1851 Religious Census Returns for German,Jurby, Lezayre, Lonan

German

For Parish Church see under Peel; Population in 1851: 2,168

St Thomas or Cronk y Voddy School House

Date of Construction: licensed 12 Nov 1841

[the now-closed chapel was built 1852]

Church of England

	Free	Other	Standing
Seats	115	-	-

Present on 30 Mar 1851	Morning	Afternoon	Evening
General Congregation	49	-	102
Sunday Scholars	42
Average Attendance
General Congregation	50		100
Sunday Scholars	40

Signature: C.J. Stewart
[Rev Charles James Stewart, 1821-1881, Chaplain of Cronk-y-Voddy 1854-7, removed to Burnley ]

St John Baptist, Government Chapel

Date of Construction:

[newly rebuilt chapel consecrated 1849]

Church of England

Grid Reference SC279819

	Free	Other	Standing
Seats	400	-	-

Present on 30 Mar 1851	Morning	Afternoon	Evening
General Congregation	137	99	-
Sunday Scholars	35	30
Average Attendance
General Congregation	130	90	-
Sunday Scholars	30	30

Signature: J. F. Garde, Minister
[Rev John Fry Garde, 1812-1877, Chaplain St Johns 1845-65, (also Chaplain Cronk y Voddy 1852-4) Vicar Patrick 1865-1877]

Greeba, WM

Date of Construction: 1797

Wesleyan Methodist

	Free	Other	Standing
Seats	90	96	-

Present on 30 Mar 1851	Morning	Afternoon	Evening
General Congregation	-	63	29
Sunday Scholars	36	-
Average Attendance
General Congregation	-	60	40
Sunday Scholars	35	-

Signature: John Kelly, Steward

WM Chapel

[St Johns]

Date of Construction: 1824

Wesleyan Methodist

Grid Reference SC281818

	Free	Other	Standing
Seats	80	42	-

Present on 30 Mar 1851	Morning	Afternoon	Evening
General Congregation	-	18	57
Average Attendance
General Congregation			80

Signature: John Moore, Steward

Knocksharry, PM

Date of Construction: 1844

Primitive Methodist

Grid Reference SC276857

	Free	Other	Standing
Seats	70	40	-

Present on 30 Mar 1851	Morning	Afternoon	Evening
General Congregation	-	18	57

Signature: William Woods, trustee

Lhergydhoo, WM

Date of Construction: 1833

[possibly a rebuild ? - a chapel was built at White Strand 1815/7]

Wesleyan Methodist

Grid Reference SC268852

	Free	Other	Standing
Seats	110	35	-

Present on 30 Mar 1851	Morning	Afternoon	Evening
General Congregation	-	40	-

Signature: John Moss, Superintendent

Lambfield, WM

Date of Construction: 1815

Wesleyan Methodist

Grid Reference SC295849

	Free	Other	Standing
Seats	75	54	-

Present on 30 Mar 1851	Morning	Afternoon	Evening
General Congregation	-	62	-
Average Attendance
General Congregation		70

Signature: Samuel Healy, Minister

Jurby

Population in 1851: 985

Parish Church [St Patrick]

Date of Construction: 1814 consecrated 1828

Church of England

Grid Reference SC350985

	Free	Other	Standing
Seats			-

Present on 30 Mar 1851	Morning	Afternoon	Evening
General Congregation	52	52	-
Average Attendance
General Congregation	100-120 (inc S/S)	50 - 60

Remarks: Sunday Mar 30 proved a very tempestuous day which accounts for the small attendance on that day and the Sunday school scholars did not attend as there was contagion in the immediate neighborhood of the church school house.
Signature: John Edward Harrison
[Rev John Edward Harrison, 1784-1858, Chaplain Ballaugh 1807-14, Vicar Maughold 1814-1818, Vicar Jurby 1818-1858]

Sandygate

Date of Construction: 1822

[a new chapel rebuilt on same site 1861 - still active]

