Catalogue description St Andrew's United Reformed Church, Cheltenham

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Details of D7755
Reference: D7755
Title: St Andrew's United Reformed Church, Cheltenham
Description:

Registers, Membership, Minutes, Finance, Church property, deeds, Centenary pamphlet

Date: 1752-1997
Related material:

(For further information on the history of St Andrew's by F W Hart see NC 30)

Held by: Gloucestershire Archives, not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Creator:

St Andrew's United Reformed Church, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire

Physical description: 7 series
Access conditions:

THESE DOCUMENTS ARE OPEN IMMEDIATELY FOR RESEARCH

 

THESE RECORDS ARE IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR RESEARCH

Immediate source of acquisition:

Accession 7755 was given by St Andrew's United Reformed Church, Cheltenham, 20 August 1997; accession 8221 was deposited by St Andrew's United Reformed Church, Cheltenham, 12 May 1999; accession 8272 was deposited by St Andrew's United Reformed Church, Cheltenham, 6 July 1999

Subjects:
  • Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
Administrative / biographical background:

Cheltenham Chapel, situated between High Street and St George's Place was opened in 1809, by Rev Rowland Hill and up until the mid 19th century was described as being independent and self managed. Ministers of various denominations conducted services. From 1851, the chapel became linked with the Bristol and Gloucestershire Congregational Mission. However, under this new affiliation, the finances of the chapel foundered. Many of the trustees resigned and the chapel was forced to close for services in 1857. The remaining trustees were all connected to the Presbyterian Church and therefore, on 11 June 1858, a Session Meeting decided that the chapel should be reopened as a Presbyterian place of worship. In 1859, a new Minister, Rev Robert Steel, and three new Elders were appointed to manage the chapel, now referred to as St Andrew's Presbyterian Church. In 1874, St Andrew's became responsible for the management of the nearby Gotherington Chapel. With the numbers of communicants continually rising, it was felt that a new church was needed and so from 1875-1886 the main activities of the chapel centred on raising funds for the 'New Church' project. The new church opened in 1886, on Montpelier Street near Bayshill. The old chapel was sold to the Salvation Army in 1894 and the burial ground in the High Street was closed in the same year.

 

In October 1972, the church united with the Cheltenham Congregational Church and became known as St Andrew's United Reformed Church.

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