
South Elmsall, West Yorkshire, St. Mary the Virgin. Trinity Methodist Church. Both © Bill Henderson.
South Ferriby, Lincolnshire, St. Nicholas. TL 9884 2083. © James Murray.
Link. Grade II* listed. A former Primitive Methodist Chapel stands (or stood) on School Lane. Although called Chapel House, it's not readily apparent if anything survives of the chapel. This source dates it to 1864, successor to an earlier (un-located) chapel of 1821, with closure in 1957 following the congregation joining with that of the Methodist Church on Farrisher's Lane.
TL 9874 2085. © David Regan (2021). The former Farrisher's Lane chapel was originally Wesleyan Methodist, and is dated here to 1839, preceded on the same site by one of 1792. TL 9875 2110. © David Regan (2021).
South Fields, Leicester, Leicestershire - see Leicester.
South Green, Kent, Methodist Church. TQ 851 602. © Geoff Watt.
South Hanningfield, Essex, St. Peter. TQ 7444 9805. © Karel Kuča (2007).
Link. Grade II* listed.
South Hayling - see Hayling Island.
South Hetton, Co. Durham.
South Hiendley, West Yorkshire, Methodist Church. © Bill Henderson.
South Hill, Cornwall, St. Sampson. SX 3296 7263. © Paul E. Barnett (2018). Link. Grade I listed.
South Holmwood, Surrey, St. Mary Magdalene. From an old postcard in Steve Bulman's Collection.
South Horrington, Somerset, the former Chapel of Mendip Hospital, now converted to residential use. TF 5710 464. © Chris Kippin (2021). Its grade II listing. dates it to 1845-7, a G.G. Scott and W.B. Moffatt church.
South Hykeham, Lincolnshire, St. Michal and All Angels. Another view. Both © David Regan (2016). Link. Grade II* listed.
South Kelsey, Lincolnshire, St. Mary. TF 041 982. © Bill Henderson (2009). Another view, © Chris Stafford (2013). Two interior views - 1, 2, a well-preserved knight's tomb, and the font, all © David Regan (2018). Link. Grade II listed. Methodist Church. TF 042 985. © Bill Henderson (2009).
South Kilvington, North Yorkshire,
St. Wilfred. SE 4258 8400. © Bill Henderson. Another view, © Karel Kuča (2019). Link. Grade II* listed.
South Kilworth, Leicestershire, St. Nicholas. Interior view. Both © Aidan McRae Thomson. Grade II* listed - link.
South Kirkby, West Yorkshire, All Saints. © Bill Henderson.
South Kyme, Lincolnshire, St. Mary & All Saints - much of its fabric originally formed part the Augustinian Kyme Priory. TF 1685 4978. © Dave Hitchborne. The former Methodist Church was built as Wesleyan in 1886, and closed in 2003.
TF 1760 4969. © David Regan (2020).
South Laggan, Highland, the Free Church. © Martin Briscoe.
South Leverton, Nottinghamshire, All Saints. SK 7833 8111. © David Regan (2011). Link. Grade II listed. The former Friends Meeting House (C17) on Meeting House Lane, now in residential use.
SK 7818 8074. © David Regan (2020). Grade II listed. The former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel (1847) on Church Street. SK 7830 8097. © David Regan (2020). Grade II listed.
South Littleton, Worcestershire,
St. Michael. SP 0757 4623. © Aidan McRae Thomson. Another view, © Peter Morgan (2022). Link. Grade II* listed. A cross in the churchyard is listed as grade II. Freedom Day Centre on Shinehill Lane is labelled on older O.S. maps as Mission Room. Streetview saw it in 2021, and zooming in shows the date-stone, which reads Friends Littleton Mission 1896. A 2015 news item mentions its planned closure, but doesn't reveal if the Friends means Quakers - however, an estate agents advert confirms that it was. SP 0799 4620.
South Lopham, Norfolk, St. Andrew. The piscina. TM 0396 8175. Both © Christopher Skottowe (1959). Link1. Link2. Grade I listed.
South Luffenham, Rutland,
St. Mary the Virgin. Another view, four interiors - 1, 2, 3, 4, a knights tomb, the font, and a close-up of billet moulding on the north arcade. SK 9413 0190.
All © David Regan (2016 and 2019). Link. Grade II* listed. The former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, now a private residence. SK 941 019. © Janice Tostevin.
South Lynn, Norfolk, the former St. Michael and All Saints (1901) on Saddlebow Road. It was closed in 1972 and partly demolished. The remains were incorporated into St. Michael's Family Centre, another part of which is the former Infants School, at right. TF 617 183. © Richard Roberts (2016).
South Marston, Wiltshire, St. Mary Magdalene. Another view. Both © Simon Edwards (2011). Link. Grade I listed.
South Milford, North Yorkshire, St. Mary. Methodist Church. Both © Bill Henderson.
South Milton, Devon,
All Saints. Interior view. SX 6980 4290.
Both © James Murray. Another exterior and interior view, and the fabulous font, which the grade I listing says is 12th century, all © Chris Kippin (2020). The former Wesleyan Chapel, now a private residence. © James Murray.
South Molton, Devon.
South Muskham, Nottinghamshire, St. Wilfrid. The tower, two interior views - 1, 2, and font. All © David Regan (2010). Grade I listed. Link2.
South Newington, Oxfordshire, St. Peter ad Vincula, which has a number of medieval wall-paintings. Interior view. Both © Aidan McRae Thomson. Link.
South Newton, Wiltshire, St. Andrew. SU 0879 3430. © Chris Kippin (2020). Link. Grade II listed.
South Normanton, Derbyshire.
South Ockendon, Essex, St. Nicholas. TQ 594 829. © Neil Davies. Two other views, both © Jack Nicholson. 1, 2. Link1. Link2 (towards bottom of the page). Wesleyan Church (1847). © Jack Nicholson.
South Ormsby, Lincolnshire, St. Leonard. Interior view. TF 370 751. Both © Mike Berrell.
South Otterington, North Yorkshire, St. Andrew. © Bill Henderson.
South Petherton, Somerset, St. Peter and St. Paul on Hele Lane. Two interior views - 1, 2. The list of vicars commences in 1080. ST 432 169. Link. Grade I listed. St. Michael (R.C.) on Lightgate Road. ST 435 171. Link. Former Wesleyan Chapel on Roundwell Street, now an Arts Centre. ST 434 169. All © Mike Berrell (2014).
South Petherwin, Cornwall, St. Paternus. SX 3095 8191. The church website has numerous photos, including the interior. Grade I listed. The Methodist Chapel was built as Wesleyan in 1872. SX 3069 8176. Link. Grade II listed. A Bible Christian Chapel of 1867 stands about a mile to the SW of the village at SX 3033 8130. Another view. All © Paul E. Barnett (2018 and 2022).
South Pool, Devon, St. Nicholas and St. Cyriac. The interior, screen, a window of St. Cyriac, and the font. SX 7763 4038. All © Chris Kippin (2020). Link. Grade I listed.
South Queensferry, City of Edinburgh - see City of Edinburgh.
South Rauceby, Lincolnshire, the former Primitive Methodist Chapel (1834) on Chapel Close.
TF 0232 4561. © David Regan (2021). Link.
South Reston, Lincolnshire, the site of St. Edith (1864-5), which was demolished in 1983. All that remains is a forlorn font. Several photos of the church are available here. TF 4030 8324. The former Methodist Chapel (1879), marked as Wesleyan on the 25" 1906 O.S. map. TF 4039 8313. Both © David Regan (2015).
South Ronaldsay, Orkney Islands.
South Runcton, Norfolk, St. Andrew. TF 635 089. © David Regan (2019). Link1. Link2. Grade II* listed.
South Scarle, Nottinghamshire, St. Helen. From an old postcard in Reg Dosell's Collection. Two modern views - 1, 2. both © David Regan (2011). Link. Grade I listed - link.
South Shields, T&W.
South Side, City of Edinburgh.
South Somercotes, Lincolnshire, St. Peter, now in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. Another view, two interiors - 1, 2, and the font. Link. Grade I listed. Methodist Church. All © David Regan (2015).
South Stainley, North Yorkshire, St. Wilfrid. © David Regan (2011). Link.
South Stainmore, Cumbria - see Stainmore.
South Tawton, Devon, St. Andrew. Two additional views - 1, 2, the interior, and a detail from the screen. SX 6531 9448. All © Chris Kippin (2021). Grade I listed. Numerous tombs and headstones, listed separately, can be found here.
South Thoresby, Lincolnshire, St. Andrew. Interior view. TF 402 771. The former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, dating from 1879, now in secular use. TF 400 769. All © Mike Berrell.
South Tidworth, Wiltshire - see Tidworth, on the Wiltshire page.
South Treffgarne, Pembrokeshire, Glanrhyd Baptist Chapel (1811, renovated 1903). SM 159 121. © Mike Berrell (2011).
South Walsham, Norfolk, St. Lawrence and St. Mary. The site consists of the parish church, St. Mary (
grade I listed), the restored chancel of St. Lawrence and the separate remains of the tower (jointly grade II* listed). Christopher's photo shows St. Mary in the background, and the tower of St. Lawrence. TG 3656 1326 (for a point between the two churches). © Christopher Skottowe (1959). Link1, Link2 (St. Mary). Link3 (St. Lawrence).
South Warnborough, Hampshire, St. Andrew. Another view. The grade II* listing says this doorway is Norman. All © Karel Kuča (2011). Link.
South West, City of Edinburgh - see City of Edinburgh.
South Wheatley, Nottinghamshire, the almost hidden remains of St. Helen. It was abandoned in favour of the church at North Wheatley in 1881. SK 7664 8553. © David Regan (2011). Another view - happily, the ivy had now been removed.
© David Regan (2020). Link. Grade I listed.
South Wigston, Leicester, Leicestershire.
South Willingham, Lincolnshire, St. Martin. TF 1949 8338. © David Regan (2011). Grade II* listed. The former Methodist Chapel (1834-1972) was built as Wesleyan.
TF 1938 8343. © David Regan (2020). The village also had a Free United Methodist Chapel (1855-1933). It stood at TF 1920 8323. A photo of the entrance to the grounds (but not of the chapel itself) is available here. Its site is under the lawn or the adjacent building at left (past the horse) in this 2011 Streetview.
South Wingfield, Derbyshire, All Saints. Interior view. Link. Birches Lane Baptist Church. Zion Methodist Church. All © James Murray.
South Witham, Lincolnshire,
St. John the Baptist. Interior view, and the font. SK 9271 1941. All © David Regan (2018). Link. Grade I listed. The former Home Missionary Chapel and British School of 1843, on High Street and Thistleton Lane. It's now in residential use - The Old Chapel. SK 9252 1920. © Richard Roberts (2023). A former Methodist Chapel (2022 Streetview) also survives on Church Street. Originally Wesleyan, it pre-dates a map of 1889. It's dated here to 1882 - circa 1953, and stands on the site of a predecessor of 1812. SK 9269 1948.
South Wootton, Norfolk,
St. Mary on Church Lane. TF 6403 2276. © Richard Roberts (2015). The font, © Christopher Skottowe (1966). Link. Grade II* listed.
South Yardley, Birmingham, West Midlands - see the South Yardley page.
South Zeal, Devon, St. Mary. Interior view. SX 6508 9358. News item about the church clock. Grade II* listed. The former Methodist Church. According to this Estate Agent's notice, it dates from 1866. The former Wesleyan Methodist Church. All © Heath Nickels (2016).
Southall, Greater London, Central Jamia Masjid on Montague Waye. Interior view. TQ 122 791. Both © Mehmood Naqshbandi, and reproduced from his website Muslims in Britain.
Southam, Gloucestershire, Church of the Ascension. SO 970 256. © Les Needham (2013). Link - n.b. it says the church can only be visited by arrangement. Grade II* listed.
Southam, Warwickshire.
Southampton, Hampshire.
Southborough, Kent, St. Thomas. From an old drawing in Brett Jeffery's Collection.
Southchurch, Essex, Holy Trinity. According to its web-site, the church was extended in the early years of the 20th century. The picture on this web-site would appear to date to before the modern works began. It's postmarked 1905. From an old postcard in Steve Bulman's Collection.
Southcoates, Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire - see Hull.
Southease, East Sussex, St. Peter. The re-dedication is modern, as the medieval one was lost. TQ 423 053. From a postcard in Kevin Gordon's Collection. A modern view, and an interior view, both © Chris Emms (2011). Link. Grade I listed.
Southend-on-Sea, Essex, St. Laurence and All Saints at Eastwood. © Geoff Watt. Link.
Southery, Norfolk, St. Mary (1858). Another view. Both © Chris Stafford (2014). Link1. Link2. Grade II listed.
Southfield, Lancashire, Methodist Church. SD 878 368. © Stuart Mackrell.
Southfleet, Kent, St. Nicholas. © Dave Westrap. An old postcard view, and an interior view, both from the Tony Larkin Collection. TQ 614 711. Link1. Link2Link3. U.R.C. 177 TQ 615 711. Link1. Link2.
Southill, Bedfordshire, All Saints. TL 1459 4222. © Les Needham (2010). Another view (the part nearest to the camera is the vault of the Byng family, the most famous member of which was Admiral John Byng, executed for his perceived failings in battle - more here)  and two of the interior - 1, 2, both © Gerard Charmley (2022). Link.
Grade II* listed. Strict Baptist Chapel on High Street. The Congregation was founded in 1693, and the building dates from 1805 (see here for a history). TL 1552 4209. © Les Needham (2010). Interior view, © Gerard Charmley (2022). Link.
Southleigh, Devon, St. Lawrence. Another view. SY 204 934. Both © Julie Baker.
Southmead, Bristol (City), Bristol.
Southoe, Cambridgeshire, St. Leonard. Another view, two of the interior - 1, 2, and the font. TL 1829 6444. All © David Regan (2019). Link. Grade I listed. The 6" O.S. map of 1887 shows a Gospel Hall (General Baptist) to the north-east of the village, on Bell Lane at TL 1846 6461. It's unclear if the house on the site today (2022 Streetview) is the converted hall, or a more recent build.
Southowram, West Yorkshire, St. Anne in the Grove. SE 120 236. © Michael Bourne.
Southport, Merseyside.
Southrepps, West Yorkshire, Norfolk, St. James. © Frances Hoffman.
Southrey, Lincolnshire, St. John the Divine. © Dave Hitchborne. Two additional views - 1, 2, and the interior, all © David Regan (2019).
Southrop, Gloucestershire, St. Peter. © Aidan McRae Thomson. Two additional views (1, 2), an interior, and the remarkable font, all © Chris Stafford (2012). Grade I listed.
Southsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire.
Southstoke, Somerset, St. James the Great. Norman doorway with tympanum. ST 7465 6123. Link. Grade II* listed. Other listed features associated with the church can be found here. Bath Seventh-day Adventist Church on Southstoke Lane. ST 7474 6156. Link. All © Chris Kippin (2022).
Southville, Bristol (City), Bristol - see Bristol.
Southwark, Greater London.
Southwell, Dorset - see Portland.
Southwell, Nottinghamshire.
Southwick, Northamptonshire, St. Mary. Another view, two interiors - 1, 2, the chancel and the font. All © David Regan (2016). Link. Grade II* listed.
Southwold, Suffolk. Holy Trinity. © Rosemary Groves. Link.
Sowerby, North Yorkshire, St. Oswald. Another view, interior view, and the side altar (the Light of the World window). All © James Murray.
Sowerby, West Yorkshire,
St. Peter. Pevsner rates it highly.
Its grade I listing dates it to 1763-6. SE 0429 2320. © Stan Walker. Another view, © Stuart Mackrell, and another, © David Regan (2020). Three interior views - 1, 2, 3, and the font, all © David Regan (20203). Link. For other listed features associated with the church, see here. The site of the demolished Congregational Church which stood at the junction of Dob Lane and Well Head Lane. Reputedly the oldest Congregational congregation in Yorkshire. The graveyard survives, as does the manse, which is the house at the left in the distance. The chapel itself was of a re-build of 1861, and it was closed in the 1970's. A few photographs are available here. SE 0383 2330. © David Regan (2021). The site of Providence Primitive Methodist Chapel (1875-6, closed 1961) - it stood roughly where the driveway goes behind the low white building. A photo of the chapel is available here. SE 0412 2318. © David Regan (2021). Two houses stand on the site of two successive Wesleyan Methodist Chapels on Rooley Lane, at SE 0390 2324. The earlier one, also known as Cross Stone Chapel, was built in 1787, and a photo is available here. It was burnt down, and replaced by the second chapel (Rooley Lane Chapel, photo available here). Its closure is dated here to circa 1956.
Sowerby Bridge, West Yorkshire.
Sowton, Devon, St. Michael & All Angels, and a carved capital. SX 9759 9251. Both © Chris Kippin (2022).
 Link. Grade I listed. For listed features in the churchyard, seen here.

Spalding, Lincolnshire.
Spaldwick, Cambridgeshire,
St. James. Another view. TL 1275 7281. Both © Jim Rushton. Link. Grade I listed. A former Baptist Chapel (2022 Streetview) stands set back from High Street at TL 1313 7279. It's dated to 1844 in its grade II listing. It must have closed before 1974, as this source says that it was derelict for more than 20 years before conversion in 1994.
Spanby, Lincolnshire, the former St. Nicholas, now in secular use. TF 096 382. © Mike Berrell (2012).
Sparham, Norfolk, St. Mary on Well Lane and Church Lane. Interior view. TG 017 196. Link. Grade I listed. The former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel on Church Lane, now in residential use. OS maps show that it had been built by the time of the 1882 edition. TG 072 196. All © Richard Roberts (2016).
Spark Bridge, Cumbria, the former Silver Lane Methodist Chapel (1863-1999), has been converted to residential use. It's marked on old maps as Wesleyan Methodist. Another view. SD 3017 8477. Both © Kevin Price (2020). Link.
Sparkford, Somerset, St. Mary Magdalene, which stands at the southern end of the village. The interior. ST 6091 2567. Both © Chris Kippin (2021). Link. Grade II* listed.
Sparkhill, Birmingham, West Midlands - see Birmingham.
Sparkwell, Devon, All Saints, and its interior. SX 5790 5779. Both © Chris Kippin (2023). Link. Grade II listed, wherein it's dated to 1858-9.
Sparrowpit, Derbyshire, Methodist Church. SK 090 808. © Mike Berrell.
Sparsholt, Hampshire, St. Stephen. SU 435 312.
© Chris Kippin. Link. Grade II* listed.
Spaxton, Somerset, St. Margaret on Church Road. Two interiors - 1, 2. ST 2253 3703. All © Mike Berrell (2016). Link. Grade I listed.
Spean Bridge, Highland, St. Joseph (R.C.). © Martin Briscoe. Kilmonivaig Parish Church (CoS). NN 213 819. © Martin Briscoe. Another view. © Bill Henderson. And another, this one © Dennis Harper (2013). Link.
Speedwell, Crofts End and Two Mile Hill, Bristol City, Bristol - see Bristol.
Speen, Berkshire,
St. Mary the Virgin. SU 4552 6782. © Victor Markham. An old postcard exterior and interior, both from old postcard from Judy Flynn's Collection.
 Link. Grade II listed. Numerous churchyard tombs are listed separately - they can be found here.
Speeton, North Yorkshire, St. Leonard. Another view. TA 151 747. Both © Stella Fisher (2010). Another view, © David Regan (2011). Link. Grade II* listed. Former Chapel on Chapel Lane, now a holiday let. This is perhaps the Wesleyan Chapel, as mentioned here. TA 149 747. © David Regan (2011). Howard Richter has confirmed that it is indeed the former Wesleyan Chapel which dates from 1923. Another view, © Howard Richter (2013). This was the second Wesleyan Chapel in the village. The earlier one, dating from 1847, stood nearby on the site of the white building here, though its footprint was smaller. It presumably closed for worship when the successor chapel opened (1923), but was still standing in 1971 when it shows on the OS map of that year. On the next edition (1973-4) it had gone. This photo show the relation between the two buildings. Both © Howard Richter (2013).
Speldhurst, Kent, St. Mary the Virgin. From an old postcard (ca. 1910), Brett Jeffery's Collection. Link.
Spelter, Bridgend, Duffryn Independent Chapel (1897).
© Gerard Charmley (2011).
Spencers Wood, Berkshire,
St. Michael and All Angels (card posted in 1919). The interior (card posted in 1924). Old maps show that it dates from the first decade of the 20th century. SU 7158 6708. Both from old postcards from Judy Flynn's Collection. Link. A former Congregational Church (later U.R.C.) stands on the main road to the south at SU 7150 6658. Seen by Streetview in 2009, it also dates to the first decade of the 20th century. What is presumably its predecessor (and later a Sunday School) shows on a map of 1900 as Independent Chapel, at SU 7156 6659. Streetview hasn't seen it or its site - does it survive?
Spennithorne, North Yorkshire,
St. Michael and All Angels, and a rather handsome gargoyle. Both © Kenneth Paver. The former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel (1871), now converted to residential use. It seems to have still been active in 1940, and was probably closed by 1959, by which date the OS map makes no reference to it. SE 1365 8910. © Howard Richter (2016).
Spennymoor, Durham.
Spernall, Warwickshire, St. Leonard. © Aidan McRae Thomson. A sign says that the church is closed, and now cared for by the Friends of Friendless Churches. Two further views - 1, 2, the priest's door, and a close-up of the rose window, all © John Bowdler (2011). Link.
Spetchley, Worcestershire, All Saints. Interior view, and an impressive monument. All © Peter Morgan (2014). Grade II* listed. St. John the Baptist (R.C.) at Spetchley Park. The chapel is part of Spetchley Hall. Grade II* listed (for the hall, including chapel). © Peter Morgan.
Spetisbury, Dorset, St. John the Baptist. © June Norris. Link.
Spiddall, County Galway, St. Enda (R.C.). Disused Protestant chapel (built 1776). Both © Bill Henderson.
Spike Island, Bristol (City), Bristol - see Bristol.
Spilsby, Lincolnshire, St. James. TF 4003 6609. © Dave Hitchborne. Another view, the interior, a large monument and the font, all
© David Regan (2021). Link. Grade I listed. Methodist Church on Halton Road. TF 4034 6609. © George Weston. Link dates it to 1878. Our Lady and the English Martyrs (R.C.) on Church Street. Another view. TF 3993 6610. Both © David Regan (2021). Link. The former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel on Wellington Yard (was Chapel Yard). It's dated to 1803 here, and was presumably closed when the present Methodist Church opened, in 1878. TF 4041 6621. © David Regan (2021). New Life Centre on Church Street, as seen by Streetview in 2011. I don't know if it was their building at the time, but this building is shown on a current website. TF 4004 6613. Spilsby Christian Fellowship on Halton Road. TF 4035 6597. © David Regan (2021). Link. The former Primitive Methodist Chapel on Newtown. This source advises of dates of 1855-1889, after which it served as a parish room. It's been converted to residential use. TF 4060 6584. © David Regan (2021).
Spink, Co. Laois, St. Lazarian (R.C.). © Liam Murphy. Link.
Spinkhill, Derbyshire, Church of the Immaculate Conception (R.C., 1846). Older maps call it St. Mary's. SK 4544 7861. © David Regan (2020). Link1. Link2. Grade II listed.
