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Bibliography of Unitarian Congregations Which Have Existed Since 1800

Sources

Location Number Address Date of Foundation

Books Articles/News in Journals

Nantwich, Cheshire N1 Hospital Street Originated circa 1686. First meeting

house circa 1688 in Pepper Street.

Second building opened 18 May 1726.

School house opened 14 Oct 1896.

Closed 1963

A Unitarian Baptist Chapel was formed

about 1813 in Barker Street. Chapel

opened 1837, joined Baptists New

Connexion 1862.

Unitarian Heritage, p 44.

Vestiges p 178-9. Urwick,

Noncon Cheshire, 1864, p

115. J Hall, History, 1883

p 384. Record PA, p 139.

Partridge, Historical

Acc…Nantwich, 1774, p

56. Beard Unitarianism, p

334.

CR 1850, p 55; 1851, p 61. UH

1864, p 251. CL 1876 see

index; 24 Oct 1896, p 512; 19

Sept, p 314, 3 Oct , p 338, both

1925. Inq 25 Aug 1894, p

542/3; 1897, 1900 indexes

include refs; 14 Mar 1970, p 6.

Neath, Glamorgan N2 Green Street Originated 1799. Built and opened 16

April 1816. Closed before 1864.

G Harris list 1818. EHYB

1891. Jones, Gardens of

Faith p 30. Beard, p 209.

UPA 1854, p 35,

congregation served by

students at Carmarthen.

UPA 1864, chapel shown

as closed. B&FUA 1875, p

66.

MR 1816 p 302, 735.

Nelson, Lancashire N3 Eleanor Street Originated 9 Oct 1904, later meeting in

Weavers Institute and Railway Street.

Chapel opened 1912. Closed 1931.


Herford & Evans, NE

Lancs, p 103/4.

CL 9 July, p 346; 15 Oct, p

517; 5 Nov, p 552 all 1904; 26

Feb 1910, p 104; 7 March

1914, p 117. Inq 9 July, p 446;

15 Oct, p 670. 5 Nov, p 717, all

1904.

Newark Nottinghamshire N4 King’s Road Originated 1862. School house opened

30 May 1863. Chapel built and opened

11 Nov 1884. Closed 1950.

Unitarian Heritage, p. 98.

Vestiges, p 186. B&FUA

1880s, 1890s, see 1881, p

CL 7 Feb 1880, p 65; 17 March

1883 p 124; 22 Nov 1884 p

559; 30 Oct 1897 p 533; 21

63, 1890, p 71-72. Aug 1909 p 435. UH 1864, p

323. Inq, 6 June 1863; Nov

1884; 7 Oct 1899, p 649; 10

May 1902, p 301; 7 Aug 1909,

p 551; 1936, p 154, 378; 29

May 1993, p 8.

Newbury, Berkshire N5 Toomer’s Court,

Northbrook Street

(1901) on the waterside

Originated circa 1680 or possibly

earlier. Chapel foundation laid 12 May

1697 and opened the same year. Closed

1946.


Vestiges, p 180-181.

Sharpe, Pictures, p 82.

Beard Unitarianism, p 334.

CR 1832, p 274, 313, 362;

1859, p 121, 175; 1857, p

774/5. Newbury Weekly News

22 & 29 March 1888; 13 July

1899. Inq, 1897, p 156, 336,

351, CL 27 March 1897, p 150;

29 May 1897, p 270; 15 Mar, p

174, 18 Oct, p 671, both 1913.

Newcastle-on-Tyne, Church of

the Divine Unity

N6 Various Place, latterly

Elliston Place

Originated 1672. First chapel Close

Gate 1685. Second chapel Hanover

Square 1727. Third chapel New Bridge

Street 1854. Fourth chapel Elliston

Place 1940. Continuing.


A Hall, History 1672-

1922. Vestiges p 182-183.

Wright, Missionary, p 311.

J Seed, Class, Power and

Social Structure, ed

Morris, 1986, p 122/125,

143. Newcastle on Tyne

1672-1922, a short history.

W Turner, Sketch, 1811.

Pamphlets at DWL. Ch of

Divine Unity Record/

History, 1938.Beard

Unitarianism, p 334.

B&FUA 1870s.

MR 1811, p 513/7, 586/90,

722/4. CL 8 May 1886, p 221;

30 Apr 1889, p 183; 25 June

1910, p 329. Light on the Way

Mar 1893, March 1895. CF

1866, p 157. UH 30 Aug 1862,

p 298. Inq, 23 Apr 1853; 15

Apr 1854; 18 May 1861, 14

May 1855, p 234/5; 8 Feb

1862. 107/8; 1897, refs in

index; 16 Apr 1904, p254, 16

April 1938, p 210; 9 July 1938,

p 347; 21 Jan 1939, p 32; 1

April 1939, p 151; 27 Jan 1940,

p 29; 4 June 1960, p 576.

Newcastle-on-Tyne, Byker

Street Domestic Mission

N7 Denmark Street Originated 1888. Built 1891. Closed

1910.


EHYB 1895, 1906.

CL 12 Jan 1901, p 21; 7 Feb

1903, p 64; 28 Mar 1903, p

153; 18 April 1903, p 189. Inq

1898 see refs in index; 8 Sept

1900, p 590; 5 April 1902, p

221; 20 Dec 1902, p 813.

Newcastle-on-Tyne, Unitarian N8 Pandon Bank Originated 1771. Closed 1836 Unitarian Heritage, p 68.

Baptist TUHS Oct 1930, p 458.

Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffs N9 Lower Street, by the

Parish Church

Originated 1672. First meeting house

destroyed by rioters 1712. Second

meeting house built and opened 1717.

Re-opened 16 Apr 1820. Closed during

various periods in 19th century.

Continuing.


Vestiges, p 183-

184.;Wright, Missionary, p

358/9. Ingamill, Historical

Records Newcastle, 1881,

p 39. TUHS 1934, p

393/410. G Peglar, A

History, 1924. Beard


B&FUA 1840s, see 1846,

p 11-12. Stell C, p 215.

MR 1818, p 688; 1819, p

732/3; 1820, p 487; 1821 p

599; 1827 p 66. Inq, 25 May, 1

June 1895; 7 Feb 1925, p 85; 2

Aug 1947 p 632; 9 Feb 1957, p

50; 4 April 1992, p 6. CR 1853,

p 514. CL 18 Dec 1897, p 616.

Newcastle Guardian 12 May

1900.

Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffs N10 Red Street, a village

near Newcastle.

Originated 25 April 1839. Closed

before 1886.

Beard Unitarianism p 334. CR June 1841, p 381. UA 1854

p 31; 1864; 1874; 1886. CL 2

Aug 1919.

Newchurch, Rossendale,

Lancashire

N11 Bethleham Unitarian

Chapel, Waterfoot

Originated 1806 and Methodist

Unitarian. First building opened 1808,

enlarged 1825. Second building opened

Good Friday 1865. Building sold 1987,

congregation meeting in Sunday School

Closed 26 Sept 2004.


Vestiges, p 185. Wright,

Missionary, p 319. Record

PA, p 142. Ashworth,

Account Unitarianism in

Newchurch 1817. Herford

& Evans, N& Lancs, p

105-8. C Wicksteed,

Memorials, 1886, p 170.


MR 1815 & 1816, numerous

items. CF 1869, p 107. UH

1864, p 114/6. CL; 24 May

1890, p 246; 11 Sept 1915, p

407, 419. Inq, 9 Apr 1856, 9

April 1864; 16 May 1874, p

315/316; 29 Apr 1865; 8 Nov

1902, p 718; 16 Oct 1941, p

676; 10 Nov 1956, p 369; 18

Sept 2004, p 8.

Newport, Isle of Wight N12 High Street. General

Baptist.

Originated 1728 and first chapel built in

Pyle St 1728. Second chapel in High

Street 1774. Continuing.

Unitarian Heritage p 62.

Vestiges p 185-187.


R Aspland, Life, p 1850, p

105, 107 et seq. Beard

Unitarianism, p 334. Marr

Reg. Whitley.

MR 1811, p 567, 1825, p 752.

CR 1840, p 413/4, 1847 p 543,

735. CL 21 Nov 1925, p 395.

Inq 27 Nov 1897, p 772; 12

April 1941, p 121; 4 Mar 1961,

p 892; 4 Oct 1969 supplement;

5 Jan 1974, p 1.

Newport, Monmothshire (now

Gwent)

N13 Charles Street Originated 1905. Closed 1920’s. A

Unitarian Fellowship commenced 1964

meeting at Oxford House, St Mary,

Risca. Closed 1974.

Davies, They Thought, p

120. Jones, Gardens of

Faith, p 59.

CL 1 Nov 1890, p 521 (new

venture).

Newton Abbot, Devon N14 Gladstone Place, corner Originated 1899. Built and opened 19 Unitarian Heritage, p 98. CL 30 Oct 1897, p 533, first

of Albany Street July 1901. Closed 1974.

Not in GA Dir 1975-76. meeting. Inq 6 Nov 1897, p

724; 1898, refs in index; 25

July 1903, p 502, plus p 52,

446; 29 Oct 1910, p 550. Inq

15 Oct 1904, p 670.

Northampton N15 Kettering Road and

other places

Originated and first chapel opened in

King Street 21 Sept 1827. Second

chapel built and opened 1897. Building

sold in 2000. Third chapel at 31

Hazelwood Road from 2001.

Continuing.



History Castle Hill Church

Northampton, 1896, p

42/4. TUHS 1990, p 238-

251. B&FUA 1828, 1830

etc. Beard Unitarianism, p

334. B&FUA, 1870s, see

1876, p 43.Marr Reg.

MR 1827, p 451. CR 1827, p

425, 1828 p 417, 1830 p 473.

.CL 31 Jan 1880, p 52; 13 Dec

1884, p 597; 1888 p 497, 9 Oct

1897, p 500/1, and 507-510,

513; 6 Mar 1926, p 79. Inq,

1847, p 92, 156; 28 Jan 1894; 4

Apr 1896, p 220/1; 29 Oct

1904, p 702; 10 May 1913, p

301; 7 Mar 1936, p 118; 8 Nov

1997, p 6; 4 Dec 1999, p 9; 22

Apr 2000, p 1.

North Shields, Nothumberland N16 Originated about 1832. Closed 1846. B&FUA 1880s. Beard


CR 1835, p 285. CL 1887, p

238; Inq, 1845, p 748, then

804, 820.

North Wales Unitarian

Fellowship, see Colwyn Bay

Fellowship

Originated 1959, meeting in Friends

Meeting House, Erskine Road, Colwyn

Bay. Closed circa 1970.

GAYB 1966, p 73. Davies,

They Thought, p 121.

Inq 22 Aug 1959, p 239/240.

Northiam, Sussex. N17 Hermon Hill Originated 1796. General Baptist.

Opened and built 1810. Closed circa

2001, being converted into a house.


Wright, Missionary p

235/6. B Packer, Planted

by Vidler, 1988. Beard


B&FUA 18790s, see 1890,

p77. Whitley.

MR 1811, p 626. CR 1821, p

287, 1823 p 422, 1832, p

189/190, June 1851, p 378/80.

Inq 29 Nov 1902. CL 3 Aug

1878, p 377; 2 Jan 1904, p 10,

6 Aug 1910, p 400. Inq 1897, p

782; 10 Nov 1973 p 1; 5 Nov

1988, p 4; 16 Oct 1993, p 10;

28 Mar 1998, p 7, 5 Dec 1998,

p 10. Unitarian, Mar 2009, p 19

Northwich, Cheshire N17a Colegate Street Originated 1873. Closed before 1885. B&FUA 1875, p 51, 53

UA 1874, p 50. Not in UA

1886.

Norton, Derbyshire N18 Norton Hall Originated about 1672 under private Unitarian Heritage, p 68.

patronage. The estate passed to the

Shore family who built the chapel in

1794. Closed 1843.


History of Chesterfield

1839, p 129. S Orchard,

Noncon Derbyshire, 2009

p 175 etc. TUHS 1916,

1917, 1918.

Norwich Octagon Chapel N19 Colegate Originated 1662. First chapel built

1689. Second chapel built 1756. One of

the most celebrated Presbyterian/

Unitarian buildings in England.

