Methodists vs Methodists.
Fancy staying in Ranters' Lodge, Chiswell, isle of Portland? You can as it is a holiday let.
I'm not sure that I really understand the history of division between different 'Methodist' sects. However, given that there are two other ex-chapels within less than a five minute walk, it seems that division was indeed very much the name of the game in the 19th century. One of the other buildings was a Primitive Methodist Chapel from 1838 and the other a Congregational Church inspired by Methodist preaching. Coming back to this building, it was used by The Ranters who followed one version of the Wesleyan tradition, apparently so named because of their rowdy preaching and singing.
You don't fancy Ranters' Lodge? Perhaps you fancy the Dead House? Not usually available for rent, it is the smaller building behind. Probably used for boat storage in later years, I've read somewhere (not sure where) that it was used for temporarily storing the bodies of sailors and fishermen who perished and washed up on Chesil Beach. Wiki describes "Dead House" as follows "A dead house, deadhouse or mort house, is a structure used for the temporary storage of a human corpse before burial or transportation, usually located within or near a cemetery"
But wait...there is more (see below).
Methodists vs Methodists.
Fancy staying in Ranters' Lodge, Chiswell, isle of Portland? You can as it is a holiday let.
I'm not sure that I really understand the history of division between different 'Methodist' sects. However, given that there are two other ex-chapels within less than a five minute walk, it seems that division was indeed very much the name of the game in the 19th century. One of the other buildings was a Primitive Methodist Chapel from 1838 and the other a Congregational Church inspired by Methodist preaching. Coming back to this building, it was used by The Ranters who followed one version of the Wesleyan tradition, apparently so named because of their rowdy preaching and singing.
You don't fancy Ranters' Lodge? Perhaps you fancy the Dead House? Not usually available for rent, it is the smaller building behind. Probably used for boat storage in later years, I've read somewhere (not sure where) that it was used for temporarily storing the bodies of sailors and fishermen who perished and washed up on Chesil Beach. Wiki describes "Dead House" as follows "A dead house, deadhouse or mort house, is a structure used for the temporary storage of a human corpse before burial or transportation, usually located within or near a cemetery"
But wait...there is more (see below).