This was situated on the site of Mac Sharps (later The Mechanical Workshop) garage on the corner of Station Road and The Cuckoo. The building was of cob wall construction with a chimney made of bricks measuring 2.5/8 inches in thickness, the roof was thatched. It filled the full width of the plot and measured about 25 x 14 feet, there was just a single room with a stable at one end. It is clearly shown on the OS maps of 1886 and 1914 (plot number 61 on my plan above). After it fell out of use as a place of worship it became a reading room (one of the local newspapers from 1895 mentions a reading room in the village), followed by a meeting house, and finally ending up as a farm store before demolition in 1924/5.
Worship in the village.
As yet i can find no historical reference to this, rumour has it that it may have been called St Marys but no more is known, it would be at the very least, be interesting to know what denomination it was. The only piece of evidence relating to worship at any place, other than either Narborough or Cosby churches/chapels, is the above note dated March 19th 1752 from William Glover. In it he states that he is a Protestant dissenter, and intends using his dwelling house in ‘Little Thorp” as a dissenters meeting place. Did the chapel exist before this or did it follow?
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