Martineau Hall opened 1907.

Continuing.

Unitarian Heritage, p 62/3

Vestiges, p 189-190. J

Taylor, History Octagon

Chapel, 1848. Wright,

Missionary, p 259. Marr

Reg. Pamphlets in DWL.


CR 1847, 1848. CL 28 Dec

1878, p 631; 1887, p 76; 3 Aug

1889, p 365; 1907, p 434, 25

May 1912, p 244; 3 Apr 1926,

p 110. Inq, 1847, p 250; 26

Feb, 5 March 1887, 3 Aug

1889, 29 Mar 1862, p 235/6, 8

Apr 1905; 20 Oct 1956, p 348;

26 Mar 1960, p 488; 15 July

2006, p 12; 27 Nov 2010, p 11.

Nottage, Porthcawl, Glamorgan N20 General Baptist

foundation.

Originated and built 1789. Second

chapel built and opened 4 April 1877.

Continuing.


Jones, The Good Ground,

p 37. Beard Unitarianism,

p 209.

CL 1878, p 163, 324, 336, 636;

2 Jan 1880, p 4; 17 Sept 1887,

p 452; 25 Sept 1897, p 472, 25

June 1904, p 318. Inq, 10 Nov

1888; 24 Dec 2007, p 12.

Nottingham, High Pavement N21 High Pavement Originated 1662. First chapel 1691,

second 1805, third 24 April 1876, all on

the same site. Building sold 1982, and

opened as a Lace Museum.

congregation meeting at 3 Plumptre

Street, Lace Market. Continuing




345/6. B Carpenter,

Original Introduction of

Presbyterianism in

Nottingham, 1862.TUHS

1917, p 55-87. Bolam, p

50-55. Beard Unitarianism

p 335. B&FUA, 1870s-

1890s, see 1874, p 50,

1890, p 94. Marr Reg.

CR 1830 p 520/2; 31 Dec 1988

p 10; 23 Nov 1996, p 10. CL

13 Nov 1880, p 233; 13 Dec

1913, p 671/2; 7 March 1925, p

78; 1 May 1926, p 138.

Building News 24 Apr 1874 p

696. A church was also opened

at Radford 12 May 1826. CR

Feb 1826, p 80, also p 91/6,

204. UH 18 Jan 1862 p 26. Inq,

24 Oct 1874, p 696, also, p

280; 1900, p 358, 686; 1901

refs in index; 27 July 1991, p 3.

Nottingham, Pease Hill N22 Christ Church, Pease

Hill Road

Originated 1860. Built and opened 16

June 1864. Closed 1938.


Vestiges, p 193. B&FUA

1870s, see 1875, p 34.

UH 24 June 1864, p 212, p

357. CF March 1871, p 41.

Sharpe, Pictures, p 34. CL 20

March 1886, p 137; 3 April

1886, p 160; 22 Mar 1890, p

138; 1910, p 9, 329. Inq 1900,

p 782, 844; 17 May 1913, p

314.

Nottingham Hyson Green N23 Domestic Mission, 22

Bentinck Road

Originated 1883. Closed circa 1901. Unitarian Heritage, p 98.

UA 1886, p 33. Not in

EHYB 1906.

CL 13 Dec 1902, p 797. Inq 16

April 1904, p 254.

Nutfield, Surrey (also Turners

Hill and Horley)

N24 General Baptist Originated mid 17th century by 1712 at

Turners Hill. Congregation moved to

Horley Row circa 1760. After 1791

meetings were transferred to Nutfield.

Date of closure after 1845. Meeting

house now private home. Endowment

transferred to Billingshurst 1878.


Stell E, p 326 (Horley).

TUHS 1917, p 191-218;

1919, p 95. Baptist

Quarterly 1925, 1928. T

Hooper, Surrey & Sussex

Border Church 1650-1840,

1925. Whitley.

CR 1821, p 339. Gen Baptist

Advocate July 1833, Sept 1833

p 162, June 1834.

Oakmoor, near Cheadle

Staffordshire

O1 Free Christian Church,

opened by Thos Bolton

& Sons, proprietors of

Oakmoor Works

Originated 1858 and chapel, gothic

style, opened Easter 1878. Date of

closure not ascertained.

CL 4 May 1878, p 213.

Oldbury, Shropshire O2 Unity Place Originated 1662. First building 1708.

Second building opened 12 July 1807.

Interior restructured 1862, 1899. Closed

1980.





Midland Churches,p 172-

180. Vestiges, p 193.

.

MR 1807, p 500. CF Sept

1870, p 137. CL 27 Oct 1877, p

514; 11 Sept 1890, p 124; 9

Apr 1898, p 172; 9 May 1925,

p 155. Inq, 1846, p 76, 188,

329, 464; 15 Feb 1930, p 83,

120, 215; 31 Oct 1936, p 517;

19 Mar 1949, p 106; 8 Feb

1992, p 8.

Oldham, Lancashire

O3 Lord Street Originated Henshaw St 23 May 1813.

Building opened 4 June 1816. New

building opened 15 Nov 1877. Third

building 1971. Continuing.


Vestiges, p194-195.

Record PA, p 144-

145.Wright, Missionary, p

329. A Marcroft, History,

1913.Centennial

celebration 1913 (DWL).

MR 1813, p 60, 535; 1815, p

258; 1816, p 121, 492; 1819, p

584/5. CR 1828, p 223; 1839, p

202; 1841 p 382; 1845, p 108.

CL 24 Nov 1877, p 567; 5 Jan

1878, p 6; 20 April 1878, p 89;

6 May 1882, 12 Sept 1896, p

Beard Unitarianism, p 335. 442, 4 Dec 1909, p 625, 29

Nov 1913. Light On Way June

1897. Inq 22 Dec 1877, p 619;

29 Nov 1913, p 766 (100th

anniversary); 29 May 1971, p

6; 27 Nov 1971, p 1; 1 Feb

1975, p 3.

Onenfawr, near Llandilo,

Carmarthenshire

O4 Offshoot of original Baptist

congregation formed 1748. Opened

1838. Closed 1888.

EHYB 1897, p 11. Jones,

Gardens of Faith p 17.


109.

Orkney, Scotland O5 Hollandstoon Unitarian

Chapel, Haughland,

Shapinsay, Orkney.

Originated 2006 in home of Lesley

McKeown. Continuing.

GA Directory 2009/2010. Inq

15 July 2006, p 3; 25 Feb 2007,

p 7; 20 Oct 2007, p 9; 29 Nov

2008, p 5; 15 Oct 2011, p 11.

Ormskirk, Lancashire

O6 Aughton Street Originated 1662, meeting in private

houses. First chapel opened 1696.

Second chapel opened 1783. Closed

1886 on death of minister Rev H Fogg.

Building sold 1891.


EHYB 1897, p 11.

Vestiges, p 195-

196.Evans, Record PA, p

146. UPA 1864, 1886.

Beard Unitarianism p 335.

Nightingale, Lancs Vol 4,

p 180.

CL 16 May 1878, p 236; 17

Dec 1881, p 611; 20 Oct 1883,

p 501 (centenary of building,

history given)

Ossett, near Wakefield, Yorks O7 Originated and built 1867, iron church.

Closed 1879/1880.

EHYB 1897, p 11. UPA

1874.

CF Oct 1869, p 157. Inq, 12

Nov 1881, p 757/8.

Oxford, Chapel of Manchester

College, later Harris

Manchester College.

O8 Mansfield Road Congregation formed when College

moved to site 1890. Society of

Worshippers formed 1957. Continuing.

For history of College before moving to

Oxford, see numerous sources.


Vestiges, p 196.V Davis,

History Manchester

College, 1932. B Smith,

ed, Truth, Liberty,

Religion, 1896. A

Middleton, The Chapel

Society 1956-2001, 2001.

Inq: 2 Feb 1957, p 41

(congregation); 1986 series of

articles to mark 200th

anniversary of College.

Oxford, Church of the Divine

Love

O9 57/60 Percy Street Originated 1898. Closed circa 1905. Unitarian Heritage, p 98.

G Tull, Vernon Herford,

Bradford, 1958 (DWL).

Sharpe, Pictures p 35. J

Bailey, Vernon Herford

and Percy St, Oxford,

2006.

CL 17 Oct 1903, p 517. Inq 22

Oct 1898, p 693; 19 April

1902, p 253.

Oxton, Lancashire O10 Room in British Day

School

Originated circa 1860s. Closed 1876. EHYB 1897, p 11. UPA

1874, p 51.

Padiham, Lancashire P1 Nazareth Chapel, Knight

Hill

Originated 1806. Chapel built and

opened 22 June 1823 in West Street.

New building opened 30 April 1874.

Continuing.


Vestiges, p 197. J Jenkins,

History 1806-1906. H

McLachlan, Methodist

Unitarian Movement,

1919. Wright, Missionary,

p 320. C Street,

Unitarianism Padiham,

1881. Herford & Evans,

N& E Lancs, p 109/1.

Sharpe, Pictures p 36.

Record PA, p 148. Beard

Unitarianism, p 335

CR: 1817, various refs, 1828, p

225/6; 1836, p 615, 1849, p

381. UC 1833, p 280. Christian

Reflector 1823, p 195. CF Oct

1871. CL 17 Sept 1904, p 465,

23 Dec 1905, p 621, 10 May

1924, p 146, 26 Apr 1924. Inq,

9 May 1874, p 272,; 1897, refs

in index; 1899, p 235; 17 Sept

1904, p 606; 13 Nov 1909, p

775, 26 Apr 1924, p 274/5; 5

Jan 1957, p 4; 2 June 1962, p

433; 16 Mar 1974, p 1; 9 July

1994, p 3; 17 Aug 1996, p 5; 2

Dec 2006, p 9; 4 Oct 2008, p

12.

Paisley, Renfrewshire P2 George Street Originated before 1814. Built 1818.

Closed 1900.

G Harris list 1818.


Beard Unitarianism, p

337.B&FUA 1840s,

1890s, see 1842 p 15,

1890, p 55-56.

MR 1814, p 129/131. p 514;

1818, p 339. UH 22 Feb 1862,

p 71; 4 Mar 1864, p 84. CL 18

Dec 1897, p 617. Inq 1897, refs

in index.

Palgrave Suffolk (see Diss)

P3

East of Elm Vale Farm Probably an Independent chapel built

1697. Demolished 1822 when Unitarian

congregation moved to the new chapel

at Diss. Burial ground remains visible.

G Harris list 1818. Stell E,

p 302

Panteg, Capel Ifan, near

Newcastle Emlyn ,

Carmarthenshire

P4

General Baptist. Originated 1697. Built

1764. Building in use as a house 1980s.



Jones, Gardens of Faith p

20. Davies, They Thought,

p 114/115. Vestiges, p

321. B&FUA 1870s, see

1875, p 65.

CL 22 Sept 1877, p 454.

Pant-Y-Defaid, Ceredigion P5 Prengwyn, Llandysul Originated 1801. First chapel built

1802. Second chapel 1836. Continuing.


Vestiges, p 320. Davies,

They Thought p 43-46.

Jones, Gardens p 6-7.

MR 1816, p 681; 1818, p 769.

CL 30 Sept 1876, p 245; 9 Oct

1897, p 495. Inq, 17 Nov 1888;

1897, p 697, 724; 1900, p 94.

Park Lane Chapel Ashton-in-

Makerfield See Wigan

P6 .

Pendleton, Salford, Lancashire

– see under Manchester

P6a Cross Lane

Pennard, Gower, Nr Swansea P7 Free Christian Meeting

House, Heal Lane

Originated 1942. Chapel built and

opened 5 May 1946. Closed 1962.


Davis, They Thought, p

119/20. Jones, Gardens, p

24. GAYB 1958.

Inq 1 June 1946.

Penrhiw, Llangeler, Drefach,

Llandyssul

P8 St Fagans Welsh

National Open Air Folk

Museum

Originated and built 1777. Closed in

19th century. Building transferred to St

Fagans 1956. Occasional services.

Jones, Gardens, p 21, 56.

EHYB 1893. D Goronwy

Evans, Penrhiw, 1977

(DWL). Davies, They

Thought, p 110-111.

