Site of former Tin Tabernacle in Downs Road
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Site of former Tin Tabernacle in Downs Road
Image: © Peter Facey Taken: 20 Aug 2008
The building on the left is the village hall. Beyond it, screened off, is the place where there was a corrugated iron church built in 1909, used till 1996, and dismantled in 2006. The church is still shown on Google Earth and OS maps. It lives on at the Weald & Downland Open Air Museum, see http://www.wealddown.co.uk/News/news-release-south-wonston-church.htm For more on the history of this church see http://www.southwonston-church.co.uk/History%20of%20church.html It appears that the rector paid £8 out of his own pocket for this plot of land in 1909. It's asking price in 2008 was around £150,000 which explains why it has not so far been possible to use it as a car park for the adjacent village hall.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.119797
Longitude
-1.33886