As a chapel of the early Latter Day Saint movement, the building was a centre of activity for the church in the Malvern Hills area. Several regional conferences of the church were held in the chapel, and Brigham Young, who at the time was President of the Quorum of the Twelve, spoke there at least once. The chapel was sold by the church in 1842 to help fund the emigration of British Latter Day Saints to America.
The building was privately owned until it was purchased in 1994 by the Gadfield Elm Trust, a group of LDS Church members interested in preserving the chapel. The Trust renovated and restored the chapel, and it was dedicated by the church apostle Jeffrey R. Holland on 23 April 2000.
In 2004 the Trust donated ownership of the chapel to the LDS Church, and it was rededicated by church presidentGordon B. Hinckley on 26 May 2004. The chapel is operated as a historical tourist site by the church and admission to the public is free.
Referencesedit
"Do you know where the oldest Mormon chapel in the world is?". BBC News. 11 November 2005. from the original on 6 January 2015.
"Gadfield Elm: The Oldest LDS Chapel in Europe". Ensign: 76–77. October 1986.
"Historic chapel given to LDS". Deseret Morning News. 27 May 2004. from the original on 6 January 2015.
"Little chapel's keys returned to the Church: President Hinckley accepts deed to Gadfield Elm Chapel—Church's oldest building". Church News. 5 June 2004.
"Dedicatory prayer of the Gadfield Elm Chapel". Church News. 26 May 2004.
Head, Ronan James (Fall 2006). "Creating a Mormon Mecca in England: The Gadfield Elm Chapel" (PDF). Mormon Historical Studies. 7 (1–2): 89–102. (PDF) from the original on 6 January 2015.
Wilkinson, Carol (2007). . In Doxey, Cynthia; Freeman, Robert C.; Holzapfel, Richard Neitzel; Wright, Dennis A. (eds.). Regional Studies in Latter-day Saint Church History: The British Isles. Provo, Utah: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University. pp. 41–59. ISBN978-0-8425-2672-2. LCCN 2008298997. OCLC 181088736. Archived from the original on 7 November 2011.
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