Rullic Ny Qakerny-The Quakers Burial Ground Quakers Road, Cornaa, Maughold, IM7 1EF Quakers hold the common belief ‘that of God in everyone’ and so have an interest in social equality. The burial ground for Manx Quakers, dates from the mid sixteen hundreds. By the 1670s, there were roughly fifty Quakers living on the Island, mostly in Maughold. Some Quakers were imprisoned for their beliefs which included refusing […] Read More
Sandygate Methodist Chapel Jurby Road, Andreas, IM7 3AG Built in 1862, like many rural Churches on the Island, Sandygate was also used as a School. Regular Church Services on Sunday Evenings. Read More
St Andrew’s United Reformed Church-URC Glencrutchery Road, Douglas, IM2 5HZ On the corner at the junction of Ballaquayle Road, Ballanard Road, Glencrutchery Road, and Bray Hill by St. Ninian’s traffic lights. St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church and later St. Andrew’s United Reformed Church first met in an upper rooms in Fort Street Douglas on March 20th, 1825. Collections were to be made ‘towards fitting up proper […] Read More
St Anthony’s Ridgeway Road, Onchan, IM3 1HT This modern Church built in the 1980s, has a beautiful stained glass window of Christ Walking on the Water, designed by Chris Spittal, which overlooks Douglas Bay. The Church is next to Calvary Glen and Grotto. The Organ was designed by JW Walker’s Studio in 1990. The Church replaces an earlier chapel, created from a […] Read More
St Bridget’s Church-Kirk Bride Smeal Road, Kirk Bride Roundabout, Bride , IM8 3EZ Earlier Churches on this site date from around 1200. There is some belief that the original church was founded by St Brigid herself after she left Ireland in the 5th Centaury. An earlier keeill can be found in the churchyard under a weeping willow. Sir Norman Wisdom is buried here. The present church, dedicated to […] Read More
