Midland Churches: A History of the Congregations on - General ...

Excursion fm112 Sidn;outh to Chesteu, Rev. ~drnind Butcher, 1805, p.182.
M.R., 1819, p. 396.
M.R., 1824, p. 573.
M.R., 1825, p. 181.
M.R., 1827, p. 629.
C.R., 1820, p. 142.
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Lfe <strong>of</strong> P/ziZi$ Be?zry, &LA., by Mat<strong>the</strong>w Henry, V.D.M., edited by
J. B. Williams, F.S.A., 1825.
Charity Conzmissio~zers' Rejort, I 83 I.
Charity Co~lnzissio;tze~s' Order, I 866.
Diaries and Leftzrs <strong>of</strong>P?ziZ@ He?zry, MA., edited by Rev. Mat<strong>the</strong>w Henry
Lee, M.A., 1882.
Whitchurch <strong>of</strong> Long Ago, Geo. Eyre Evans, 1893.
Seedsower, 1894, pp. 87, 107, I 18, 137, 152;
?7est&s, pp. 255-257.
Opened, 18 November, 1831.
Sold, December, 1898.
First Meeting-house in Jolln Street, coi~veyed 20 October, 1701.
Unitarians seceded 1817, building is now consecrated as St. hlichael's.
MINISTERS.
JOHN STREET.
John Stubbs ... ...
Philip Holland . .
John Cole ... . ...
Samuel Griffiths ..
Nicholas Shattock . .
John Small ... . .*
John Steward ...
SNOW HILL.
Mr. Joseph Pearson, trustee, a.m. ; neighbouring ministers, p.m.
Sz~ppIies . . . ... . . . 1817-1830
Stephenson Hunter . . . ... . . . I 830- I 860
Thomas Hugh Marshal1 Scott, M.A. ... 1861-1864
Charles Frederick Biss . . . ... 1865-1870
Edward Myers, F. G. S. ... 1870-1873
William Agar ... .. 1874-1877
William Birks . . . I 878- I 882
Closed . . . ... I 883- I 885
George Henry Smith . . . I 886- I 892
Leopold George Harris Crook ... 1892-1895
The account <strong>of</strong> this society must <strong>of</strong> necessity include some reference
to <strong>the</strong> proceedings popularly known as <strong>the</strong> Wolverhampton Chapel Case,
and <strong>the</strong> authpr cannot do better than quote <strong>the</strong> brief summary given in
<strong>the</strong> volume <strong>of</strong> Parliamentary Debates on <strong>the</strong> Dissenters' Chapel Bill, London,