Spinney Hills, Leicester, Leicestershire - see Leicester.
Spital-in-the-Street, Lincolnshire, St. Edmund's Chapel. Interior view. Both © David Regan (2016). Link.
Spitalfields, Greater London, Christ Church. © Aidan McRae Thomson. Link.
Spittal, Northumberland, St. John the Evangelist. NU 006 515. Link. U.R.C. NU 003 517. Link. Both © Bill Henderson (2013).
Spittal, Pembrokeshire, St. Mary. SM 976 230. © Mike Berrell (2010). Two interior views - 1, 2, both © Mike Berrell (2012).  Salem Baptist Chapel (1827, renovated 1909). SM 962 230. © Mike Berrell (2010).
Splott, Cardiff (City), Cardiff - see Cardiff (City).
Spofforth, North Yorkshire, All Saints. SE 364 510. © Bill Henderson. Methodist Church. SE 362 509. © Michael Bourne.
Spondon, Derby, Derbyshire - see the Derby page.
Sporle, Norfolk, St. Mary (K) on Church Road. TF 8499 1145. © Richard Roberts (2018). Another view, three of the interior - 1, 2, 3, the altar, a window, and wall paintings, all © Chris Stafford (2015). Link1. Link2. Grade I listed. The Methodist Chapel on The Street. It was built as Ebenezer Primitive Methodist Chapel in 1862. TF 8487 1123. © Richard Roberts (2018). Link1. Link2. The village has a former Baptist Chapel, also on The Street, at TF 8489 1114, and seen by Streetview in 2021. Genuki dates it to 1820 - before 1945, but it has a date-stone for 1873.
Spratton, Northamptonshire, St. Andrew. Interior view, the chancel and the font. All © David Regan (2016). Link. A leaflet about the church is available here. Grade I listed.
Spreyton, Devon, St. Michael. Interior view, and the font. SX 6974 9672. All © Chris Kippin (2021). Link. Grade II listed.
Spridlington, Lincolnshire,
St. Hilary. TF 0079 8453. © Dave Hitchborne. Two views of the interior - 1, 2, the East window and altar, and the font, all © David Regan (2018). Link. Grade II listed. The former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel. This source only dates it to the late 19th century, and suggests that it replaced an earlier chapel of 1838 - though whether this was on the same site or not is not apparent. TF 0111 8455. © David Regan (2020).
Springfield, Fife, the Parish Church, on Manse Road. © Jim Parker (2012). Link.
Springside, North Ayrshire, Mission Hall on Overtoun Road. Built before 1910, as it shows on the OS map for that year. Another view. A postcard view from the early years of the 20th century, can be seen here (external website) - note the changes to the windows above the porch. The postcard is titled E. C. Mission Hall. NS 3699 3889. There was an earlier hall which stood nearby at about NS 3697 3904 - the plot of land is now empty. Built before 1896 (again, map evidence) it seems to have survived at least until the 1960's, as it shows on the OS map for 1967. Both © Martin Richter (2013).
Springside, West Yorkshire, the site of the demolished Wesleyan Methodist Chapel. A photo of the chapel is available here, and it also supplies dates of 1873-1954, with demolition following a few years later. SE 9604 2484. © David Regan (2021).
Springthorpe, Lincolnshire,
St. George and St. Lawrence (O). Three further views - 1, 2, 3, the very fine Norman doorway, interior and font. Link. Grade I listed. The former Primitive Methodist Chapel on Hill Road, now converted to residential use. Link. All © David Regan (2012 and 2019).
Springwell, Sunderland, Tyne & Wear - see Sunderland.

Springwood, Merseyside, All Souls on Mather Avenue. SJ 408 855. © Don Tomkinson. Link.
Sproatley, East Riding of Yorkshire, St. Swithin (or Swithun). Methodist Chapel. Both © James Murray.
Sproston Green, Cheshire,
the former Methodist Church on Brereton Lane, originally Wesleyan. Genuki dates its foundation to 1866, but if this is correct it must have been at a different site, as a map of 1882 doesn't show a building here. SJ 7326 6672. © Bruce Read. Genuki also mentions a Primitive Methodist Chapel, founded in 1845, but I haven't been able to locate it on available maps.
Sprotbrough, South Yorkshire,
St. Mary the Virgin. Link. Methodist Church. Both © Bill Henderson. This old postcard (from Kevin Gordon's Collection) is clearly marked "Arksey Church", but it bears no similarity to Arksey church in South Yorkshire, and neither he nor I could find another Arksey. That indefatigable detective Janet Gimber has identified the church as St. Mary, Sprotbrough, so this is a faulty postcard. The former St. Edmund on Anchorage Lane was converted from agricultural buildings in the years following WWII. It was originally a mission from the Minster in Doncaster, but in more recent years, it came under St. Mary. It was closed in 2009. SE 5623 0393. © Howard Richter (2012). Grade II listed.
Sprouston, Borders,
the Parish Church. NT 7566 3532. © Alan Blacklock. Link. Category B listed, wherein it's dated to 1781.
Sproxton, Leicestershire,
St. Bartholomew. SK 8566 2491. © Alan Blacklock (2011). Two more views - 1, 2, the interior and chancel, the pulpit and the font, all © Chris Stafford (2015). Link. Grade II* listed. O.S. maps show a Chapel on Coston Road at SK 8555 2429. It was Wesleyan Methodist, and its site (a small garden) was seen by Streetview in 2009. It's better seen here, where it says that it was dismantled in 1995 and shipped to a university in the U.S. to serve as its chapel - see here, where there is a photo.
Sproxton, North Yorkshire,
St. Chad. © Bill McKenzie. Another view, © Bill Henderson. Interior view, and the altar, both © Peter Morgan (2017). Link, which says that the church originally stood about 1½ miles away, and was re-erected here in 1879. Grade II listed.

Stackpole Elidor, Pembs. - see Cheriton.
Stacksteads., Lancashire.
Stadhampton, Oxfordshire, St. John the Baptist. © William Wells.
Staffield, Cumbria, the site of a vanished Chapel (indicated on O.S. maps at NY 5388 4292), as seen by Streetview in 2021. It may have been associated with the nearby medieval Armathwaite Nunnery. After the Dissolution the Nunnery was converted into a house, and it can just be seen on a Streetview from 2021. NY 5373 4285. Link.
Significant medieval fabric survives, as detailed in its grade I listing.
Staffin, Skye, Highland, Free Church of Scotland. From map evidence, it was built between 1878 and 1903. Two additional views - 1, 2. NG 493 670. Link. Kilmuir and Stenscholl Church of Scotland, a Parliamentary/Telford church of 1828. Two additional views - 1, 2. See also Kilmuir, above. NG 489 673. Link. Grade B listed. Free Church of Scotland (Continuing) (2005). Another view. NG 488 676. Link. All © Dennis Harper (2013). Free Presbyterian Church at NG 491 672. There was a preceding church building at NG 4922 6707, of which there are no visible remains. Shown on maps from 1903, it is not present on the 1955 edition. The site is seen here on Streetview. © Martin Richter (2013). Link.
Stafford, Staffordshire.
Stagsden, Bedfordshire, St. Leonard. Interior view. SP 9822 4908. Both from old postcards in Judy Flynn's Collection. A modern view, © David Regan (2018). Link. Grade I listed. Bunyan Chapel is marked on the 25" O.S. map of 1901 at SP 9816 4897, west of High Street. The part which survives can be seen in a Streetview of 2021, and a demolished part of it can be seen here (where the chapel is dated to 1820) - however, the surviving part seems to have been the chapel itself, as O.S. maps only indicate this building as a place of worship.
Stagshaw, Northumberland, St. Aidan. NY 981 669. © Bill Henderson (2011).
Stainburn, North Yorkshire, St. Mary. Now disused, and cared for by the Churches Conservation Trust. © Bill Henderson.
Stainby, Lincolnshire, St. Peter (1865). © Alan Blacklock (2011). Another view (© 2010), and an interior taken through a window  (© 2014), both © Chris Stafford. Chris advises that to judge by appearances, the church may be pencilled-in for closure. Grade II listed.
Staincross, South Yorkshire - see Mapplewell and Staincross.
Staindrop, Co. Durham, St. Mary. NZ 1310 2064. © Bill Henderson. The fine tomb of Sir Ralph Neville (d. 1425) and his two wives,
© Christopher Skottowe (1962). Link. Grade I listed. Other listed features associated with the church can be found here. The Methodist Church on Front Street was formerly Primitive Methodist. It's dated here to 1861. NZ 1293 2064. © Steve Bulman. Grade II listed. The former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel on South Green, at NZ 1281 2055. Durham Record Office holds documents from the chapel for the years 1886-1969. © Steve Bruce. Older maps show a Congregational Chapel on The Green, at NZ 1273 2064. The Staindrop Wikipedia entry dates it to 1868. Demolished, it stood left of the alleyway seen in a Streetview from 2009. A former Friends Meeting House stands off the north-west corner of The Green, at NZ 1259 2063. Dated to 1771 in its grade II listing, it can be seen in the background (the red roof with skylight) of a Streetview from 2009.
Stainfield, Lincolnshire, St. Andrew. © Dave Hitchborne. Another view, three interiors - 1, 2, 3, and the font, all © David Regan (2017). Grade II* listed.
Stainforth, North Yorkshire, St. Peter. SD 821 674. © Bill Henderson. Interior view, showing the Millennium Window. © Philip Kapp. Another view. © Alan Blacklock.
Stainforth, South Yorkshire, St. Mary. © Bill Henderson.
Stainland, West Yorkshire, St. Andrew (1754), on Stainland Road. This was originally St. Bartholomew's Chapel (Anglican, Methodist and Congregational). SE 0816 1963. The former Providence U.R.C. (Congregational, 1814) on Beestonley Lane was a splinter from the aforementioned St. Bartholomew. Another view. SE 0735 1931. Grade II listed. The site of the demolished Wesleyan Methodist Chapel (another splinter from St. Bartholomew, 1840-1963), as seen by the Streetview van in 2019. Exterior and interior photos are available here, and a history here (scroll down). SE 0821 1960. All
© David Regan (2020). A Non-Conformist Mortuary Chapel is shown on O.S. maps at SE 0749 1950, a little way north of the village. Stainland's Wikipedia entry says it has been demolished, and Streetview doesn't supply a view of the site.
Stainmore, Cumbria.
Stainton (near Penrith), Cumbria, Methodist Church. NY 4862 2838. © Malcolm Minshaw. Link. O.S. maps show Site of St. John's Church a short distance to the north of the village, at NY 4841 2847. I've been unable to find any information about this vanished church, but it's site can be seen on a 2017 Streetview here, to the left of the tree in the field.
Stainton (near Kendal), Cumbria, the former Independent Chapel (later U.R.C.), which dates from the 17th century, and closed in 2000. Another view. The building now serves as the Village Institute (link, which has some history). The church sign was still present in 2009 when the Streetview camera went past, as can be seen here. SD 5260 8597. Both © Kevin Price (2020). Grade II listed.
Stainton, South Yorkshire, St. Winifred. © Pete Day.
Stainton by Langworth, Lincolnshire, St. John the Baptist. Another view, two interiors - 1, 2, and the early font, all © David Regan (2015). Grade II listed.
Stainton le Vale, Lincolnshire, St. Andrew (O). Another view, an interior view and the font. All © David Regan (2013). Link. Grade II listed.
Stainton with Adgarley, Cumbria, the former Mission Room of 1904 - now in residential use. SD 2510 7257. © Martin Richter (2011). The former Congregational Church (1902-51). Kevin Price advises that it stands on the site of a Mission Church of 1873. SD 2497 7254.
© Alan Marsden (2022). About half a mile to the north-east, O.S. maps mark Bolton Chapel, at Bolton Farm, SD 2594 7292. It gets a very brief mention here, where it's said to have been a chantry chapel. O.S. maps aren't precise about indicating which building the label is intended for, but I think it's the barn with lean-to, seen in a Streetview from 2009. Can you confirm if this is correct?
Staintondale, North Yorkshire, St. John the Baptist (used by both the Methodists and CoE). Link. The former Staintondale Methodist Church. This undated link gives sale details. Both © Colin Waters Collection (2010).
Stair, East Ayrshire, the Parish Church of 1864 can be seen on the church website. Its History page dates the church to 1864, on the site of an earlier church of 1706. NS 4395 2360. Grade C listed.
Staithes, North Yorkshire.
Stakeford, Northumberland, Methodist Church. NZ 269 856. © Bill Henderson (2013).
Stalbridge, Dorset, Congregational Church on Station Road. ST 736 178. Link, which says the church dates from 1870, and was preceded by an earlier Presbyterian Meeting House (building registered 1724) and chapel (1725). Link. Methodist Church (1873) on Ring Street. Possibly no longer in use. The previous building, Wesleyan, which was built in 1833, was on Guggleton Street. This was later re-named as Station Road, so Howard Richter speculates that the Congregational Church may be built on the site of the Wesleyan building (or even be substantially the same building), though has been unable to find any proof of this. Both © Martin Richter (2012).
Stalham, Norfolk, St. Mary (O). Interior view, and another. TG 373 251. All © James Murray. Another view, porch, sun-dial, interior view, side chapel, and the superb font, all © Steve Bulman (2012). Painted panels from the rood screen have been hung on the wall. © Steve Bulman (2012).Link. Grade II* listed - link. Baptist Church on High Street. Adjacent stands another building, still part of the church - was this built as a church hall, or was it the earlier church building? TG 374 250. Both © Steve Bulman (2012). Link.
Stalisfield Green, Kent, St. Mary. TQ 9673 5243. © Geoff Watt. Two more views - 1, 2, the lych-gate, and three of the interior  1, 2, 3, all © Karel Kuča (2011).
Link. Grade II* listed.
Stalling Busk, North Yorkshire,
St. Matthew (1909). Another view. Another view, showing an outside font, and the War Memorial. Interior view. SD 916 859. All © James Murray. Grade II listed. St. Matthew was successor to a medieval church, also St. Matthew, of which the ruins stand at SD 916 863. Three additional views - 1, 2, 3. All © Howard Richter (2017). Grade II listed.
Stallingborough, Lincolnshire, St. Peter and St. Paul. Another view. Both © David Regan (2012). Link. Grade II* listed - link.
Stalybridge, Greater Manchester.
Stamford, Lincolnshire.
Stamford Bridge, East Riding of Yorkshire,
St. John the Baptist (1868, O). © Bill Henderson. Another view, and two of the interior - 1, 2, all © Peter Morgan (2017). Link. The Methodist Church on The Square, built as Wesleyan in 1828 (date-stone). Both © Peter Morgan (2017). Link. Grade II listed.
Stamford Hill, Greater London. Described on this old postcard (Steve Bulman's Collection) only as "Gibbon Church", Janet Gimber has discovered that it was Stamford Hill Congregational Church, demolished in 1966 to make way for a library. The Gibbon reference is to Rev. James Morgan Gibbon. Masjid E Quba (or North London Mosque Trust) on Cazenove Road. Interior view. TQ 340 869. Both © Mehmood Naqshbandi, and reproduced from his website Muslims in Britain.
Stamfordham, Northumberland, St. Mary. The tower. 88 NZ 076 720. Both © Steve Bulman. Link.
Stanbridge, Bedfordshire, dedicated to St. John the Baptist. SP 9657 2423. © Bill McKenzie. An old postcard view, from Judy Flynn's Collection. Link. Grade I listed. A Wesleyan Methodist Chapel once stood on Mill Road, dated here to 1870, closing no later than 1972. Streetview saw Chapel House on the site in 2009. It also mentions a predecessor of 1833 - whether it was on the same or a different site isn't stated. SP 9650 2427. The village also had a Primitive Methodist Chapel, which this source dates to 1842, closing by 1954 at the latest. A 1910 photo and history are available here. A school car parking area was built on its site - see here in a Streetview from 2009. SP 9676 2431.
Stanbrook, Worcestershire, St. Thomas. © Peter Morgan (2015).
Stand, Greater Manchester, Unitarian Chapel on Ringley Road. SD 795 055. © Philip Kapp. Two interior views - 1, 2, both © Anne Smith (2012).
Standish, Gloucestershire,
St. Nicholas. SO 800 084. © Graeme Harvey. Interior view. © Crispin Pemberton. Link. Two additional views - 1, 2, both © Chris Kippin (2019). Grade I listed.
Standish, Greater Manchester.
Standlake, Oxfordshire, St. Giles. SP 397 036. © Brian J. Curtis.
Standon, Hertfordshire, St. Mary.  © Chris Emms (2010). Link. Grade I listed - link.
Stanfield, Norfolk, St. Margaret. Two more views - 1, 2, two of the interior - 1 (including the font and its memorable cover), 2, and two examples of the naively carved bench ends - 1, 2. TF 9395 2076. All © Chris Stafford (2014).
 Link1. Link2. Grade I listed. Older maps mark a Primitive Methodist Chapel on Church Lane, at TF 9358 2069. Not present on a map of 1883, it had been built by 1907, and was gone by 1952. Its site was seen by Streetview in 2008. I  haven't been able to find a photo.
Stanfield, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire - see Stoke-on-Trent.
Stanford Bishop, Herefordshire, St. James. Another view. SO 681 515. Both
© Chris Kippin. Link. Grade II* listed.
Stanford Dingley, Berkshire,
St. Denys. Two interior views - 1, 2. SU 5754 7170. All © Nick Hopton (2010).
 Link. Grade I listed. Two churchyard tombs are also listed - see here for details.
Stanford in the Vale, Oxfordshire, St. Denys. Another view. Link. Grade I listed. The former U.R.C. All © Janet Gimber (2016).
Stanford-le-Hope, Essex, St. Margaret of Antioch, of Norman foundation, restored in Victorian times, it still retains much earlier stonework, and some fine carvings. Tombs and monuments of the Fetherston and Scratton families. © Brian Thompson.
Stanford on Avon, Northamptonshire,
St. Nicholas. Interior view. Both © Aidan McRae Thomson. Grade I listed.
Stanford on Soar, Nottinghamshire, St. John the Baptist. Two further views - 1, 2. All © David Regan (2012). Link. Grade I listed - link.
Stanford on Teme, Worcestershire,
St. Mary. SO 7024 6572. © Les Needham. Three interior views - 1, 2, 3, all © Peter Morgan (2023). Link1. Link2. Grade II* listed, wherein it's dated to 1768-9.
Stanhoe, Norfolk, All Saints on Church Lane. Built circa 1300, it was heavily restored in early Victorian times. Interior view. TF 801 368. Link1. Link2. Grade I listed. Methodist Church on Docking Road, built as Primitive Methodist (1892). TF 804 370. All © Richard Roberts (2015).
Stanhope, Durham, dedicated to St. Thomas. © Bill Henderson. Methodist Church. Another view. Both © Peter Morgan (2013). Link.
Stanhope Bretby, Derbyshire, Methodist Church on Ashby Road East. Built as a United Methodist mission room, circa 1900. SK 285 220. © Richard Roberts (2014).
Stanion, Northamptonshire,
St. Peter the Apostle. © Graeme Harvey. Another view, © David Regan (2017). Grade I listed. Methodist Church, © Graeme Harvey. Another view, with a "Sold" sign showing that the church has closed. © David Regan (2017).
Stanley, Co. Durham.
Stanley, Derbyshire, St. Andrew on Station Road. SK 419 404. © Richard Roberts (2015). Grade II listed.
Stanley, Staffordshire, former? Methodist Chapel. © Gervase N. E. Charmley (2009).
Stanley and Stanley Ferry, Wakefield, West Yorkshire - see Wakefield.
Stanley Common, Derbyshire, United Church of All Saints (Anglican and Methodist) on Belper Road. Built as All Saints in 1913, it merged with the Methodists in 2003. SK 415 423. © Richard Roberts (2015).
Stanmer, East Sussex, no dedication (CoE). © Bernard Hylands. Link.
Stanmore, Greater London.
Stanningfield, Suffolk, St. Nicholas. Another view, and the interior. TL 8772 5635. All © Chris Kippin (2021). Link1. Link2. Grade I listed.
Stanningley, Leeds, West Yorkshire - see Leeds.
Stannington, Northumberland, St. Mary the Virgin. NZ 2099 7942. © Bill Henderson. Another view, © Carole Sage (1964).
Stansbatch, Herefordshire, Baptist Church (1863). SO 348 610. © Steve Bulman (2011).
Stansfield, Suffolk, All Saints (C). Two additional views - 1, 2, and the porch. All © Chris Stafford (2013). Link. Grade I listed.
Stansted, Kent, St. Mary the Virgin. TQ 607 621. © Dave Westrap. Link1. Link2.
Stansted Abbotts, Hertfordshire, St. Andrew. © Bill McKenzie. An old postcard view, from Reg Dosell's Collection.
Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex, St. Thérèse of Lisieux (R.C., 2002). An additional view. Both © Chris Stafford (2013). Link.
Stanton, Gloucestershire, St. Michael and All Angels. Another view. Both © Graeme Harvey. Two additional views - 1, 2, two interior views - 1, 2, and the altar, all © John Bowdler (2012). Grade I listed - link.
Stanton, Staffordshire, St. Mary on Marsh Lane. SK 126 460. © Mike Berrell (2015). Grade II listed.
Stanton by Bridge, Derbyshire, St. Michael. © James Murray. Link.
Stanton-by-Dale, Derbyshire, St. Michael and All Saints, founded circa 1350. Some sources call it St. Michael and All Angels. SK 465 382. Grade II* listed. The former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel (1860) on Dale Road, now a private residence. SK 464 379. Both © Richard Roberts (2014).
Stanton Drew, Somerset, Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary on Church Lane. Another view, the interior, altar, East window, the pulpit, and the font. ST 59781 63124. Grade II* listed. A housing development (The Drive) now occupies the site of the demolished Methodist Church. A photo of the (boarded up) church is available here, dated 2006, on an external site. ST 59865 62222. All © Carole Sage (2016). The preceding Methodist Chapel (1832) still stands at ST 60347 62894. © Carole Sage (2017).
Stanton Fitzwarren, Wiltshire, St. Leonard. SU 1788 9012. © Carole Sage (2003). The very fine chancel arch, the magnificent font (plus two details - 1, 2), and what at first glance I thought was a second font, but its grade I listing describes as a "piscina on pillar with scallopped capital", all © Christopher Skottowe (1964). Link. Grade I listed.
Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, St. Michael. © Brian J. Curtis. SP 416 056.
Stanton Hill, Nottinghamshire, All Saints (1899) on Fackley Road. SK 4849 6080.
© David Regan (2021). Link1. Link2. The Baptist Church of 1877 on Albert Street. SK 4850 6068. © David Regan (2021). Link. The former Primitive Methodist Chapel of 1876 on New Lane (now Longden Terrace). SK 4857 6066. © David Regan (2021). It was succeeded by the now-demolished Albert Street Methodist Church of 1908 at the junction of Victoria Street and Albert Street. The first Streetview visit in 2009 saw it in the process of demolition, and in later visits the housing built on the site can be seen. SK 4854 6068. Victoria Street Methodist Church stood at the western end of Victoria Street, at SK 4842 6070. The car park on the site can be seen in a Streetview of 2011. Labelled on earlier maps as United Methodist, a smaller (presumably preceding) chapel at the northern end of the site is marked on a map of 1900, at SK 4841 6071. Earlier maps show it was first built in the 1890's. It stood on what is now the car park towards the far end of the building in the adjacent plot.
