Saint Peter's Presbyterian Church, Upper Tooting, was founded in 1685. In 1972 it joined the United Reformed Church.
The Trinity Presbyterian Church, Clapham Road, Lambeth, was formed in 1861. The church foundation stone was laid in 1862. However, it appears that the church was not in use after 1956.
John Knox Presbyterian Church, on Stepney Way, Stepney, was founded in 1844. When the Congregational Church and the Presbyterian Church decided to amalgamate to form the new United Reformed Church in 1972, the John Knox Presbyterian Church merged with Stepney Meeting House which was also situated on Stepney Way. For a short while both buildings continued to be used for worship, but in 1976 the Stepney Meeting House building on the corner with Copley Street was sold to the John Cass Foundation for use as a school chapel.
Saint John's Wood Presbyterian Church was founded in 1851. It was situated on Marlborough Place. It became Saint John's Wood United Reformed Church in 1972 when the Presbyterian and Congregational churches merged.
Westbourne Grove Presbyterian Church was situated at the north end of Westbourne Grove Terrace. It was registered by the United Presbyterian Church in 1863 and, as Saint Paul's Church by the Presbyterian Church of England, 1877. In 1919 the church united with Trinity Church, Kensington Park Road, Kensington, and registered as "Bayswater Presbyterian Church (Trinity and St. Paul's)" . The Church was called Bayswater United Reformed Church from 1972.
Source: A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 9: Hampstead, Paddington (1989), pp. 260-264.
Muswell Hill Presbyterian Church, at the corner of Prince's Avenue and the Broadway, was registered in 1899 and completed in 1903. The church was built of flint and terracotta, to the designs of G. Baines, with late Gothic and art nouveau features, including a corner tower surmounted by a copper spirelet. Its materials and style later won widespread attention and led to a campaign for its preservation after the Presbyterians joined the Congregationalists in 1973. The building, seating around 600, was unused in 1976.
From: A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 6: Friern Barnet, Finchley, Hornsey with Highgate (1980), pp. 183-189.
Saint George's Presbyterian Church, Hainault Road, Leytonstone, originated in 1888, when the Reverend G. Drysdale, a retired minister living in the district, built an iron church in Wallwood Road. In 1891 the Presbytery of North London recognized this as a sanctioned charge and in 1893 a permanent building designed by William Wallace was opened in Hainault Road. It is a red-brick building with stone dressings, in the Gothic style, consisting of nave and transepts. Under William Kidd (1895-1919) a debt of £6,000 was paid off, a hall built, and membership raised from 36 to nearly 200. During the 1920s, however, the church began to decline rapidly, and in 1939 it was closed and sold to the Essex county council, which used it as a civil defence depot.
From: A History of the County of Essex: Volume 6 (1973), pp. 223-233.
The Albion Chapel was situated on the south east corner of Finsbury Pavement, on the north side of London Wall. It was built in 1814 for a congregation of Scottish Presbyterians. The Old Bethlem Hospital had occupied part of the site. The church was demolished in 1879 to make way for Tower Chambers.
The Regent Square Presbyterian Church (see LMA/4147) first started a mission in the Somers Town and Saint Pancras area in 1843, using a variety of buildings to host their meetings. In 1874 Goldington Crescent Church, near Mornington Crescent, was purchased as a permanent building and the name Goldington Crescent Presbyterian Church was adopted. By 1881 the congregation had outgrown this building and subsequently raised the funds to build a new, larger church and hall on Ossulston Street, Somers Town, designed by architect George Lethbridge. The new church was opened in 1882 and the church was renamed Somers Town Presbyterian Church. The church does not appear in the Presbyterian Church Official Handbook for 1971 and is likely to have closed before this date.
Saint Augustine's Presbyterian Church was formed in 1870. In 1963 Saint Augustine's formally united with New Barnet Congregational Church and became Saint John's Congregational-Presbyterian Church, New Barnet. It is now Saint John's United Reformed Church.
Saint Andrew's United Reformed Church, at the corner of Finchley Road and Frognal Lane, originated as a Presbyterian church. The site was bought in 1897 and a lecture hall built by 1902. Services were held in the hall until a church of Kentish ragstone, with an imposing tower and spire, was constructed by Pite and Balfour in 1904.
Source: A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 9: Hampstead, Paddington (1989), pp. 153-158.
Victoria Docks Presbyterian Church, Hack Road, West Ham, was built in 1872 by James Duncan, the sugar-refiner, to meet the needs of his Scottish workers. It was bombed early in the Second World War, and not rebuilt.
Source: A History of the County of Essex: Volume 6 (1973), pp. 123-141.
