Church of St Elywn The Martyr
Sited by the southern end of Copperhouse Pool and designed by the architect John D. Stedding and built
by R. Stanslake of Plymouth, St Elwyn's is now the parish church of Hayle.
The foundation stone was laid on 5th May
1886 and the church consecrated on 5th August 1888 and dedicated to the
fifth century Irish missionary St Elwyn, the martyr.
There is no burial ground Hayle Parish and so there are no Parish burial records; the
parish church of Phillack serves this purpose.
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St Michaels/Daughters of the Cross Convent
In 1902, one of the Canons Regular from Bodmin was
sent as chaplain to The Daughters of the Cross Convent, Hayle. He began
to serve the tiny local Catholic population with the Sister's Chapel in
The Downs functioning as a "Parish" Church.
On 29th September, 1926, Bishop Kelly blessed
the foundation stone of the present St. Michael's Hospital
Chapel and it officially became the (Roman Catholic) Parish
Church.
The Daughters of the Cross ran St Michaels
Hospital in Hayle for many years. and in the 1990s, this was
supplemented with a Hospice. In 2000 the hospital was absorbed
into the NHS.
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St Josephs Roman Catholic Church
The present Church building was erected about one
hundred years ago as a Baptist Chapel. After being derelict for some
time, it was registered on the 11th October 1958 as a Place of Worship
for Roman Catholics. A licence for weddings was also obtained.
On 12th
October 1958, St. Joseph's was formally blessed and opened as the
Catholic Parish Church of Hayle.
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The Wesleyan Methodists Chapel
The Wesleyan Methodists had a chapel in Foundry Square
which was built in 1845
The chapel in has now been converted into a
shopping arcade.
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The Free Methodists at Ventonleague
The Free Methodist chapel is at Ventonleague.
We were unable to find much more about it. If anyone knows
anything about the history of this building we would be pleased
to hear from you please
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Hayle Methodist Church
New building. We were unable to find much more about
it. If anyone knows anything about the history of this building we would
be pleased to hear from you please
email us
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Phillack Church
Phillack Church was originally the parish church for
the town of Hayle and was first built in the 15th century. Much of the
present building dates from the 19th century. The small stone,
projecting over the gable of the south porch is from much earlier. It is
inscribed with the Chi-Rho symbol of early Christianity and is believed
to date from the 5th century.
The pre 1826 entrance is now marked by two granite
posts built into the outer wall which is built of Scoria Block A Chi-Rho stone
can be seen high up in the gable over the present south porch, directly
over the centre of the doorway arch. It is a small
rectangular piece of granite with a raised circular boss bearing the letters P and X combined. These are the Greek
capital letters for the sounds of "ch" and "r", the first two
letters of CHRISTOS, christ, the Chi Rho, as it is called, enters into Christian
symbolism in the early 4th century, though this specimen is believed to
be 5th Century. Like
the Carnsew stone, it seems to point to the presence of a Christian
community in the Hale area as early as 350 to 450 A.D.
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Gwithian Church
Gwithian and Gwithian Church are derived from the name
of St Gothian
also referred to variously as Gwythen and Gwythian.
Gothian was
an Irish missionary martyred in the area after being killed by King Teudar's
soldiers.
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Gwithian Methodist Chapel
Built in 1810, this, the last thatched chapel in the
county, is now open again for prayer and visits, as well as for
occasional services. It will normally be unlocked each morning and
closed at dusk. In the porch you will find a Visitors Book, a small
collection of documents and photographs and a short history of the
chapel is on sale.
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Gwinear Church
The present church at Gwinear has Celtic foundations.
The Christ-figure is depicted wearing a tunic
showing it to be early Byzantine design, perhaps 9th century. It is now
kept in the church window by the font. There is a large
memorial to John Harvey, famous engineer of Hayle.
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St Uny Lelant
Dedicated to St Uny, the church was built in 1768 on the site of a former one
and consists of a chancel,
../nave, and north and south aisles. The three roofs of the church are
concealed by a richly-coffered ceiling supported on eight Tuscan
columns, four on each side. The church is built throughout of granite. The fine old tower belonged to the previous church; it has three stages
and is substantially buttressed at the square of the angles.
The parapet
is embattled, having at the corners lofty crocketed pinnacles, with
square panelled bases. The belfry contains six bells. In 1871 the church
was thoroughly renovated, when the west gallery was removed and the
church re-floored and re-seated. At the same time the east end was raised
to form a chancel, the tower arch was opened and the bells re-hung.
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The Bible Christians Chapel
The Bible Christians had a chapel at High Lanes but
this was demolished to make way for houses. We were unable
to find much more about it. If anyone knows anything about the history
of this building we would be pleased to hear from you please
email us
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The Baptist chapel
The Baptist chapel was in Commercial Road. (This
eventually became the Roman Catholic Church - see above). We were
unable to find much more about it. If anyone knows anything about the
history of this building we would be pleased to hear from you please
email us
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