Wesleyan Methodist

Grid Reference SC375974

	Free	Other	Standing
Seats	150		-

Present on 30 Mar 1851	Morning	Afternoon	Evening
General Congregation	-	35	67
Sunday Scholars	35
Average Attendance
General Congregation		80	100
Sunday Scholars		40

Signature: Thomas Crenell

Jurby West

Date of Construction: 1847

Wesleyan Methodist

Grid Reference SC354983

	Free	Other	Standing
Seats	78	72	-

Present on 30 Mar 1851	Morning	Afternoon	Evening
General Congregation	13	48	56
Sunday Scholars	none
Average Attendance
General Congregation	20	50	150

Signature: Humphrey Joughin, Steward

Jurby East

Date of Construction: 1848

Wesleyan Methodist

Grid Reference SC383993

	Free	Other	Standing
Seats	60	96	-

Present on 30 Mar 1851	Morning	Afternoon	Evening
General Congregation	52	74	-

Signature: John Kaighen, Chapel Steward

Lezayre

Population in 1851: 2,468

Kirk Christ Lezayre

Date of Construction: 1834

Church of England

Grid Reference SC424941

	Free	Other	Standing
Seats	50	500	-

Present on 30 Mar 1851	Morning	Afternoon	Evening
General Congregation	80	47	-
Sunday Scholars	36	34

Signature: William Bell Christian

Licensed Mountain School Room, Sulby

Date of Construction: lic 1847

Church of England

	Free	Other	Standing
Seats			-

Present on 30 Mar 1851	Morning	Afternoon	Evening
General Congregation			No service
Average Attendance
General Congregation		-	50

Signature: William Bell Christian

St Stephens Chapel

[Sulby]

Date of Construction: lic 1837

Church of England

Grid Reference SC382944

	Free	Other	Standing
Seats	300	100	-

Present on 30 Mar 1851	Morning	Afternoon	Evening
General Congregation	48	25	-
Sunday Scholars	25	10	-

Signature: William Bell Christian

Dhoor Chapel, WM

Date of Construction: 1834

Wesleyan Methodist

Grid Reference SC440964

	Free	Other	Standing
Seats	80	64	-

Present on 30 Mar 1851	Morning	Afternoon	Evening
General Congregation	6	31	19
Sunday Scholars	10	8
Average Attendance
General Congregation	-	50	50
Sunday Scholars		20

Signature: Thomas F Kneale, Trustee

Kerrogoo, PM

Date of Construction: 1825

Primitive Methodist

	Free	Other	Standing
Seats	48	80	-

Present on 30 Mar 1851	Morning	Afternoon	Evening
General Congregation	48	60	100
Average Attendance
General Congregation		60	100

Signature: John Kissack, Steward

Geary (W)

Date of Construction: 1833

Wesleyan Methodist

	Free	Other	Standing
Seats	75	36	-

Present on 30 Mar 1851	Morning	Afternoon	Evening
General Congregation		-	16
Average Attendance
General Congregation	45	-	-

Signature: Robert Corris
[Somewhat confused by this return - also cannot find any further history or location of this chapel.]

PM Glen Aldin

Date of Construction: not known

[midway between Ramsey-Ballaugh road and Wesleyan Chapel]

Primitive Methodist

	Free	Other	Standing
Seats	30		-

Present on 30 Mar 1851	Morning	Afternoon	Evening
General Congregation			20
Average Attendance
General Congregation			20

Signature: J. Clewer, Minister

St Stephen's Chapel, WM

Date of Construction: 1830

[think this is Glen Aldyn]

Wesleyan Methodist

Grid Reference SC433931

	Free	Other	Standing
Seats	60	30	-

Present on 30 Mar 1851	Morning	Afternoon	Evening
General Congregation	-	18
Sunday Scholars		23
Average Attendance
General Congregation		30
Sunday Scholars		33

Signature: John Corkhill, Sup.