Stanton in Peak, Derbyshire, Holy Trinity (1839) on Main Road. Interior view. SK 241 642. Grade II listed. Wesleyan Reform Chapel (1829) on Lees Road. SK 243 640. Grade II listed. All © Richard Roberts (2014).
Stanton Lacy, Shropshire, St. Peter. Another view. SO 495 788. Both © Chris Kippin. Link (slow to load). Grade I listed.
Stanton Lees, Derbyshire, Independent Evangelical Church on Lees Road. It was built as a Wesleyan Reform Chapel in 1863, re-built in 1898, and became Independent in 1971. SK 252 630. © Richard Roberts (2014).
Stanton Long, Shropshire, St. Michael. Interior view. Both © Aidan McRae Thomson. Link.
Stanton on the Wolds, Nottinghamshire, All Saints. Two further views- 1, 2. All © David Regan (2012). Link1. Link2. Link3. Grade II listed - link.
Stanton Prior, Somerset, St. Lawrence. Although of earlier foundation, the present building is mainly of the 15th century, and the restoration of 1860. Two additional views - 1, 2, and a badly weathered angel. ST 67802 62728. An interior photo is available here. Grade II* listed. The former Methodist Church, built as Wesleyan in 1863. Only the central part of the building (gable end to the road) is the original chapel, the rest is an extension added when it was converted to residential use. It was open until at least 1997. ST 67878 62764. All © Carole Sage (2017).
Stanton St. John, Oxfordshire, dedicated to St. John the Baptist. SP 577 094. © Steve Bulman.
Stanton St. Quintin, Wiltshire, St. Giles. ST 905 798.
 © Chris Kippin (2019). Link. Grade II* listed.
Stanton under Bardon, Leicestershire, St. Mary and All Saints. © Graeme Harvey.
Stanway, Gloucestershire, St. Peter. © Graeme Harvey. Another view, the altar, pulpit, and organ, all © John Bowdler (2012). Link. Grade II* listed - link.
Stanwell, Surrey, St. Mary the Virgin. From an old postcard (franked 1908) in Steve Bulman's Collection. Link.
Stanwick, Northamptonshire, St. Lawrence. © David Regan (2017). Link. Grade I listed.
Stanwick St. John, North Yorkshire, St. John the Baptist. Two interior views - 1, 2, and a tomb. All © David Regan (2010). Link.
Stanwix, Carlisle, Cumbria - see Carlisle (North).
Stape, North Yorkshire, the former Primitive Methodist Chapel now converted to residential use. Opened in 1876, it seems to have gone out of use by 1952. Another view. SE 793 934. The former Wesleyan Chapel has also been converted. Another view. Map evidence indicates that it was built between 1856 and 1891, and it may have still been active in 1979. SE 794 932. All © Howard Richter (2013).
Stapenhill, Staffordshire, St. Peter (1881) on Stapenhill Road. Although built on the site of a mediaeval church, nothing of the old fabric remains. SK 255 221. From an old postcard (franked 1910) in Dave Westrap's Collection. A modern view, © Richard Roberts (2014). Link1. Link2. Grade II listed.
Staple, Kent, St. James the Great. 179 TR 269 567. © Geoff Watt. Link.
Staple Fitzpaine, Somerset,
St. Peter on Staple Hill. Two interiors - 1, 2. The list of rectors commences in 1277. ST 264 182. All © Mike Berrell (2014). Another view, and a close-up of the tower, both © Christopher Skottowe (1965). Link1. Link2. Grade I listed.
Staple Hill, Gloucestershire, Bethesda Independent Methodist Church. © Janet Gimber (2014). The former Mission Hall (Brethren's Gospel Hall), now disused, © Janet Gimber (2014). Pendennis Evangelical Church on Pendennis Road. Above the upper middle window is a date-stone, which reads (I think) Free Gospel Mission Hall 1921. © Janet Gimber (2014). Salvation Army on Broad Street, © Janet Gimber (2014). The former Salvation Army Hall (now demolished), © Rob Kinnon-Brettle. Sanctuary Church on High Street, © Janet Gimber (2014). Link. The former Soundwell Road Congregational Church, now in secular use. © Janet Gimber (2014). Soundwell Spiritualist Church was built as Wesleyan Methodist. © Janet Gimber (2014). Staple Hill Methodist Church, built as Hebron United Methodist Free Church in 1874. © Janet Gimber (2014).
Staplecross, East Sussex, St. Mark. © Steve Bulman (2009). Link.
Stapleford, Cambridgeshire,
St. Andrew on Mingle Lane. TL 4709 5211. © John Salmon. Two additional views - 1, 2, two of the interior - 1, 2, the chancel, and the font, all © David Regan (2019). Link. Grade II* listed. Older O.S. maps mark a Baptist Chapel on Church Street at TL 4699 5181. It pre-dates a map of 1886 (where it's labelled as Baptist Chapel (Particular), and this source, which calls it Providence, dates it to 1863-1975. It was seen by Streetview in 2019.
Stapleford, Hertfordshire, St. Mary (K). From an old postcard in Reg Dosell's Collection. Two modern views - 1, 2, and an interior, taken through a window, all © Chris Stafford (2013). Link.
Stapleford, Leicestershire, St. Mary Magdalene, now in the care of the Church Conservation Trust. Another view, two interiors - 1, 2, and two handsome monuments - 1, 2. All © David Regan (2015). Link. Grade I listed.
Stapleford, Lincolnshire, All Saint. Another view. Both © David Regan (2012). Link. Grade II listed - link.
Stapleford, Nottinghamshire, St. Luke on Moorbridge Lane. Built as a Methodist Chapel, it was taken over by the CoE in 1905 as Moorbridge Lane Mission, and assumed its present name in 1975. SK 486 383. © Richard Roberts (2014). Link.
Stapleford, Wiltshire, St. Mary. Another view. SU 0705 3737. Both © Chris Kippin (2020). Link. Grade I listed.
Staplegrove, Taunton, Somerset - see Taunton.
Staplehurst, Kent, All Saints. TQ 786 429. Link. U.R.C., built in 1825 and enlarged in 1883. TQ 785 432. Providence (Strict Baptist Chapel). TQ 787 432. Free Church (formerly the village hall). Geoff advises (Aug 2007) that the congregation are now using the U.R.C. and a local school, as their own church is to be demolished. They hope to re-build if and when funds allow. TQ 785 819. All © Geoff Watt.
Stapleton (including Broomhill), Bristol (City), Bristol - see Bristol.
Stapleton, Cumbria, St. Mary, rebuilt in 1830 on the site of its medieval predecessor. A fine church, standing alone in majestic scenery. NY 5034 7129. © Steve Bulman. Link (has an interior view). Grade II listed.
Stapleton, Leicestershire, St. Martin (C). © David Regan (2016). Link. Grade II* listed.
Stapleton, Shropshire, St. John the Baptist. © James Murray.
Stapley, Somerset, the former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel - a tin tabernacle. It's marked on the 1:2,500  O.S. map of 1889, but from the evidence of later maps had gone out of use sometime between 1906 and 1930. At some point the chapel building was moved from its original location at ST 1891 1349. It now stands on the other side of the road, and is used by a local mortician. What may be the original foundations remain visible. Both © P. L. Kessler / The History Files.
Star, Pembrokeshire, Chapel (1879). SN 246 350. © Mike Berrell (2012).
Starbeck, North Yorkshire, St. Andrew's Church in the Community. © James Murray. Link.
Starbotton, North Yorkshire, the former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel. It pre-dates the 1894 O.S. map, and is now a private residence. SD 953 747. © Richard Roberts (2017).
Starcross, Devon, St. Paul. SX 976 815. © Andrew Ross.
Starston, Norfolk, St. Margaret. TM 234 845. © Steve Bulman (2005). Another view, © Kevin Price (2012). Link. Grade I listed - link.
Startforth, Co. Durham,
Holy Trinity. © Bill Henderson. Another view, two interior photos - 1, 2, the chancel, and the font, all © David Regan (2018). Grade II listed.
Startley, Wiltshire, the former Primitive Methodist Church. Another view. ST 944 824. Both
© Chris Kippin (2019). Link.
Stathe, Somerset, the former Jubilee Baptist Chapel, now "Old Chapel", and presumably in residential use. The latest map I have access to (1977) marks this as "Chap", so it was presumably active at least into the 1970's. It first appears on the O.S. map of 1903-4, it being absent (or at least, not labelled) on the earlier map of 1889-91. ST 3739 2896. © P. L. Kessler / The History Files, which dates it at 1887 for the chapel, and 1928 for the adjacent Sunday School. Another view, © Mike Berrell (2015).
Stathern, Leicestershire,
St. Guthlac. Another view. SK 7728 3094. Both © David Regan (2011). The interior, the pulpit and the font, all © Chris Stafford (2015). Link. Grade II* listed. The former Methodist Church on Chapel Lane. Old maps label it as Wesleyan. It hasn't been seen by Streetview, but a photo of it can be seen here. SK 7702 3113.
Staunton, Gloucestershire, St. James. SO 781 292. © Peter Wood. Further views, 1, 2, and interior view, all © James Murray. Former Chapel (1821), now a private residence. © James Murray.
Staunton, Gloucestershire, All Saints. © Graeme Harvey. Link.
Staunton Harold, Leicestershire, Chapel of the Holy Trinity (1653). Two further views - 1, 2, interior view, and the font. All © David Regan (2016). The spectacular entrance in the west wall of the tower, © Richard Roberts (2016). Link1. Link2. Grade I listed.
Staunton-in-the-Vale, Nottinghamshire, St. Mary. Four interior views - 1, 2, 3, 4, and the font. Part of an aircraft propeller forms part of a memorial to the crew of a Lancaster which crashed nearby during WWII.  All © David Regan (2011). Link1. Link2.
Staunton-on-Arrow, Herefordshire, St. Peter, which dates from 1853, a replacement for the medieval church which had burnt down. Interior view. Both © Tim Hollinghurst.
Staunton on Wye, Herefordshire, St. Mary the Virgin (O). SO 373 433. From an old postcard in Steve Bulman's Collection. Two modern views - 1, 2, the interior and the sun-dial, all
© Chris Kippin. Link. Grade I listed.
Staveley (near Kendal), Cumbria.
Staveley, Derbyshire, St. John the Baptist on Church Street. SK 4335 7487. © Bill Henderson. Another view,
© David Regan (2020). Lots of interior photos here. Link. Grade II* listed. A churchyard cross is listed separately, also as grade II. The Methodist Church of 1976 stands on Chesterfield Road at SK 4302 7458. © David Regan (2021). Link. It was successor to Trinity Methodist Church (1904), also on Chesterfield Road, at SK 4309 7455. A photo is available here. The same source says that this had been preceded by two earlier chapels of 1827 and 1849, though it doesn't locate either of them. With all the changes to surrounding buildings and road layout it's difficult to locate exactly where the church stood, but it will be somewhere in this Streetview of 2020. The former Lowgates Methodist Church was built as Free United in 1874. It stands on Lowgates at SK 4381 7487. Its closure is dated to 1987 here. Another view. Both © David Regan (2021). The former St. Joseph (R.C., 1933) on Chesterfield Road. SK 4264 7425. © David Regan (2020). Link. Zion Primitive Methodist Chapel stood on Inkersall Road and Speedwell Terrace at SK 4334 7440. A photo is available here wherein it's dated to 1908-1969, and preceded by an earlier chapel of 1873, destroyed in a fire in 1903. It's unclear which of the chapels is in the photo. Chapel and Speedwell Terrace have both gone, and their sites are under a large industrial estate - seen here in a 2009 Streetview. A short way south of Zion was a Mission Room, at SK 4329 7424. Now under the same industrial estate, it stood roughly here, as seen in a 2018 Streetview. Salvation Army on Wharf Lane. © David Regan (2021). Link. Two Mortuary Chapels are shown in Staveley Cemetery on Inkersall Road, the CoE at SK 4321 7409, and Nonconformist at SK 7410. Not visible to Streetview, I've been unable to find a photo of the latter chapel, but there are several of the derelict CoE chapel here.
Staveley, North Yorkshire, All Saints. SE3662. © Bill Henderson. Interior view, and the Anglo-Saxon cross shaft, both © Kenneth Paver (2013). Grade II listed.
Staveley-in-Cartmel, Cumbria, St. Mary. SD 3794 8593. © Steve Bulman. An old drawing made by Thomas Bland in the 1850's is available here, reproduced by kind permission of Carlisle Library. It's from the searchable Cumbria Image Bank, which can be accessed here. Link. Grade II listed.
Staverton, Devon, St. Paul de Leon. Another view, the interior and rood screen. SX 793 639. All
© Chris Kippin (2019). Link. Grade I listed.
Staverton, Gloucestershire, St. Catherine. © Graeme Harvey. Link.
Staverton, Northamptonshire, St. Mary the Virgin. © Aidan McRae Thomson. Another view, the two porches - 1, 2, two interior views - 1, 2, and the altar. All © John Bowdler (2013). Grade I listed.
Staverton, Wiltshire, St. Paul. Another view, and the tower. The former Methodist Church, currently (2011) up for sale. Another view. All © John Gimber (2011).
Stawell, Somerset, St. Francis. The dedication seems to be a recent addition, as no older maps or sources so name it. The interior. ST 3680 3829. Link. Grade II* listed. The former Ebenezer Congregational Chapel (1861) stands a little way back from Stawell Road, at ST 3683 3826. Clearly shown as Congregational on the 25" map of 1904 (and this source says it was built as Congregational), the 1886 edition shows it as Wesleyan Methodist. I haven't been able to find any other source mentioning the Wesleyans having been in Stawell, so perhaps this is a rare error on the part of the Ordnance Survey. All © Chris Kippin (2020).
Staxton, North Yorkshire, disused Primitive Methodist Chapel. © Colin Waters Collection (2010).
Steart, Somerset, St. Andrew on Steart Drove. Two interiors - 1, 2. Despite its remote and isolated position, occasional services are still held here. ST 2702 4576. All © Mike Berrell (2016). Another view,
© Neil Floyd. Link.
Stechford, Birmingham, West Midlands - see the Stechford page.
Steen's Bridge, Herefordshire, former Chapel, now a private residence. © James Murray. Janet Gimber advises that this was Wesleyan Methodist, and later. Methodist.
Steep, Hampshire, All Saints. SU 745 253.
© Chris Kippin. Link. Grade II* listed.
Steep Lane, West Yorkshire, Particular Baptist Chapel, which has a date-stone for 1874. SE
0291 2366. © David Regan (2020). Link. Grade II listed.
Steeple, Essex, St. Lawrence and All Saints. From an old postcard in Reg Dosell's Collection.
Steeple Ashton, Wiltshire,
St. Mary the Virgin (O) on Church Street. The church once (unsurprisingly) had a steeple - the tallest in the county apart from Salisbury Cathedral. Damaged by lightning in a storm in July 1670, repairs were almost complete when another storm in the October of the same year demolished the steeple, killing two workmen who were working on it at the time, and causing much damage to the church itself. It was decided that after twice being hit, it might be tempting providence to re-build it a third time. Interior view, and the font. All © Simon Edwards (2011). Another view, and two of the interior - 1, 2. All © Janet Gimber (2017). Link. Grade I listed. The Methodist Church on High Street and Bartletts Mead was built as Primitive Methodist in 1851. © Janet Gimber (2017). Link. The former Baptist Chapel on the village green. Built as a house, it became a chapel in 1864, and was closed, and reverted to residential use, in 1940. © Janet Gimber (2017). The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints held meetings in a house called Old Chessils on Dark Lane North. Several other properties in the area were also used for the same purpose. © Janet Gimber (2017).
Steeple Barton, Oxfordshire, dedicated to St. Mary. The tower. SP 448 249. Both © Steve Bulman.
Steeple Bumpstead, Essex, St. Mary. Another view, three of the interior - 1, 2, 3, a window detail, a monument, and the font. TL 6790 4106. All
© Chris Stafford (2013).
 Link. Grade I listed. A monument in the churchyard is listed separately as grade II. The Congregational Church on Chapel Street, as seen by Streetview in 2011. TL 6803 4115. Link. A Gospel Hall is shown on an O.S. map of 1960, at TL 6785 4137, on what today is The Chase. Two garages now stand on the site, seen here by Streetview in 2009.
Steeple Church, Dorset, St. Michael and All Angels. © Bill McKenzie.
Steeple Claydon, Buckinghamshire,
St. Michael. SP 7052 2674. © Steve Bulman. Link. Grade II* listed. A Methodist Chapel stands on West Street. Originally Wesleyan, it has a date-stone for 1862, and enlargement in 1898. It was seen by Streetview in 2019.
Steeple Gidding, Cambridgeshire, St. Andrew, now in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. TL 1320 8135. © Marion Hall. Two interior views - 1, 2, and the font, all © David Regan (2019). Link. Grade II* listed.
Steeple Langford, Wiltshire, All Saints. SU 0364 3748. © Chris Kippin (2020). Link. Grade I listed. The listings for several churchyard monuments can be found here.
Steeple Morden, Cambridgeshire, St. Peter & St. Paul. TL 2857 4246. © Bill McKenzie.
 Link. Grade II* listed. The war memorial in the churchyard is also listed, as grade II. An otherwise unidentified Chapel is shown on O.S. maps off Cheyney Street at TL 2864 4255. It's identified here as Wesleyan Methodist, and dated to 1835 (later enlarged), and was reportedly still active (presumably as Methodist) in the 1970's. It was seen by Streetview in 2016.
Steetley, Derbyshire, All Saints. An old church, it has legendary links with the Robin Hood stories. Another view, and the superb Norman door. All © David Regan (2011). Link1. Link2.
Steeton, West Yorkshire, St. Stephen. SE 030 446. © David Regan (2011). Another view. © Stuart Mackrell. Link. Methodist Church. SE 030 444. © Stuart Mackrell.
Stelling Minnis, Kent, St. Mary. TR 142 507. Former Wesleyan Chapel, dating from 1855, serves as a village hall and religious centre. TR 147 466. The former Ebenezer Chapel (Primitive Methodist, 1866) is currently up for sale. TR 146 483. All © Geoff Watt.
Stenalees, Cornwall, Methodist Church, probably built as Wesleyan. SX 010 568. © Paul E. Barnett (2015).
Stenhousemuir, Falkirk, the Stenhouse and Carron Parish Church (CoS) on Church Street. Another view. Link. Larbert East Church of Scotland on Kirk Avenue. Another view. Link. Salvation Army Community Church on Main Street. Link. All © Jim Parker (2015). Grace Church Larbert meet in Carrongrange School on Carrongrange Avenue (photo not available yet), and at Dawson Mission Church in Carron - for which see Carron, Falkirk.
Stenigot, Lincolnshire, St. Nicholas. TF 2523 8088. © Dave Hitchborne. Another view, © Les Needham. Two interior views - 1, 2, a memorial, and the font, all
© David Regan (2021). Grade II listed. About a Km to the north-east stand the remains of Stenigot Old Church. Not seen by Streetview, photos and some history are available here. TF 2577 8168. Link.
Stenness, (on Mainland), Orkney,
Church of Scotland. Its grade C listing dates it to circa 1910, on the site of an earlier church. HY 3107 1245. © Martin Briscoe. Another view, © Peter Morgan (2021). Link.
Stenton, East Lothian, the Parish Kirk. It's dated here to 1829. NT 6220 7428. © James Denham. Two more views - 1, 2. Both © Steve Bulman (2017).
 Link. Category B listed. The remains of the Old Parish Church stand a short distance away - the tower was seen by Streetview in 2022. NT 6215 7427. Category B listed.
Stepaside, Pembrokeshire, Methodist Chapel (originally Wesleyan, 1893). © Peter Morgan (2011).
Stepleton (aka Stepleton Iwerne, or Iwerne Stepleton), Dorset, St. Mary - once a parish church but now a private chapel. ST 8628 1125. © Chris Kippin (2022). Link. Grade II* listed.
Stepney, Greater London - see the Greater London page.
Sternfield, Suffolk, St. Mary Magdalene. TM 391 616. © Steve Bulman (2005). Link.
Stetchworth, Cambridgeshire, St. Peter. Two interior views - 1, 2, the pulpit and the font. The church has a spectacular monument to Henry Gorges. TL 6425 5902. All © Chris Stafford (2012). Link. Grade II* listed. The U.R.C. on High Street as seen by Streetview in 2023. Older maps label it as Congregational, though that was evidently an earlier building on the same site.
Stevenage, Hertfordshire.
Steventon, Hampshire, St. Nicholas. Interior view. SU 551 472. Both © Chris Kippin (2018). Link. Grade II* listed.
Stevington, Bedfordshire, St. Mary. © Bedfordshire and Luton Archives & Records Service (2008). Link. Grade I listed. Baptist Church at West End. The congregation dates from 1655. The present building dates from 1720. SP 9831 5372. © Bedfordshire and Luton Archives & Records Service (2009). Link1. Link2.
Grade II listed. The former Methodist Church on Park Road, originally Primitive Methodist. It's dated here to 1863-1957. SP 9917 5312. © Bedfordshire and Luton Archives & Records Service (2008). Link
Stewartby, Bedfordshire, United Church on Park Crescent. TL 0219 4230. © Bill McKenzie. Link, and dated here to the 1950's.
Stewarton, East Ayrshire, St. Columba (CoS) on Lainshaw Street. Built in 1696 (date-stone), probably on the site of an earlier church, it was originally known as Laigh Kirk. It had a change of name when the church joined with the congregation of the Cairns United Free Church in 1962. Three additional views - 1, 2, 3. NS 419 457. Link. Some history (pdf) here. Grade B listed. The site (the smaller house in the terrace, towards the right of the photo) of the demolished United Presbyterian Church on Main Street. Maps reveal the following history - 1857 and 1896 "U.P. Church", 1910 "U.F. Ch.", and 1964, "U.F. Church". Howard considers that this is likely to be the Cairns United Free Church, in which case it was founded in 1776, with a new church replacing it in 1854 (source). The location of the earlier church is so far unknown, but it will be the latter church whose site is on the photo. By 1991 it had been demolished, and re-developed for the housing now on the site. NS 4216 4604. Roman Catholic Church, north of Lainshaw Street at NS 419 457. One on-line resource says it was built in 1974, which contradicts the O.S. map of 1964, which shows "Our Lady and St. John RC Church" on the same site - although possibly the 1974 date refers to a re-build. U.R.C. (formerly Congregational). NS 4189 4607. John Knox Parish Church (1841, CoS) on Main Street. Like so many Scottish churches, it has a history of denominational changes. Built in 1841-2 as Church of Scotland, it separated as part of the schism of 1843 and became a Free Church. In 1900 it became known as John Knox Free Church, before re-joining the Church of Scotland in 1929 (a good history here). Grade B listed. All © Howard Richter (2014).