Willesden Presbyterian church opened in 1875 in a hall seating 150 at Fortune Gate, Harlesden. In 1876 a chapel was built at the junction of Nicoll Road and Craven Park Road and the church was renamed Saint Margaret Presbyterian Church. The chapel was extended in 1884 and 1894. The name was changed to Saint Margaret United Reformed church in 1959 and Saint Margaret and Saint George United Reformed and Moravian church in 1974 following a merger with nearby Saint George Presbyterian Church.
From: A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 7: Acton, Chiswick, Ealing and Brentford, West Twyford, Willesden (1982), pp. 242-246.
Saint John's Presbyterian Church, Hallowell Road, Northwood, was founded in 1905. It is now Saint John's United Reformed Church.
Trinity Presbyterian Church began after a report by the Presbyterian district visitor for Hampstead that Scottish inhabitants needed a preaching station, 1844. The London Presbytery suggested that a meeting be formed to rent premises. Eight men, including 5 gardeners, rented Temperance Hall in Perrin's Court, recognized as a preaching station. By the end of 1845 the average attendance was 130 in the morning and 80 in the evening. A permament pastor was appointed in 1846. The congregation moved to Well Walk Chapel in 1853, however, the building was dilapidated, so a site at 2 High Street, on the corner of Willoughby Road, was bought in 1861. The new church opened in 1862. It was demolished in 1962 and the members joined Saint Andrew's Presbyterian church, Finchley Road. Shops were built on the site and the hall was converted into Trinity Close.
The Church ran a mission in Perrin's Court, started between 1864 and 1869, including a ragged school. Cottage meetings were held at New End from 1869, and open-air services were held in brickfields and Branch Hill Square. Another mission was formed at Dickinson Street Hall, Kentish Town in 1888, which later moved to 73 Carlton Street.
From: A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 9: Hampstead, Paddington (1989), pp. 153-158.
Saint James's Presbyterian church, Wood Green, was formed in 1875, when the Presbyterian Church of England took over an iron chapel which had been used for four years by the Church of Scotland. There were about 100 members in 1877, when work started on a church in Green Lanes. The new building, of redbrick dressed with Bath stone, was noted for its grandeur. It seated 400 worshippers, apart from those in the galleries, but was soon extended to take 700; in 1902 it had the fourth largest congregation within the London Presbytery and in 1903 Sunday attendances were 585 and 465. In 1950 members united with Bowes Park Congregational church, whose premises they used as the United Church of Saint James-at-Bowes. The former Presbyterian church afterwards served as a warehouse.
From: A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 5: Hendon, Kingsbury, Great Stanmore, Little Stanmore, Edmonton Enfield, Monken Hadley, South Mimms, Tottenham (1976), pp. 356-364.
Islington Presbyterian Church was situated on River Terrace (which was later renamed Colebrooke Row). It was also known as the Scotch church. It was built in 1834 to replace a chapel in Chadwell Street, Clerkenwell, and was a member of the Presbyterian Synod of England in connexion with the Church of Scotland. It later became identified with the Free Church of Scotland, formed in 1843; and then later was part of the Presbyterian Church of England, formed in 1876. By the 1920s services were held in Saint Peter's school owing to the dilapidated condition of the church, in 1923 the members disbanded and the buildings were sold.
From: A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 8: Islington and Stoke Newington parishes (1985), pp. 101-115.
Trinity Presbyterian Church was situated in the village of Cowden, near the Kent / Sussex border. It was a preaching station belonging to the Presbytery of London South and shared staff with the nearby Highfields Presbyterian Church, Blackham, Sussex.
Trinity Presbyterian Church was founded and built in 1895. It was situated on Freelands Road, Bromley. In 1936 the church was destroyed after a lightning strike and had to be rebuilt. It is now Trinity United Reformed Church, still situated on Freelands Road.
Saint Andrew's Presbyterian Church was founded in 1868. In 1963 it united with the Kings Farm Congregational Church and was renamed Saint Paul's United Reformed Church on Singlewell Road, Gravesend.
New Road Presbyterian Church, Woolwich, was founded in 1662. Saint Andrew's Presbyterian Church was founded in 1861, situated on Anglesea Hill. The two churches united in 1924. In 1972 when the Presbyterian and Congregational churches merged the church became Saint Andrew's United Reformed Church.
Camberwell Presbyterian Church was located in Church Street, Camberwell. Construction of the church was begun in the 1860s. The church closed after 1936; it is not listed in the 1971 Handbook of the Presbyterian Church of England.
Guildford Presbyterian Church was closed on 7 October 1956. It is possible that it is now part of the Guildford United Reformed Church.