[Sulby]

Date of Construction: 1797

[note 3 chapels have stood on this site - that of the census was built c.1844 and rebuilt in 1912-14]

Wesley Methodist

Grid Reference SC381944

	Free	Other	Standing
Seats	95	205	20

Present on 30 Mar 1851	Morning	Afternoon	Evening
General Congregation	-	67	105
Sunday Scholars		47
Average Attendance
General Congregation		100	150
Sunday Scholars		50

Signature: Daniel Caley, Steward

Glenmoar

[Sulby Glen]

Date of Construction: July 20 1826

[now-disused chapel has date 1873 so possible later rebuild]

Wesleyan Methodist

Grid Reference SC378897

	Free	Other	Standing
Seats	45		-

Present on 30 Mar 1851	Morning	Afternoon	Evening
General Congregation		15
Average Attendance
General Congregation		20

Signature: John Cowley, Sup.

Lonan

Population in 1851: 2,607

All Saints

Date of Consecration: 14 May 1835 'The Church having been built and as soon as finished it was duly consecrated'

Church of England

	Free	Other	Standing
Seats	66	502	-

Present on 30 Mar 1851	Morning	Afternoon	Evening
General Congregation	85	41	-
Sunday Scholars	30	20	-
Average Attendance
General Congregation	200	30
Sunday Scholars	22	22

Remarks: The parish of Lonan being mountainous the average attendance in the Winter months is therefore small
Signature: Joseph Qualtrough
[ ]

Licensed School Room, Laxey Glen

(for the accommodation of persons employed by the Laxey Mining Co.)

Date of Construction: Dec 1849

Church of England

	Free	Other	Standing
Seats	150		-

Present on 30 Mar 1851	Morning	Afternoon	Evening
General Congregation	10	17	-
Sunday Scholars	19	28
Average Attendance
General Congregation	20	30	-
Sunday Scholars	25	25	-

Remarks: There is no endowment but a salary of £90 per annum is allowed by the Laxey Mining Co. & G.W. Dumbell Esq of Douglas
Signature: Thomas Fenton, Curate

Laxey Glen, WM

Date of Construction: 1850

Wesleyan Methodist

	Free	Other	Standing
Seats	90	202	-

Present on 30 Mar 1851	Morning	Afternoon	Evening
General Congregation	78	-	116
Sunday Scholars	50	-
Average Attendance
General Congregation	50		123
Sunday Scholars

Signature: John Clague, Steward

[by location and date assumed to be Laxey Shore Road]

Date of Construction: 1825

Primitive Methodist

Grid Reference SC441839

	Free	Other	Standing
Seats	66	240	-

Present on 30 Mar 1851	Morning	Afternoon	Evening
General Congregation	-	110	220
Sunday Scholars	108	108	-
Average Attendance
General Congregation	-	100	250
Sunday Scholars	108	108	-

Signature: John Killip, Steward

Ballacannell

[Lonan]

Date of Construction: before 1800

Wesleyan Methodist

Grid Reference SC433827

	Free	Other	Standing
Seats	220	-	-

Present on 30 Mar 1851	Morning	Afternoon	Evening
General Congregation	-	30	24
Sunday Scholars		29
Average Attendance
General Congregation	-	60	30
Sunday Scholars	-	33

Signature: John Hampton, Trustee

Baldrine PM

Date of Construction: 1843

[now forms base of church hall with new church built across road]

Primitive Methodist

Grid Reference SC427810

	Free	Other	Standing
Seats	80	98	-

Present on 30 Mar 1851	Morning	Afternoon	Evening
General Congregation	-	49	79
Sunday Scholars		20	4
Average Attendance
General Congregation	-	60	110
Sunday Scholars		15	8

Signature: Thomas Lewin, Manager

Cloven Stones Balligg, WM

Date of Construction: 1827

[in 1862 statistical returns indicated as 'private property' - not 100% confident of location

Wesleyan Methodist

Grid Reference SC428812

	Free	Other	Standing
Seats	80	-	-

Present on 30 Mar 1851	Morning	Afternoon	Evening
General Congregation	-	15	15
Average Attendance
General Congregation	-	15	15

Signature: Robert Craine, Steward




Any comments, errors or omissions gratefully received The Editor © F.Coakley , 2001