Western Mail and S Wales

News 3 Oct 1933. CL 22 Sept

1877, p 455. Inq 23, 30 June

1956, p 208, 215, see The

Times 15, June 1956; 9 Apr

1966, p 5; 25 Apr 1998, p 9.

Pentre – see Treorchy P9

Penzance, Cornwall P10 Clarence Street Originated circa 1850. Closed circa

1860s.

UA 1854, 1864. Not in

1874 UPA.

CL 31 March 1877, p 152 (no

Unitarians in area).

Pepperhill, Shelf, nr Halifax,

Yorkshire

P11 Originated and built, opened Jan 1862.

Reopened Sept 1936. Continuing.


Hargrove. B&FUA 1870s-

1890s, see 1875, p 57,

CL 23 Mar 1912, p 100. Inq,

19 Nov 1904, p 749; 18 Jan

1862, p 60; 24 Aug 1929, p

407; 12 Sept 1936, p 433 & p,

1890, p 64. 457/8; 9 Dec 1995, p 5. UH

1864, p 198.

Perth, Scotland P12 North William Street,

Guild Hall.

Originated and built 1876. Closed 1885. Unitarian Heritage, p 126.

Short, Pioneers, p 139.

EHYB 1897, p 11.

B&FUA 1840s, see 1847,

1848 (legal action).

Inq, 28 Nov 1874, p 778. CL

24 June 1876, p 75; 8 Jan 1881,

p 17.

Peterborough P13 Originated Oct 1841. Date of closure

not ascertained.

Not in Beard 1846, nor

UPA 1854.

CR Dec 1841, p 782

Plymouth, Devon P14 Treville Street. From

1958 Notte Street

Originated 1662. First chapel built

1689. Second chapel opened 13 May

1832. Building destroyed by bombing

1941. Congregation then met in

Mannamed. Third building opened 31

August 1958. Continuing.



Wright, Missionary. P

403/4. R Worth, Noncon

in Plymouth, 1876. TUHS

1922, p 186/8. W Odgers,

History, 1850. J Murch p

495/524. GAYB 1942.


B&FUA 1870s, see 1876,

p 39. Marr Reg.

MR 1811, p 568. CR 1832, p

285, 1833, p 258, 1836, p 133.

CL 1876, refs in index; 1

March 1890, p 101.Inq, 2 Aug

1862; 8 March 1941, p 78; 10

Nov 1945, p 324/5, 26 Nov

1949, p 426; 6 July 1957, p

227; 14 June 1958, p 191/2; 1

Aug 1959, p 224; 4 Jan 1975, p

3; 29 Mar 1997, p 5.

Pontfadog, near

Llanwen,Cardiganshire

P15 School room Originated 1872. Closed 1877. UPA 1874, p 51. EHYB

1897, p 11. B&FUA 1875,

p 65.

Pontypridd, Glamorgan P16 Morgan Street Originated 1892, meeting in Old Town

Hall. Built and opened Oct 1906.

Building sold 1976, congregation

disbanded 1980.


Jones, Gardens, p 54/5.

Davies, The Thought, p

89-91.

CL 5 Jan 1895, p 4; 25 Dec

1897, p 629; 13 Oct 1906, p

500/1; 25 Mar 1911, p 629; 17

Oct 1925, p 354. Inq 1897,

1900 refs in index.

Poole, Dorset P17 Old Meeting House,

Mill Street

Originated 1690. Chapel built 1705.

Second chapel opened 12 Dec 1868 on

site of former chapel. Closed 1968.




Murch p 288-298. B Short,

Early Noncon Poole, 1927.


MR 1811, p 567. CL 14 July

1883, p 333 (history); 3 May

1890, p 207; 25 July 1896, p

358. Inq, 25 Apr 1868, p 264/5;

1897, refs in index; 12 Oct

1946, p 298; 25 Feb 1950, p

B&FUA 1860s, 1870s, see

1862, p 51, 1873, p 47.

69.

Port Glasgow, Greenock,

Renfrewshire, see also

Greenock

P18 Gillespie’s Wynd Originated circa 1813 possibly in

Greenock. Chapel opened 20 Jan

1822.Date of closure not ascertained.

Short, Pioneers, p 87.


MR 1814, p 514/5. Christian

Reflector Feb 1822, p 40/1.

Portsmouth, John Pounds

Memorial Church (1956)

P19 Penny Street, then High

Street

Originated 1662, first chapel Penny

Street 1691, second chapel 1718 in

High Street Chapel destroyed 1941,

congregation then met 62 Kingston

Crescent. New building John Pounds

Memorial Church 1956. Continuing.

A related Domestic Mission existed in

19th century.




TUHS 1922 p 171/3, 1923

p 53/59, 71/4. GAYB

1942.Beard Unitarianism,

p 335. Marr Reg.

CL 1887, p 98; 8 June 1889, p

269; 11 July p 337 &25 July

1896, p 357. Inq 3 Dec 1904, p

785; 7 Jan 1934, p 9; 15 Oct

1955 p 347; 3, 22 Sept 1956, p

297, 313; 6 July 1957, p 222; 1

Oct 1960, p 712; 11 June 1966

p 3-5; 4 Oct 1969 supplement;

12 Aug 1995, p 9; 12 Sept

1998, p 8, 21 Nov 1998, p 8; 4

Nov 2000, p 10, 21 Aug 2004,

p 8; 21 Oct 2006, p 9.

Portsmouth, General Baptist P20 St Thomas’s Street Originated 1640. Built and opened 27

Jan 1693, then buildings 1715 and

1865. Premises destroyed 1941. United

with High Street Chapel 1946.


TUHS 1923 p 53/9. Beard


Whitley.

The Mail Portsmouth 7 Oct

1895. UH 1864, p 267, 283,

287, 290. CL 11 Dec 1897, p

603, 8 Jan 1898, p 16. Inq

1897, p 274, 303, 630; 1900, p

621.

Prescot, Lancashire P21 Ashherton Street, GE

Evans has it as Atherton

Street.

Originated 1757. Built and opened

1758. Reopened 1875. Closed first

1872 but re-opened. Closed circa 1890.

Building sold 1899.


Vestiges, p 205-6. EHYB

1897, p 11 states ‘closed

for many years.’ However

Vestiges, p 295, shows it

as open. Record PA, p

151. Nightingale, Lancs

Vol 4 p 150. Beard


Sharpe, Pictures, p 35.

B&FUA 1873, p 43.

CL 3 June 1876, p 30. Inq, 29

May 1875. CL 30 Oct 1899, p

532.

Preston, Lancashire P22 Church Street, later Originated 1672. Built and opened Unitarian Heritage, p 45. MR 1813, p 58. CR 1847, p

Percy Street 1717. Building sold prior to

redevelopment 1975. Congregation met

in Friends Meeting House. Closed late

1990s.


Wright, Missionary, p

324/5. Nightingale, Lancs

Noncon, Vol 1 p 9.

Records PA, p 153.

Herford & Evans, N&E

Lancs, p 114/6. TUHS

1950 p 214/20. GAYB

1986. 250th anniv booklet,

1966. Beard Unitarianism,

p 335. B&FUA 1870s, see

1876, p 49. Marr Reg.

441; 1848, p 126/7. CL 22 June

1878, p 301; 25 May 1889, p

245. Inq, 1845, p 190, 18 Sept

1869; 20 Feb 1897, p 125; 14

May 1966, p 5; 18 June 1966, p

4; 23Apr 1988, p 7; 5 Oct

2002, p 12.

Pudsey, Yorkshire P23 Church Lane Originated 1854. Built 1861. Second

chapel built and opened 6 Nov 1901.

Closed 2011 and building put up for

sale.


Vestiges, p 207. Hargrove.

B&FUA 1870s, see 1876,

p 49.

UH 1864, p 198. CF 1868, p

25. CL 29 Aug 1896, p 418.

Inq, 9 Nov 1861, p 812/4,

1897, see refs in index; 26 Apr

1997, p 10. GA Uni news

(web) 22 June 2011.

Ramsgate, Sussex R1 Effingham Place

General Baptist

Originated circa 1830. Opened 6 May

1832. Closed 1884. Second Unitarian

cause from 1894 meeting in Assembly

Rooms, High Street, not meeting by

1906.

Packer, Unitarian Heritage

Kent, p 59. EHYB 1897 &

1906. Whitley.

UC 1832, p 43, 125/6. CL 12

Oct 1895, p 492 (advert) 20

Mar 1897, p 136; 3 Apr 1897, p

161; 12 Jan 1901, p 27 (advert

Rev JB Barnhill preaching).

Inq 1897, p 257, 369.

Rawtenstall, Rossendale,

Lancashire.

R2 Bethlehem Unitarian

Chapel, Bank Street

Originated 1757. Trust deed 1760 and

opened. Second chapel opened 2 Oct

1853. Third building opened 1971.

Closed 2003.

Unitarian Heritage, p

110/1. Vestiges, p 208.


319/20. Herford & Evans,

NE Lancs Mission, p

117/9. Record PA p 146.


B&FUA 1870s-1890s, see

1878, p 38, 1890, p 66.

CR 1828, p 226. MR 1815, p

313/7, 392, 458, 527. Inq 8 Oct

1853, p 653; 9 Apr 1887, p

237/8; 1897, p 354, 724; 24

Oct 1903, p 710; 1 Aug 1936, p

378; 10 Nov 1956, p 369; 5 Jan

1957, p 4; 9 Nov 1957, p 370;

19 June 1971, p 1, 4; 21 June

1975, p 3; 8 Mar 2003, p 8.

Reading, Berkshire R3 London Road (from First cause originated 1812. Chapel Unitarian Heritage, p 98. MR Vol 7, p 767; 1813, p

1876) opened 23 Nov 1813. Closed. New

congregation originated 9 Apr 1876.

Foundation stone 17 July 1877, opened

22 Dec 1877. Closed 1973.

Unitarian Fellowship opened circa

2005, meeting monthly in central

location. Continuing.


Missionary, p 414/8. M

Conway, S Place Ethical

Society, 1893, p 14.

B&FUA 1870s-1890s, see

1876 p 56, 1890, p 38. GA

Directory 2009/2010.

744/5. CL: 29 July 1876, p

144; 11 Nov 1876, p 320; 21

July 1877, p 344; 10 Nov 1877,

p 538 further 1877 refs p 605,

611; 26 Jan 1878, p 45; 6 Apr

1878, p 164. Inq, 22 Dec 1877;

1897, see refs in index; 5 Apr

1902, p 222; 20 Nov 1909, p

791; 24 March 1990, p 3.

Redditch, Worcestershire R4 Assembly Room Originated 1861. Date of closure circa

1874.

UA 1864, p 43. B&FUA

1860s, 1870s, see 1863, p

38, 1874, p 33. Not in

UPA 1874.

Inq, 29 Nov 1862, p 843.

Rhydygwin, Felinfach (Ystrad),

Ceredigion

R5 Originated 1802, services held in

farmhouse. Built 1848. Continuing.



56-58. Jones, the Good

Ground, p 22-23.

CL 14 Aug 1880, 2 Oct 1880, p

161. CL 6 Feb 1897, p 64. Inq,

17 Nov 1888; 1897, p 93, 758.

Rhydyparc, near St Clears,

Carmarthenshire

R6 Originated and built 1860. Closed

before 1900.


Jones, Gardens of Faith, p


209.

CL 27 Jan 1877, p 43; 11 Dec

1897, p 605.

Ringwood, Hampshire. R7 St Thomas’s Chapel,

Meeting House Lane

Originated 1672. Built 1727. Closed

1975. From 1980s building in use as a

heritage centre.




412/3. J Odgers, H Hall,

200th anniversary, 1927.


MR 1811, p 567. CL 14 July

1877, p 335; 3 Jan 1880, p 5; 8

Jan 1881, p 16; 7 Jan 1882, p 4;

11 June, p 305/8, 3 Dec, p 607

both 1910; 14 Mar 1925, p 86;

21 Nov 1925, p 390.Inq, 1847,

p 10; 27 June 1936, p 321.