Stewartstown, County Tyrone, the 1st Presbyterian Church. H 855 803. St. Patrick (CoI). H 855 708. Both © Jack Storey, Monaghan Genealogy Specialist.  Another view of the 1st Presbyterian Church. © Gerard Close. St. Mary (R.C.). H 852 707. © Gerard Close. The Baptist Church was formerly Wesleyan. H 851 707. © Gerard Close (2012).
Stewkley, Buckinghamshire,
St. Michael & All Angels on High Street North. In this old postcard the dedication is given as just St. Michael. Betjeman has the former. SP 8521 2610. Both © Jane Marriott. Another view. The west wall of the Norman nave is splendid. Two of the interior - 1, 2, and the chancel, a decorated vault, and the tub font, all © David Regan (2019). Link. Grade I listed. Stewkley Methodist Church. Sandy Calder advises that this was built by the Primitive Methodists in 1903. SP 854 255. © Les Needham. Older maps show a predecessor on what is now Orchard Lane, at SP 8537 2546. Streetview saw the house on the site in 2011. The ground floor brickwork looks old so the chapel may survive in some form. Link. A Wesleyan Methodist Chapel (2011 Streetview) on Chapel Square. SP 8503 2633. O.S. maps show Holy Trinity Church on Dunton Road, at SP 8528 2525. Streetview saw it in 2011 - at least, it saw the building on the site at the time - is this the heavily converted former church, or a more recent building?
Stewton, Lincolnshire, St. Andrew. Another view, two interiors - 1, 2, and the font. Link. Grade II* listed. The former Methodist Chapel. All © David Regan (2016).
Steyning, West Sussex,
St. Andrew and St. Cuthman on Vicarage Lane. TQ 179 114.
From the postcard collection of Kevin Gordon. Another view, © Tony Preston. Link. Grade I listed. Christ the King (R.C.) on Bramber Road. Another view. TQ 178 108. Both © Tony Preston. Methodist Church on High Street. TQ 178 112. © Tony Preston.
Steynton, Pembrokeshire, St. Peter & St. Cewydd (Anglican). 157 SM 917 077. © Dave Westrap. Interior view. © Mike Berrell (2009). Another view and interior view, both © Mike Berrell (2010). Link. Cemetery Chapel (1902) in Milford Haven Cemetery. © Mike Berrell (2009).
Stibb Cross, Devon, Bible Christian Chapel (1896). Another view, SS 427 149. Both © Martin Richter (2011).
Stibbard, Norfolk, the Norman All Saints on Fulmodeston Road. Interior view. TF 983 284. Both © Richard Roberts (2015). Link. Grade II* listed.
Stibbington, Cambridgeshire, St. John the Baptist. TL 0902 9866. © Zoe Martin.
 Link. Grade II* listed. For other listed features in the churchyard, see here.
Stichill, Borders, Church of Scotland. NT 7111 3828. © Bill McKenzie. An interior photo can be seen here. Link. Category B listed. A former U.P. Church stands a little way to the N.E. at NT 7132 3843. Seen by Streetview in 2021, Canmore dates it to 1877, and "disused in 1994".
Sticker, Cornwall, St. Mark's Mission Church. This was originally the church hall (1911) for the earlier St. Mark's Mission Church (1877), a mission from St. Mewan. SW 980 502 (St. Mark), SW 981 502 (Mission church).
Link. The Wesleyan Chapel was built before 1881. SW 981 502. All © Paul E. Barnett (2016). The Bible Christian Chapel, which opened in 1860. It was successor to an older chapel about 200 metres away, which continued in use as a Sunday School until 1871, when it was replaced by a newly built Sunday School. At some point the old chapel was demolished. The present building closed in 1993, by which time it was known as Paramore Methodist Church, and its currently unused. SW 984 497. © Jo Lewis (2018).
Stickford, Lincolnshire, St. Helen. TF 3519 6004. © Dave Hitchborne. Two interior views - 1, 2; the church has a number of C15 poppyheads re-cycled into Victorian pews - 1, 2, all
© David Regan (2022). Link. Grade II* listed. The former Ebenezer Primitive Methodist Chapel. As the My Primitive Methodists entry explains, the first P.M. Chapel was a barn, used from 1844-1852. The second and third chapels are shown in David's photo, and these date from 1852 and 1883. TF 3576 5989. © David Regan (2020). Link. The former Methodist Church was originally Wesleyan, and has dates of 1867-2002. TF 3580 5998. © David Regan (2020).
Sticklepath, Devon, St. Mary, and its interior. The church website dates it to 1875, replacing a thatched chapel of 1146. SX 6398 9408. Both © Chris Kippin (2021). The former Methodist Church (1816) on Rhododendron Avenue. A
1904-5 O.S. map marks it as Wesleyan. SX 6405 9408. © Heath Nickels (2016). Grade II listed, wherein it's dated to 1816. A more recent view shows it without scaffolding, and in need of some TLC. Its apparent lack of a current website may indicate that it has been closed. © Chris Kippin (2021).
Stickney, Lincolnshire, the 13th century St. Luke. TF 3434 5707. © Dave Hitchborne. Interior view, © Richard Roberts (2015). Another view, three of the interior - 1, 2, 3, a charming window detail (an owl), and the font, all
© Chris Stafford (2015). Link. Grade II* listed. The village had two Methodist Chapels. The Wesleyan was on Main Road at TF 3438 5693. A photo is available here, and the site was seen by Streetview in 2021. The Primitive Methodist stood further south on Main Road, at TF 3437 5670. This source provides dates of 1882, with demolition after 1974. It had two (un-located) predecessors, of 1831 and 1852. Streetview saw the site in 2021. Over 1½ miles south of the village, at West Houses, is the site of a demolished Wesleyan Methodist Chapel. A photo of it is available here (where it's dated to 1866-1907. The site today lies somewhere along the hedge-line seen in a Streetview of 2021. TF 3357 5425.
Stiffkey, Norfolk, St. John the Baptist on Church Street, which dates from the years either side of 1400. Interior view. For the notorious Rector of Stiffkey, Harold Davidson, see here. TF 974 429. Link1. Link2. Grade I listed. The former Methodist Church on Wells Street, built as Primitive Methodist circa 1900, and closed in the 1990's. After closure it served as a shop, but is now being converted to residential use. TF 970 431. All © Richard Roberts (2018).
Stillingfleet, North Yorkshire, St. Helen. © Bill Henderson.
Stillington, Co. Durham, St. John the Divine. Another view. Both © Alan Blacklock. Link.
Stillington, North Yorkshire,
St. Nicholas. Two interior views - 1, 2, the chancel, one of the charity boards, and the font. SE 58305 67833. All © David Regan (2019). Another view, and the interior, both © Alan Blacklock. Another view, © Steve Bulman (2017). Link. Grade II* listed. Methodist Church. SE 58471 67844. © Steve Bulman (2017). Link.
Stilton, Cambridgeshire, St. Mary Magdalene, and a fine, if grisly, tombstone. TL 1596 8926. Both © Robin Peel. Two further views, both © Jim Rushton - 1, 2.
 Link. Grade II* listed. More listed features can be seen here. The small cemetery across the road from the church has a small Mortuary Chapel, seen by Streetview in 2009. TL 1604 8932. Older O.S. maps show two Chapels near the crossroads of Church Street and High Street. Neither are named on any available maps. They may be the Wesleyan and United Methodist Chapels mentioned here. Both pre-date a map of 1889, and both have gone. One stood at TL 1624 8934 - the building on the site was seen by Streetview in 2021, and the other, at TL 1624 8931, also seen by Streetview in 2009. This source (with photo) identifies the first of these chapels as Wesleyan, and part of the building can be seen at the extreme right of the photo. The other chapel also seems to be in the same photo, at the extreme left.
Stinchcombe, Gloucestershire, St. Cyr. © Graeme Harvey (2013). Link. Grade II* listed.
Stinsford, Dorset, St. Michael. Two interior views - 1, 2. This is Thomas Hardy's "Mellstock Church" in "Tess", and "Under the Greenwood Tree". It was his childhood church, and Roger advises that this skull had a morbid fascination for the young Hardy. His heart is buried under this memorial. All © Roger Hopkins. Link.
Stiperstones, Shropshire, Methodist Church, which also serves as a conference centre. SJ 361 002. Link. The former Primitive Methodist Chapel. Its My Primitive Methodists entry dates it to 1869, with closure "probably ... in the 1990's" and subsequent conversion to residential use. SJ 3638 0033. Both © Chris Kippin (2021).
Stirling, Stirlingshire.
Stithians, Cornwall,
St. Stithian (or Stedian). SW 7311 3713. © Paul E. Barnett (2014). Grade II* listed. Churchyard walls, tombs etc are listed separately - they can be seen here. There is a Mortuary Chapel in the churchyard, © Paul E. Barnett (2021). Wesleyan Chapel of 1814. SW 7250 3711. Grade II* listed. © Paul E. Barnett (2015). What is perhaps its successor Wesleyan chapel (1866) stands at SW 735 367, and has evidently been converted to residential use. © Paul E. Barnett (2015). Methodist Church, built as United Methodist Free Church in 1865. SW 724 371. © Paul E. Barnett (2015). Link. Grade II* listed. The former Free United Methodist Chapel at SW 7386 3696. © Paul E. Barnett (2015).
Stixwould, Lincolnshire, St. Peter. TF 1768 6588. © Dave Hitchborne.
 Two more views - 1, 2, both © David Regan (2022). Link. Grade II listed. For other listed features in the churchyard, see here.
Stobo, Borders, the Kirk, reputedly of C6 foundation. NT 1828 3765. © Steve Bulman. Link. Category A listed.
Stobswell, Dundee (City), Dundee - see
Dundee.
Stocinis (or Stockinish), Harris, Western Isles, Free Presbyterian Church. Another view. NG 136 909. Both © Martin Richter (2013). Link. Howard Richter advises of other churches nearby as follows - can you offer photos of any of these? Marked on a 1903-4 map, there was a Mission House at NG 1355 9151, and the building is still extant. A photo is available here. Another former Mission House, now roofless, stands at NG 1401 9344. Here it is on the same map, and it can be seen in an aerial view here. There was yet another Mission House at Collam, shown on the same map here - NG 1524 9141, and aerial view here. Lastly, Christ Church (Episcopal) stands at NG 1375 9423. This website has photos (exterior and interior).
Stock, Essex, All Saints. TQ 6877 9864. From an old postcard in Reg Dosell's Collection. Compare with the photo of bomb damage in WWII on this link. Three modern views - 1, 2, 3, the wooden porch, a door, and two of the interior - 1, 2, all © Karel Kuča (2007). Link. Grade I listed. Christ Church (Evangelical) on High Street, as seen by Streetview in 2021. Older maps label it as Congregational. TQ 6892 9883. Link. Our Lady and St. Joseph (R.C.) on Mill Road - seen by Streetview in 2021. What seems to be the same building is marked on older maps as a school. TQ 6913 9874. Link. What is likely to have been its predecessor can be seen on a map of 1922 - R.C. Church - at Lilystone hall south of the village at TQ 6853 9834. Nothing useful can be seen on Streetview because of roadside vegetation, but this source includes a photo of it. Lilystone Hall is grade II listed, but the entry makes no mention of the church.
Stock Green, Worcestershire, the Baptist Chapel on Cockshot Lane, which dates from 1846. SO 9772 5845. © Richard Roberts (2020). The 1961 1:25,000 O.S. map doesn't show this chapel, though there is another site indicated a short distance away at SO 9781 5843. I can find no evidence for this chapel and it may be a rare example of an error on the part of the Ordnance Survey.
Stockbridge, City of Edinburgh - see City of Edinburgh.
Stockbridge, Hampshire, St. Peter (1866-7). SU 3555 3514. © Chris Kippin. Another view, © Steve Bulman (2023). Link. Grade II listed. Of the preceding medieval church of St. Peter, only the chancel survives, still used for occasional services. Interior view. SU 3595 3500. Both © Chris Kippin (2020). Another view, and two more of the interior - 1, 2. An old photo of the medieval church hangs in the newer church. All © Steve Bulman (2023). Its grade II* listing dates it to circa 1300, but an information board in the church says that the surviving chancel pre-dates the medieval church, having originally been a West Saxon chapel. The former Baptist Chapel on High Street. A 2008 Streetview has less interfering vegetation. SU 3549 3516. © Chris Kippin (2020). St. Thomas More (R.C.) on High Street stands on the site of an Indt. Chapel, so marked on older O.S. maps. SU 3546 3508. © Chris Kippin (2020). Link.
Stockbury, Kent, St. Mary Magdalene. TQ 847 617. © Geoff Watt. Link.
Stockcross, Berkshire,
St. John. SU 4342 6834. From an old postcard (franked 1908) in Judy Flynn's collection. Two modern views - 1, 2, both © Chris Kippin (2018). Link. Grade II listed. Old O.S. maps show a Methodist (originally Wesleyan) Chapel on Chapel Road, at SU 4339 6874. Genuki dates its foundation to "before 1849", with closure "after 1971". Evidently demolished before 2009, when Streetview made its first visit, seeing the house on the site.
Stockdalewath, Cumbria, the former Methodist Church, originally Wesleyan, which is dated here to 1892, with closure in 2014. NY 3936 4419. © Steve Bulman 2015. Link.
Stockerston, Leicestershire,
St. Peter. SP 8338 9750. © George Weston. An old engraving from "Histories and Antiquities of the County of Leicester" by John Nichols, published between 1795 and 1810. From George Weston's Collection. Another view, © David Regan (2019). Link. Grade I listed.
Stocking Pelham, Hertfordshire, St. Mary the Virgin (K). TL 4477 2928.
© Graeme Wall. Another view, © Karel Kuča (2019). Interior view (taken through a window), © Chris Stafford (2013). Link. Grade II listed.
Stockland, Devon, St. Michael and All Angels. Another view, the rotating gate, and the interior. ST 2446 0452. All © Chris Kippin (2022). Link. Grade I listed. A bit less than a mile to the S.W. at Millhayes is/was a Wesleyan Methodist Chapel. Whether anything of the chapel survives is not apparent. The National Archives references documents pertaining to the chapel for the years 1909-1964, though old maps show that it existed by 1889. ST 2338 0363. © Chris Kippin (2022).
Stockland Bristol, Somerset, St. Mary Magdalene (C). ST 2402 4362. © Mike Berrell (2016). Link. Grade II listed.
Stockleigh English, Devon, St. Mary the Virgin. Interior view. SS 8501 0633. Both © Chris Kippin (2021). Link. Grade II* listed.
Stockleigh Pomeroy, Devon, St. Mary the Virgin. Interior view, carved bench-ends, and the pulpit. SS 8766 0356. All © Chris Kippin (2021). Link. Grade I listed.

Stocklinch, Somerset, St. Mary Magdalene. Made redundant in 1972, and now in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. Two interior views - 1, 2. ST 387 171. All © Mike Berrell (2014). Link1. Link2. Grade I listed.
Stockport, Greater Manchester.
Stocksbridge, South Yorkshire.
Stocksfield, Northumberland, Baptist Church. © Alan Blacklock.
Stockton, Shrops., St. Chad. © Martin Briscoe. Another view, interior view, altar and font, all © Dennis Harper (2011). Link.
Stockton, Suffolk, St. Michael and All Angels (C). Another view. TM 387 941. © Steve Bulman (2011).
Stockton, Warwickshire, St. Michael. © Aidan McRae Thomson.
Stockton, Wiltshire, St. John the Baptist. Another view. ST 9819 3822. Both
© Chris Kippin (2020). Link. Grade I listed.
Stockton Brook, Staffordshire, the former Trinity Methodist Church, now in commercial use. Wesley Methodist Church. Both © Gervase N. E. Charmley (2010).
Stockton Heath, Cheshire.
Stockton-on-Tees, Co. Durham.
Stockton on Teme, Worcestershire,
St. Andrew. SO 7161 6734. © Les Needham (2011). Link. Grade II* listed.
Stockton on the Forest, North Yorkshire, Holy Trinity. © James Murray.
Stockwell, Greater London, Khatemun-Nabeyeen Mosque (aka Khatme Nubuwwat Centre) on Stockwell Green. TQ 307 760. © Mehmood Naqshbandi, and reproduced from his website Muslims in Britain.
Stockwood, Bristol (City), Bristol - see Bristol.
Stodmarsh, Kent, St. Mary. TR 220 605. From an old postcard in Dave Westrap's Collection. A modern view. © Chalmers Cursley. Link.
Stody, Norfolk, St. Mary on Brinton Road. Interior view. TG 055 350. Both © Richard Roberts (2017). Link. Grade I listed.
Stoer, Highland, the ruins of the 1828 Parliamentary/Telford Church of Scotland. It was still intact in 1972 - photo here, and some more photos of the ruins are available here (scroll down). There have been attempts to convert this building to residential use, with planning permission and appeal against rejection both refused. Another view. NC 0405 2855. Grade C listed. Stoer Free Church at Rienachait is home to the Free Church of Scotland and The Associated Presbyterian Church. It pre-dates a map of 1878, where it is marked as Free Church. NC 043 301. All © Martin Richter (2013). Also at Rienachit (a mile north of Stoer, but marked on few maps) is the former Free Presbyterian Church. NC 042 300. © Edward Paxton. Two additional views - 1, 2, and the date-stone for 1899; it was closed in 2001. All © Martin Richter (2013).
Stoford, Somerset, the former Methodist Chapel on Newton Road and Court Lane. A map of 1888 labels it as Wesleyan. ST 5670 1347. © Chris Kippin (2021). Older maps also show a Mission Room in the village, on Silver Street, at ST 5652 1334. The Mission Room has the same footprint as the present building on the site, but whether anything of it survives is unclear.
Stoford, Wiltshire, the former United Methodist Church. The date-stone is for 1912. SU 0836 3536.
© Chris Kippin (2020).
Stogumber, Somerset, St. Mary on High Street. Two interiors - 1, 2. ST 0981 3729. All © Mike Berrell (2016). Link. Grade I listed.
Stogursey, Somerset,
St. Andrew, on Church Street. ST 20475 42879. © Maggie Exon. Another view, and two interiors - 1, 2, all © Mike Berrell (2016). Grade I listed.
Stoke, Devon - see Hartland on the Devon page.
Stoke, Kent, St. Peter & St. Paul. TQ 823 750. © Dave Westrap. An old postcard view, from the Tony Larkin Collection. Link1. Link2.
Stoke Albany, Northamtonshire, St. Botolph. Another view, two interiors - 1, 2, the chancel, and the font. All © David Regan (2017). Link. Grade II* listed.
Stoke Ash, Suffolk, Baptist Chapel. © Gerard Charmley (2012). Link.
Stoke Bardolph, Nottinghamshire, St. Luke (1844). The altar and font. All © David Regan (2013). Link.
Stoke Beach, Devon,
St. Peter the Poor Fisherman. Now partly ruinous, this was the original church for Revelstoke Parish. It fell into disuse when the church at Noss Mayo was built in the 19th century. Now cared for by the Churches Conservation Trust. Another view. SX 5639 4644. Both © Jennifer Murray (2010). Another view, and the font, both
© Heath Nickels. Link. Grade I listed.
Stoke Bishop, Bristol (City), Bristol - see Bristol, the Sneyd Park and Stoke Bishop section.
Stoke Bliss, Worcestershire, St. Peter. SO 6514 6285. © Les Needham (2011). Two more views - 1, 2, and three of the interior - 1, 2, 3, all © Peter Morgan (2023). Link. Grade II* listed.
Stoke Bruerne, Northamptonshire, St. Mary the Virgin. Three further views - 1, 2, 3. SP 741 498. All © Howard Richter (2015). Grade II* listed. The former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel of 1879, successor to one of 1846. It closed in the mid 1970's (1974 or 1975, according to source consulted), since when it has been a farm museum, tearooms (link), and it is currently a gift shop. Three further views - 1, 2, 3. All © Howard Richter (2015). Link.
Stoke Canon, Devon, St. Mary Magdalene. The interior and the font. SX 9396 9802. All © Chris Kippin (2021). Another view of the font, © Christopher Skottowe (1967). Link. A pdf guide to the church is available here. Grade I listed. A tomb chest of 1789 in the churchyard is separately listed as grade II. Christian Fellowship on High Street was built before 1903, and is labelled on a large scale O.S. map of 1903-5 as Ebenezer Hall. SX 9383 9787. © Chris Kippin (2021). Link.
Stoke Charity, Hampshire, St. Mary & St. Michael. Interior view. SU 488 392. Both
© Chris Kippin (2018). An old postcard view, from Steve Bulman's Collection. Link. Grade I listed.
Stoke Climsland, Cornwall, the church. SX 3606 7439. The grade II* listing mentions that it was formerly listed as All Saints. The church website makes no mention of a dedication. The interior, font, and list of rectors, which commences in 1265. All © Paul E. Barnett (2018 and 2023).  For the numerous listed features associated with the church, see here.
Stoke Doyle, Northamptonshire, St. Rumbald. © Robin Peel. Two interior views - 1, 2, both © Chris Stafford (2012). Link. Grade II* listed.
Stoke Dry, Rutland,
St. Andrew. Another view, two of the interior - 1, 2, two tombs - 1, 2, two examples of the wall paintings - 1, 2, and the two fonts - 1, 2. SP 8555 9676. All © David Regan (2015 and 2019). Link. Grade I listed.
Stoke Edith, Herefordshire, St. Mary the Virgin. Three additional views - 1, 2, 3, three of the interior - 1, 2, 3, the altar and East window, and the font. SO 6040 4065. All © Dennis Harper (2018). Link. Grade I listed.
Stoke Ferry, Norfolk, the former United Free Methodist Church (originally Wesleyan, Ebenezer) on Furlong Road. Built in 1860, it survived until the mid-1990's, but it's present use is not known. TF 705 003. © Richard Roberts (2019).
Stoke Fleming, Devon, St. Peter on Church Road. Another view, and the interior. SX 861 483.
Both © Chris Kippin (2019). Grade II* listed.
Stoke Gabriel, Devon, St. Mary and St. Gabriel. Another view. SX 8491 5713. Both © Chris Kippin (2023). Link. Grade I listed. The Baptist Church on Chapel Court. Another view. SX 8472 5755. Both © Andrew Ross. Link.
Stoke Gifford, Gloucestershire, St. Michael. Link. Grade II* listed - link. Baptist Church. Both © Janet Gimber (2012).
Stoke Golding, Leicestershire, St. Margaret of Antioch. From an old engraving, dated 1843, from the Colin Waters Collection. A modern view, and an interior, both © Richard Roberts (2014). Link.
Stoke Goldington, Buckinghamshire, St. Peter. Another view. SP 8318 4918. Both © David Regan (2017). Link. Grade I listed. An Independent (Congregational) Chapel is shown on old O.S. maps set back from High Street, and invisible to Streetview. This source, which dates it to 1819, includes an illustration. Its closure date may be inferred as prior to 1976. SP 8381 4878.
Stoke Hammond, Buckinghamshire,
St. Luke (C) on School Lane. SP 8793 2977. © Bill McKenzie. Two extra views - 1, 2, both © David Regan (2019). Link. Grade II* listed. A churchyard tomb is listed as grade II. An early O.S. map (1881) shows a Wesleyan Methodist Chapel off Leighton Road at SP 8820 2930. Not seen by Streetview, a photo can be seen here, where its closure is dated to 2019. It has a date-stone for 1927.
