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A chapelry was a subdivision of an ecclesiastical parish in England and parts of Lowland Scotland up to the mid 19th century.
St Michael's church, Porthilly, Cornwall
In Middlesex many of the newer settlements, shown in green, became briefly chapelries and rapidly were constituted as new churches
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A vestry was a committee for the local secular and ecclesiastical government of a parish in England, Wales and some English colonies. At their height, the vestries were the only form of local governme
Chapelry
…lesser rate than mission rooms, which were usually cheaply built and declined after the invention of different modes of private wheeled transport. The vestry, whether a joint board with the whole parish or dedicated in each chapelry, was empowered under an Act of Parliament in the reign of Henry VIII to…
St. George's Parish Vestry House built in 1766 at Perryman, Maryland
Notice dated April 1843 (which would have been pinned to the church door) calling a meeting of the select vestry of the parish of St Bees, for rating and assessing property in the parish to raise money for the repair of the church and the provision of ornaments and other necessary goods for the coming year. It is signed by the Rev R P Buddicom, vicar of St Bees, and three of the four churchwardens
Parish chest in St Mary's Church, Kempley, Gloucestershire.
Satirical cartoon of the select vestry of St. Paul's, Covent Garden. Thomas Jones 1828