Ripley, Derbyshire R8 Butterley Hall Originated 1811 and opened 30 July

1820. Closed 1870. Building sold 1887.


EHYB 1897 p 11.EHYB

1897. Beard Unitarianism

p 335.

MR 1820, p 620/1, 634. UH

1864, p 235.

Risley (See also Croft),

Lancashires

R9 Lady Lane Originated 1707, Unitarian ejected

1838 see Croft. Chapel demolished

Unitarian Heritage, p 66

(Croft).

MR 1813, p 58. CR 1836, p

651; 1838, p 666/7.

1971.

Rivington, Lancashire R10 The Green Originated 1662. Chapel opened 1703.

Continuing.

Unitarian Heritage, p 38 et

seq. Vestiges, p 210-

211.Bicentenary booklet

1903. Nightingale, Lancs

Noncon vol 3 p 81. Record

PA p 158. TUHS 1960 p

85/6. Herford & Evans,

N&E Lancs, p 120/5. Marr

Reg. E Holding, C Rogers,

Registers transcription.


Chorley Standard 13 June

1903. CL 18 May 1878, p 236;

30 June 1903, p 307. Inq, 17

Nov 1962, p 625; 2 Oct 1982, p

1; 25 Oct 1997, p 8; 14 June

2003, p 6.

Rochdale, Lancashire R11 Blackwater Street Originated circa 1662. First chapel in

Lower Gates 1672. Second chapel in

Blackwater Street 1717. Third chapel in

same place opened 11 June 1857.

Demolished 1972. Fourth building

opened 1974. Continuing.


Vestrges, p 211-212.


Fishwick, History

Rochdale, 1889, p 251.

Nightingale, Lancs

Noncon, Vol 3, p 240. T

Spedding, Manual of

Church, 1893. Record PA,

p 161. McLachlan,

Methodist Unitarian

Movement. Herford &

Evans, NE Lancs, p 126/7.


MR 1813, p 59. CR 1845, p

843; 1855; 1857, p 442; 1868,

p 104-105. Light on Way 1896,

p 44. CL 8 Nov 1890, p 534.

CF July 1868. Inq, 26 Apr

1856; 8 June 1903, p 534; 23

Jan 1904, p 61-62; 25 Aug

1951, p 278; 5 Jan 1957, p 4; 8

Jan 1972, p 1; 13 Oct 1973, p

1; 17 August 1974, p 118; Mar

1975, p 3; 5 Feb 1994, p 10; 22

Sept 2007, p 9.

Rochdale, Lancashire R11a Clover Street Providence (Methodist Unitarian)

Chapel opened 1 August 1818 in Clover

Street, united with the Presbyterian

congregation 1890.


Vestiges, p 213. Record

PA, p 165. Nightingale

Lancs, Vol3 p 288.

B&FUA 1890s, see 1890 p

66. EHYB 1897, p 53.

MR 1818, p 182. Christian

Pioneer 1826-27.

Rolv Rolvenden, Kent. R12 Rolvenden Layne General Baptist. Closed in 1861 but

may have re-opened. Building sold to

the Salvation Army circa 1892.


EHYB 1897 p 11. B

Packer Unitarian Heritage

in Kent p 60/2. Beard

CR 1821, p 308.


Baptisms etc register held

at DWL. B&FUA 1860s,

see 1862, p 35.

Romsey Hampshire R13 Newton Lane Origin as Unitarian 1840s, background

Sandemanian/Quaker. Settled round the

figure of Robert Green. Date of closure

not ascertained, not in UPA 1854.

Religious Census

Hampshire 1851, p 109.

Not in Beard 1846.

CR 1849, p 319.

Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire R13a Unitarian Group. Originated 2005, meeting monthly 3pm

at the Friends Meeting House, 3

Brampton Street, Fiveways.

Continuing.

GA Website March 2011.

Minister Rev Don Philips. GA

Directory 2009/2010. Inq 23

Sept 2006, p 11.

Rotherham, Yorkshire R14 Church of our Father,

Moorgate.

Originated 1660s. First chapel built and

opened 1706. Second chapel built and

opened 18 Feb 1880. Building sold

circa 1987 and restored as a mosque.

Congregation ceased to meet before

1998.


91.Vestiges, p 214. Wight,

Missionary, p 206. Miall,

Congregationalism Yorks,

1868, p 340. Hargrove. W

Blazeby, Rotherham

OMH, 1906. Beard


B&FUA 1870s, 1880s, see

1873, p 44, 1881, p 53.

CR 1841, p 708. Rotherham

Advertiser 13 Oct 1906. CL 10

Mar 1877, p 123; 17 Mar 1877,

p 127; 4 May 1878, p 211; 21

Feb 1880, p 87/88 (reopen); 20

Oct 1906, p 511/2. Inq, 11 May

1878, p 296/7; 1897, refs in

index.

Royston, Hertfordshire R15 Back Street, rear of 47

Upper King Street.

Originated and opened 23 Sept 1832.

Chapel owned by the Fordham family.

Closed following death of Henry

Fordham 1895.


Vestiges, p 215. EHYB

1897, p 11. Marr Reg.

Stell E, p 141. A Ruston,

Unitarianism

Hertfordshire, 1979.

Wight, Missionary, p 350.


CR 1832, p 475. CL 28 Feb

1880; 10 May 1902; 20 May

1903. Inq 24 April 1875, p 269

Rushall, Wiltshire R16 General Baptist Originated and built 1706. Closed 1972. Unitarian Heritage, p 45.

Whitley.

CL 7 Aug 1880, p 64; 18 Dec

1880, p 293; 1 Oct 1904, p 494,

; 21 Oct 1905, p 513. Inq, 2 Oct

1897, p 645; 21 Oct 1899, p

682; 1900, p 638; 22 Sept

1901, p 622; 8 Oct 1904, p 653.

Rutherglen, Lanarkshire R17 Orange Hall, Regent

Street

Originated 1926. Closed by 1935. EHYB 1928, 1936 Inq 13 Sept 1930, p 458.

Ryde, Isle of Wight R18 Victoria Rooms Originated circa 1877 when series of

lectures held but the congregation soon

disappeared.

EHYB 1897, p 12.

B&FUA 1870s, see 1877,

p 57.

CL 20 May 1876, p 4, 49.

Rye, Sussex R19 General Baptist Originated and opened 9 June1803.

Date of closure not ascertained.

Universalists Theological

Magazine 1803, Part 2, p 56.

St Albans, Hertfordshire S1 Lower Dagnall Street Originated 1660s. Meeting House built

1697. Services terminated 1861 then

used intermittently by other

denominations. Unitarian services

recommenced Oct 1890 but finally

finished 31 March 1894. Enfield and

Barnet Unitarian Fellowship met

intermittently in town from 1960s and

met only at the Friends Meeting House

from 1990s. Continuing.


Vestiges, p 215-216. W

Urwick, Noncon in Herts,

1884, p 188. A Ruston,

Unitarianism

Hertfordshire, 1979 Chp 1.

A Ruston, OMH St

Albans, 1979. Beard

Unitarianism p 336.

Inq, 10 Aug 1895; 2 Feb 1896,

p 113. CL 1 Nov 1890, p 521

St Clears, Carmarthenshire S2 Originated 1799. General Baptist.

Chapel built and opened 1827. Closed

1892, but had been in abeyance some

years.


123.Vestiges, p 322-323.

Jones, Gardens of faith, p

123. EHYB 1897 p 12.


St Helens, Lancashire S3 Corporation Street Room opened 1822 but later

terminated. Originated 1901 and iron

church opened2June 1904. Second

building 1915, part destroyed in

bombing 1941 and sold to YMCA but

building still used, revamped 1950.

Closed 11 Oct 1998.



337/8.

Inq, 6 Feb 1904, p 94-95.; 3

Sept 1949, p 317; 11 Mar 1950,

p 89; 10 Nov 1956, p 370; 7

Nov 1998, p 6.

Saffron Walden, Essex S4 Hill Street. General

Baptist

Originated 1711, chapel made in

adapted house. New chapel built at rear



UH 1864, p 141. Inq, 1882 p

29. CL 14 Sept 1878, p 449; 4

1792. Passed over to Baptist Union

1915. Closed 1930.

I Sellers, Baptist Quarterly

1971/72, Gen Baptist

history. Unitarian heritage

E Anglia (web). Beard

Unitarianism, p 335 (also

shows a connected

congregation at Oakhill).

Whitley.

Sept 1886, p 42; 19 Apr 1890,

p 184; 9 Jan, p 17, 1 May, p

216 both 1897; 23 Jan 1904, p

46, 9 Dec 1905, p 597, 1913 p

521. Seedsower June 1904.

Sale, Cheshire S5 Cross Street, Atkinson

Road 1876

Originated 1699. First Chapel built

1715. Second chapel 1739. Third

chapel opened 21 Sept 1876. Closed

1970.

Unitarian Heritage, p 98. J

Pipkin, Cross St Chapel,

1925. Urwick, Noncon

Cheshire, p 366. Record

PA, p 166-167.

Inq, 26 Jan 1856, 11 Sept 1875,

23 & 30 Sept 1876; 31 Oct

1925, p 688. CL 23 Sept 1876,

p 230/1 and other refs in index.

Salford, Lancashire S6 Greengate later Ford

Street

Originated 1809. Bible Christian. New

chapel opened 27 July 1862. Date of

closure or transfer of congregation not

ascertained.

W Axon , History Bible

Christian Ch 1809-1909.

CR 1831, p 564/6. UC 1832-

34, many refs. Inq, 2 Aug 1862

p 564. UH 18 May1864, p 98.

Salisbury, Wiltshire S7 Presbyterian meeting. Still in existence

1901, but still Unitarian though report

in CL. Not in EHYB 1906.

Unitarian Fellowship founded 1998

meeting at the URC, Fisherton Street,

monthly. Continuing.

G Harris list 1818. MR 1811, p 731, 734. CL 2

Feb, p 56; 27 July, p 361, 12

Oct, p 493, 9 Nov, p 541 1901.

Inq 8 Nov 1997, p 9; 2 Jan

1999, p 5; 13 Feb 1999, p 10.

GA Directory 2009/10

Sandon, Hertfordshire S7a Originated circa 1823. Congregation

existed in the home named Gannock, of

Elias Fordham (died 1838). Date of

cessation circa 1835

Harris List, p 86. Urwick

Noncon Herts, p 818.

CR 1838, p 800 (Fordham);

Scarborough, Yorkshire S8 Westborough Road Originated 1871, early services in the

Temperance Hall. Building erected and

opened 29 Aug 1877. Devastated by

fire 20 May 1995. Continuing.



Hargrove. Miall,


p 343/4. B&FUA 1880s,

see 1881, p 51.

MR 1820, p 486 CL 21 Oct

1876, p 278/9; 20 July 1878,

p349; 4 Dec 1897 p 597, 5 Aug

1899, p 374. Inq, 1 Sept 1877;

1898, refs in index; 21 June

1902, p 398; 3 Sept 1927, p

545; 10 June 1995, p 1; 2 Aug

1997, p 7.

Selby, Yorkshire S9 St Michael’s Chapel Originated 1672, chapel built 1699.

Second chapel opened 24 Sept1903.

Closed 1968.



Missionary, p 200/2.

Miall, Congregationalism

Yorks, p 345. Hargrove.


B&FUA 1890s, see 1890,

p 64.

CL 4 Dec 1880, p 584; 1883,

see index refs; 1888, p 507, 13

Apr p 176/7, 15 May, p 236,

both 1912; 14 Nov 1925, p

387; 17 Oct 1925, p 354. Inq

1845, p 221, 700; 1846 p 219;

11 Dec 1886; 3 Oct 1903, p

662. UH 1864 p 117.

Sheerness, Essex S10 Originated 1812. Chapel set up 1820.

Congregation ceased circa 1830.


225/6.

MR 1814, p 372. CR 1821, p

406; Dec 1823, p 424.

Sheffield, Attercliffe S11 Shirland Lane,

Attercliffe

Originated 1901. Built 1906. Closed

1971.



Yorks, p 347/9.

CL 2 Dec 1905 p 584. I: 19

Sept 1903; 9 June 1956 p 196.

