The Churches of Britain and Ireland
| Mountsorrel, Leicestershire
The Baptist Church on Leicester Road is dated 1879. SK 5836 1478. © Joe Margetts. Another view, © Peter Smith (2026). Link. History page. Christ Church on Rothley Road. SK 5810 1469. © Joe Margetts. Another view, © Mick Foreman. Link. Grade II listed, wherein it's dated to 1844. The Methodist Church is on Church Hill Road at SK 5815 1451. © Joe Margetts. Link - where it's dated to 1970-8. The former Methodist Church on Leicester Road has a date-stone for 1864, as United Methodist. SK 5829 1495. © Joe Margetts. Another view, © Peter Smith (2026). The Primitive Methodists had at least two chapels here. The earlier one was on Watling Street at SK 5811 1495. This source dates it to 1848. Link. It was succeeded in 1897 by the second chapel, which stood on Loughborough Road and Crown Lane, at SK 5801 1516. Demolished, two photos of it can be seen here, where it says that it was closed in the 1970's. The building on its site "The Old Schoolroom" can be seen in a Streetview from 2023. St. Peter on Loughborough Road. SK 5811 1511. © Joe Margetts. Another view, © Mick Foreman. Link. Grade II* listed. There used to be a Wesleyan Methodist Chapel on Loughborough Road, at SK 5784 1528. Some history is available here, where it's dated to about 1897-1962, successor to an earlier 1811 chapel nearby. Also included are two photos, allegedly of the chapel, though I suspect not - O.S. maps show that the chapel was quite long, almost reaching to the road. Most of its site now lies beneath the parking area seen in a Streetview from 2023, and it extended to include the site of the cream-painted building, which is the one claimed to be the chapel.
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12 September 2026
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