# Prince George's Chapel

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**Prince George's Chapel** is a historic [Episcopal](/source/Episcopal_Church_(United_States)) [chapel of ease](/source/Chapel_of_ease) located in [Dagsboro](/source/Dagsboro,_Delaware), [Sussex County, Delaware](/source/Sussex_County,_Delaware). It was built in what was then a rural area in 1755 as a chapel-of-ease for St. Martin's Church, Worcester Parish, Maryland. Churches built to serve the outlying areas of a parish where it was difficult for people to travel to the main church were given a chapel-of-ease designation. On June 30, 1757, the completed chapel was received by the vestry, dedicated, and named "Prince George's Chapel" for England's Prince George, later [George III of the United Kingdom](/source/King_George_III).[2] It is a small, shingled structure. A [transept](/source/Transept) and [chancel](/source/Chancel) were added about 1763, but these have been removed. The interior features a vaulted ceiling of heart-pine, timbered pine pillars.[3] The State of Delaware purchased the property in 1967 and renovated the building.[4]

The site was added to the [National Register of Historic Places](/source/National_Register_of_Historic_Places) in 1971.[1]

## Notable burials in church's cemetery

- General [John Dagworthy](/source/John_Dagworthy), namesake of Dagsboro, Revolutionary War veteran

## References

1. Sandie Gerken, Dagsboro's Historic Treasure, High Tide News, February 2014

1. Leon deValinger Jr. (January 1970). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Prince George's Chapel" and '

1. [Delaware Public Archives: Prince George's Chapel](http://archives.delaware.gov/markers/sc/PRINCE%20GEORGES%20CHAPEL%20SC%20118.shtml) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20120304082103/http://archives.delaware.gov/markers/sc/PRINCE%20GEORGES%20CHAPEL%20SC%20118.shtml) 2012-03-04 at the Wayback Machine

## External links

- [Sussex County Online: Prince George's Chapel, Dagsboro, Delaware](http://www.sussexcountyonline.com/towns/dagsboro/princegeorges.html)

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