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Catalogue description HITCHIN UNITED REFORMED CHURCH
This record is held by Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies
| Reference: | NR8 |
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| Title: | HITCHIN UNITED REFORMED CHURCH |
| Description: |
The United Reformed Church was founded in October 1972 by union of the Congregational Church in England and Wales and the Presbyterian Church of England. However not all the churches belonging to these two denominations agreed to accept the 1972 Scheme of Union. The records of those Hertfordshire churches which remained separate are catalogued under the reference NC. CLASSIFICATION SCHEME NR8/1 Church Books NR8/2 Church Meeting NR8/3 Deacons NR8/4 Registers NR8/5 Committees and Church Organizations NR8/6 Church Finance NR8/7 Church Property NR8/8 Sunday School NR8/9 Choir NR8/10 Membership NR8/11 Charities NR8/12 Church Magazines NR8/13 Miscellaneous MINISTERS OF THE HITCHIN CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH 1694-1699 William Terry 1700-1709 Thomas Scott 1709-1713 Thomas Wright 1714-1716 Isaac Hoskins 1716-1729 Robert Brown 1729-1738 Joseph Pitts 1738-1758 Joseph Webb 1758-1771 Edward Hickman 1772-1795 John Griffiths 1795-1813 William Williams 1813-1825 Charles Sloper 1826-1846 John W Wayne 1846-1851 Frederick W Heathcote 1851-1868 William Griffith 1869-1878 Samuel B Driver 1878-1881 Robert Nobbs 1882-1886 Alexander McIntosh 1887-1896 Henry Andrews 1896-1911 Clement F Bryer 1911-1915 George W Berry 1916-1926 Stanley M Hayward 1927-1948 Frederick Brockis 1949-1956 James Badcock 1957-1968 W Arthur Grant 1968- Jeffrey R Plowman UNITED REFORMED CHURCH RECORDS NR1 Barnet, Wood Street United Reformed Church NR2 Bushey United Reformed Church NR3 Barley United Reformed Church NR4 St Albans, Trinity United Reformed Church NR5 Letchworth Free Church NR6 Ware United Reformed Church NR7 Royston United Reformed Church NR8 Hitchin United Reformed Church NR9 Radlett United Reformed Church NR10 Wheathampstead United Reformed Church NR11 Hemel Hempstead, Adeyfield Free Church (affiliated to the United Reformed Church NR12 Bishops Stortford United Reformed Church NR13 Harpenden United Reformed Church NR14 Hertford United Reformed Church NR15 New Barnet United Reformed Church NR16 Knebworth United Reformed Church |
| Date: | 1686 - 1975 |
| Related material: |
For Walkern United Reformed Church see D/EX838 |
| Held by: | Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies, not available at The National Archives |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical description: | 96 Files |
| Immediate source of acquisition: |
The records were deposited in the Record Office on 20 October 1978 Accessions 1650, 2357 |
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Introduction The Independent Chapel in Hitchin was established after a small group broke away from the Baptist Meeting which met in Tilehouse Street. Under the Toleration Act of 1690 the house of John Simpson in Dead Street (also known as Back Street and now Queen Street) was registered for worship in July 1693. Until 1694 the Independent Meeting had close links with the Church at Hertford, but they split on the issue of baptism. The rift was healed in 1715. A meeting house had been erected by 1703 but by 1853 this building became very difficult to maintain and keep in repair although major repair work had been undertaken in both 1812 and 1844 and therefore over a five year period the old chapel was converted into a schoolroom and a new chapel was built further down the road (see NR8/7/1,3,8-11). The new building was opened in 1856 at a cost of £2,700, all of which had been paid for by the congregation. The old meeting house was demolished in 1869 to make room for new school rooms (see NR8/7/18-19). The Sunday School itself had been opened in 1803 (see section NR8/8). In 1883, Linden House in Queen Street was bought to be the Manse at a cost of £900 (see NR8/7/16). It was sold in 1961 and another building purchased in Priory Way (see NR8/7/17). In 1966 the church officially affiliated itself to the Congregational Church in England and Wales. However, by this time the church was once again having difficulties in maintaining their buildings and began negotiations with Brand Street Methodist Church, who were having similar difficulties, as to the feasibility of a united church in different premises. In June 1967 the church meeting formally agreed to this (NR8/2/4). Land was purchased in Elmside, Hitchin and building began in September 1968. The new church, Christchurch, was opened on 21 June 1969. More information relating to the building can be found in NM4C. |
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