Sheffield, Fulwood S12 Whiteley Lane Originated 1729. Reopened 7 June 1896

after 23 years closure. Later closures

and openings. Continuing.

Unitarian Heritage, p 38/9.


Yorks, p 359. TUHS 1937

p 194-204; 1938, p 330-

353. Short History 1965.

Hargrove.

CL 3 June 1896, p 285. Inq, 12

May 1934, p 233, 244/5, 253;

10 Dec 1966, p 6; 9 Sept 2000,

p 4.

Sheffield, Stannington S13 Underbank Chapel First chapel built 1652. Second chapel

1742, opened 2 June 1743. Continuing.


38.Vestiges, p 230-231.


F Wood, History, 1944.


Yorks, p 360. TUHS 1924

p 161-165. J Hunter,

Hallamshire, 1819, p 273.


B&FUA 1860s, see 1863,

p 30. Hargrove.

CF Aug 1871, p 121. Sheffield

Daily Telegraph 7 Aug 1905.

CL 7 Dec 1889, p 582 (with

engraving) .Inq 24 May 1952, p

163; 1 Oct 2011, p 12.

Sheffield, Upper Chapel S14 Norfolk Street Originated circa 1660. Built 1678.

Second chapel 1700. Rearranged and

part rebuilt and opened 21 May 1848.


39/40. Vestiges, p 219-

221. J Manning, History,

CR 1839, p 730; 1848, p 377.

CL 26 Jan 1878, p 45; 14, 21

Jan 1882, 29 July 1882, p 360.

Channing Memorial Hall added 12 Jan

1882. Continuing.


p 205/6. J Miall,

Congregationalism Yorks

p 360/3. Hargrove. F

Wood, History, 1944. C

Binfield, 300th anniversary

lecture, A Public MH in

Sheffield, 2000. N

Mountain, UC and

Sheffield 1893-1900,

1993. Beard Unitarianism

p 335. Marr Reg.

CF Aug 1871, p 120. Inq, 28

Jan 1882, p 58; 3 May 1941, p

155; 11 Nov 1950, p 354; 18

Nov 1950, p 365; 1 Oct 1960, p

716..

Sheffield, Unity Church,

Upperthorpe

S15 Crookesmoor Road,

Upperthorpe

Originated 9 January 1859. First

building opened 17 July 1861.Chancel

rebuilt and reopened 13 April 1890.

Second building opened 14 Sept 1915.

Closed 30 Oct 1988.

Unitarian Heritage, p 91. C

Peach, History, 1893.

Hargrove. J Ellis,

Upperthorpe Chapel, 1893.

B&FUA 1860s, see 1860 p

20, 1863, p 30.

CR 1861, p 507. CF Nov 1871,

p 169/70. Light Upon Way, Jan

1897. CL: 19 Apr 1890, p

189/190; 6 Dec 1890, p 582; 29

Sept 1915, p 42. Inq, 4 Jan

1862, p 17/8; 20 Sept 1902, p

600; 22 Jan 1949, p 32; 24 Jan

1959, p 29; 30 Dec 1989, p 1.

The Unitarian Feb 1989, p

12/3.

Shepton Mallett, Somerset S16 Cowl Street Originated 1685. First chapel built 1692

in Downside. Second chapel 1785,

restored and reopened 28 Sept 1886.

Closed 1961.



Murch, p 166-174. H

Solly, These 80 Years Vol

2 (1840s). Marr Reg.

CR 1838, p 144; 1840, p 413.

PDM Oct 1797, p 364/5. UH

1864, p 125. CL 20 Jan 1877, p

30; 9 Oct 1886, p 489; 14 Aug

1897, p 401; 13 Oct 1913, p

581. Inq, 1845, p 125, 190,

540; 1846, p 27, 91, 221, 619;

9 Oct 1886; 2 Sept 1893.

Shildon, near Darlington,

Durham

S17 Originated 1845, arising from a

Methodist expulsion, meeting in room.

Closed 1850s.


Not In UPA 1854.

CR June 1846, p 381. Inq, 25

Apr 1846, p 258, then p 538,

565, 682, 732; 116 April 1898,

p 254.

Shrewsbury, Shropshire S18 High Street Originated 1662. Chapel opened 25 Oct

1691. Enlarged and reopened 12 Mar


Vestiges, 223-225.R

CR 1847, p 250, 323. Eddowes

Journal 8 July 1891.

1885. Continuing. Astley, History, 1847. A

Broadbent, Story, 1963.

Beard Unitarianism p 335.

J Reavley, Presbyterianism

in Shrewsbury 1647-1925,

1925. Midland Churches,

p 181-186; Marr Reg.

Shrewsbury Journal 8 July

1841 Cutting HMC Vol 1). CL;

11 Apr 1903, p 173. Inq, 21

Mar 1885; 7 Nov 1891, p 728;

1897 refs in index; 24 Mar

1951, p 92; 30 Oct 1993, p 5;

31 Jan 1998, p 7; 3 Oct 1999, p

4; 14 June 2008, p 12.

Sidmouth, Devon S19 Upper High Street Built 1710. Restyled 1886. Continuing. Unitarian Heritage, p

40/1.Vestiges, p 225-226.

Murch p 343-352. Beard


MR 1811, p 567. CR 1845, p

842. 19 Oct 1886. CL 1 Sept

1877, p 419; 10 Jan 1880, p 16;

8 Jan 1881, p 16; 10 July 1897,

p 341; 2 Apr 1910, p 172.

Universalists Theological Mag

1804, p 191. Inq 1897, p 46,

551, 566; 29 July 1939, p 370;

2 July 1960, p 610; 29 Oct

1994, p 10; 20 Oct 2007, p 12.

Smardon, Kent S20 High Street Originated about 1740. General Baptist

Chapel built 1741. Joined New

Connection 1817. Met in house.

Building demolished 1841, Zion Chapel

opened same year.



Packer, Unitarian Heritage

Kent, p 63/4. Stell E, p

188. Whitley.

CR 1821, p 309. UC 1832/1833

(chapel statistics).

Soham, Cambridgeshire S21 Pratt Street, later 5-7

Hall Street

Originated and chapel built and opened

April 1810. General Baptist. Closed

1870. Building still exists as cottages.

See also Wicken.

Unitarian Heritage, p 68. R

Aspland, Life of Aspland

1850. Wright, Missionary.

Beard Unitarianism, p 335

Aspland, Life, 1850, p

207-215, 221-227.

Whitley.

MR 1810, p 207-208; 1811, p

625; 1817, p 181. CL 16 Mar

1878, p 16; 31 Jan 1880, p 53;

1902, p 3,10, 17; 17 May 1902

letter; 31 May, 7 June 1902; 30

May 1903 (letter); 30 Mar 1912

, p 149; 6 Apr 1912, p 159.

Solihull, West Midlands S21a Alice House, Princes

Way

Unitarian Fellowship originated 1974,

meeting first in Manor House, High

Street. Ceased to meet 2002

GA Dir 1990’s -2003.

Southend-on-Sea, Essex S22 Darnley Road Originated 1897, iron church built

opened 5 June 1898. Second building

Unitarian Heritage, p 112. CL 1897 several refs, p 149,

240; 12 Mar 1898, p 132; 11

opened 3 Sept 1977. Continuing.

A daughter congregation originated

1915 in North View Drive but soon

closed.

June 1898, p 286; 1910 refs in

index; 4 Apr 1925, p 107; 16

May 1925, p 162. Inq, 11 June

1898, p 390; 22 Oct 1977, p 1.

The Unitarian, Dec 2011, 13.

Southampton, Hampshire S23 Church of the Saviour.

Bellview Road (1990)

Originated 1844, but earlier cause

opened 27 Oct 1814 closed circa 1820.

Building opened 22 March 1860.

Remises destroyed by bombing 1941.

Second building 1956. Third building,

converted premises opened 2 June

1990. Continuing.


Vestiges, p 226-



335. B&FUA 1840s,

1870s, see 1846, p 14,

1873, p 46.

MR 1814, p 518/9, 721/2;

1816, p 621/2. CR 1846, p 380;

1859, p 566; 1860, p 245; CL 7

Apr 1877, p 169; 15 Nov 1890,

p 246; 30 Dec 1905. Inq, 1846,

p 298, 347; 18 Apr 1874, p

252; 6 Jan 1951, p 6; 31 Mar

1956, p 106; 26 Apr 1986; 30

June 1990, p 1.

South Petherton, Somerset S23a Beard Unitarianism p 336.

Southport, Lancashire. S24 Portland Street Originated 1862, earlier congregation

1835. Building opened 7 Aug 1867.

Continuing.


Vestiges, 227. Liverpool

Unitarian Annual 1892-

1895. Record PA, p 168.

CR 1835, p 804. CF 1867, p 9.

CL 1888, p 176, 293; 1896, p

286. Inq, 10 Aug 1867, p 506,

517; 6 Nov 1897, p 725; 5 July

1975, p 3; 5 March 1994 p 7.

South Shields, Durham S25 Unity Church, Derby

Terrace

Originated 1870. Building opened 4

Feb 1874. Closed 1980.



B&FUA 1870s, 1880s, see

1874 p 55.

CL 17 June 1876, p 68; 9 Feb

1878, p 69; 31 Jan 1880, p 52,

76, 112; 10 Nov 1883, p 537;

30 Mar 1901, p 153; 14 Feb

1925,p 54. Inq, 14 Feb 1874, p

106/7, p 598; 7 Sept 1878, p

583/4.; 1897 refs in index.

Sowerby Bridge, Calder S26 Originated and opened 24 July 1853.

Not located in UPA 1854, 1864.

Inq, 6 Aug 1853, p 510.

Speke, Lancashire S25A Land acquired from Corporation May

1959. No entry for congregation traced

in GAYB.

Inq 30 May 1959, p 173; 20

June 1959, p 200; 2 Apr 1960,

p 497.

Stafford, Staffordshire S27 Mount Street Originated 1672. First chapel 1689,

second building 1807. See also chapel


G Harris list 1818.

MR 1818, p 688. (letter).

at Stowe.

Stainforth, near Thorne,

Yorkshire

S28 Originated 1816. Building opened 9 Oct

1817. Closed 1864. See also Thorne.

First place of worship in Stainforth.


Unitarian Almanac 1864.

Wright Missionary, p

191/2, 195/6.

MR 1815, p 122; 1817, p

633/4, 652/4.

Stalybridge, Cheshire S29 Canal Street, later in

Forester Drive

Originated Jan 1866, meeting in Old

Forrester’s Hall, but earlier

congregation opened 9 July 1837.

Chapel opened 17 Feb 1870.

Continuing.


Vestiges, p 228. Record

PA, p 169. J Ratcliffe,

story 1862-1962, 1962.

B&FUA 1880s, see 1881,

p 61.

CR 1837, p 646. CF Nov 1869,

p 171. UH 18 Mar 1887, p 193.

CL 28 Sept 1889. Inq, 29 May

1869; 28 Sept 1889, p 462; 26

Feb 1870; 29 Apr 1916, p 214

(jubilee); 11 Feb 1933, p 70; 6

Feb 1937, p 70; 12 July 1941, p

234; 21 Sept 1946, p 274; 5

Feb 1966, p 7.

Stanningley, near Leeds,

Yorkshire

S30 West Riding Village

Mission

Originated circa 1853. Closed circa

1860.

UPA 1854, p 33. Not in

UPA 1864

Inq, 14 May 1853, p 316

Stenhousemuir, near Larbert,

Stirlingshire.

S31 Universalist Church, (St

Paul’s) Main Street

Originated April 1867. Built and

opened 1875. Closed 1929.

Congregation had a close Unitarian

connection.


Jubilee account 1867-1917

(DWL)

CL 13 June 1878, p 287; 27

June 1878, p 310; 27 July

1878, p 361; 21 Sept 1878, p

456; 26 March 1910, p 162.

Inq, 24 Apr 1909, p 286; 8 Sept

, p 379; 15 Sept 1917, p 387.

Steyning, Sussex S32 General Baptist Originated 11 Sept 1803. Date of

closure not ascertained.

Not in G Harris list 1818,

nor Beard 1846.

Universalists Theological

Magazine 1803, p 223.

Stockport, Cheshire S33 St Petergate, lastly

Stockport Road Cheadle.