Stoke Lacy, Herefordshire, St. Peter and St. Paul. Interior view. Both © Aidan McRae Thomson.
Stoke Lyne, Oxfordshire,
dedicated to St. Peter. SP 567 284. © Steve Bulman. Another view, two of the interior - 1, 2, some brasses, and the font, all © David Regan (2018). Link. Grade II* listed.
Stoke Mandeville, Buckinghamshire, St. Mary the Virgin. Its grade II listing dates it to 1886. SP 8345 1044.
 © Les Needham. Link. St. Mary replaced the medieval St. Mary, which stood at the site of a now lost village further south than today, at SP 8382 0942. After the present church was built, the old church fell into ruin, and was demolished in 1966 (source). The site hasn't been seen by Streetview, but a photo of the then derelict church can be seen here. Methodist Church on Eskdale Road. SP 836 106. © Les Needham. The closure of this church was announced in 2020. Link. An earlier Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, now The Old Chapel, stands at the junction of Chapel Lane and Risborough Road. Pre-dating a map of 1899, it was seen by Streetview in 2021. It may be the chapel mentioned here as having been built in 1818.
Stoke Newington, Greater London, Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses. © George Weston. Azizia Mosque on Stoke Newington Road. TQ 335 858. © Mehmood Naqshbandi, and reproduced from his website Muslims in Britain. One of Judy Flynn's postcards (previously in the Unknown section) - labelled as St. John the Evangelist and Queen's Road. From the publisher on the back (Hickox & Son, Finsbury Park (London)), Judy thinks that this is the demolished church of St. John which stood on Gloucester Drive and Queen's Drive, Stoke Newington, now replaced by a modern church, visible on Google Earth here. Certainly the boundary wall looks similar. Can you confirm Judy's suspicions? Brian Curtis suspects the identification is sound, and has supplied links to the following evidence - description (the central tower which it mentions must be hidden by the gable end), maps on http://www.old-maps.co.uk/maps.html show that the situation of the church at the junction of the two roads is identical, and the information that the Queen's Road was changed to Queen's Drive after WWII. Janet Gimber concurs, and has drawn my attention to the Google Earth aerial view, and old maps, which leaves no doubt.
Stoke Orchard, Gloucestershire, St. James the Great. SO 9177 2820. © Graeme Harvey (2010). Another view, two of the interior - 1, 2, two of the wall paintings - 1, 2 and a column capital, all © Karel Kuča (2011). Link.
Grade I listed. Old maps show a Congregational Chapel towards the east end of the village at SO 9214 2825. It pre-dates a map of 1884. It was seen by Streetview in 2009 when it was in a very poor condition. By 2010 it had been demolished (Streetview), and by 2019 a house of broadly similar appearance had been built on the site (Streetview).
Stoke Pero, Somerset,
the church, which has no known dedication. SS 8783 4349. © Simon Kidner. Two old photos, from Christopher Skottowe's collection, and dating from circa 1905 - 1, 2, were previously in the Unknown section. There were some slight indications in the album that they were possibly in the west country, perhaps somewhere near Dunster. That proved to be the case, and Brian Curtis identified them as the church at Stoke Pero. Link. Grade II* listed.
Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire, St. Giles, which stands in an isolated position to the SSW of the village. This old postcard shows the spire which was removed in 1924. Another old postcard, post-dating the removal. SU 9755 8272. Both postcards from Steve Bulman's Collection. A modern photo is available on the church Wikipedia entry.
 Link. Grade I listed. For other listed features, see here. St. Andrew, on Rogers Lane as seen by Streetview in 2019. Link. Old O.S. maps mark a Wesleyan Methodist Chapel off Rogers Lane at SU 9812 8422. It had gone by the mid-20th century. It stood somewhere further back than, and to the left of, the car seen in a 2019 Streetview. An otherwise unidentified Church is shown on O.S. maps on Chapel Lane, Hollybush Hill, at SU 9890 8414. This source says it was originally Wesleyan, but was later a chapel of ease from about 1855. Available maps show it as still active in the early 1960's, but it was closed and demolished at some point, and the house seen by Streetview in 2008 was built on the site.
Stoke Prior, Herefordshire, St. Luke. SO 519 564.
© Chris Kippin. Another view, and the interior, both © Janet Gimber (2018). Link, which says that this is a Victorian replacement for the medieval church, though the old roof was re-used.
Stoke Prior, Worcestershire, St. Michael. © Vanessa Morgan. Another view, © Peter Morgan (2011). Interior view. © Aidan McRae Thomson. Link. Grade I listed - link.
Stoke Rivers, Devon, St. Bartholomew. Another view, the interior, and carved wooden pulpit. SS 6334 3547. All © Chris Kippin (2023). Link. Grade I listed. There is a separate grade II listing for the churchyard gatepiers. A former Baptist Chapel stands at SS 6330 3540. It has a date-stone for 1856. Both © Chris Kippin (2023). Grade II listed.
Stoke Rochford, Lincolnshire, St. Mary and St. Andrew. SK 9206 2735. © Graeme Harvey. Two further views - 1, 2, four of the interior - 1, 2, 3, 4, some of the tombs and monuments - 1, 2, 3, and the font, all
© David Regan (2019). Link. Grade I listed.
Stoke Row, Oxfordshire, St. John the Evangelist. SU 678 840. Link. Stoke Row Chapel. SU 684 840. Link. Both © Les Needham.
Stoke St. Gregory, Somerset,
St. Gregory on Woodhill. Two interior views - 1, 2. The pulpit and font, which a sign in the church says is mid-C14. ST 348 272. © Mike Berrell (2015). Another view, © P. L. Kessler / The History Files. Grade I listed. Baptist Church. ST 343 275. © Mike Berrell (2015).
Stoke St. Mary, Somerset,
St. Mary. Two interior views - 1, 2. A past incumbent was evidently keen on reminding his parishioners of their obligations. A list of the curates and rectors goes back to 1531. The church has a Millennium window by Patrick Reyntiens OBE. ST 2658 2234. All © Mike Berrell (2013). Two additional views - 1, 2, both © P. L. Kessler / The History Files. Grade II* listed. Stoke Congregational Chapel (1825). Interior view. ST 2628 2226. Both © Mike Berrell (2013). Another view, © P. L. Kessler / The History Files.
Stoke St. Michael, Somerset, St. Michael and All Angels. ST 6645 4698. Link. Grade II* listed. Several churchyard tombs are listed separately - they can be seen here. The former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel on Mendip Road. It pre-dates a map  of 1886. ST 6644 4679. All © Chris Kippin (2021). The village also has a former Primitive Methodist Chapel, on Stoke Hill, at ST 6625 4691. It was seen by Streetview in 2009. According to this source, the Wesleyan was known as Zion, and the P.M. as Bethel, and Zion was closed in 1982.
Stoke St. Milborough, Shropshire, St. Milburga. SO 5663 8229. © Chris Kippin. Link. Grade II* listed. The village also had two chapels, a Wesleyan Methodist (the right half of the building) and a Primitive Methodist, and both have been converted to residential use. The P.M. stands at SO 5671 8244, and this source gives it dates of 1942-1972. The Wesleyan stands further north, at SO 5676 8283, and this source dates it to 1842-1922. Both © Chris Kippin (2020).
Stoke Trister, Somerset,
St. Andrew (1841). ST 7368 2876. © Bob Feltham. O.S. maps mark St. Andrew's Church (Site of) at ST 7420 2881 to the north of the village, which this source says was demolished in 1841. Although the Streetview van has been along the nearest road, hedgerows prevent a useful view. Link. Grade II listed.
Stoke-by-Nayland, Suffolk, St. Mary. TL 986 363. © Steve Bulman (2005). Link.
Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Stoke-sub-Hamdon, Somerset, St. Mary the Virgin (K), which is marked on older maps as St. Andrew. ST 4840 1728. © Chris Kippin (2021). Link1. Link2 (many photos). Grade I listed. Numerous churchyard monuments (and a cross) are listed separately - they can be found here. The Methodist Church on West Street is marked on old maps as Wesleyan. ST 4707 1716. © Mike Berrell (2014). Grade II listed. The former Congregational Chapel on North Street is dated here to 1866. ST 4734 1753. © Chris Kippin (2021).
Stoke upon Tern, Shropshire, St. Peter, which dates from 1874-5, on the site of an earlier church. Quite how old it was is at present uncertain, but parish registers go back to the mid-17th century. Another view. SJ 638 280. Grade II listing, which mentions that the church has a drawing of the previous building. About midway between the village and Stoke Heath lies a small converted former Primitive Methodist Chapel (1841 - date-stone). It seems to have still been active into the 1970's or 1980's. SJ 647 2994. All © Martin Richter (2018).
Stokeham, Nottinghamshire, St. Peter. © David Regan (2011). Grade II listed - link.
Stokeinteignhead, Devon, St. Andrew. SX 9156 7044. © Andrew Ross (2020). Link. Grade II* listed. Several churchyard monuments have their own listings - they can be found from here.
Stokenchurch, Buckinghamshire, St. Peter and St. Paul. SU 7603 9643. © June Norris. Three further views - 1, 2, 3 - all © Mehmood Naqshbandi.
 Link. Grade II* listed. The Methodist Church on The Green. Originally Primitive Methodist, it's dated here to 1898. It also advises that the church is now closed. © June Norris. There was an earlier P.M. chapel, of 1862, and an even earlier "rented chapel", both mentioned here, but neither are located. Just a few yards west of the church there used to be a Congregational Chapel, at SU 7598 9643. Its site isn't visible on Streetview, but there may be a photo of the chapel here, labelled as "Stokenchurch Chapel" - the adjoining buildings seem correct compared with the maps.
Stokenham, Devon, St. Michael and All Angels, SX 8084 4283. © Chris Kippin (2020). Link. Grade I listed.
Stokes Croft
, Bristol (City), Bristol - see Bristol.
Stokesay, Shropshire, St. John the Baptist. © Bill McKenzie. Another view. © Dorothy Turley. And another view, © Ken Taylor. Two interior views - 1, 2, and the font, all © Steve Bulman (2014). Link. Grade I listed.
Stokesby, Norfolk, Methodist Church. © Geoff Watt.
Stokesley, North Yorkshire,
St. Peter and St. Paul, almost hidden by trees. NZ 5259 0856. © Colin Waters Collection. Another view, © Karel Kuča (2019). Link. Grade II listed. Methodist Church on High Street. NZ 5233 0858. Originally Wesleyan, it's dated here to 1886-7. © Martin Briscoe. Another view, © Colin Waters Collection. Link. Grade II listed, wherein it's dated to 1866. This source lists two predecessors. The earliest, of the later 18th century, stood on Beck Side, "behind West Green Deli", which is at the southern end of West Green. Next came a chapel of 1812 on Brewery Yard, off what is now North Road, and the source has a drawing of it. I haven't been able to locate Brewery Yard. The former Bethel Congregational Chapel (1809) stands on Levenside at NZ 5244 0849, and was seen by Streetview in 2016. Other than the date-stone, it gives no indication of having once been a chapel. An obvious former chapel stands on College Square at NZ 5255 0872. Primitive Methodist, it's dated here to 1903, with closure circa 1950. It also says that it was preceded by an earlier chapel of 1835 on Back Lane. It survives as Elim Church (source), which was seen here by Streetview in 2016. NZ 5218 0861. Grade II listed. The cemetery on Helmsley Road and Station Road has a Mortuary Chapel, at NZ 5290 0851. It was seen by Streetview in 2008.
Ston Easton, Somerset, St. Mary the Virgin. Another view. Both © Janet Gimber (2016). Link. Grade II* listed.
Stone, Buckinghamshire, St. John the Baptist (C). Another view.
SP 7841 1224.  Both © David Regan (2019). Two views of the fine font - 1, 2, and a column capital, all © Christopher Skottowe (1963). Link1. Link2. Grade II* listed. The former chapel of St. John's (Mental) Hospital. According to this source, the hospital itself was closed in 1991 and subsequently demolished. SP 7781 1213. The grade II listing dates it to the 1850's. © David Regan (2019). The Methodist Chapel on Eythrope Road, as seen by Streetview in 2021. It has a date-stone, declaring itself to have been Wesleyan when it was built in 1877. SP 7831 1242.
Stone, Gloucestershire, All Saints. Another view. Both © Graeme Harvey.
Stone, Kent.
Stone, Staffordshire, St. Michael and St. Wulfad. SJ 904 337. © Chris Emms (2009). Two further views - 1, 2 - the latter also showing the mausoleum of Admiral Sir John Jervis. Both © BereniceUK (2010). Link. St. Dominic (R.C.). SJ 899 341. © Chris Emms (2009).
Stone, Worcestershire, St. Mary. © Dorothy Turley.
Stone in Oxney, Kent, St. Mary the Virgin. TQ 940 274. Link. Strict Methodist Chapel. TQ 940 282. Both © Geoff Watt.
Stonebridge, Co. Armagh, St. Patrick (R.C.). © Gerard Close (2011).
Stonebridge, Co. Monaghan, Presbyterian Church. It dates from 1830, although the congregation was founded in 1700. H 542 283. © Jack Storey. Another view. © Gerard Close (2018). Link.
Stonebroom, Derbyshire, St. Peter on High Street, labelled on earlier maps as Mission Church. Its grade II listing dates it to 1900. SK 4159 5978. Link. The Methodist Church also stands on High Street, on the site of Zion Primitive Methodist Chapel. In fact not quite on the same site, as old maps show that Zion stood with its long axis at 90° to the road, extending away from the three parking bays at the right side of the plot seen in a 2020 Streetview. Despite having been demolished relatively recently, I've been unable to find a photo of Zion. SK 4141 5969. Link. Both
© David Regan (2021). There was at one time a Baptist Chapel, just a few yards west of Zion, at SK 4135 5966. Demolished, its site is behind the house seen here in a 2020 Streetview. It's dated here to 1877 to "after 1995". There was also a Free United Methodist Chapel (Bethel) on High Street at SK 4154 5972. National archives references documents pertaining to the chapel to 1879-1969. A photo is available here, and the house occupying the site today can be seen in a 2020 Streetview.
Stonegrave, North Yorkshire,
the Minster, dedicated to the Holy Trinity. © Bill Henderson. Interior view, and some handsome tombs, both © Kenneth Paver. Another view, interior, and the impressive pre-Norman cross, all © Peter Morgan (2017). Link. Grade II* listed.
Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire, Fetteresso Church (CoS), on Bath Street. This source dates it to 1808-10. NO 8690 8638. © Noreen Drinkwater. Link. The former St. John (CoS, 1859) on Evan Street, now in use as a library. It is shown on maps of various dates as follows - 1864, St. John's Church (Chapel of Ease); 1924, St. John's Church; 1967, Fetteresso Church Hall; 1976-7, unnamed; 1990, Library. It ceased to be used as a Church Hall when the new Fetteresso Church Hall was opened in 1970. NO 8719 8587. © Martin Richter (2013).
Stonehouse, Plymouth, Devon - see Plymouth.
Stonehouse, Gloucestershire, St. Cyr. SO 800 050. © Nick Hopton. Link. Grade II* listedMethodist Church, and Bethel Church (Assemblies of God), both © Graeme Harvey. St. Joseph (R.C.), © Graeme Harvey (2013).
Stonehouse, South Lanarkshire.
Stoneleigh, Warwickshire, St. Mary, about which Pevsner enthuses, and one can only agree. It's now on my "must visit" list!! Another view, and another. A blocked Norman doorway. Sun-dial. Interior view. Box-pews and organ. A fine marble monument. And another also showing the altar. All © John Bowdler.
Stonepark, Co. Fermanagh, Baptist Church. H 404 431. © Gerard Close.
Stoneraise, Cumbria, the former Wesleyan Church (1801), now in residential use. NY 4025 4966. © Steve Bulman (2015).
Stones, West Yorkshire, Methodist Church. © David Regan (2011). Link.
Stonesby, Leicestershire, St. Peter. © David Regan (2015).  Grade II* listed.
Stonesfield, Oxfordshire, St. James. Pevsner, with uncharacteristic bile, describes this church as having had a "lunatic restoration" in 1876. © Brian J. Curtis. SP 394 171.
Stoney Middleton, Derbyshire, St. Martin. The tower is all that remains of the medieval church, the octagonal extension having been added in 1759, after the original was destroyed in a fire. The pews all face the centre of the octagon. Interior views towards the altar, and the entrance from the tower. All © Steve Bulman. Link.
Stoney Stanton, Leicestershire, St. Michael. SP 489 948. © Eirian Evans. Link.
Stoneyburn, West Lothian, Breich Valley Parish Church (CoS) on Cannop Crescent. Another view.
Link (not working when I tried it). The former Stoneyburn Parish Church (CoS) on Main Street. Link. Church of Our Lady (R.C.) on Burnbrae Road. Another view. Link. Stoneyburn Pentecostal Church on Main Street. Link. All © Jim Parker (2016).
Stoneygate, Leicester, Leicestershire - see Leicester.
Stonham Aspal, Suffolk, the very unusual St. Mary and St. Lambert. From an old postcard in Reg Dosell's Collection. Link.
Stonton Wyville, Leicestershire, St. Denis. © George Weston.
Stony Stratford, Buckinghamshire.
Stoodleigh, Devon, St. Margaret. Another view, and the interior. SS 9226 1883. All © Chris Kippin (2023). Link. Grade II* listed. For listed features in the churchyard, see here.
Stopper Lane, Lancashire, the former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel. A plaque mentions Francis Duckworth (mentioned here), composer of hymn tunes, who worshipped at this chapel. SD 8126 4587. Both © A.D. Marsden (2020).
Stopsley, Luton, Bedfordshire - see Luton.
Storrington, West Sussex, St. Mary. From an old postcard (franked 1905), Bulman Collection.
Storth, Cumbria, the former All Saints Mission Church. SD 4749 8027. Link. The Methodist Church is labelled on old maps as Mission Room. The church sign, visible on a 2009 Streetview (zoom in), reads Storth Village Church. As this news item explains, both congregations now meet in this church, All Saints having been made redundant in 2006. NY 47543 7994. Link. Both © Elaine Hindson.
Stotfold, Bedfordshire.
Stottesdon, Shropshire,
St. Mary. SO 6724 8289. © Dorothy Turley. The superb font - 1, 2, which the grade I listing dates to circa 1160, and some fragments of medieval glass, all © Christopher Skottowe. Link1. Link2. The former Methodist Chapel at SO 6707 8287. Old maps show it was originally Wesleyan. © Chris Kippin (2020). Grade II listed.
Stoughton, Leicestershire, St. Mary and All Saints. © George Weston.
Stoughton, West Sussex, St. Mary. The interior, pulpit and font. SU 8010 1156. All © Chris Kippin (2023). Link. The rather brief grade I listing.
Stoulton, Worcestershire, St. Edmund, King and Martyr. © Peter Morgan. The blocked South Door has a Lombard Band above. See Easton, Worcestershire for comments on Lombard Bands. © Rich Jones. Grade II* listed.
Stour Provost, Dorset, St. Michael and All Angels. ST 7940 2157.  © Chris Kippin (2024). Link. Grade I listed. A churchyard table tomb is separately listed, as grade II.
Stour Row, Dorset,
All Saints. Another view, and the church bell in the churchyard. ST 8228 2116. Link. Grade II* listed. Former chapel. Another view. Howard Richter advises that this seems to have been built between 1865 (when it isn't mentioned in a directory of that year) and 1880 (when Kelly's directory mentions a Congregational Chapel). On an 1887 map it shows as "Independent". By the time of a 1962 map, it shows as "Chap (Dis)", so disused, and on a map of 1965 it's "Hall". It appears to continue in use as the village hall today. ST 8196 2107. Both © Martin Richter (2012).
Stourbridge, West Midlands
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Stourpaine, Dorset,
Holy Trinity. ST 860 093. © June Norris. Another view, and an interior view, both © Roger Hopkins. Another view, © Chris Kippin (2019). Link. Grade II* listed. The former Methodist chapel stands at ST 860 094. Another view. Both © Chris Kippin (2019).
Stourton, Wiltshire, St. Peter. ST 776 339. © Bob Feltham. Another view. © Kevin Gordon. Interior view. The font and a tomb. Both © Roger Hopkins. According to Pevsner, the chancel was re-built in 1937. This old postcard (note incorrect caption), from Judy Flynn's Collection, shows the chancel as it was before then. Link.
Stow, Borders, the ruinous Old Parish Church. NT 4592 4456. © Tom McLean. Another view, © Bill Henderson. Its Canmore entry has more photos. Category B listed. The demolished United Free Church (and earlier United Presbyterian). NT 4598 4475. From an old postcard in Steve Bulman's Collection. In the background of that postcard can also be seen St. Mary of Wedale (1873-6), better seen by Streetview in 2022. NT 4590 4437. Link. Category B listed.
Stow, Lincolnshire, St. Hugh. © David Regan (2012). Link. The former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel (1824) on Sturton Road, now in residential use. SK 8824 8189. © David Regan (2019). Grade II listed.
Stow Bardolph, Norfolk, Holy Trinity. Another view, two of the interior - 1, 2, the chancel, the font, and two of the many fine monuments - 1, 2. A unique feature (at least, as far as I know) is a wooden box, containing a dressed wax figure, a memorial to Sarah Hare (d. 1744). All © David Regan (2019), who describes the exterior, nave and chancel as fairly ordinary, but the Hare Chapel as fabulous. Link. Grade I listed.
Stow cum Quy, Cambridgeshire, St. Mar
y. TL 5158 5990. © David Regan (2019). Link. Grade II* listed.
Stow in Lindsey, Lincolnshire, St. Mary (the former Minster, and possibly on the site of a Saxon Cathedral). © Dave Hitchborne. Interior view, Tudorbarlow (Flickr). Another view, © David Regan (2012). Another view, a fine Norman doorway, and the font, all © David Regan (2018). Link. Grade I listed.
Stow Longa, Cambridgeshire,
St. Botolph. Two interior views - 1, 2, the chancel, the remarkable and very crude tympanum, and the font. TL 1070 7115. All © David Regan (2019). Link. Grade II* listed. O.S. maps mark, to the S.E. of the church, a Chapel, at TL 1083 7099. I've been unable to discover what it was. It was seen by Streetview in 2009.
Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire, St. Edward. © John Salmon. Another view. © Aidan McRae Thomson. An old postcard view, from Reg Dosell's Collection. The North porch, two interiors - 1, 2, the pulpit, and East window, all © John Bowdler (2014). Link1. Link2. Link3. Grade I listed. Methodist Church. © Graeme Harvey. Another view. © Alan Blacklock. Baptist Chapel. © Graeme Harvey. Our Lady and St. Kenelm (R.C.). © Graeme Harvey.
Stowbridge (or Stowbridge), Norfolk, St. Peter, built in 1910 as a Mission Church (now Anglican and Methodist). TF 591 063. Link. Grade II listed. The former Bethesda United Methodist Free Church. Both © David Regan (2019). This link has numerous photos of the local churches, including the derelict former Primitive Methodist Chapel (1833).
Stowmarket, Suffolk, St. Peter and St. Mary. © Chris Emms (2009). Link.
