There were many chapels in the area, most of which from the non-conformist era of Welsh religion ; few of these are still used, and many have been converted or demolished.

However it did not have its own minister and it was served, when at all, by the curate of one of the adjacent chapels.

" He claimed it led to situations such as councils calling Christmas " Winterval ", schools refusing to put on nativity plays and crosses removed from chapels, though others have disputed this.

The Hammond organ was widely used in United States military chapels and post theaters during the Second World War, and returning soldiers ' familiarity with the instrument may have helped contribute to its popularity in the post-war period.

It has recently been proposed that he may have been a lay agent or representative of the cathedral chapter of Cambrai Cathedral to obtain a relic of St. Elizabeth of Hungary who had made a donation to the cathedral chapter and to whom the chapter dedicated one of the radiating chapels in their new cathedral chevet.

Churches generally have a single altar, although in the West, where concelebration had formerly fallen into disuse and priests always celebrated Mass individually, larger churches have had one or more side chapels, each with its own altar.

" But most existing Western churches, whether Roman Catholic or Anglican, may have a high altar in the main body of the church, with one or more adjoining chapels, each with its own altar, at which the Eucharist may be celebrated on weekdays.

Some local historians suggest that the building was to have a spire built on the top of the lantern after the planned construction of more adjoining chapels were completed, but further extension work was made impossible by political changes that were starting to occur in England.

There are chapels dedicated to St Nicholas on the headland and St Leonard on the quay which were used by the fishermen and have been converted for other uses.

Many military installations have chapels for the use of military personnel, normally under the leadership of a military chaplain.

* Bishop's Chapel – in Anglican and Roman Catholic Canon Law, Bishops have the right to have a chapel in their own home, even when travelling ( such personal chapels may be granted only as a favor to other priests )

Cremations can be " delivery only ", with no preceding chapel service at the crematorium ( although a church service may have been held ) or preceded by a service in one of the crematorium chapels.

Since these chapels often were built on the king's estates it is presumed to have been on grounds owned by the Husabø estate.

The island is said to have 365 churches and chapels, like the days of the year.

Today marriages in England or Wales must be held in authorised premises, which may include register offices, premises such as stately homes, castles and hotels that have been approved by the local authority, churches or chapels of the Church of England or Church in Wales, and other churches and religious premises that have been registered by the registrar general for marriage.

Today pilgrimage to the site goes on all year round and additional chapels, hospitals and other facilities have been constructed.

The sacristy / library, the south transept chapels, the treasury, the reredorter undercroft and the lower floor of the abbot's house still have their vaults intact.

There have been a number of Methodist chapels in Peel.

The church claims to have twenty-eight paid pastors, 412 full-time staff members, eleven fully equipped chapels, seven sanctuaries, a 100, 000 seat amphitheater, twelve television studios, two radio stations, an academy, a university, two gated communities, twenty-seven developments, three office parks, as well as a shopping mall, amusement park, golf course, retirement community, foundation, fire and police department, circus camp, resort center, retreat center, and a number of fitness centers, swimming pools, hot springs, and cemeteries.

In the later Norse period Christianity flourished and foundations of 20 chapels dating from this period have been identified.

Grottoes have served as chapels, or at Villa Farnese at Caprarola, a little theater designed in the grotto manner.

Some buildings in the area also have their own private chapels, such as at Christ's Hospital in Firby.

Further to the east in the ambulatory are three chapels ( from south to north ):

During their dig they found the remains of a Benedictine chapel that was built in c. 1139 by monks from Glastonbury Abbey, a reliquary, graves and the remains of much earlier Romano-British chapels built of wood with dating evidence suggesting use by Christians before the reign of Constantine the Great.

Seven chapels radiating from the ambulatory behind the choir are each in a distinctive nationalistic style, some of them borrowing from outside the Gothic vocabulary.

These chapels are known as the " Chapels of the Tongues ", and they are devoted to St. Ansgar, patron of Denmark, who is venerated as an apostle to the Scandinavian countries ; St. Boniface, apostle of the Germans ; St. Columba, patron of Ireland and Scotland ; St. Savior ( Holy Savior ), devoted to immigrants from the east, especially Africa and Asia ; St. Martin of Tours, patron of the French ; St. Ambrose, patron of Italy ; and St. James, patron of Spain.

Two baroque chapels were added in the 17th and 18th centuries, which are shut off from the rest of the church.

They are distinct from meeting houses and chapels where weekly worship services are held.

The nave and transepts, Romanesque in style, date mainly from the earliest, the façade of the south transept from the latest of those periods, the choir and apse chapels from the 12th and 13th centuries.

Kings and commoners from across Egypt built chapels, which served as cenotaphs, near the processional route.

The main aisle is separated from the sanctuary by the transept or cross aisle, with chapels at either end.

That gave the various groups in Haarlem the time to quietly remove many of the treasures from the church and stash them safely in underground chapels.

Amiens Cathedral floorplan: massive piers support the west end towers ; transepts are abbreviated ; seven radiating chapels form the chevet reached from the ambulatory

The Sainte-Chapelle's most obvious architectural percursors include the apisidial chapels of Amiens Cathedral, which it resembles in its general form, and the Bishop's Chapel ( c. 1180's ) of Noyon Cathedral, from which it borrowed the two-story design.

With three chapels catering for people of all faiths and social standing, the distinctive cemetery has a host of different memorials ranging from large mausoleums housing the rich and famous, to many distinctive smaller graves and even special areas dedicated to the very young.

Today there are several wedding venues in and around Gretna Green, from former churches to purpose-built chapels.

While some of these authors came from Welsh-speaking families, they generally tended to associate this language with the repressive religion of Nonconformist chapels.

People who like to use chapels may find it peaceful and relaxing to be away from the stress of life, without other people moving around them.

* La Louvière counts a number of chapels and churches that date from the 13th to the 16th century.

Other buildings had been constructed with interior courtyards fronting on churches or chapels ; King's College, Cambridge, dating from 1441, is one such example ; the old Ospedale Maggiore, Milan's first hospital, begun in 1456 by Antonio Filarete, is another grid-like building with interior courtyards.

South Anston contains the parish church of St. James, and two Methodist chapels ( dating from 1871 and 1935 ).

As a boy, Novello was a chorister at the Sardinian chapel in Duke Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields, where he learnt the organ ; and from 1796 to 1822 he became in succession organist of the Sardinian, Spanish ( in Manchester Square ) and Portuguese ( in South Street, Grosvenor Square ) chapels, and from 1840 to 1843 of St Mary's chapel, Moorfields.