Chynhale Explained

Official Name:Chynhale
Civil Parish:Sithney
Country:England
Region:South West England
Coordinates:50.1305°N -5.3014°W
Unitary England:Cornwall
Lieutenancy England:Cornwall
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Static Image:Chynhale Methodist Chapel - geograph.org.uk - 2360435.jpg
Static Image Caption:Chynale Methodist Church in 2011

Chynhale is a hamlet 2miles north west of Helston, Cornwall, England in the civil parish of Sithney.[1]

Chynale Methodist Church was built of granite in 1879 to the design of Redruth-based architect, James Hicks. It is Grade II listed. The entrance gates, pillars and flanking walls are separately listed. The gates were cast at the Tuckingmill Foundry. The church building is closed for worship. The final church service was announced for Easter Sunday 2015.[2] In 2022, a proposal was made to remove the church's Sweetland organ and relocate it in St Mark’s Anglican Church, Florence, Italy.[3]

In 1911 at a public meeting presided over by the chairman of Sithney parish council it was stated that 82 children were on the roll for Chynhale School and it had capacity for 132, but the County Education Committe had decided it was to be closed.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Chynhale, Cornwall - area information, map . 2024-02-13 . OS GetOutside . en-gb.
  2. Web site: 2015-03-19 . Last service at Chynhale Methodist Church after 136 years of worship . 2024-02-21 . Falmouth Packet . en.
  3. Web site: 2022-06-19 . Rare Italian church organ to be removed returned to home country . 2024-02-21 . Falmouth Packet . en.
  4. News: 6 July 1911 . Educational burdens: New school in Sithney district . 7 . . 5265 . subscription . 21 February 2024 . British Newspaper Archive.