Mapping Methodism - Mingoose
Mingoose is a hamlet near St Agnes. The chapel was built in 1851 and the original denomination was Wesleyan. This profile has been compiled by Clive Benney & Tony Mansell.
1849: Mingoose Methodist Society formed.
1851: Mingoose Methodist Chapel built.
1898 – May: Included some of chapels for which the freehold had not been purchased; some were subsequently obtained while others remained under lease. (Leasehold Property Return for St Agnes Circuit) Others had no fixed expiry date and were based on the practice of linking them to people’s lives. Only two people were referred to for Mingoose: one was in Africa and the other was not known.
1914-1918: During WWI the Sunday school closed because many of the leaders were away fighting in the war.
1927: Sunday school reopened with Eddie Tredinnick as Sunday school Superintendent. He was also Society Steward, Chapel Treasurer and a few other jobs to keep him busy.
The tea treat was held in July, in one of two fields below the Chapel, to which everyone returned after the procession from the Chapel to Towan Cross and back. A brass band and two people carrying the Sunday school banner always took the lead. At Christmas time the Sunday school party, complete with supper and games, was held in the schoolroom decorated for the occasion. Annual missionary meetings were another attraction and often the returning missionary arrived resplendent in some native costume or gave a lantern lecture on their work.
WWII: Sunday school increase in numbers due to intake of evacuees.
1950s/1960s: Congregation dwindled.
1962 to 1965: Only Sunday school Anniversary and Harvest celebrations held, perhaps for two or three years.
Lease surrendered to the Enys’ Estate
1970s – early: Converted to dwelling.