Originated 1681. First chapel opened

1702. Second chapel in High Street

1722. Third chapel opened 23 Mar

1842, last service 25 April 1971. Fourth

chapel in Cheadle opened 1973. Closed

5 July 2009.



Record PA, p 173. Wright,

Missionary p 332/3 TUHS

1924, p 148-152; 1925, p

272/6, 285. Urwick,

Noncon Cheshire, p 286.

H Perry, and G Evans in

TUHS. Marr Reg. Beard


CF 1842, p 312. CR 1842, p

312/4; 1850, p 378/9. CP 1842,

p 238. CL 15 Oct 1892, p

501/2. Inq, 1845, p 204; 8 Oct

1892;16 July 1971, p 2; 3 April

1971, p 4; 7 March 1992, p 7;

25 July 2009, p 8.

Stockton-on-Tees,

Northumberland

S34 Wellington Street Originated 1688. First chapel ope3ned

21 July 1699. Rebuilt 1754. Third

Chapel opened 22 May 1873. Fourth

chapel opened 2008. Continuing.


Vestiges, p 233-234.T

Richmond, History, 1856.


Work by John Seed. A

Ruston, History, 1988.

B&FUA 1890s, see 1890,

p 87.

CR 1836, p 213. CL 8 June

1889, p 269; 27 July 1889, p

354. Inq 5 Oct 1878, p 646/7; 4

Jan 1862, p 23, 19.; 23 Nov

1872, p 958/9; 8 Mar 1946, p

68; 23 Apr 1946, p 86; 3 Oct

1987, p 7; 15 Mar 1997, p 2; 18

July 1998, p 10; 22 April 2006,

p 6, 7,12; 24 Feb 2007, p 11.

Stoke-on- Trent, Staffordshire S35 Originated 1841 out of Methodist New

Connection. Date of cessation not

ascertained.

Not in Beard Unitarianism,

1846.

Unitarian Aug 1846, p 318/20.

Stone, Staffordshire S36 Originated 18th century as Presbyterian

chapel. Congregation likely to have

disbanded circa 1840.

G Harris list 1818. Not in

Beard Unitarianism 1846.

Not in 1854 PA.

MR 1818, p 688.

Stony Middleton, Derbyshire S37 The Bank Originated 18th century. Closed about

1850.


Geo Harris list 1818.

Stourbridge , Worcestershire. S38 High Street Originated and built 1688 in Coventry

Street. Second chapel opened in Lower

High Street 7 July 1788. Continuing.


Vestiges p 234. Midland

Churches, p 194-202. AW

Worthington, Early

History, 1886, 1888.

TUHS 1938, p 293-309;

1949 p 175/6. Marr Reg.

Pamphlets at DWL. Beard


MR 1817, p 6. CL 9 Oct 1880,

p 173; 17 May 1913, p 312. Inq

22 Nov 1913, p 750 (organ); 17

July 1948, p 234; 10 July 1988,

p 7; 14 Nov 1992, p 8; 10 Oct

1998, p 3 (300th anniv).

Stratford-on-Avon,

Warwickshire.

S39 Tyler Street Free

Christian Church

Originated 1897. Closed 1905 Inq, 23 Jan 1897, p 62; 13 Jan

1900, p 28.

Stroud, Gloucestershire S40 Lansdown Road Built and opened 16 May 1876. Closed

1891.


Vestiges, p 235. EHYB

1897 p 12. B&FUA 1870s,

see 1874, p 54.

CL 20 May 1876, p 2; 1877

refs in index.; 24 Mar 1883, p

136; 23 Jan 1886, p 40; 2 Feb

1889, p 53; 27 July 1889, p

353; 21 June 1890, p 273; 28

Apr 1894, p 136. Inq, 27 May

1876; 1882 p 84; 23 Dec 1893,

p 818.

Styal, Cheshire S42 Norcliffe Chapel Originated and opened 1824. Second

building built and opened 23 June 1867.

Continuing.


Record PA,p 176.



Inq, 29 June 1867. CF 1867, p

153. CL 18Nov 1881, p 582; 9

Nov 1890, p 570; 25 Oct 1924,

p 341.

Sunderland, Durham S41 Bridge Street Originated 1830. Chapel built and

opened 29 May 1831. Closed 1967.


Vestiges, p 236-237. R

Davidson, History, 1930.


313/4. Beard Unitarianism,

p 336. B&FUA 1850s see

1853, p 14.

CR 1830, p 236/7; 1835, p

284/5, 643/4; 1836, p 364. MR

1830, p 427; 1831, p 504;

1815, p 122. UC 1835,p 346/7.

CL 1876 refs in index; 29 May

1880, p 260; 8 May 1882, p

160. Inq 1897, refs in index; 21

June 1958, p 202; 14 Jan 1989,

p 7; 1 Apr 1995, p 1.

Sutton-in-Ashfield, near

Mansfield, Nottinghamshire

S43 Unwin Road Originated and opened 1791. Closed

1850.


Beard, Unitarianism

Exhibited, 1846.

Swansea S44 High Street Originated 1662. First chapel built

1672. Second chapel built and opened

1689. Third chapel 15 Apr 1847.

Almost destroyed by fire 8 July 1987.

Re-opened Nov 1991. Continuing.


Vesti9ges, p 323-324.


Jones, Good Ground p 38-

39. Marr Reg.

MR 1816, p 735. CR May 1847

p 310/1. CL 1876 refs in index;

6 Feb 1904, p 69. Inq 1900 refs

in index; 1 & 15 Aug 1987, p

1; 30 Nov 1991, p 7.

Swavesey, Cambridgeshire S45 School Lane, High

Street

Originated 1820. Built 1831. Closed for

Unitarian worship 1860, became

mainstream Baptist..

A Day, Living Stones.

Unitarian Almanac 1864,

not in 1854 or 1874 issues.

CL 20 June 1903; 27 June

1903, p 326 (letters).

Swindon, Wiltshire S46 Bridge Street (1861) and

other addresses

Originated 1857 and opened Aug 1861

(iron building). Left building 1874,

meeting elsewhere under FR Young.

Closed 1886. Unitarian Fellowship

commenced 1961. Continuing as

Fellowship in Cirencester.

Unitarian Heritage, p 98. UH 1864, p 275; 1875, p 308.

Inq, 2 July 1861, p 547; 17 Aug

1861, p 598; 15 Aug 1874, p

537. CL 30 Nov 1878, p 576;

24 June 1882, p 201: 12 April

1969 supplement; 9 Oct 1999,

p 8; 21 April 2001, p 6.

Swinton, Lancs S47 Swinton Hall Road Originated 1820. First chapel 1831. Unitarian Heritage, p 98. CR 1828 p 224; 1836, p 650;

Second chapel built and opened 12 May

1858. Closed 1983.

Vesiges, p 237. Wright,

Missionary, p 335. S

Crook, History 1820-1921,

1922. Record PA, p 177.

B&FUA 1890s, see 1890,

p 70.

1857, p 305, 1858, p 366. Light

on Way 1896, p 51. UC 1833,

p 280.CL 1876 refs in index.

Inq, 22 May 1858, p 328/9; 28

June 1958,p 210.

Sychbant, Capel-y- cwm,

Cardiganshire

S48 On Main Road A475. Originated 1896. Built 1906.

Continuing.


Jones, Good Ground, p

12/3.

CL 30 Dec 1905, p 640.

Tamworth, Staffordshire T1 Colehill Originated 1690. Chapel built 1724.

Building taken over by Royal Naval

Association 1998.


Vestiges, p 237. J Sibree,

Independency

Warwickshire 1855 p

238.Midland Churches, p

203-212. Stell C, p 220-

2.Beard Unitarianism, p

336.B&FUA 1880s, see

1881 p.65.

CL: 23 July 1881, p 359; 3 Nov

1883, p 524; 2 Aug 1913, p

449. Inq, 1874, p 286; 1880, p

255; 15 Feb 1903, p 551; 6

June 1998, p 10; 16 Jan 1999, p

9.

Taunton, Somerset T2 Mary Street The Mary Street congregation

originated as General Baptist in 1646.

The chapel was built in 1742. The

Presbyterian congregation erected in

chapel in Tancred Street in 1732, and

combined with that in Mary Street in

1815. Continuing.




408/9. Murch p 192/210.


MR 1811, p 569. Unitarian Mar

1846, p 65/6. UH 9 Nov 1893.

CL 3 Nov 1883, p 525; 16 Jan

1886, p 33; 14 Aug, p 275, 18

Dec, p 419 both 1926. Inq, 21

Mar 1874, p 190; 22 March

1913, p 191; 22 Apr 1944, p

120/1; 31 Dec 1960, p 819; 16

Feb 1974, p 1; 24 Nov 1984, p

4; 4 Jan 1986, p 4.

Tavistock, Devon T3 Abbey Chapel, Bedford

Square

Originated 1660, and original building

older than this. Closed 1959.



404 Vestiges, p 240-241.

Murch, p 482/94. Alford,

Abbots of Tavistock,

1891, p 296, 311, 345. H

Solly, These Eighty Years,

1893 Vol 1 p 400. LCB,

MR 1811, p 568. CL 6 Jan

1883 p 5; 29 June 1889, p 306.

CF 1869, p 43-4. Inq 29 June

1889, p 306; 2 Nov 1901, p

702; 14 Aug 1926; 29 Jan

1927, p 127; 5 Feb 1927, p 91.

Story of 1000 years, 1962.

Marr Reg. V Davis, an

account, 1884. Beard


Tenterden, Kent T4 Ashford Road Originated 1690, first chapel built soon

after. Second chapel built and opened

1746. School house 1839. Continuing.




TUHS 1923, p 23; 1975, p

34/5; 1992, p 81-97. J

Mace, Old Tenterden,

1891 p 7. Packer,

Unitarian Heritage Kent, p

65/9. Beard Unitarianism p

336. B&FUA 1870s, see

1873, p 43. Marr Reg.

MR 1822, p 709. CR 1844, p

780. CL 16 Sept 1876, p 221; 6

Aug 1887, p 320 (profile); 29

Sept 1883, p 466; 24 Mar 1894;

23 Oct 1897, p 520. Inq 1897,

p 322, 709; 16 Sept 1939, p

426; 4 Oct 1980, p 4; 20 June

1987, p 1.

Thames Valley Fellowship,

Maidenhead Berkshire

T4a Friends Meeting House,

Maidenhead

Originated 1983. Ceased to meet 1990s. GA Dir, various years.

Thorne, Yorkshire. T5 Bridge Road/ Orchard

Street

Originated about 1806 and built and

opened 28 June1816. Closed about

1900, after having occasional services,

following period of closure. Building

sold 1903 to a Congregational church.


EHYB 1892, 1895. Beard


B&FUA 1870s, see 1873,

p 43. Marr Reg.

MR 1811, p 564; 1816,p 156/7,

247/9, 302, 394 736/7; 1817, p

256/8, 652/654, 692/3. UH 6

Sept 1862, p 307. CL 24 April

1880, p 197.

Thornton Cleveleys, Lancashire T6 Unitarian Fellowship,

meeting in Labour Hall,

Dorset Avenue,

Cleveleys

Originated 1963. Closed 1983. GAYB 1966, p 73. Inq 12 April 1969 supplement.

Tillicoultry, Clackmannon T7 Mill Street, Old

Secession Church.

Originated circa 1829, following earlier

efforts. Old Secession Church

purchased and opened 21 Feb 1841.

Closed late 1850s.


Short, Pioneers, p 91,

149.Beard Unitarianism, p

337. B&FUA 1840s, see

1842, p 15.

MR 1814, p 512. CP 1841, p

186.

Tiverton, Devon T8 Originated and building 18th century.

Building sold circa 1787, joined with

another congregation. Different chapel

G Harris list 1818.

B&FUA 1870s, see 1874,

p 55. Not in Murch 1835

MR 1817, p 179/80, 309/10,

374/5. 506/7, 634. English

Presbyterian Oct 1834, p 184/5.

building hired 1816. Opened 27 April

1817. Date of closure before 1860.

or Beard 1846. B&FUA

1870s, see 1874, p 55.