Stowe, Buckinghamshire, St. Mary. SP 6761 3735. © Steve Bulman.
 Link. Grade II* listed.
Stowe, Shropshire, St. Michael & All Angels. Interior view. SO 310 737. Both © Ken Taylor.
Stowell, Somerset, St. Mary Magdalene. Another view, and a Norman-style doorway, surely much too crisp to be original. ST 6869 2236. © Chris Kippin (2021). Link. Grade II listed.
Stowey, Somerset, St. Nicholas and the Blessed Virgin Mary (C13). Another view. ST 5992 5944. Both © Carole Sage (2016). Grade II listed.
Stowford, Devon, St. John the Baptist. The interior, chancel roof, and font. The church has some good wood carving - bench ends and pulpit. SX 4326 8702. All © Chris Kippin (2023). Link. Grade I listed. Numerous items in the churchyard have separate listings, for which see here.
Stowlangtoft, Suffolk, St. George. Another Another view. TL 9577 6820. Both © Chris Kippin (2021). Link1. Link2. Grade I listed. A stretch of the churchyard wall is also listed, as grade II.
Stowting, Kent, St. Mary. Another view. TR 124 418. Both © Dave Westrap. Link1. Link2. Link3.
Strabane, Co. Tyrone.
Strachur and Strathlachlan. The Parish Church. Free Church. Strathlachlan Old Church. All © Martin Briscoe.
Stradishall, Suffolk, St. Margaret (K). The wooden porch, two interior views - 1, 2, and the font. All © Chris Stafford (2013). Link1. Link2. Grade I listed.
Stradsett, Norfolk, St. Mary (C13) near Stradsett Hall off Downham Road. TF 668 056. . © Richard Roberts (2016). Link. Grade II* listed.
Straffan, Co. Kildare, St. Brigid (R.C.). St. Finian (CoI). Both © Bruce Read.
Stragglethorpe, Lincolnshire, St. Michael. Another view. Both © David Regan (2012).Link. Grade I listed - link.
Straid, Co. Antrim, the Congregational Church of 1816. J 335 917. © Gerard Close (2016).
Straide, County Mayo, Catholic Church.
Straiton, South Ayrshire, St. Cuthbert (CoS). Another view. Both © James Murray (2009).
Straloch, Perth & Kinross, Church of Scotland (1846). Before it was built, services were held in the open air. NO 04596 63914. © Jane Scott. An old postcard view, from Jane Scott's Collection.

Stramshall, Staffordshire, St. Michael and All Angels. Another view. SK 079 358. Both © Chris Emms (2009).
Strandhill, Co. Sligo, St. Patrick (R.C.). G 612 356. © Gerard Close (2014). Link.
Stranorlar, Co. Donegal.
Strata Florida, Ceredigion, St. Mary. Interior view. SN 7464 6576. © Mike Berrell.
Another view, © Neil Floyd. Link. Grade II listed. The remains of Strata Florida Abbey (Cistercian). SN 7467 6573. © Mike Berrell. Three assorted views - 1, 2, 3, the West doorway, and decorative floor tiles - 1, 2, all © Christopher Skottowe (1964). Link. Coflein. Grade I listed. For other listed features associated with the abbey, see here.
Stratfield Mortimer, Berkshire, St. Mary (1869). Interior view. SU 6682 6409. Both from old postcards (and both posted in 1906) from Judy Flynn's Collection. Link. Grade II listed.
Stratfield Saye, Hampshire, St. Mary the Virgin. SU 695 613.
© Chris Kippin. Link. Grade I listed.
Stratford, Greater London, St. John. From an old postcard (franked 1916), in Steve Bulman's Collection. Another old postcard view, from Reg Dosell's Collection.
Stratford St. Andrew, Suffolk, the former St. Andrew (now in residential use) as seen by Streetview in 2022. TM 3579 6015. Link. Grade II* listed. Old O.S. maps show, some distance to the west of the church, a Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, at TM 3523 5998. Pre-dating a map of 1884, it still shows as active on a map of 1951, but not on one from 1969. Its site was seen by Streetview in 2022. Does anything of the chapel survive?
Stratford St. Mary, Suffolk, St. Mary. From an old postcard in Steve Bulman's Collection. Link.
Stratford Tony, Wiltshire, St. Mary and St. Lawrence. SU 091 263. © Les Needham. Link. Grade I listed.
Stratford-upon-Avon, Warks.
Strathaven, South Lanarkshire.
Strathconon, Highland, Strathconon Church of Scotland (1830). Strathconon Free Church of Scotland (1892), NH 317 550. Both © John Mackie.
Strathdon, Aberdeenshire, Church of Scotland (1853). NJ 3552 1275. © John Mackie (2010). Link. Category B listed.
Stratherrick, Highland, Catholic Church. © Martin Briscoe.
Strathkinness, Fife, the Parish Church (CoS) on Church Road, linked with Hope Park Church in St. Andrews. Another view. Link. The former United Free Church on Main Road, which has served as the village hall since 1938. Another view. All © Jim Parker (2010).
Strathpeffer, Highland,
Free Church. Another view. NH 4831 5829. Both © John Mackie. Grade B listed. Another view, © Peter Morgan (2021). Link. St. Anne (Episcopalian) is dated here to 1890-92. NH 4833 5803. © John Mackie. Link. Grade B listed. Fodderty and Strathpeffer Parish Church (CoS) dates from 1888-90 (source). NH 4820 5798. © John Mackie. Grade B listed.
Strathtay, Perth & Kinross,
the demolished Free Church. Built in 1834, it became a United Free Church in about 1900. Following the union with the Church of Scotland in 1929 it went out of use, and was demolished by 1960. A house was built on the site. NN 9168 5350. From an old postcard in Jane Scott's Collection. The entrance gate-posts survive, © Jane Scott. The former Roman Catholic Church of the Holy Cross dates from 1876. Two additional views - 1, 2. NN 91616 53693. St. Andrew's Episcopal Church. Another view. NN 91055 53442. Link. Church of Scotland (1899), originally a Mission Church from Logierait. The porch and the interior. NN 9089 5319. Link. All © Jane Scott (2019).
Strathtongue, Highland, a disused church of (currently) unknown denomination. NC 618 596. © Bill Henderson. Howard Richter has been consulting old maps and other sources, and provides the following approximate history : built on or before 1874, and up to the union in 1900, Free Church. From 1900 to 1929, United Free Church, and from 1929 until its closure (which was pre-1979), Church of Scotland.
Strathy, Highland,
Church of Scotland (1910-11). NC 843 652. © Bill Henderson. It was successor to this former Church of Scotland, now a private residence. Dating from 1826, it was one of Thomas Telford's churches. It went out of use when the present church was opened, pre-WW1. NC 835 652. © Bill Henderson. Two additional views - 1, 2, both © Martin Richter (2013). Grade C listed. Associated Presbyterian Church (originally Free Presbyterian, circa 1900, until 1989), previously listed as the Methodist Church. Thanks to Norman Campbell for the correction. The denominational website lists the congregation as "defunct". NC 830 656. © Bill Henderson. Another view, © Martin Richter (2013), and another, © Peter Morgan (2021). The former Free Church (1845) at NC 844 653. It shows as "Free Church" on the OS map of 1878, and still shows as "Free C of S" on the edition of 1975-6, so still active at that time. A benchmark on the building was created for the Ordnance Survey First Primary Levelling of Scotland (1844-60) - see here. © Martin Richter (2013). Link1. Link2. Grade C(S) listed in 1984, and the text implies it was still active then.
Stratton, Cornwall,
St. Andrew. SS 231 064. From an old postcard in Reg Dosell's Collection. A modern view, © Graeme Harvey (2010). Another view, and an interior view, both © Graeme Harvey (2011). Link. Archive.org has a copy of "The Story of Stratton Church" (1919) by Frederick James Bone M.A. It has numerous drawings plans and photographs, and is available here.
Stratton Audley, Oxfordshire,
St. Mary & St. Edburga. SP 608 260. © Steve Bulman. Three interior views - 1, 2, 3. The stylistic differences between two objects in a church can rarely be as pronounced as between the severely simple font, and this OTT monument to Sir John Burlase, who died in 1688. All © David Regan (2019). Link. Grade I listed.
Stratton-on-the-Fosse, Somerset.
Stratton St. Margaret, Wiltshire,
dedicated to St. Margaret. Two further views - 1, 2. SU 17953 87095. All © Simon Edwards. Three additional views - 1, 2, 3, all © Carole Sage (2015). Link.
Stratton Strawless, Norfolk, St. Margaret. © Murray Lynn. Link1. Link2.
Straw, Co. Derry, St. Columba (R.C.). H 766 934. © Gerard Close (2010).
Streat, East Sussex, Parish Church (dedication unknown). © Graham Parks (2012). Link. Grade II* listed - link.
Streatham, Greater London, St. Alban on Pretoria Road. © Jennifer Murray. Link. Methodist Church. © Ray Harrington-Vail. South London Islamic Centre on Mitcham Lane. © Mehmood Naqshbandi (1990), and reproduced from his website Muslims in Britain.
Streatham Hill, Greater London, St. Margaret on Cricklade Avenue. Link. St. Simon and St. Jude (R.C.) on Hillside Road. Both © Tim Lomas. Link.
Streatley, Bedfordshire, St. Margaret. © Bill McKenzie.
Streatley, Berkshire,
St. Mary. SU 5945 8088. From an old postcard in Judy Flynn's collection. Link. Grade II listed. The 25" O.S. map of 1912 shows Zion Baptist Chapel on The Coombe, at SU 5881 8071. It's dated here to circa 1870, "replaced by a new chapel in 1931" and "closed in the 1980's", and "The site is now occupied by a private house". Whether it replaced the old chapel on the same site is unclear, but in any event I can't find another place of worship on the 1" O.S. map of 1960, when the newer church was allegedly still active. The building on the 1870 site (is this the old chapel?) can be seen on a
Streetview of 2009.
Street, Devon - see Branscombe, on the Devon page.
Street, Somerset, Holy Trinity. © Graeme Harvey. Another view, © Janet Gimber (2014). Grade I listed. Methodist Church. © Graeme Harvey. Society of Friends Meeting House. Grade II listed. © Graeme Harvey.
Streethouse, West Yorkshire, Methodist Church. © Bill Henderson.
Streetly, West Midlands, St. Anne (R.C.) on Bridal Lane. Interior view. Both © Aidan McRae Thomson.
Strelley, Nottinghamshire, All Saints. SK 506 421. © Bill Henderson. Link.
Strensall, North Yorkshire, St. Mary. Two further views - 1, 2. All © David Regan (2011). Link. Grade II listed - link.
Strensham, Worcestershire, St. John the Baptist (K), now looked after by the Churches Conservation Trust. The 1902 25" O.S. labels this as St. Philip & St. James. Another three views - 1, 2, 3, the porch, and its sun-dial. SO 9108 4063. All © Dennis Harper (2019). Link. Grade I listed.
Strete, Devon, St. Michael (1836). SX 840 470. Link. Grade II listed. Baptist Church. SX 841 468.
Both © Chris Kippin (2019).
Stretford, Greater Manchester.
Stretford, Herefordshire, St. Cosmas and St. Damian, now in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. Timber roof construction detail. SO 4435 5574. Both © Ken Taylor. Interior view,
© Chris Kippin. Another view and interior, both © Christopher Skottowe (1979). Link1. Link2. Grade I listed.
Strethall, Essex, St. Mary the Virgin. © Marion Hall. Link. Grade I listed - link.
Stretham, Cambridgeshire,
St. James. Two of the interior - 1, 2, the chancel, and the font. TL 5119 7461. All © David Regan (2018). Link. Grade II* listed. The former Baptist Church of 1885 on Chapel Street. TL 5133 7447. © David Regan (2018). Another former Chapel (2023 Streetview) stands on Wood Lane and Kitson Gardens, at TL 5144 7474. It pre-dates a map of 1887. Although I haven't been able to discover its identity, the presence of inscribed foundation tablets suggests that it was probably Methodist. The cemetery off Wood Lane has a Mortuary Chapel, labelled as Nonconformist on older large scale O.S. maps. Streetview (2023) only has a view from the rear. TL 5154 7478.
Stretton, Cheshire, St. Matthew (1826-7). SJ 6202 8277. © Steve Bulman. Two additional views - 1, 2, both © Dennis Harper (2019). Link. Grade II listed - dates it to 1870 by G.G. Scott.
Stretton, Rutland, St. Nicholas. SK 950 158. © Mike Berrell (2012). Grade II* listed - link.
Stretton, Derbyshire, the site of the demolished United Methodist Chapel. It stood immediately behind where the bus shelter is today, long axis parallel to the road. SK 3926 6114. The village cemetery is about ¾ of a mile west of the village, and has a double Mortuary Chapel, Church of England and Nonconformist. According to this source the cemetery dates from 1884; whether the chapels date from the same time is so far not clear. SK 3813 6138. All
© David Regan (2021). There was at one time St. James Mission Church in the village, at SK 3917 6123. First marked on a map of 1917-18, it appears to have still been active as late as 1978. This source says it was closed "about 1875" and later demolished. I've been unable to find a photo. Its site lies somewhere within the woodland on the left of a Streetview of 2019.
Stretton, Staffordshire, St. John. SJ 887 116. © Chris Emms (2010). Two additional views - 1, 2, both © Dennis Harper (2014). Grade II* listed.
Stretton (previously Stretton-cum-Wetmore), Staffordshire, St. Mary on Church Road. Designed by Somers Clarke and John Micklethwaite, and built 1895-7. Interior view. SK 253 263. Link. Grade II* listed. Methodist Church on Main Street, built as Methodist Free Church in 1894. SK 251 261. All © Richard Roberts (2016).
Stretton en le Field, Leicestershire, the redundant St. Michael, now cared for by the Churches Conservation Trust. SK 303 119.  © Richard Marriott. Link1. Link2. GradeII* listed - link.
Stretton Grandison, Herefordshire, St. Lawrence. Another view. SO 6328 4407. Both © Graeme Harvey. An older photo, from 1942,
Christopher Skottowe's Collection. Link. Grade I listed. A memorial in the churchyard is grade II listed.
Stretton-on-Dunsmore, Warwickshire, All Saints. © Aidan McRae Thomson. An old postcard view, from Reg Dosell's Collection. The former Primitive Methodist Chapel, now in residential use as "The Old Chapel". According to here, it held services between 1871 and the 1970's, and there is a small date-stone below the roof apex which says it was enlarged in 1873 (or possibly 1875). Another view. SP 404 729. Both © Howard Richter (2014).
Stretton-on-Fosse, Warwickshire, St. Peter. © Bill McKenzie. Two additional views - 1, 2, two interiors - 1, 2, the altar and font, all © John Bowdler (2013). Grade II listed.
Stretton Sugwas, Herefordshire, St. Mary Magdalene (1877-80). Another view. SO 4596 4202. Both
© Chris Kippin. Another view, and a tympanum of Samson and the lion, both © Christopher Skottowe (1963). Link1. Link2. Grade II* listed. The present church replaced a medieval one about ¾ of a mile to the north-east, at SO 4677 4291. Some features of the old church were transferred to the new one, including the tympanum. Its site (seen here by Streetview in 2021 ) is in the grounds of The Priory, a hotel.
Stretton under Fosse, Warwickshire, former Independent Chapel (circa 1790/1), later Congregational. It closed in the 1950's and has been a workshop for an organ building business for several decades. Two further views - 1, 2. All © David Collins.
Strines, Greater Manchester, St. Paul on Strines Road. Interior view. War Memorial plaque. SJ 9721 8642. All © Mike Berrell. Two more views - 1, 2, and two of the interior - 1, 2. All © Karel Kuča (2019). Link.
Stringston, Somerset, St. Mary the Virgin. Two interior views - 1, 2, and a memorial tablet. ST 177 424. All © Mike Berrell (2014). Grade II listed.
Strixton, Northamptonshire, St. Romwald, or St. John the Baptist. Apart from the tower, the church was re-built to the original design in the 1870's. Another view. Both © David Regan (2016). Link. Grade II listed.
Stroat, Gloucestershire, Evangelical Church. © Graeme Harvey (2015). Link.
Stroma (island of), see Uppertown.
Stromeferry, Highland,
the old Church of Scotland, now a house. © Martin Briscoe. The old Free Church - has this also been converted to a house? A 2009 Streetview confirms that it has - it now sports a window above a door which proclaims Stromeferry Lodge. NG 862 347. © Martin Briscoe.
Stromness, Orkney (on Mainland).
Strontian, Highland, Episcopal Church. Free Church (now a house). The former St. Mary (Episcopal) is now a private residence. All © Martin Briscoe. Parish Church, built in 1823 by Telford, it is now shared with the Episcopalians. © N. Argyll Extracts. Another view of the Episcopal Church. © Peter Amsden.
Strood, Kent.
Stroud, Gloucestershire.
Stroxton, Lincolnshire, All Saints. © David Regan (2018). Link. Grade II* listed.
Struan (or Strowan), Perth & Kinross, (or Strowan), Church of Scotland (1828-9), which stands on (or nearby to) the site of an ancient church. Another view. NN 80891 65353. Link1. Link2 (scroll down). The former Free Church, now in residential use. The building dates from 1879, though the congregation is older (1855), and it had gone out of use by 1937, when it was sold. NN 8022 6534. All © Jane Scott (2019).
Strubby, Lincolnshire, St. Oswald. © David Regan (2015). Link. Grade II* listed.
Strumpshaw, Norfolk, St. Peter. © George Weston.
Stubbings, Berkshire,
St. James the Less (1849-50). The postcard of "Stebbings" Church had been on the website for rather a long time, listed under Stebbing, Essex. The Rev. Tim Goodbody, of Stebbing, has been in touch to say that this isn't his church. I listed it under Stebbing rather than Stebbings because I couldn't find any trace of a Stebbings place-name in the UK, and under Essex, because I could find only one Stebbing. We have Sue Hedger to thank for solving this mystery - it is in fact Stubbings, in Berkshire. Sue says she isn't aware of a name change, so this has to be lain at the door of the postcard manufacturer for getting it wrong! Older O.S. maps label it as St. Philip and St. James. From an old postcard in Steve Bulman's Collection. Another postcard view, this one from Judy Flynn's collection, and postmarked 1909. SU 8502 8166. Link1. Link2 (See photos under "Remembrance Sunday"). Grade II listed, wherein its dated to 1850-4.
Stubbington, Hampshire, Holy Rood Church (CoE). © Kerry Marriott. Link.
Stubbins, Lancashire, (near Ramsbottom), St. Philip, on Chatterton Road. Interior view. Christ Church and Neighbourhood Centre (Baptist and Methodist) on Gt. Eaves Road. Interior view. SD 792 174. All © Mike Berrell.
Stubb's Cross, Kent, St. Francis of Assisi Mission Hall. TQ 986 391. © Geoff Watt.
Stubshaw Cross, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Greater Manchester. - see Ashton-in-Makerfield.
Stubton, Lincolnshire, St. Martin. Two interior views - 1, 2, the altar and font. All © David Regan (2012). Link. Grade II* listed - link.
Stubwood, Staffordshire, Methodist Chapel (1841). SK 097 400. © Mike Berrell.
Studham, Bedfordshire, St. Mary the Virgin, as seen by Streetview in 2009. TL 0159 1597. Link.
Grade I listed. The Methodist Church. Dated here to 1965, it replaced a Wesleyan Chapel of 1861 on the same site. TL 0221 1579. © Bedfordshire and Luton Archives & Records Service (2007). Link.
Sundon, St. Mary the Virgin. Another view. Both © Bill McKenzie.
Studland, Dorset, St. Nicholas. From an old postcard in Steve Bulman's Collection. A modern view. Interior view, and another. The church from the east. All photos  © Roger Hopkins. Link.
Studley, Warwickshire,
dedicated as The Nativity of Mary, on Castle Road. SP 0814 6375. Interior view. Both © Aidan McRae Thomson. Since Aidan took his photo a new entrance has been add - two more views - 1, 2, both © Peter Morgan (2023). Link. Grade II* listed. A number of tombs and other features in the churchyard are listed separately - they can be found here. St. Mary (R.C.) on Alcester Road. SP 0743 6347. © Aidan McRae Thomson. Grade II listed wherein it's dated to 1853. Link. Studley Methodist Church (originally Wesleyan) on Alcester Road. SP 0732 6377. © Aidan McRae Thomson. Link. A tiny church built recently in the back garden of a private house could be the smallest in Britain. See the full story here, with photographs. The Baptist Church of 1847, on New Road. SP 0735 6323. © Richard Roberts (2021). Link.
Studley Royal Park, North Yorkshire, St. Mary. See Ripon.
Stuntney, Cambridgeshire,
Holy Cross Church. Older maps label it as St. Mary. It has a nice Norman doorway. TL 5558 7833. Both © Steve Bulman (2012). Another view, © Karel Kuča (2019). Link1. Link2. Grade II* listed.
Sturminster Marshall, Dorset, St. Mary the Virgin. © June Norris. Link.
Sturminster Newton, Dorset,
St. Mary. Interior view. ST 7880 1395. Both © Roger Hopkins (2012). Link. Grade I listed. For other listed features associated with the church, see here. The Methodist Church on Church Street, seen by Streetview in 2011. It was originally Wesleyan, pre-dating a map of 1887. ST 7868 1399. Link. All Saints (Streetview 2016) was the chapel for the adjacent Sturminster Union Workhouse. The chapel is dated here to 1891 - though its grade II listing says mid-19th century. ST 7868 1477. Sturminster Christian Fellowship on The Row, as seen by Streetview in 2016. Link. Cemetery Chapel in the cemetery at Bridge. ST 7870 1355. © Chris Kippin (2022). Also at Bridge is a former Primitive Methodist Chapel, seen here by Streetview in 2014. According to this source, it dates from a re-build of 1870, on the site of a chapel of 1846. ST 7840 1351.
Sturry, Kent, St. Nicholas. TR 176 601. © Geoff Watt.
Sturton by Stow, Lincolnshire, Methodist Chapel. A former Methodist Chapel stands opposite the junction of Martons Road with Saxilby Road. It was built as Wesleyan. SK 8905 8035.  Both © David Regan (2012 and 2019).
Sturton le Steeple (Sturton en le Steeple on the postcard), Nottinghamshire, St. Peter and St. Paul. SK 7880 8387. From an old postcard in Reg Dosell's Collection. Two modern views - 1, 2, both © David Regan (2011). Link. Grade II* listed. The village has two former Wesleyan Methodist Chapels. The older is on North Street, and dates from 1832. SK 7867 8452. Grade II listed. The newer, on Cross Street, was built in the late 19th century, and stands at SK 7857 8443. Both
© David Regan (2020).
Stutton, North Yorkshire, St. Aiden. © Bill Henderson.
Styal, Cheshire, the attractive Methodist Church was previously a grain store. Older maps label it as Wesleyan. SJ 8365 8347. © Gerard Charmley (2013). Link. Grade II listed. Unitarian and Free Christian Church (1823) at Norcliffe. © Gerard Charmley (2013). Link. Grade II listed, wherein its says it was originally Baptist, and Unitarian from 1833. Three views of the Chapel at H.M. Prison, Styal - 1, 2, 3. According to its Genuki entry, it is closed. SJ 8411 8273. All © Karel Kuĉa (2019).
