| AdminHistory | The Congregationalist Chapel, Keys Hill, (now Trinity Church) was founded by John Dagley who came from nearby Hartshill. The first meetings were held in a cottage in the village before the present chapel was built in 1847. There was a burial plot at the rear but this became full in the 1920s and from then on burials had to be in the St Nicholas graveyard. It was then later known as the United Reform church. [NB. Congregational churches came under the governance of the Congregational Church of England and Wales, and unified with the Prebyterian Church of England in 1972, becoming The United Reformed Church.] In 1996 it merged with Keys Hill Methodist Chapel becoming Trinity Church. The Methodist chapel was sold to a private buyer. The Trinity Church finally closed its doors after the last service on June 7th 2009 due to a decline in membership.
The Methodist Chapel, Keys Hill, was formerly the Quaker's meeting house. By 1837 this movement had declined locally in popularity and the Wesleyans rented the meeting house to use as their chapel and Sunday school. At the turn of the century, now known as 'Methodists', they purchased the chapel and built a new one, which was connected to the original building by an interconnecting door. During the 19th century and into the 20th the non-conformist chapels thrived.
[This information was taken from Nuneaton and North Warwickshire Family History website, 2019, which also exhibits photographs.] |