Todmorden, Yorkshire T9 Fielden Square Originated 1818. First chapel built

Hanging Ditch opened 6 June 1824.

Second chapel built and opened 7 April

1869. Closed 1980s and building taken

over by Historic Churches Building

Trust. Continuing Unitarian group

meeting monthly at the Lodge, Honey

Hole.




320/1. H McLachlan,

Methodist Unitarian

Movement. A Fox,

Annals, 1924. Record PA,

p 178. Herford & Evans,

N&E Lancs, p 131/5. K

Fielden (ed), Caleb’s

Letters (1799-1814), 1972.


MR 1824, p 431 CF 1869, p

183. CL 27 April 1878, p 200;

11 Sept 1880, p 125; 5 Jan

1889; 9 Feb 1924, p 42, 56.

The Unitarian, March 2009, p

22. GA Directory 2009/2010.

Inq, 30 Dec 1865; 10 Apr

1869; 5 Jan 1889, p 6; 20 Sept

1924, p 60 0/1; 21 May 1949 p

182; 2 July 1988 p 1; 26 June

1993, p 11; 26 Feb, p 1, 6 May

p 8, 2000; 18 Nov 2006, p 12;

23 Feb 2008, p 11; 29 Nov

2008, p 3/4; 13 Nov 2010, p

12.

Topsham, see also Gulliford,

Devon

T10 Ropewalk, now Victoria

Road.

Originated 1680s. Chapel built and

opened circa 1724. Closed circa 1888.

Sold 1892, now freemason’s hall.


Murch p 353/8. E Sharpe,

Pictures p 60. TUHS 1981

p 125/7. EHYB 1897, p

12. Mentioned in ER

Delderfield, Raleigh

County, 1949. EHYB

1897, p 12. Beard


B&FUA 1870s, see 1874,

p 56.

CF Feb 1871, p 25/6. UH 22

Jan 1864, p 30. CL 7 Oct 1876,

p 257. Inq, 1846, p 811; 1874,

p 244; 10 Sept 1949, p 323.

Torquay, Devon T11 Unity Church,

Montpellier Road

Originated 1882, following earlier

efforts in 1840s. Unity Hall opened 17

Apr 1892. Chapel built and opened

1912. Continuing.

Unitarian Heritage,p 94.



UH 29 Oct 1875, p 356; CL 10

July 1897, p 341; 17 Mar, p

125, 30 June, p 309 1883; 23

Mar 1889, p 136; 30 Dec 1905;

26 Jan 1906; 23 Sept 1911, p

458/9. Inq, 1846, p 42; 4 June

1853, p 363; 26 Jan 1946, p 26;

27 March 1948, p 101; 29 Oct

1994, p 1.

Totnes, Devon T12 Lower Meeting, Fore

Street

Originated circa 1724. ‘Unitarians in

Totnes not numerous enough to form a

congregation. They have a chapel… at

present used by another denomination

of Christians.’ (Murch 1835) Chapel

seems to have been demolished.


G Harris List 1818.

Murch, p 368-369 (note)

MR 1811, p 568.

Trebanos, Glamorgan. T13 Graig Chapel Originated 1862 and built and opened

1894. Continuing.


Vestiges, p 324. Jones,

Good Ground, p 42/3.

CL 3 Nov 1894, p 526, 11 Dec

1894, p 569. Inq 1900, p 30.

Trecynon, see Aberdare, Old

Meeting House

T14 Alma Street .

Treorchy, Glamorgan T15 100a High Street First congregation met in Board School,

closed 1879. Second congregation

originated 1893. Chapel built 1895.

Continuing.


EHYB 1897, p 12.

B&FUA 1870s, see 1876,

p60.

CL 2 Feb 1878, p 57; 9 Jan

1904, p 21. Inq, 19 June 1909,

p 430.

Trowbridge, Wiltshire T16 Conigre Chapel, from

1988 at 45 Seymour

Road.


1703/4. Second chapel built and opened

1 Oct 1857. Building sold 1987. Third

chapel opened 1 May 1988 (bungalow

on housing estate converted into a

chapel). Continuing.




419/21. Marr Reg. Murch,

p 69/83. J Rowland,

History, 1975. R

Henderson, Memoir of G

Armstrong, 1859, p 143/5.


MR 1811, p 570. CR 1828, p

117/124, 195/200; 1838, p 493;

July 1855 cover; 1857, p 713/4.

Christian Unitarian 1865, p 206

CL 7 Oct 1876, p 260, 262; 21

Aug 1880, p 88; 6 Apr 1889, p

612. Inq, 11 July 1987, last

page; 2 July 1988; 1 July 1989,

p 2; 4 Nov 1989, p 4. The

Unitarian June 1988.

Tunbridge Wells, Kent T17 Mechanics and Dudley

Institutes

Originated 1893, but English

Presbyterian here 1720 until 1814, also

General Baptists. Closed circa 1920.

C Strange, Noncon in

Tunbridge Wells, 1949.

CL 27 Oct 1888, p 508; 20

June 1896, p 303; 4 Feb 1911,

p 57. Inq, 4 Nov 1893; 3 July

1897, p 438; 11 Jan 1902, p 30

Tunstall, Staffordshire T18 Red Street Originated 1850s. Reopened 15 Oct UPA 1854. Not in UPA Inq, 11 Nov 1854, p 716

1854. Closed 1870s. 1874.

Turners Hill see Nutfield,

Surrey/ Sussex

T19 General Baptist

Wakefield, Yorkshire W1 Westgate Originated circa 1662. First chapel

1672. Second opened 29 Aug 1697.

Third chapel built and opened 1 Nov

1752. Catacombs built about the same

time. Continuing.




216/8. Hargrove. Miall,


p 375. J Seed in Class,

Power and Social

Structure, ed Morris 1986.

J Bass, Short history,


p 336.

CL 3 Dec 1881, p 587; 15 July

p 335, 30 Dec p 627, both

1882. Inq, 20 Sept 1882; 10

May 1902, p 198; 8 Nov 1902,

p 718 (150th); 20 Dec 1952, p

412; 30 June 1990, p 7; 25 June

1994, p 4; 25 Nov 1995, p 10,

12; 4 Jan 1997, p 5.

Wallasey, Lancashire W2 Memorial Church

Manor Road

Originated 1888. Iron church opened

1892. Permanent building opened 30

September 1899. It was known as

Liscard Unitarian Church until about

1916. Building closed about 1993 when

taken over by the Historic Churches

Trust, with occasional Unitarian

services later.

Unitarian Heritage, p 94. Inq: 1897 and 1900, refs in

index under Liscard; 2 Feb

1916, p 71 (Liscard), 8 Oct

1949, p 361; 21 March 1992, p

10; 27 July p 12, 2 Nov p 7,

both 2002.

Walmsley, Egerton, Lancashire W3 Originated before 1671. Built and

opened 1713. Continuing,



Missionary, p 58.

Nightingale, Lancs Non

Con, vol 3, p 54. Record

PA, p 180. Herford &

Evans, NE Lancs, p 136.

TUHS 1948, p 57-77.


CR 1834, p 738 (history). CL 9

March 1878, p 116; 3 May

1913, p 208; 30 Jan 1926, p 39.

Inq 3 May 1913, p 287 (200th

anniversary); 15 July 1995, p 7.

Walsall, Staffordshire W4 Stafford Street Originated circa 1662. First chapel

1700, in Cox’s Court off High Street.

Damaged by mob 1710. Second chapel

1715. Third chapel built and opened 9


Vestiges, p 247. A Willis,

History, 1893 p 2,3,78.

Pearce, History Walsall

MR 1828, p 67. CR 1839, p

201. CL 4 Dec 1880, p 269;

1913, p 105, 165, 557, 665,

1926, p 234, 259, 419.

Nov 1827. Closed circa 2000. 1813. TUHS 1928, p

108/119, 1929, p 268/276.

Record PA, p 213-221. M

Cooper, F Houghton,

Noncon registers of

Walsall, p 1-7; Beard


B&FUA 1870s, 1880s, see

1877 p 54, 1881 p 64.

Seedsower 1894, p 34. Inq, 30

Nov 1878, p 778/9; 1881, p

653/4; 1898 refs in index.

Wareham, Dorset W5 South Street Originated and building opened Feb

1828. Second chapel opened 29 Sept

1830. Alterations and reopening 1883.

Closed 1976, and became club

premises.


Vestiges, p 248. Murch, p

278-285. Beard


B&FUA 1890s, see 1890,

p76. Marr Reg.

CR 1830, p 384, 473/5. MR

1830, p 869. CL 21 June 1890,

p 273; 16 June 1883, p 284 (re-

open & history); 14 Apr, 16

June, p 284, 1888; 1926, p 62,

250. Inq, 18 Oct 1875; 1 Jan p

10, 27 Jan, p 57, both 1876; 16

June 1883; 5 Nov 1904, p 717;

1 July 1925, p 258; 18 July

1925, p 242; 18 Feb 1928; 2

Aug 1930, p 385; 6 Feb 1837, p

71; 20 May 1950, p 178.

Warminster, Wiltshire W6 Old Meeting North Row Originated 168 in barn in Beastleaze

Meadow. New building erected and

opened 8 Oct 1704. Closed 1869. Sold

1870 and used for education purposes.



Murch, p 86-94. J Daniel,

History Warminster, 1879,

p 234. Unitarian Almanac

1854, 1864. Beard

Unitarianism, p 336. Stell

SW, p 244-245.

MR 1811, p 570, 735. UH 1864

p 126.

Warrington, Lancashire W7 Cairo Street Originated 1662. Licensed 30 Sept

1672. Met in barn. First chapel built

and opened 8 October 1704. Second

Chapel 1745. Continuing.



Missionary, p 338.

Nightingale Lancs Vol4,

p214. Liverpool Unitarian

Annual 1892, 1893, 1894,

1895. TUHS 1923, p 62/3.

MR 1813, p 57/8. CR 1842, p

122, 525; 1845, p 140. CL 27

Jan 1883, p 39. Inq, 9 June

1888, p 273; 23 July 2011, p

12.

Record PA, p 182/4. A

Mountford, Early Noncon,


p 336. Stell N, p 147-148.

Marr Reg.

Warwick, Warwickshire W8 High Street Originated 1635. Possibly first built

1691. Next built 1780 on land given by

Lord Warwick in exchange for that on

which the original chapel stood.

Restored and reopened 28 June 1863.

Continuing.



History booklet on

restoration 1966. Midland

Churches p 222-229. W

Field, Account Warwick,

1815 p 135/6. J Sibree,

Independency

Warwickshire, 1855 p 129.

Pamphlets at DWL. Beard


MR 1817, p 6. Inq, 11 July

1863, p 447; 1 Oct 1960, p 714;

3 Sept 1966, p 3; 15 Oct 1966,

p 3; 2 Feb 1974, p 1; 23 Aug

1980, p 4; 25 June 1983, p 1;

29 Sept 1984, p 1.

Watford Unitarian Fellowship,

Hertfordshire

W9 Friends Meeting House,

Church Road, located

here from 1953 when

new building opened.

First congregation 1896 discontinued

shortly afterwards. Commenced again

after 1905. Met 1909 at the Lime Tree

Temperance Hotel, and the

Conservative Club. Fellowship

originated and opened 2 Nov 1947, first

Fellowship in UK, meeting in Friends

Meeting House, until 1953 in Derby

Road. Continuing.

CL 18 Jan p 29; 15 Feb,p 77

both 1896; 27 Feb, p 109, 17

April, p 197, both 1909. .Inq,

27 Dec 1902, p 828; 8 Nov

1947, p 745; 12 Feb 1948, p

62; 7 Aug 1948, p 259; 3 Oct

1981, p 4; 7 Nov 1987, p 4; 11

Oct 1997, p 9; 14 June 2003, p

6; 15 Dec 2007, p 5.

Wedmore Somerset W10 Originated circa 1810. Date of closure

not ascertained.

G Harris list 1818. Not in

Murch.

MR 1811, p 570.

Welburn, Yorkshire W11 Originated circa 1819. Chapel erected

1824 (cost £450), opened May 1825.

Closed 1862, sold for £75.