Stydd, Lancashire, St. Saviour. SD 654 359. St. Peter & St. Paul (R.C.). SD 653 357. Both © Philip Kapp.
Styvechale, Coventry, West Midlands - see Coventry.

Suckley, Worcestershire, St. John the Baptist. An unusual door handle, two interior views - 1, 2, the East Window, and the font. SO 7210 5163. All © Peter Morgan (2023). Link. Grade II listed. For listed features in the churchyard, see here.
Sudborough, Northamptonshire, All Saints. Another view, interior, chancel and the font. The church has some nice brasses, these 2 dated 1390 and 1415. All © David Regan (2017). Grade II* listed.
Sudbourne, Suffolk, All Saints, which stands some way to the south-east of the village. TM 4209 5194. © Steve Bulman (2005). Another view, © Richard Roberts (2024). Link1. Link2. Grade II* listed. A Baptist Chapel stands in the village proper, on School Road, at TM 4139 5308. It has a date-stone for 1863, which calls the chapel Rehoboth. Both © Richard Roberts (2024). Link.
Sudbrook, Monmouthshire, the scant remains of Holy Trinity, a victim of coastal erosion. ST 5065 8732.
All © Janet Gimber (2018). Coflein entry.
Sudbrooke, Lincolnshire, St. Edward the Confessor. © David Regan (2013). Another view, the interior and font, all © David Regan (2018). Link. Grade II* listed.
Sudbury, Derbyshire, All Saints. © Bill McKenzie.
Sudbury, Greater London, St. Andrew. Interior view. The Old Church now serves as the Church Hall. Another view. TQ 163 858. All © John Salmon. More of his photos of this church are available on Geograph. Another view, © Francis P. Henry. Link. St. George (R.C.) on Harrow Road. Interior view, a window, and statue of the saint. All © Francis P. Henry. Link.
Sudbury, Suffolk, the former St. Peter, now in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. TL 874 413. From an old postcard (franked 1907) in Dave Westrap's Collection. Link1. Link2. Link3.
Sudeley Castle, Gloucestershire, the church of St. Mary. It contains the tomb of Catherine Parr, the 6th and last wife of Henry VIII. SP 031 276. Both © Bill McKenzie. Another view. © Richard Bedford. Link1. Link2. Link3. Link4.
Suffolk, Belfast, Belfast - see Belfast.
Suffield, Norfolk, St. Margaret on Church Field and Hall Lane. Interior view. TG 233 312. Both © Richard Roberts (2018). Link. Grade I listed.
Sugley, Tyne & Wear,  - see Lemington.
Sulby, Isle of Man, St. Stephen. From an old postcard in Steve Bulman's Collection.
Sulgrave, Northamptonshire,
St. James the Less. From an old postcard in Steve Bulman's Collection. The wording reads "The Washington Family attended service here". A modern view, the interior and chancel, and the font. All © David Regan (2017). Grade II* listed.
Sulham, Berkshire,
St. Nicholas. Judy advises that the spire has been removed. Interior view. SU 6451 7422. Both from old postcards in Judy Flynn's Collection. Link. Grade II listed.
Sulhamstead Abbots, Berkshire,
St. Mary. According to this source, it was once dedicated to St. Bartholomew. Interior view. SU 6450 6795. Both from an old postcards in Judy Flynn's collection. Link. Grade I listed.
Sullington, West Sussex, St. Mary. From an old postcard in Steve Bulman's Collection. Link1. Link2.
Summerbridge, North Yorkshire, Methodist Church. © David Regan (2011). Link.
Summercourt, Cornwall,
U.R.C. (1912) SW 888 562. © Paul E. Barnett (2017). Wesleyan Chapel. SW 883 558. © Paul E. Barnett (2015). The former Bible Christian Chapel at SW 890 560. © Paul E. Barnett (2017).
Summerfield, Worcestershire, disused church. © Peter Morgan.
Summerhill, Pembrokeshire, former chapel, now in secular use. SN 153 074. © Mike Berrell (2011).
Summerseat, Greater Manchester, the Rowlands Methodist Church. SD 796 148. © Philip Kapp.
Sunbury-on-Thames, Surrey, St. Ignatius of Loyola (R.C., 1869) on Green Street. TQ 1005 6970. Link. Open Door Church Centre, on Rooksmead Road is part of the Commission family of churches. The church also holds services at Sunbury Manor School, on Nursery Road. This was originally a Congregational Church (1904). It may have been built as a replacement for an Independent Chapel of 1792 which stood at TQ 1119 6878, and which (from map evidence) was demolished in the final years of the 19th century. TQ 1020 6915. Link. Both © Martin Richter (2018).
Sunderland, Cumbria, the former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, of 1862, and closed in the 1930's (source). NY 1832 3573.
© Alan Marsden (2022). The same source mentions a Mission Hall "established by 1920's", but it's not shown on any maps I have access to.
Sunderland, T&W.
Sundon, Bedfordshire, St. Mary the Virgin. Another view. Both © Bill McKenzie.
Sundridge, Kent, St. Mary. Another view. TQ 486 549. Both © Dave Westrap. Link1. Link2.
Sunk Island (near Patrington), East Riding of Yorkshire, Holy Trinity. James advises that judging by appearances, the church is rarely, if ever used. © James Murray.
Sunningdale, Berkshire,
Holy Trinity. SU 9536 6755. © Barbara Barklem. Interior view, from an old postcard in Judy Flynn's collection. Link. Grade II listed. The railings and gates are also listed, twice - they can be found here. The former Congregational Church (1865) on High Street is now in residential use. SU 9526 6769. From an old postcard in Judy Flynn's collection. Hope Church, also on High Street, is a former Baptist Chapel - seen by Streetview in 2019. SU 9535 6764. Link. Sacred Heart (R.C.) on Lawson Way, as seen by Streetview in 2008. SU 9605 6727. Link. Small scale mid-20th century O.S. maps mark a place of worship on Rise Road at SU 9464 6724. I've been unable to discover what it was, but it's possibly the Primitive Methodist Chapel mentioned here. The small scale of the maps means that one can't be too precise about its exact location, but it was somewhere near here (Streetview, 2016).
Sunningdale, Surrey, St. Alban. Another postcard from Judy Flynn's collection, previously in the Unknown section. It was thought that it might possibly be the demolished one mentioned here (just beneath the church photo). The postcard was posted in 1905. Howard Richter advised that the footprint of the church in the postcard is not contradicted by map evidence, and the grid reference would have been SU 943 660. It appears to have been built between 1900 (not on a map of that year), and before 1915. Another old postcard shown here (scroll down) is again entirely consistent with this being the Sunningdale St. Alban's. It also says that it was a daughter church to Windlesham (St. John the Baptist).
Sunninghill, Berkshire,
St Michael & All Angels. SU 9398 6862. © Barbara Barklem. Interior view, from an old postcard in Judy Flynn's collection. Link. Grade II listed. Two churchyard monuments are listed separately - they can be found here. The 1" O.S. map 1961 shows a place of worship on School Road at SU 9351 6784. It was seen (distantly) by Streetview in 2009, but I haven't been able to discover what it was.
Sunningwell, Oxfordshire, St. Leonard. © Chris Emms (2010). Link.
Surbiton, Greater London, St. Mark. From an old postcard (franked 1908), Bulman Collection. Link.
Surfleet, Lincolnshire, St. Laurence. TF 2513 2823. © Dave Hitchborne. Two additional views - 1, 2, three of the interior - 1, 2, 3, (on the first note the far wall leaning, and the heavily buttressed pillars), and the font, all © David Regan (2015 and 2020). Link. Grade I listed.
Suspension Bridge, Norfolk, the former Primitive Methodist Chapel of 1872, now converted to residential use. © David Regan (2019). Link.
Sustead, Norfolk, St. Peter and St. Paul on Sustead Lane. Interior view. TG 182 370. Link1. Link2. Grade II* listed. The former Primitive Methodist Chapel of 1889, on Sustead Lane. Extended in 1913, it was used as a light industrial unit following closure before becoming the village hall. The My Primitive Methodist Ancestors entry implies a closure date of between 1986 and 2007. TG 187 370. All © Richard Roberts (2018).
Susworth, Lincolnshire, the former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel.
According to this source, it dates from 1903, closing in 1971, and was successor to an earlier chapel on the same site from 1815. SE 8356 0229. © David Regan (2021). Link.
Sutcombe, Devon, St. Andrew. Another view, the sun-dial, interior, pulpit, carved pews and a bench-end. SS 3469 1166. All © Chris Kippin (2024). Link. Grade II* listed. Two chest-tombs are also listed here. At Sutcombe Mill are a former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, and a former Bible Christian Chapel. The Wesleyan is at SS 3504 1131, and has a date-stone for 1887. The Bible Christian is at SS 3465 1111, and has a rather fine date-stone for 1868. All © Chris Kippin (2024).
Sutterby, Lincolnshire, St. John the Baptist. Interior view, and the font. All © David Regan (2015). Link1. Link2.
Sutterton, Lincolnshire, St. Mary. Interior view. TF 2849 3556. Both © Marion Hall. Four more interior views - 1, 2, 3, 4, and the font, all
© Chris Stafford (2014). Link. Grade I listed. The Methodist Church
on Station Road. TF 2839 3562. © David Regan (2020). Link. The former Baptist Church. Its grade II listing dates it to 1826 (as a re-build). It was closed in 1994. TF 2864 3609. © David Regan (2020). The former United Free Methodist Church (1854). TF 2811 3588. © David Regan (2020).
Sutton, Bedfordshire, All Saints. TL 2190 4753. © Les Needham (2010). Link.
Grade I listed.
Sutton (or Sutton in the Soak), Cambridgeshire,
St. Michael and All Angels. Three additional views - 1, 2, 3. TL 0952 9873. All © David Regan (2018). Link. Grade I listed.
Sutton, Greater London, All Saints at Benhilton. From an old postcard (franked 1916), Bulman Collection. Link. Christ Church, on Christchurch Park, consecrated 1887. © Gerard Doherty (2011). Link.
Sutton, Pembrokeshire, Bethel Baptist Chapel (1830). Interior view (taken through a window). SM 909 163. Both © Mike Berrell (2010).
Sutton, Surrey, St. Nicholas (1862-4). Labelled only as Sutton Parish Church, I (wrongly) thought this postcard (from Reg Dosell's Collection) would be fairly easy to identify. Initially "solved" as Boldmere Church (which admittedly looks very similar), thanks are due to Pete Knight for finally unravelling this mystery. Built on the site of an older church, or churches, one is shown here in an old engraving from Cracklow's "Churches and Chapels in Surrey", published in 1827. © Colin Waters Collection. Link.
Sutton at Hone, Kent, St. John the Baptist. TQ 553 706. © Rosemarie. Another view. © Dave Westrap. Link. Methodist Church. TQ 556 698. © Dave Westrap. Bethesda Strict Baptist Church, on Main Road. © Alan Taylor.
Sutton Bassett, Northamptonshire, All Saints. © George Weston.
Sutton Benger, Wiltshire, All Saints. ST 947 787.
© Chris Kippin (2019). Link (has many more photos). Grade II* listed.
Sutton Bingham, Somerset, All Saints. Another view. ST 5478 1113. Both © Chris Kippin (2021). Link. Grade I listed.
Sutton Bonington, Nottinghamshire, St. Michael. SK 504 254. St. Anne. SK 507 250. Wesleyan Methodist Chapel. SK 506 249. All © Michael Bourne.
Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire, St. Matthew - the only flint church in Lincolnshire. Interior view, and the font. TF 4787 2121. All © David Regan (2016). Grade II listed. The schoolroom (1888) of the former Primitive Methodist Chapel (1855 or 1856 - see here), now in residential use.
The chapel itself stood adjacent to the present building, on the corner of Allenby's Chase and Bridge Road. Grid. ref. for the chapel - TF 4745 2144. The vacant corner plot can be seen here in a 2011 Streetview. © David Regan (2020). The site of the demolished Wesleyan Methodist Chapel (1836) on Bridge Road. The site was still vacant when the Streetview van passed by in 2009. TF 4767 2134. © David Regan (2020). Just a few doors to the S.E. stands the former United Methodist Free Church of 1855. TF 4770 2132. © David Regan (2020).
Sutton-by-Dover, Kent, St. Peter & St. Paul. TR 334 493. © Geoff Watt.
Sutton Cheney, Leicestershire, St. James. Here Richard III is reputed to have heard mass on the eve of the Battle of Bosworth. Another view, the interior, a tomb, and the font. All © David Regan (2016). Link. News item. Grade II* listed.
Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands,
Holy Trinity. SP 1219 9628. From an old postcard (franked 1909), in Graeme Harvey's Collection. A modern view, and the interior, both © Aidan McRae Thomson. Another view, © John Balaam (2022). Not photographable at the time of John's visit, the new entrance vestibule can be seen in a Streetview from 2020 - it hardly seems to be an improvement on the earlier entrance, seen in a Streetview from 2011, which at least had consistency of construction materials. Why was it necessary to change it? Link. Grade I listed.
Sutton Courtenay, Oxfordshire,
All Saints - previously in the "Unknown" section. Peter Wenham had a photo of a village scene. Apart from guessing that it is probably in the southern half of England, there were no obvious clues to pinpoint it - though Peter had sent in other named photos from Suffolk and Devon. Thanks to Simon Davies for the identification. Two further views - 1, 2, both © Carole Sage (2013). SU 5049 9419. Link. News story. Grade I listed.
Sutton cum Lound, Nottinghamshire, St. Bartholomew. Another view. Both © David Regan (2011). Link.
Sutton in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire.
Sutton-in-Craven, North Yorkshire, St. Thomas. © David Regan (2011). Link.
Sutton-in-the-Isle, Cambridgeshire, St. Andrew, as seen by Streetview in 2023. TL 4484 7897. Link1. Link2. Grade I listed. The Methodist Church stands on High Street at TL 4447 7883. Labelled on older maps as Wesleyan, it pre-dates a map of 1886. It has been seen by Streetview only once, in 2011. Lack of a web presence suggests it may have closed. A former Baptist Chapel (2023 Streetview) stands on High Street and Brook Road at TL 4425 7879. Its grade II listing dates it to 1791. A little further west is the site of a Primitive Methodist Chapel. I think it may survive as the Conservative Club seen by Streetview in 2023. TL 4417 7877. It had been built by 1903. Burystead Farm, a little way north of the western end of the village, incorporates part of a medieval chapel in its fabric. Its grade I listing includes a photo, showing two blocked windows at first floor level. TL 4331 7893.
Sutton Ings, Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire - see Hull.
Sutton Maddock, Shropshire, St. Mary. Another view, the porch, two interior views - 1, 2, font, and altar, all © Dennis Harper (2011). Link. Grade B listed - link.
Sutton Mallet, Somerset, no dedication, is now in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust, whose listing dates it to a re-build in 1827. ST 3729 3694. © Chris Kippin (2020).
Sutton Mandeville, Wiltshire, All Saints. ST 9859 2885. © Chris Kippin (2020). Grade II* listed. The listings for a sun-dial and assorted churchyard monuments can be found here.
Sutton Montis, Somerset, Holy Trinity. Its grade I listing says it's of Saxon origin, though there are no survivals from that time. Another view, and the interior. ST 6243 2480. All © Chris Kippin (2021). Link.
Sutton on Sea, Lincolnshire, St. Clement. TF 5211 8090. © George Weston. Another view, two of the interior - 1, 2, the font, and the memorial tablet to those who died in the inundation in 1953 (Wikipedia on this here). David passes on the information that the font is from an earlier church, taken by the sea in 1571. All
© David Regan (2022). Link1. Link2. Grade II listed, wherein it's dated to 1818-19. Methodist Church on Station Road and High Street. The church website dates it to 1910. TF 5196 8181. © George Weston. Older O.S. maps mark a Wesleyan Methodist Chapel on Station Road at TF 5205 8163. It survives, having been converted to residential use, and was seen by Streetview in 2021. Note that, at the time of writing, this is shown (I think incorrectly) as Primitive Methodist here. There was a Primitive Methodist Chapel, on High Street, at TF 5183 8170. Its site was seen by Streetview in 2011.
Sutton-on-the-Forest, North Yorkshire,
All Hallows. SE 58294 64721. © Bill Henderson. Another view, the interior - 1, 2, a window, a fine memorial, and the font, a sun-dial (in the interior, evidence of a re-building), and the list of incumbents, which goes back to 1241, all © Steve Bulman (2017). Another interior view, another memorial, and a wall with more memorials, all © David Regan (2019). Link. Grade II listed.
Sutton on the Hill, Derbyshire, St. Michael on Church Lane, a C14 foundation. Interior view. SK 237 342. Link. Grade II* listed. Methodist Church on Commonpiece Lane and Back Lane. It was built as Primitive Methodist in 1838. SK 236 346, All © Richard Roberts (2014).
Sutton on Trent, Nottinghamshire, All Saints. Two further views - 1, 2. SK 8007 6594. All © David Regan (2011). Link. Grade I listed. The Methodist Church (1821) on High Street. Older maps mark it as Wesleyan.
SK 7977 6591. © David Regan (2020). Link. The former Independent Chapel (1841) on Station Road. It appears to have gone out of use before the 1900 25" O.S. map was published, as the building is labelled as Institute. SK 7945 6596. © David Regan (2020). The same map marks a Baptist Chapel on Far Holme Lane at SK 8004 6563. The 2009 Streetview shows a short row of houses which don't show any signs of having been a church, but they retain the same footprint, and a close look reveals a sign The Old Chapel to the right of the blue door.
Sutton Park, Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire - see Hull.
Sutton Poyntz, Dorset, the former Sutton Road Evangelical Church, as seen by Streetview in 2016. It's mentioned in a planning news story here where it's dated to pre-1937-2009. Work had commenced by the time of the next Streetview visit in 2021. SY 7056 8359. There was a medieval Chapel here. Not shown on O.S. maps, an information board in the village shows it somewhere north of the water works, at circa SY 7056 8405. If this position is correct (and some sources says that its location is uncertain), it would have stood somewhere near the grassy area in the middle distance, seen in a Streetview from 2009. The view is somewhat different today, as housing has been built along the road - Streetview 2021. Large scale O.S. maps mark Prospect Cottage (On Site of Church), with "Church" in the font indicating an ancient site, on Plaisters Lane at SY 7053 8374. I don't know if this is an alternative site for the medieval church mentioned earlier, or for a different one. Prospect Cottage was seen by Streetview in 2021. A former Mission Room stands on Mission Hall Lane, at SY 7059 8386. It now serves as the village hall. © Paul E. Barnett (2022). Streetview provides a view from the opposite side, from 2016.
Sutton St. Edmund, Lincolnshire, St. Edmund. © David Regan (2016). Grade II listed.
Sutton St. James, Lincolnshire, St. James the Greater. The nave is supposed to have been demolished by Cromwell's troops. Interior view, and the font. All © David Regan (2016). Grade II listed (chancel), Grade II* listed (tower).
Sutton St. Michael, Herefordshire, St. Michael. Another view and the porch - note the ghost of the former doorway behind. Paul advises that archaeologists have been excavating an 8th century village in nearby fields, and the church and village may be linked to King Offa. SO 5264 4582. All
© Paul Wood (2017). Link. Grade II* listed.
Sutton St. Nicholas, Herefordshire, St. Nicholas. SO 5340 4535. © Paul Wood (2017). The interior, chancel, pulpit, and the font, all
© Chris Kippin (2022). Link1. Link2. Grade II* listed. The for
mer Congregational Chapel, now in residential use. SO 5329 4555. © Paul Wood (2001). Link. Grade II* listed. Grade II* listed. The former Congregational Chapel, now in residential use. SO 5329 4555. © Paul Wood (2001). Link. Grade II* listed.
Sutton Scarsdale, Derbyshire, St. Mary. Hemmed in by trees, high walls, and Sutton Scarsdale Hall, photographing this church is a challenge! Two further views - 1, 2. All © David Regan (2010). Link.
Sutton Scotney, Hampshire, the former Ebenezer Primitive Methodist Chapel. SU 462 395.
© Chris Kippin (2018).
Sutton-under-Brailes, Warwickshire, St. Thomas a Becket. Another view, and a window. Interior view, and the font. All © John Bowdler (2009). Link.
Sutton upon Derwent, East Riding of Yorkshire, St. Michael and All the Angels. © Bill Henderson.
Sutton Valence, Kent, Congregational Church. TQ 813 492. From an old postcard, Geoff Watt's Collection.
Sutton Veny, Wiltshire,
St. John the Evangelist. ST 9027 4172. © David Roberts. Interior view, © Simon Edwards. Link. Grade I listed. The partly ruinous St. Leonard is in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. Interior view. ST 9084 4152. Both © Chris Kippin (2020). Link. Grade II listed. The former Independent (Congregational) Chapel has a date-stone for 1832. ST 8998 4197. © Chris Kippin (2020). Older O.S. maps mark a Mission Hall at ST 8987 4210, set well back from the road. Long-demolished (absent from the 1937-1961 1" O.S. map), it stood at the end of this track, as seen by the Streeview van in 2016.
Sutton Village, Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire - see Hull.
Sutton Waldron, Dorset,
St. Bartholomew (1847). ST 8621 1570. © June Norris. Another view, two of the interior - 1, 2, the altar, the pulpit, and the font, all © Chris Stafford (2015). Link. Grade II* listed.

Swaby, Lincolnshire, St. Nicholas. Another view, two interiors - 1, 2, and the font. All © David Regan (2017). Link. Grade II listed.
Swadlincote, Derbyshire, Emmanuel Church. Two further views - 1, 2, and the external bell. All © BereniceUK (2010). Link. Hill Street Baptist Church (1876). SK 302 194. © Richard Roberts (2014). The former West Street Methodist Church (originally Wesleyan) dates from 1863, replacing an earlier church of 1816 which had been enlarged in 1823 and 1837. SK 298 196. © Richard Roberts (2017).
Swaffham, Norfolk.
Swaffham Bulbeck, Cambridgeshire,
St. Mary the Virgin. Two interior views - 1, 2, and the font. The piscina, sedilia, and a tomb recess are linked by ornate decoration. The feature that will remain in the memory is the wealth of wood-carving, the bench-ends in particular - 1, 2, 3; good bosses too (example). TL 5552 6225. All © Steve Bulman (2014). Link1. Link2. Grade I listed. A place of worship shows on the 1" O. S. map of 1955 at Commercial End. Seen by Streetview in 2011, this source identifies it as an Evangelical Free Church, of 1925-2012. TL 5575 6298.
Swaffham Prior, Cambridgeshire,
St. Mary the Virgin and St. Cyriac & St. Julitta. St. Mary is the parish church (with the broken tower in the engraving). It shares a churchyard with St. Cyriac. TL 5681 6392 (for the centre of the churchyard). From old engravings (1901) in Colin Waters' Collection. The following modern photos show that the broken tower has since been restored - St. Mary, and two interior views - 1, 2, St. Cyriac and St. Julitta, and two interior views - 1, 2. St. Cyriac is now in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. All © Steve Bulman (2012). Link (St. Mary). Link (St. Cyriac). Zion Union Chapel shows on a 25" map of 1902. Genuki identifies it as Baptist. Converted to residential use, it was seen by Streetview in 2023. It has a date-stone for 1862. TL 5671 6388. Another Chapel, otherwise unidentified, shows on a map of 1886 at the north-eastern end of the village at TL 5725 6468. Streetview saw it on 2011.
