Forest Chapel
Forest Chapel stands in an isolated position in the civil parish of Macclesfield Forest and Wildboarclough in Cheshire, England, within the Peak District National Park 4.5 miles (7 km) from Macclesfield.Its benefice is combined with those of Jenkin Chapel, Saltersford and Holy Trinity, Rainow.At the west end is a tower with a saddleback roof and there are louvres in the bell-openings.[1] The chapel registers begin in 1759 with some loose sheets dating back to 1746.[3] The old tradition of rushbearing still takes place at the chapel each August on the 2nd Sunday in the month.
OS grid referenceMacclesfield ForestCheshireDenominationAnglicanChurchGroundbreakingMaterialsSandstoneKerridgeProvinceDioceseChesterArchdeaconryDeaneryParishVicar(s)Macclesfield Forest and WildboarcloughPeak DistrictNational ParkMacclesfieldNational Heritage List for Englanddiocese of ChesterbeneficeJenkin Chapel, SaltersfordHoly Trinity, RainowFrancis GastrellBishop of Chesterchancelsaddleback rooflouvresmarbleVictorianrushbearingListed buildings in Macclesfield Forest and WildboarcloughHistoric EnglandChurch of EnglandSt Mary's Church, ActonAlderley Edge Methodist ChurchSt Philip's Church, Alderley EdgeSt John the Baptist's Church, AldfordChrist Church, AlsagerSt Mary Magdalene's Church, AlsagerSt John the Evangelist's Church, AlvanleySt Mark's Church, AntrobusSt Cross Church, Appleton ThornSt Elizabeth's Church, AshleySt John the Evangelist's Church, Ashton HayesSt Mary's Church, AstburySt Peter's Church, Aston-by-SuttonAudlem Baptist ChurchSt James' Church, AudlemSt Oswald's Church, BackfordSt Michael's Church, BaddileyChrist Church, BarntonSt Bartholomew's Church, BarrowSt Bertoline's Church, BarthomleyHoly Trinity Church, BickertonSt Wenefrede's Church, BickleyBollington Methodist ChurchSt John the Baptist's Church, BollingtonSt Oswald's Church, BollingtonChurch of St Mary the Virgin, BosleySt Paul's Church, BoughtonSt Oswald's Church, BreretonBrown Knowl Methodist ChurchSt Mary's Church, BrueraSt Boniface's Church, BunburySt Mary's and St Michael's Church, BurleydamSt Nicholas' Church, BurtonSt John's Church, BurwardsleySt John the Evangelist's Church, ByleyHoly Trinity Church, CapenhurstHoly Trinity Chapel, CapesthorneSt John the Evangelist's Church, ChelfordEnglish Presbyterian Church of Wales, ChesterChester CathedralChrist Church, ChesterHoly Trinity Church, ChesterNorthgate Church, ChesterSt Andrew's Church, ChesterSt Francis' Church, ChesterSt John the Baptist's Church, ChesterSt Peter's Church, ChesterChurch of St Mary-on-the-Hill, ChesterSt Michael's Church, ChesterSt Nicholas' Chapel, ChesterSt Olave's Church, ChesterSt Thomas of Canterbury Church, ChesterSt Werburgh's Church, ChesterWelsh Presbyterian Church, ChesterZion Chapel, ChesterSt Nicholas' Chapel, CholmondeleySt James' Church, ChristletonAll Saints Church, Church LawtonSt Bartholomew's Church, Church MinshullSt Mary's Church, CoddingtonSt Mary's Church, CongletonSt Peter's Church, CongletonSt Michael's Church, CoppenhallSt John's Church, CotebrookSt Barnabas' Church, CreweSt Mary's Church, CreweSt Peter's Church, CreweUnion Street Baptist Church, CreweSt Michael and All Angels Church, Crewe GreenChrist Church, CroftChrist Church, CrowtonAll Saints' Church, DaresburySt Wilfrid's Church, DavenhamSt Peter's Church, DelamereSt Mary's Church, DisleySt Michael's Church, DittonSt John's Church, DoddingtonSt Mary's Church, DodlestonSt Luke's Church, Dunham on the HillChrist Church, EatonSt Mary's Church, EcclestonChrist Church, Ellesmere PortSt Chad's Church, FarndonSt Luke's Church, FarnworthSt Laurence's Church, FrodshamSt James' Church, GawsworthSt Wilfrid's Church, GrappenhallSt Luke's Church, Goostrey