Mattishall Village in the Heart of Norfolk

Mattishall Village Website is sponsored by
Ray Taylor .... Property Maintenance.

Old Moor Chapel ....

or as it was first known....
The Meeting House.

	A sketch by J. G. Wigg published in the Home Missions Magazine. April 1825

Situated East of Mattishall on Stone Road.

For those searching for ancestors in the Mattishall area dating from 1772 there is a excellent book written by Elizabeth Kettle out-lining the history of the Chapel with transcriptions of Births, Marriages and Deaths extending [after it closed] to The Independent Congregational Church now known as the United Reformed Church in Welgate Road. [See menu]
The book THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED REFORMED CHURCH MATTISHALL NORFOLK is available from the Mid Norfolk Family History Society.

The old building still stands but is now used as a barn .

The meeting house was opened on the 4th August 1772 and John Carter [the first minister] was ordained there on 30th September 1772.

In its 184 years many local families are on record as meeting and worshiping there.

The Old Moor Meeting House with its burial ground was sold in 1956. The congregation and most of the removable furnishings, including the wall memorial plaques were transferred to Welgate Chapel [United Reformed Church].

	A view inside today, notice the ornate gallery which is still a dominant feature.
courtesy of Elizabeth Kettle