Christ Church Presbyterian Church, Wallington, was founded in 1880. The church was constructed in 1887 on Woodcote Road. Following the merger of the Presbyterian and Congregational Churches in 1972 it became Christ Church United Reformed Church and is now situated on Stanley Park Road.
Lambeth Presbyterian Church was situated on Kennington Road. It appears to have closed by the 1960s.
There was a Verulam Episcopal Chapel on Walcot Place.
Saint Andrew's Presbyterian Church was founded and built in 1878. It was situated on Blackwater Road, Eastbourne. In 1972 when the Presbyterian and Congregational Churches merged it became Saint Andrew's United Reformed Church.
Saint Andrew's Presbyterian Church was founded in 1894, situated on Park Hill, Kemp Town, Brighton. In 1943 it was taken over by the Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches.
Brighton Presbyterian Church was founded in 1825. The church was built in 1845 on Queen's Road. It was part of the Presbytery of the South Coast. In 1972, when the Presbyterian and Congregational Churches merged, it joined the United Reformed Church as part of Brighton Free Church.
Park Presbyterian Church, Grosvenor Road, Highbury, was built after the Scotch congregation at Myddelton Hall, Upper Street, increased. It was one of three United Presbyterian churches in London founded with the aid of John Henderson of Renfrewshire. Later the church was part of the Presbyterian Church of England which was formed in 1876. As the district had no poor, the church supported City missions in Hoxton. The church closed in around 1950.
From: A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 8: Islington and Stoke Newington parishes (1985), pp. 101-115.
Crouch Hill Presbyterian Church, Holly Park, originated in an iron chapel built in the Finsbury Park area in 1873. The Holly Park site was bought with the help of Sir George Bunce. A lecture hall and vestries were built in 1876; services were held in this hall until a permanent chapel opened in 1878. A new hall seating over 500 and other rooms behind the church were begun in 1889. The church closed in 1975 and the buildings were demolished.
From: A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 8: Islington and Stoke Newington parishes (1985), pp. 101-115.
Saint George's Presbyterian Church was built in 1888 in the Early English style, with seating for 550. It was constructed in Willesden Lane, Brondesbury. The church closed in 1973 and the congregation united with that of Saint Margaret's Presbyterian Church, which changed its name to Saint Margaret and Saint George United Reformed and Moravian Church. The church building is now used as a Hindu temple.
From: A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 7: Acton, Chiswick, Ealing and Brentford, West Twyford, Willesden (1982), pp. 242-246.
Saint Andrew's Presbyterian Church was founded in 1861, situated on Anglesea Hill. In 1924 it merged with the New Road Presbyterian Church, Woolwich, which had been founded in 1662.
Hither Green Presbyterian Church, Birkhall Road, was formed in 1899. It is now Hither Green United Reformed Church following the merger in 1972 of the Prebyterian and Congregational Churches to form the United Reformed Church.
New Road Presbyterian Church, Woolwich, was founded in 1662. It united with Saint Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Woolwich, in 1924.
Saint Andrew's Presbyterian Church was situated in Leysfield Road, off Goldhawk Road, Hammersmith. The foundation stone was laid in March 1870. The church was closed and is now the Saint Andrew Bobola Polish Roman Catholic Church.
Saint John's Presbyterian Church, High Road, north Tottenham, was registered in 1866, three years after services had started in a lecture hall. The building had seats for 450. By 1876 Saint John's had opened a mission hall in Coleraine Park, which remained in use until 1915 and, as a Sunday school, until 1917. After the First World War the removal of many members to the outer suburbs reduced the active congregation to about 40 by 1939, when the church was accordingly closed.
From: A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 5: Hendon, Kingsbury, Great Stanmore, Little Stanmore, Edmonton Enfield, Monken Hadley, South Mimms, Tottenham (1976), pp. 356-364.
Cricklewood Presbyterian Church on Rondu Road was registered in 1900. It appears to have closed by the 1970s as there is no listing for a Presbyterian church in Cricklewood in the 'Official Handbook of the Presbyterian Church of England 1971-1972'. From 1973 a Cricklewood United Reformed Church is listed in the Congregational Church Year Book.
Trinity Presbyterian Church, Leytonstone Road, Maryland Point, was founded in 1863 by Andrew Black, of the United Presbyterian Church, who became the first minister (1863-1875). A hall was built in 1864 and the church itself in 1870. It was a brick and stone building in the Gothic style, with a spired angle tower. After early difficulties Trinity flourished under Alexander Jeffrey (1888-1906), the building debt being cleared and communicants numbering over 400, including many seamen. The leading layman at this period was an engine-driver, Alexander Keir. From 1906 the church was declining, and in 1941 it was closed, the members joining East Avenue church, Manor Park, which then took the name Trinity. The Leytonstone Road building, later used as a factory, was destroyed by fire in 1953. The church hall still survived, as a factory, in 1966.
