1864 - Tollesbury Congregational Chapel, East Street, Tollesbury, Essex. CM9 8QD
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greysman
N 51° 45.533 E 000° 50.000
31U E 350467 N 5736441
This Chapel has served the Congreational community in Tollesbury since 1864.
Waymark Code: WMMNXZ
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 10/16/2014
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The first meeting house, a cottage fitted out for worship was bought in 1802 but was found to be entirely unsuitable due to the large numbers trying to attend services, so a new meeting house was erected in 1803. This proved suitable for many years but eventually it proved too small and a new chapel, school house, and a minister's house were built in 1864.
The foundation/memorial stone is under the west window and states:-
THE MEMORIAL STONE
OF THIS CONGREGATIONAL CHAPEL
WAS LAID BY ISAAC PERRY ESQ.
. JULY 19th 1864 .
The church affiliated to the United Reformed Church in October 1972, but seceded in May 1983, when it rejoined the Congregational Federation.
Further information can be found on Wikipedia at Tollesbury
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