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- 1811-1817 (Creation)
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0.05 linear metres
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The Stepney Meeting House was founded in 1644. The congregation met at various locations including private houses. They were initially met with hostility, for example, in 1682 troops destroyed the fittings of the Meeting House. However, after the Toleration Act of 1689 the dissenters were able to establish a permament church. This was at New Road and later on Stepney Way.
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. 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. The Stepney Meeting House United Reformed Church now meets in a modern building on Stepney Way.
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N/C/23 1811-1817 Collection 0.05 linear metres Congregational Church of England and Wales
The Stepney Meeting House was founded in 1644. The congregation met at various locations including private houses. They were initially met with hostility, for example, in 1682 troops destroyed the fittings of the Meeting House. However, after the Toleration Act of 1689 the dissenters were able to establish a permament church. This was at New Road and later on Stepney Way.
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. 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. The Stepney Meeting House United Reformed Church now meets in a modern building on Stepney Way.
Deposited in 1964 (AC/064/48).
Records of New Road Meeting House, Stepney, comprising register of baptisms, 1785-1817.
One volume.
Available for general access.
Copyright: Depositor
English
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Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
See LMA/4324 for the John Knox Presbyterian Church.
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Deposited in 1964 (AC/064/48).
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Records of New Road Meeting House, Stepney, comprising register of baptisms, 1785-1817.
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One volume.
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Available for general access.
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Copyright: Depositor
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- English
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- Latin
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English
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See LMA/4324 for the John Knox Presbyterian Church.
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Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
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- Religious groups » Christians
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- Architecture » Buildings
- Religious buildings
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- Religions » Ancient religions
- Religions » Ancient religions » Christianity
- Religions » Ancient religions » Christianity » Protestantism
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- Religious buildings » Churches
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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
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- English