Swafield, Norfolk, St. Nicholas. The porch, font, and two interior views - 1, 2. TG 286 319. All © Steve Bulman (2012). Link. Grade II* listed - link.
Swainby, North Yorkshire, Church of the Holy Cross. © Bill Henderson.
Swalcliffe, Oxfordshire, is dedicated to St. Peter and St. Paul. © Steve Bulman. SP 378 379.
Swalecliffe, Kent, St. John the Baptist. TR 135 674. Link. Free Church (Baptist). TR 134 668., Both © Geoff Watt.
Swallow, Lincolnshire, Holy Trinity. Two interior views - 1, 2, and the font. TA 1761 0303. All © David Regan (2011 and 2019). Another view. The "tympanum with oculus" is a feature I've not seen elsewhere, but the appended listing only dates it to the 19th century. Both © Chris Stafford (2013). Link. Grade II* listed. Chapel Lane used to be home to a Methodist (Wesleyan) Chapel at TA 1761 0288. Genuki dates it to 1863-1967. It used to stand in what is now a garden bounded by a tall hedge, seen in a Streetview from 2009. The Primitive Methodists were also represented, on Cuxwold Road at TA 1779 0274. Dated here to 1844-1916, its site is seen here in a Streetview from 2009.
Swallowcliffe, Wiltshire, St. Peter (1843). ST 9636 2711. © Chris Kippin (2020). Grade II* listed. The present St. Peter replaced the medieval St. Peter which stood on a nearby site which had become prone to flooding. The 25" O.S. map of 1873-1888 shows a Grave Yard (Disused) by the river, at ST 965 271. A general view can be seen here on a 2016 Streetview. The same map marks a "Chapel (Catholic Apostolic)" a short way south-east of the village, opposite the northern end of Loder's Lane, at ST 9659 2693. This source (useful for all of these churches) says that it was originally an Irvingite Church (a Wikipedia article here) of which the Catholic Apostolic Church was its direct successor. The source referred to earlier also mentions a Mission Hall, which old maps show standing at ST 9651 2716. It also supplies a building date of circa 1888 and says that it was moved soon after WWI, but doesn't say where it was moved to. The site can be seen here behind the hedge across the road on a 2011 Streetview.
Swallowfield, Berkshire, All Saints (interior). SU 7318 6480. From an old postcard in Judy Flynn's collection - posted in 1911. Link (with exterior photos). Grade I listed.
Swallownest, South Yorkshire, the Baptist Church stands on Worksop Road and Eden Grove, and has a date-stone for 1908. SK 4558 8539. The church website history page says that the first chapel on the site was built in 1877. Old maps show that the first chapel stood a little further back from the main road, roughly where the green gabled building is now. It may perhaps be seen in the photo at the bottom of the church history page, standing behind the then newly built 1908 church. © Bill Henderson (2011). Link. Bethesda Church (1934) on Mansfield Road.
SK 4544 852. © David Regan (2021). Link. The village has a former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, on Rotherham Road at SK 4505 8537. It pre-dates a map of 1903, and now in use as a business centre. David believes it may date from circa 1850. © David Regan (2021).
Swalwell, Tyne & Wear, Holy Trinity. © Bill Henderson. Link.
Swampton, Hampshire, the former Primitive Methodist Chapel. Its date-stone is for 1859 (the appended link suggests it may have been transferred from the 1838 chapel, and the date altered). SU 4156 5082. Both © Chris Kippin (2022). Link, which has a photo, and another of its predecessor of 1838/9, in St. Mary Bourne. The village also had a Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, on the main road at SU 4184 5067. Now in residential use, it was seen by Streetview in 2011. It has a date-stone, unfortunately defaced or weathered.
Swanage, Dorset, St. Mary the Virgin. From an old postcard in Steve Bulman's Collection. A modern view. © Graeme Harvey (2011). Holy Spirit and St. Edward (R.C.) on Victoria Avenue. SZ 030 911. © Graeme Harvey (2011). Three additional views - 1, 2, 3, all © Martin Richter (2012). Link1. Link2. Grade II listed.
Swanbourne, Buckinghamshire, St. Swithun on Mursley R
oad. SP 8010 2728. © Bill McKenzie. Another view, two of the interior - 1, 2, the chancel and the plain font, all © David Regan (2019). Link. Grade II* listed. A Baptist Chapel used to stand on Mursley Road, at SP 8043 2730. Pre-dating a map of 1885, where it's labelled as Baptist Chapel (Open Communion), it's dated here to 1863-1969. It was successor to an earlier chapel of 1809. The converted chapel, or its replacement house, can be seen on a Streetview from 2021. The Methodist Chapel (Streetview 2021) is on Nearton End. It has a date-stone for (I think) 1898, and declares itself to be Primitive Methodist. SP 8053 2706. Link.
Swanland, East Riding of Yorkshire, St. Barnabas. Link. Christ Church (U.R.C. and Methodist). Link. Both © James Murray.
Swanley, Kent, St. Paul. TQ 529 697. © Dave Westrap. Link1. Link2. Full Gospel Church on Hockenden Lane. Another view. Both © Alan K. Taylor (1980's).
Swanmore, Hampshire, St. Barnabas. SU 5762 1640. © Chris Kippin. The interior, © Chris Kippin (2023). Link. Grade II listed, wherein it's dated to 1844. The Methodist Church is on Chapel Road. Older maps label it as Primitive Methodist, and its date-stone is for 1863. A recent extension has a date-stone for 2010. This source says that it had a predecessor, but I haven't been able to locate it. SU 5773 1618. All © Chris Kippin (2023). Link.
Swannington, Leicestershire, St. George (1825), built on a site supposedly chosen by William Wordsworth. © David Regan (2016). Link. Grade II listed. The former Primitive Methodist Chapel (1858) on Main Street, now in secular use. SK 415 160. © Mike Berrell (2011).
Swannington, Norfolk, St. Margaret of Antioch. Two interior views - 1, 2. Both © Gerard Charmley (2015). Link1. Link2. Grade I listed.
Swanscombe, Kent.
Swansea, Swansea.
Swanton Abbott, Norfolk, St. Michael. The porch, altar and font. An interior view shows the rood screen panels facing the wrong way. The screen was restored by the rector in the years running up to WWI; "not well done" according to Pevsner. Close up of some of the painted panels. TG 265 262. All © Steve Bulman (2012). Link1. Link2. Grade II* listed - link. Wesleyan Reform Church (1859). The former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, now a private residence. Both © Gervase N. E. Charmley.
Swanton Morley, Norfolk, All Saints (pre-1379) on Mill Street. TG 019 173. © Richard Roberts (2016). Link. Grade I listed.
Swanton Novers, Norfolk, St. Edmund on Church Lane. Largely of a re-build of the 19th century, some Norman and 14th century fabric survives. Interior view. TG 015 323. Both © Richard Roberts (2019). Link. Grade II* listed.

Swanwick, Derbyshire, the former St. Saviour, re-erected at Swanwick Station as part of the Swanwick Museum, originally stood at Westhouses. Built in 1898, it was re-built on its present site in 1995. Another view, interior view, and the font. All © Dennis Harper (2011). St. Andrew, SK 4043 5321. © David Regan (2015). A comprehensive link. Grade II listed. Baptist Church on Chapel Street in 2015, and in 2021. SK 4040 5351. Both © David Regan. Link (scroll down). The former United Free Methodist Chapel on High Street. SK 4033 5344. © David Regan (2015). It now forms part of today's Methodist Church, though the main entrance is now on Derby Road, as seen here,
© David Regan (2021). Link. The former Primitive Methodist Chapel (1880) on Pentrich Road. SK 4012 5322. © David Regan (2015).
Swarby, Lincolnshire, St. Mary & All Saints. TF 0470 4056. © Dave Hitchborne. Another view, three interiors - 1, 2, 3, and the font. All © David Regan (2019). Link. Grade II* listed.
Swarcliffe, Leeds, West Yorkshire - see Leeds.
Swarkestone, Derbyshire, St. James on Church Lane. The church was largely re-built in 1874-5 by F. J. Robinson, but there is some fabric from the 16th century and earlier. SK 371 285. © James Murray. Interior view, © Richard Roberts (2018). Link. Grade II* listed.
Swarthmoor, Cumbria, the former St. Leonard on Fox Street and Park Road. Older maps label it as Misn. Room. Another view. SD 2742 7719. The Methodist Church on Back Fox Street. It was originally Bethel Primitive Methodist Chapel, and has a date-stone for 1864. SD 2739 7725. All © Alan Marsden (2021). The 25" O.S. map of 1913 shows a Chap. (Dis). It's not clear which of two possible buildings is meant, but Genuki has an entry for a Bible Christian Chapel which removes the ambiguity. It also provides dates of 1888 to "before 1913". It stood on an apparently un-named minor road running parallel with, and between, Goad Road and Trinkeld Road (now re-named as Park Road) at SD 2737 7733.
Streetview hasn't been along this road, but has been along Park Road, and seen this garage in 2009 - the chapel stood at what is now the back of the garage. Although now in a suburb of Ulverston, Swarthmoor Society of Friends' Meeting House (on Meeting House Lane) was built in a rural situation over half a mile E.S.E. of Swarthmoor. Not well seen on Streetview, its Genuki entry includes a photo. Link.
Swaton, Lincolnshire, St. Michael. TF 1330 3752. © Michael Bourne. Another view, © Mike Berrell (2015). Two further views - 1, 2, both © David Regan (2019). Link. Grade I listed.
Swatragh, Co. Derry, Presbyterian Church. C 859 079. St. John the Baptist (R.C.). C 853 073. Both © Gerard Close. Killeagh Parish Church (CoI). C 854 075. © Gerard Close (2011).
Swavesey, Cambridgeshire,
St. Andrew. Another view. TL 3627 6938. Both © Jim Rushton. Link1. Link2. Grade I listed. The war memorial in the churchyard is also listed, as grade II. O.S. maps show the site of a Priory, a short distance north of the church at TL 3627 6943. Its site was seen by Streetview in 2022. Link. Particular Baptist Church on Middle Watch. SS 3632 6812. © Jim Rushton. Link. Bethel Baptist Church on Middle Watch. TL 3637 6792. © Jim Rushton. Link. Old O.S. maps show a Mission Room near the southern end of the village, at TL 3630 6747. Pre-dating a map of 1902, it doesn't show on a map of 1955. Its site was seen by Streetview in 2021. It was oblong, short side to the road, and it stood where the parking areas are in front of the houses. A photo is available here, where it's identified as St. Peter's Mission Church, and its dated to 1893-1919. A Primitive Methodist Chapel used to stand on School Lane, off Middle Watch, at TL 3623 6856. This source says it was originally Unitarian or Baptist, bought by the P.M.'s in 1884, and closed in 1932. (The village Wikipedia entry says Unitarian, and dates it to 1831). It also says it was converted into a bungalow, but unless it's very well disguised, it looks as if that too has gone. Streetview saw the site in 2022 - it stood to the left of the end-terrace house. A photo of the chapel can be seen here.
Sway, Hampshire, St. Luke (1838) on Church Lane. SZ 278 983. From an old postcard in Reg Dosell's Collection. A modern view,
© Richard Roberts (2018). Link. The former St. Jude's Methodist Church on Middle Road. Built in 1936, it was closed in 1979 and converted for residential use. SZ 277 988. © Richard Roberts (2018).
Swayfield, Lincolnshire, St. Nicholas. SK 9933 2264. © David Regan (2018). Two interior views (taken through windows) - 1, 2, both © Chris Stafford (2014). Link. Grade II* listed.
Sweetshouse, Cornwall,
Ebenezer Chapel (Wesleyan Methodist). SX 084 620. © Paul E. Barnett (2015). The New Association Methodist Chapel, which was built before 1881. SX 083 619. © Paul E. Barnett (2017).
Swell, Somerset, St. Catherine. The south porch has a fine Norman doorway. Two interior views - 1, 2. The list of rectors goes back to 1319. ST 369 236. All © Mike Berrell (2013). Link. Grade I listed.
Swepstone, Leicestershire, St. Peter. © Clive Berriman.
Grade II* listed.
Swerford, Oxfordshire, St. Mary. SP 373 312. © Steve Bulman. An old postcard view, from Reg Dosell's Collection.
Swettenham, Cheshire,
St. Peter. Another view. SJ 8009 6719. Both © Len Brankin. Link. Grade II* listed. There is a private Chapel (R.C.) at Swettenham Hall. Its grade II listing dates it to 1852. SJ 8088 6659. I haven't been able to find a photo, and it hasn't been seen by Streetview.
Swillington, West Yorkshire, St. Mary. © Bill Henderson.
Swimbridge, Devon, St. James the Apostle. SS 6210 2999. © Chris Kippin (2022). Link. Grade I listed. A war memorial and the lych-gate are separately listed here. The former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel. Old maps show that it was built between 1889 and 1904. SS 6217 2989. © Chris Kippin (2022). A former Baptist Chapel stands set back from Blakes Hill Road, at SS 6193 3007. It shows as Particular Baptist on a map of 1889, and was seen by Streetview in 2010. Its grade II listing dates it to 1837.
Swinbrook, Oxfordshire, dedicated to St. Mary. SP 2799 1215. © Steve Bulman. The Fettiplace tomb, two close-ups - 1, 2, the tomb of Sir George (d. 1742), last Baronet Fettiplace, and the bale tombs in the churchyard, all © Christopher Skottowe (1964). Link2. Link2. Grade II* listed. Numerous churchyard tombs etc., are listed separately - they can be found here. A former Primitive Methodist Chapel survives over half a mile to the N.N.E., at SP 2831 1301. It's dated here to 1860, and was seen by Streetview in 2022.
Swindale, Cumbria, the demolished church. The nearer third of the building was a school. This source dates it to "before 1703", and seems to have gone out use between 1920 and 1956, based on map evidence. Some low piles of rubble are apparent in the 2010 Streetview. NY 5133 1311. From an old postcard in
Chester Foster's Collection.
Swinderby, Lincolnshire, All Saints. Another view. SK 8690 6318. Both © David Regan (2012). Grade II* listed. Light and Life Church meet in what was originally a Wesleyan Methodist Chapel (1869-1998) on High Street. © David Regan (2020).
Swindon, Staffordshire, St. John the Evangelist, on Church Road. © Dennis Harper (2008). Another view, interior, altar, a close up of the window, and the font. all © Dennis Harper (2012). U.R.C. on High Street, formerly Ebenezer Chapel, dating from 1820. © John French. Two interior views - 1, 2, and the tiny movable font, all © Dennis Harper (2012).
Swindon, Wiltshire.
Swine, East Riding of Yorkshire, St. Mary the Virgin. © James Murray.
Swinefleet, East Riding of Yorkshire, St. Margaret. Another view. Interior view. Chapel in the churchyard. All © James Murray. Link.
Swineford, Gloucestershire, the former St. John's Congregational Church, a "tin tabernacle". Subsequently known simply as Swineford Congregational Church, it was later used as a school, but has recently been let for an as yet unknown purpose. © Janet Gimber (2014).
Swineshead, Bedfordshire, St. Nicholas. TL 0578 6585. Link1. Link2. Grade I listed. The former Methodist Church (originally Wesleyan), on High Street, has a date-stone for 1864. TL 0588 6577. Link1. Link2. Both © Bedfordshire and Luton Archives & Records Service (2008).
Swineshead, Lincolnshire, St. Mary. Two further views - 1, 2, of the interior - 1, 2, 3, 4, a carved stone with praying figures, and the font. TF 2374 4019. Grade I listed. Methodist Church (Wesleyan, of 1845). TF 2360 4055. Grade II listed. All © David Regan (2016 and 2019). Old maps show a Methodist Chapel (United Free) at what was then the southern end of the village, on South Street at TF 2386 4004. It pre-dates a map of 1889, and seems to have been demolished in the mid-20th century. Its site can be seen on a Streetview from 2011.
Swinford, County Mayo, Church of Our Lady (R.C.).
Swinford, Leicestershire, All Saints. Interior view. Both © Aidan McRae Thomson (2012). Link. Grade II* listed - link.
Swingfield, Kent, the Old Templar Preceptory. This old illustration comes (Colin thinks) from a Folkestone newspaper late in Victoria's reign, reproduced from an earlier book. Whether it is an artist's impression or an accurate reproduction is unknown. This link describes it as a "Hospittaler parish church", so a Templar connection is at least plausible. Illustration from Colin Waters' Collection. Janet Gimber has confirmed that this is the same building - St. John's Commandery. © Geoff Watt. Geoff quotes, "Medieval Chapel built by the Knights Hospitaller's & later converted into a farmhouse". TR 232 440. The former St. Peter (redundant). TR 233 434. © Geoff Watt.
Swinhope, Lincolnshire, St. Helen. © Dave Hitchborne.
Swinstead, Lincolnshire, St. Mary on Creeton Road. Two interior views - 1, 2, and a squint. All © Mike Berrell (2011). Link. Grade I listed - link.
Swinton, Borders, the former Free Church, dated here to 1866. NT 8353 4748
. © Bill McKenzie. The Parish Church. This source dates it to 1729, on an ancient site. NT 8387 4764. © Steve Bulman. Another view, © Bill Henderson (2012). Category B listed. According to this source, the property known as Fiddler's Ha' (10, Coldstream Road) is a former Free Church of 1843. No available maps show it, but Streetview saw the property in 2021. NT 8389 4749.
Swinton, Salford, Greater Manchester.
Swinton (near Malton), North Yorkshire,
former chapel, now a private residence. © Bill Henderson. Janet Gimber advises that this was Wesleyan Metho
dist. Another view, © David Regan (2019).
Swinton, South Yorkshire,
St. Margaret. St. John (Methodist). Both © James Murray. Bethany Evangelical Church on the A6022 between Swinton and Mexborough. It belongs to the Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches, and was established on or before 1897. The date-stone on the present church of 1923 implies an earlier church on this, or another site. SK 466 995. © Howard Richter (2015). Link. Bowbroom Wesleyan Reform Church on Queen Street. There was an earlier chapel nearby at SK 4582 9971, which was built before 1904; the current one dates from the 1970's. Another view. SK 4585 9973. Both © Howard Richter (2015). Link. Zion Gospel Mission Hall (Zion Christian Fellowship) on Charles Street. SK 4605 9910. © Howard Richter (2015). Link (though it wasn't working when I tried). Absorbed by the southern suburbs of the town is Piccadilly, where stands Piccadilly Methodist Church, originally Primitive Methodist, it pre-dates a map of 1903. Genuki has a set of transcription of the baptismal register for the chapel, the earliest one being from 1895. SK 4508 9770.
© David Regan (2021). Link.
Swithland, Leicestershire,
St. Leonard. SK 5549 1283. © Mick Foreman. Another view, and two of the interior - 1, 2. All © Peter Smith. Link. Grade II* listed. For the listed lych-gate, tombs, etc., see here. The village also has a former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel at SK 5419 1318. It has a date-stone for 1856, and Peter advises that it was closed and sold in 1964. Another view. Both © Peter Smith. Link. Grade II listed.
Swydd-ffynnon, Ceredigion, Calvinistic Methodist Chapel
, which Howard Richter identified. The Coflein entry tells of the first chapel on the site of 1753, with re-builds in 1783, 1809 and 1837, the latter of which is the present building. SN 6929 6633. © Neil Floyd. Older O.S. maps also show a Baptist Chapel at SN 6936 6617. It was seen by Streetview in 2021, where a sign saying Capel Bethel can  be seen. Coflein dates it to 1824, re-built in 1859 and 1868. A map of 1888 shows a building called Capel-groes at SN 6932 6607. A report on archaeological work carried out at its site can be seen here.
Swyncombe, Oxfordshire, St. Botolph. Another view. SU 683 902. Both © Les Needham. Link.
Swynnerton, Staffordshire, St. Mary. Our Lady of the Assumption (R.C.). Both © Peter Morgan.
Swyre, Dorset, Holy Trinity. © Dennis Harper (2011). Link. Grade I listed - link.

Syde, Gloucestershire, St. Mary the Virgin. Another view. SO 949 108. Both © Graeme Harvey. Three further views - 1, 2, 3, and an interior view, all © Richard Bedford. Link1. Link2. Link3.
Sydenham, Greater London - see the London page.
Sydenham, Oxfordshire, St. Mary. From an old postcard in Reg Dosell's Collection. A modern view. SP 729 019. © Les Needham.
Sydenham Damerel, Devon, St. Mary. SX 409 759. Link. Grade II* listed Methodist Church. SX 414 762. Link. Both © Paul E. Barnett (2018).
Syderstone, Norfolk, St. Mary (C12) on The Street. TF 832 326. Link1. Link2. Grade I listed. The former Methodist Church on Creake Road, now residential. Built as Primitive Methodist in 1887. TF 831 326. Both © Richard Roberts (2015).
Sydmonton, Hampshire, the former St. Mary the Virgin. Its grade II* listing dates it to 1849-53, on the site of a medieval predecessor. SU 4848 5790. © Chris Kippin (2021).
Sydling St. Nicholas, Dorset, St. Nicholas. Another view, and a gargoyle on the tower. SY 630 992. All © Steve Bulman (2010). Link.
Syerston, Nottinghamshire, All Saints. © David Regan (2011). Link1. Link2. Grade II listed - link.
Sykehouse, South Yorkshire, Holy Trinity. Link. The former Primitive Methodist Church (now in secular use). A stone dates the building to 1870. Both © Bill Henderson.
Symondsbury, Dorset, St. John the Baptist. Two interior views - 1, 2, the altar and organ, and the font (the listing website says C19, which may be right for the supports, but surely not for the bowl?). All © Dennis Harper (2011). Link. Grade I Listed - link.
Syre, Highland, Strathnaver Parish Church, a tin tabernacle, is dated here to 1891. It shows on older maps as Mission Hall. Another view. NC 6936 3293. Both © Chris Kippin (2021).
Syresham, Northamptonshire,
St. James the Great. SP 631 420. From an old postcard in Reg Dosell's Collection. Two additional views - 1, 2, two of the interior - 1, 2, and the font, all © David Regan (2018). Link. Grade II* listed. The Wesleyan Reform Chapel of 1846. Two additional views - 1, 2. The chapel Sunday School of 1926 stands opposite. SP 6295 4145. All © Howard Richter (2015). This old photo on an external website shows the chapel at the extreme left and the school at the right. Link.

Sysonby, Leicestershire, St. Leonard. Two further view - 1, 2. All © David Regan (2015). Link. Grade II listed.
Syston, Leicestershire.

Syston, Lincolnshire,
St. Mary, on Main Street. Another view. SK 9298 4094. Both © Jim Parker. Another view, and the splendid tympanum, which the grade II* listing says in C12. Both © David Regan (2019). Link.
Sywell, Northamptonshire, St. Peter and St. Paul. Another view, two interiors - 1, 2, and the font. All © David Regan (2016). Link. Grade II* listed.

 

 
 

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