Monument record 0557000000 - TOWNFIELD BAPTIST CHAPEL

Summary

Site of nineteenth century General Baptist Chapel at Townfield, later used as a brush factory

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Type and Period (2)

  • GENERAL BAPTIST CHAPEL (Built 1820, 19th Century to Modern - 1800 AD to 1999 AD)
  • BRUSH FACTORY (Demolished 1936, Modern - 1915 AD to 1933 AD)

Description

Baptist chapel (General) and burial ground (see 01:000) to south, at NGR (B1).
General Baptist Church built a meeting-house in Chesham in 1712. Known as the 'Star Meeting-House'. Enlarged 1735 and 1835. (Replaced by) present chapel (in Broadway) built 1901-2 by J Wallis Chapman (B2).

Sources (2)

  • <1>SBC10173 Map: OS 1877 1:2500 MAP 1ST EDITION.
  • <2>SBC12553 Bibliographic reference: Christopher Stell (RCHME). 1986. Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting-houses: Buckinghamshire.

Location

Grid reference SP 96035 01395 (point)
Civil Parish CHESHAM, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

May 12 2022 10:22AM

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