From: A History of the County of Essex: Volume 6 (1973), pp. 123-141.
Saint Paul's Presbyterian Church was situated in West Ferry Road, Millwall. It was founded in 1859. Saint Paul's became Millwall United Reformed Church when the Presbyterian and Congregational churches merged in 1972, however, membership was low and the church subsequently closed.
Trinity Presbyterian Church, Notting Hill, was situated on Kensington Park Road between Blenheim and Elgin Crescents. The first chapel on this site was built in 1862 by the Reverend Henry Marchmont, a clergyman of the Church of England who conducted ritualistic services here. This chapel was destroyed in a fire in 1867. Marchmont began to build the present church, but in 1871 he was declared bankrupt and the uncompleted carcase was sold to the congregation of Presbyterians who had hitherto met at a chapel in The Mall, Notting Hill Gate. Under these new owners the church was completed, and until 1919 was known as Trinity Presbyterian Church. By 1973 it was in undenominational use and no longer appears in the Presbyterian Church official handbook.
Source: 'The Ladbroke estate: The 1860s onwards', Survey of London: volume 37: Northern Kensington (1973), pp. 235-251.
Saint Ninian's Presbyterian Church, Golders Green was founded in 1910. The Church building was finished by 1911, situated at 847 Finchley Road. Saint Ninian's joined the United Reformed Church in 1972 when the Presbyterian and Congregational Churches merged. In 1979 Saint Ninian's merged with the Golders Green Methodist Church with the new name of Trinity Church, which is situated on Hodford Road.
Shakespeare Walk Scotch Church was situated in Stoke Newington.
Trinity Presbyterian Church, Canonbury was situated on Church Road (later North Church Road), off Southgate Road. It originated as the Old Scots Church Meeting at Founders' Hall from 1672 and London Wall from 1764. The church moved to Islington in 1857 on the expiry of the London Wall lease. The Church and manse opened in 1858; a lecture hall was added in the 1880s. Numbers declined in the 1890s to almost nothing; although John Kerr Craig's ministry in 1899 to 1910 increased membership again. The church was closed between 1934 and 1942.
From: 'Islington: Protestant nonconformity', A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 8: Islington and Stoke Newington parishes (1985), pp. 101-115.
Windsor Presbyterian Church in the county of Berkshire was closed before 1961 as it does not appear in the Presbyterian Church of England handbook of that date.
The Windsor Congregational Church was founded in 1777. It is now the Christ Church United Reformed Church, William Sreet, Windsor.
South Kensington Presbyterian Church was founded in 1872, while the Belgrave Presbyterian Church was founded in 1846. In 1922 they merged to form the Emperor's Gate Presbyterian Church. In 1930 the church united with Saint John's Presbyterian Church on Scarsdale Villas which had been founded in 1862.
No historical information has been located for this Chapel.
Aldershot Presbyterian Church was founded in 1862. The church was built by 1864, situated on Victoria Road. The church belonged to the Presbytery of London South. In 1972 the Presbyterian and Congregational Churches merged and the church became Aldershot United Reformed Church.
Saint Paul's Presbyterian Church, Croydon, was founded in 1900. The church hall was constructed in 1901 and the church building completed in 1905 on Croham Road, South Croydon. When the Presbyterian and Congregational Churches merged in 1972 the church became Saint Paul's United Reformed Church.
In 1805 part of Ranelagh House, Chelsea, was hired out by a group of Christians concerned about the 'godlessness' of the local area. They began teaching a Sunday School and, after this proved a success, began adult services with visiting preachers of various denominations. In 1814 the congregation gained a permanent minister who was a Calvinistic Methodist.
In 1818 expanding membership made it necessary to move and a chapel was built on Lower George Street, called the Ranelagh Chapel. In 1845, on the death of the Methodist minister, the church joined the English Presbyterian Church and was renamed Ranelagh Presbyterian Church. The lease on the Lower George Street chapel expired in 1866 and the church merged with a Presbyterian Mission in West Halkin Street, Belgrave Square. The name Belgrave Presbyterian Church was adopted. The church was rebuilt in 1881. In 1923 the church moved to premises in Emperor's Gate, Kensington.
Hamilton Presbyterian Church, Lewes, Sussex, began as a preaching station in around 1860. A permanent minister was found in 1864 and the church was formally constituted. It was situated on Prince Edward Road.