ST. MARY’S CHAPEL (Baptist) was originally erected in 1714, but was
rebuilt in its present style in 1811 and enlarged in 1838. Rev. Joseph
Kinghorn was pastor from May 20th, 1791, till his death, on September
1st, 1832. Rev. William Brock was pastor from 1833 to 1848, when he
resigned his charge and went to London, where he preaches at Bloomsbury
chapel. Since 1849, the Rev. G. Gould has been the pastor. Spacious
schoolrooms adjoining the chapel are now in course of erection.
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ST. CLEMENT’S (Baptist) was erected in 1814 and contains 900 sittings,
and there is a spacious schoolroom adjacent. The celebrated Mark Wilks
was once the pastor. The present minister is the Rev. T. Foston.
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EBENEZER CHAPEL (Baptist), on Surrey Road, was built in 1854, the
minister being the Rev. R. Govett, who some years since seceded from the
established church.
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THE GILDENCROFT (Baptist), in St. Augustine’s, formerly occupied by the
Society of Friends, was erected in 1680. There is a spacious burial
ground attached, in which lie the remains of Joseph John Gurney, Mrs.
Opie, and other eminent Friends. The Rev. C. H. Hosken is the minister.
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ORFORD HILL CHAPEL (Baptist) was opened as a chapel in 1832. The Rev. J.
Brunt is the present minister.
There are also Baptist Chapels in Cherry Lane, (Rev. W. Hawkins); this
was formerly a Wesleyan Chapel in which the Rev. John Wesley preached;
Priory Yard, (Rev. R. B. Clare); Pottergate Street, (Rev. H. Trevor); and
Jireh Chapel, Dereham Road, (no regular pastor).
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THE PRESBYTERIANS recently purchased St. Peter’s Hall, in Theatre Street,
as a place of worship. The hall contains about 700 sittings, which are
generally all occupied. The Rev. W. A. Mc Allan was ordained minister in
1867, and he preaches with great success to large congregations.
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WESLEYANS. The Revs. John and Charles Wesley paid their first visit to
this city in 1754, but their followers had no settled place of worship
here till 1769, when they built a small chapel in Cherry Lane, where the
late Dr. Adam Clarke was stationed in 1783, and began to display that
vast genius which afterwards astonished the religious world. The
Wesleyan Methodists have two chapels, one a very spacious edifice in Lady
Lane, and the other, just finished, in Ber Street.
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The UNITED METHODIST FREE CHURCH has two chapels. That in Calvert Street
was erected by the Wesleyan Methodists in 1810, and is a large brick
edifice with about 1200 sittings, and two houses for the ministers. The
other is in Crook’s Place, Heigham, and was opened in 1839, and contains
800 sittings.
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