Hillberry (Cold Clay) Methodist Chapel - Isle of Man

**Hillberry (Cold Clay) Wesleyan Methodist Chapel 1864**
	Closed 1971 and buildings (chapel + Sunday School/reading room) sold 1972. The name was 'invented' the original Manx name being cronk-e-berry (hill of sharp point) In 1920s a reading room + SS erected across road - part paid by a gift from a Wm Sayle in USA
Grid Reference SC387798

Land, part of intack called Monalghall in onchan, sold by John Oates 7 March 1863 to James Cowin for £5 Cowin then transferred it (15 July 1863) to the first trustees:

Thomas Goldsmith watchmaker,
John Clague confectioner,
Robert Cannell hatter,
Henry Johnson merchant,
Henry Thomas McIver writing clerk,
William Christian ironmonger,
John Callister joiner,
William Bell mason,
William Cannell joiner,
Thomas Cowin crosby schoolmaster,
John Callister ballachrink Onchan farmer,
William Kenney ships carpenter Onchan,
Thomas Clucas joiner

Most of these were well-known figures in Douglas Wesleyan Methodism.




Any comments, errors or omissions gratefully received The Editor © F.Coakley , 1999