Midland Churches: A History of the Congregations on - General ...
Midland Churches: A History of the Congregations on - General ...
Midland Churches: A History of the Congregations on - General ...
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Opened g November, 1827.<br />
First Meeting-house destroyed by rioters 1710.<br />
> 9<br />
restored 1753.<br />
MINISTERS,.<br />
John Godly ... .a.<br />
James Warner ...<br />
John Dobs<strong>on</strong> . . .<br />
John Winter<br />
David J O ~ ~ S ...<br />
Noah J<strong>on</strong>es . . .<br />
Thomas Ebenezer Beasley<br />
Benjamin Davis . ..<br />
Thomas Moore ...<br />
' Thomas Bowen ...<br />
Abraham Manley ...<br />
Thomas Bowen, 2nd time<br />
William McKean ...<br />
James Cauty Smith ...<br />
Edward Myers, F. G. S.<br />
John Omer Squier ...<br />
Chapel closed . . .<br />
William Wynn Robins<strong>on</strong><br />
Peter Dean ... ...<br />
The original meeting-house, which seated 400 pers<strong>on</strong>s, stood in Bank,<br />
or Cox's Court, High Street, <strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> north side, at <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> back <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> premises<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>n occupied by <strong>on</strong>e Cox, a grocer, and which, in 1877, were in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
possessi<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Mr. Overt<strong>on</strong>. The windows had heavy outside shutters, a<br />
sounding board hung over <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> pulpit, and <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> pews, which were six feet<br />
high, had locks to <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> doors ; whilst <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> pulpit stood with a curtain ready<br />
to be drawn before <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> preacher, and a door behind him leading <strong>on</strong> to<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> ro<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>, to facilitate his escape, should spies or informers intrude up<strong>on</strong><br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> service.
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