UA 1854. Beard


CR 1832, p 286; 1833 p 278;

1840, p 610/3. Unitarian

magazine 1835, p 208; 1834, p

172/3. CL 13 Oct 1877, p 490;

Inq 28 Jan 1989, p 10.

Welton, near Hull, Yorkshire W12 Originated, meeting in cottage 27 Nov

1842. Date of closure not ascertained.

Beard Unitarianism, p 336

(R Jackson of Hull, lay

preacher, minister),

CR 1840, p 758. CR 1841, p

187, 278. Inq 24 Dec 1842, p

11

Welwyn Garden City,

Hertfordshire

W12a Unitarian Fellowship,

meeting at Guide Hut,

Guessens Road.

Originated 31 May 1958, led

throughout by FW Dalley, following

closure at Letchworth. Closed 1969.

GAYB 1966 p 73, Inq 14 June 1958, p 194; 9

June 1973, p 4 (Dalley

obituary).

Wem, Shropshire W13 Noble Street Originated before 1695, chapel in Leek

Lane burnt by rioters 1715. Second

chapel 1716. Closed 1874.


45.Vestiges, p 252-253. G

Harris list 1818. Vestiges.

S Garbet, History of Wem,

1818, p 239. Not in UPA

1854, 1864. Stell C, p 203-

204.

MR 1820, p 678.

West Bromwich, Staffordshire W14 Lodge Road Originated 1871, meeting in Assembly

Rooms, Spon Lane. An earlier group

met in Summit School 1860s. Chapel

built and opened 26 April 1875. Closed

1979.


Vestiges p 253. P Spencer,

Lodge Road Church 1875-


p 357. UA 1864, 1874.

Midland Churches, p 230-

231. B&FUA 1860s-

1880s, see 1860 ,p28,

1863 p 38, 1875, p 55,

1881, p 64.

Inq, 1 May 1875; 20 June

1936, p 310; 30 Oct 1993, p 5.

West Kirby, Cheshire W16 Brookfield Gardens Originated 1906. Meeting Room

Grange Road built 1910. Second chapel

built and opened 24 Nov 1928. Chapel

sold and congregation then meeting in

Friends Meeting House, N Drive,

Haswell; known as Wirral Unitarians.

Continuing.


et seq. GA Dir 2011-12.

Liverpool Past 17 & 20 Nov

1928. Inq 1 Dec 1928, p 623; 9

Aug 1952, p 256; 21 May

1960, p 561, 564; 1 Dec 1928,

p 623, 8 Dec 1928.

Weymouth, Dorset W14a Originated 1892, meeting in the

Oddfellows Hall. Closed before 1906.

EHYB 1897, p 37, 54. EC

Bennett shown as minister

from 1893; 1898 p 18;

1906 includes neither

minister nor congregation.

Whitby, Yorkshire W15 Old Chapel Flowergate Originated 1694. Chapel built 1750.

Continuing.




CL 9 Sept 1876, p 208; 24 June

p 310, 30 June, p 322, 8 July p

335, all 1905. Inq, 3 Apr 1897,

Yorks 1868 p 379. G

Young, History Whitby

1817,Vol 2, p 619.

Hargrove. Pamphlet at

DWL. Beard Unitarianism,

p 336.

p 219; 28 July 1900, p 494; 15

Sept 1900, p 606 also p 494,

527; 31 Oct 1931, p 531; 23

Oct 1999, p 4.

Whitchurch, Shropshire W17 Broad Oak later

Doddington

Originated 1672 at Broad Oak Farm.

Chapel built 1689. Later chapel built

1707 at Doddington. Destroyed by

rioters 1716, rebuilt 1717. Closed 1844.

Building sold 1891.


Vestiges, p 255-257. GE

Evans, Whitchurch Long

Ago, 1893. Beard

Unitarianism, 336.

Midland Churches, p 240-

248.

MR 1819, p 396; 1824, p 573;

1825, p 181; 1827 p 629. CR

1820, p 142. CL 4 Aug 1877, p

370; 9 Oct 1897, p 496.

Seedsower 1894 various pages.

Whitchurch, Shropshire W18 Church of the Saviour,

Highgate.

Originated late 17th century, with

meeting hose in Broad Oak by 1689,

replaced in 1707 w2hich was destroyed

in 1715. Closed 1844, building remains.

Originated Jan 1877, services in Town

Hall. Iron church opened 7 Aug 1877.

School house Jan 1880. Closed 1921.


Vestiges, p 258-259. GE

Evans, Whitchurch Long

Ago, 1893. Midland

Churches, p 232-239.

B&FUA 1880s, see 1881,

p 65. Stell C, p 205-206.

CL 24 Mar 1877, p 148

(appeal); 19 Jan 1878, p 30; 23

July 1904, p 374. Inq 1897, refs

in index.

Wick, Glamorgan W19 Bridgend Originated and opened 1792. General

Baptist. Continuing.



Jones, The Good Ground,

p 36.

MR 1816, p 736. CL 14 Oct

1876, p 269; 17 April 1889, p

185; 12 March 1881, p 123; 17

Apr 1897, p 196; 24 Dec 1904,

p 641; 1910, p 306, 534. Inq,

10 Nov 1888; 30 Nov 1991, p

6.

Wicken, Cambridgeshire W20 38 High Street Originated circa 1799. General Baptist.

Connected with Soham. Date of closure

circa 1820 when building was taken

over by Wesleyans.


Not in G Harris list 1818.


Stell E, p 43. R Aspland,

Life, 1850, et passim.

Inq 4 April 1981, p 3

Widnes, Lancashire W21 Victoria Square Originated and opened 23 Feb 1902.

Closed by 1906.

CL 7 Feb 1903, p 64. Inq, 8

Mar 1902, p 156/7.

Wigan, Park Lane, Lancashire W22 Wigan Road, Ashton-in-

Makerfield

Originated 1672. Built and opened

1697. Continuing.




Record PA p 149.

Nightingale Lancs Noncon

,Vol 4, p 44. Herford &

Evans, NE Lancs p 112/3.

G Fox, History, 1897.


CF June 1871, p 89. Light

Upon Way July 1897.

Makerfield Examiner 29 May

1897. CL 1876, refs in index;

19 June 1897, p 306; 12 Dec

1925, p 418, also 5 Dec 1925; 4

Sept 1926, p 294-295. Inq 7

June 1902, p 365-366; 20 Feb

1904, p 126; 10 Mar 1951, p

76; 6 Aug 2011, p 16.

Willington, Cheshire – see

Delamere Forest.

Wilmslow – see Dean Row

Wisbeach (Wisbech),

Cambridgeshire

W23 Great Church Lane,

otherwise Deadman’s

Lane.

Originated about 1700. Closed circa

1877. Subsequently let as a Mission

Hall.


EHYB 1897, p 12. G

Harris List 1819. UA


p 336. Marr Reg.

CR 1838, p 73. UH 9 Jan 1880.

CL 16 Dec 1876, p 377; 13 Jan

1877, p 16; 9 Feb, 30 Mar 1907

– letters.

Wolverhampton, West

Midlands

W24 Various addresses Originated 1700. Built and opened 20

Oct 1701 in John Street. Unitarian

seceded 1817. Chapel built and opened

18 Nov 1831 in Snow Hill. New

temporary chapel in Bath Road opened

7 Sept 1902. Third chapel opened 1911

in Park Road West. Premises sold circa

1987. Congregation continue to meet in

Dudley Old Meeting House.




357/8. Midland Churches

,p 249-256. Beard


MR 1813, p 55; 1817, p 484

etc; 1818, p 708; 1827, p 612;

1830, p 792 1831, p 861. CR

1832, p 86; 1834, p 873. UH 2

Dec 1887. CL 27 Feb 1886, p

101; 10 July 1886, p 331-312;

13 Apr 1901, p 176; 25 May

1901, p 249; 20 Sept 1902.

Seedsower 1895 p 48. Inq 13

Dec 1930, p 614; 29 Aug 1998,

p 7; 7, Nov 1998, p 9.

Woodall Spa, Lincolnshire See

Kirkstead

Worplesdon, Surrey W25 Originated 1690s. Building erected

1720s. Still in existence 1830s. General

Baptist. Closed after 1850.


G Harris list 1818,

(Thomas) Moore shown as

GBA Oct 1833. CR 1821, p

358; June 1844, p 484/7.

Unitarian Baptist Advocate

minister in conjunction

with Mead Row,

Godalming. Whitley.

May 1838, p 86/90.

Worthing, Sussex W26 Friends Meeting House

34 Mill Road.

Originated 1964 as Unitarian

Fellowship. Continuing.

Inq: 19 Nov 1966, p 6; 12 April

1969 supplement; 4 Aug 1999,

p 9.

Wrexham W27 Chester Street Originated 1659. Closed after 1837. G Harris list 1818 (Mr

Brown minister) .Not in

Beard 1846.

CL 16 June 1876, p 50; 17

March 1877, p 128.

Yarmouth Great, Norfolk Y1 Middlegate Street, in

Greyfriars Way 1954.


about 1643 in Goal Street. Second

chapel built and opened 15 Oct 1845.

Destroyed by bombs 1941. Third chapel

opened 15 Jan 1955. Continuing.



Browne, History

Congregationalism

Norfolk & Suffolk, 1877,

p 251. Beard Unitarianism,

p 336. B&FUA 1840s, see

1843, p 11. Marr Reg.

MR 1809, p 66; 1830, p 278.

868. CR 1845, p 328, 782. CL

25 June 1904, p 318; 20 June

1925, p 211. Inq, 1845, p 283;

1846 p 697; 24 May 1862, p

378/9; 1897, refs in index; 11

Aug, p 417, 18 Aug 1928, p

427/8; 23 Apr 1949, p 150; 5

Mar 1955, p 82; 2 July 1955, p

232; 7 Dec 1974, p 3; 10 Feb

2007, p 12.

Yaxley Huntingdonshire. Y2 Originated 1832. Date of closure not

ascertained, but probably in late 1840s.

Beard Unitarianism, p 336,

(John Chappell minister).

Not in UPA 1854.

UC 1833, p 380/2..CR 1835, p

802/3. CL 25 July 1903, p 374

letter

Yeovil, Somerset Y3 Vicarage Street, from

1969 at 122 Goldcroft

First chapel originated 1660, and chapel

built 1704. Second congregation

originated and chapel opened 8 Nov

1809. Restored and reopened 18 May

1893. Chapel closed 1904.

Congregation started again at Kingston

(Hendford, Manor Lodge) 16 June

1928. Next chapel opened at 122

Goldcroft 1969. Closed 1990s.



Wright, Missionary p 409.

Murch, p 211/228. D

Vicery, Town of Yeovil,

1856, p 41. H Solly, These

Eighty Years, 1893, Vol 1,

p 304. EHYB 1916. Beard

Unitarianism, p 336

MR 1830, p 791 CL

1876/1877, refs in index; 17

Jan 1880, p 29; 13 June 1925, p

202; 20 Aug 1927. Inq 13 Dec

1856; 16 June 1928; 15 July

1989, p 6.

York, Yorkshire Y4 St Saviourgate Originated 1672. Chapel opened 1693.

Continuing.



CR 1828, p 82/3. MR 1811, p

564. CF June 1870, p 89/90.

Kenrick, Memorials etc,

1869. Miall,


p 387/9. B Dale, Hist

orical Sketch Early

Noncon, 1904. Beard

Unitarianism, p 336. Marr

Reg. Hargrove. Stell N,

185-186.

CL 8 Jan 1881, p 16; 8 June

1889, p 270; 20 Mar 1897, p

136. Manchester Evening

News 24 Dec 1895. Inq, 7 Dec

1878, p 795. 1882, p 99; 29

Apr 1893; 6 Apr 1991, p 1; 15

June 1991, p 8; 5 Oct 1991, p

11; 29 May 1993, p 10; 8 Jan

2011, p 9; 6 Aug 2011, p 13.

York, Yorkshire Y5 Unitarian Baptists Originated 1816, purchased

Independent Chapel building.

Congregation merged with St

Saviourgate circa 1832.

G Harris List 1818. MR 1816, p 393; 1818, p

336/7. Inq 31 Oct 1874, p707.

(obituary of Thomas Hands)

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