Show CHURCH FOUNDED IN 1566 oldest nonconformist chapel in eng land a situated in village of horn ingrham near london the oldest nonconformist chapel in england la situated in the village of near wannan ster wilts and stands close to the gates of longlett Lon gleat park this church claims to have been founded in the year 1566 by the scotch artisans em aloyed by sir john in the building of that magnificent mansion longlett Lon gleat house sir john bought the priory of longlett Lon gleat in 1540 and late in life after providing for two families he began to devote himself to house building a fire having furnished him with an excuse the foundations of elizabethan congregational chapel at in wiltshire this new house at longlett Lon gleat were laid la from which time the was carried on until 1579 and the suit was described as the first well built bouse in the kingdom sir johnj granted the land upon which the old now stands and bis BUC censors have renewed the lease even since the chapel still retains its thatched root and old world appearance and has attached to it an old burial ground in 1866 the thre hundredth anniversary of its dounda alon was celebrated bishop ken composed bis hymns on a hlll |