Bank Street Unitarian Chapel

Bank Street Unitarian Chapel is a Unitarian place of worship in Bolton, Greater Manchester, England.

The chapel was built on land donated by Robert Seddon in 1695 or 1696,[1] although a congregation is recorded as early as 1672.[2] The original building was T-shaped but was replaced in 1856 by a George Woodhouse-designed structure, incorporating three pew doors from the original.[3] The congregation initially followed the precepts of Presbyterianism but moved to Unitarianism during the short ministry of Thomas Dixon, prior to Philip Holland taking charge.[2]

In 1789, the incumbent minister, John Holland, the brother of Philip, established both a Sunday school and a library at the chapel.[4] The congregation split in 1821 due to disagreements concerning appointment of a minister. While some people stayed at Bank Street, others moved to an alternate place of worship until in 1843 the two sides united once more.[5] As at Renshaw Street Unitarian Chapel in Liverpool[6] and at Cross Street Unitarian Chapel in Manchester, the congregation was predominantly liberal in politics and socially elite. They were also tight-knit: the alliances formed by marriage, mutual business interests and friendships were numerous and notable. One minister - Franklin Baker - married into the Crook family, who were members of the congregation.[7]

References

  1. ↑ McLachlan, Herbert (1950). Essays and Addresses. Manchester University Press. p. 114.
  2. 1 2 Hardman, Malcolm (2003). Classic Soil: Community, Aspiration, and Debate in the Bolton Region of Lancashire, 1819-1845. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press. p. 31. ISBN 978-0-83863-966-5.
  3. ↑ Hartwell, Clare; Hyde, Matthew; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2004). Buildings of England: Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East. Yale University Press. p. 139. ISBN 978-0-30010-583-4.
  4. ↑ Hardman, Malcolm (2003). Classic Soil: Community, Aspiration, and Debate in the Bolton Region of Lancashire, 1819-1845. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press. p. 55. ISBN 978-0-83863-966-5.
  5. ↑ Lewis, Brian (2002). The Middlemost and the Milltowns: Bourgeois Culture and Politics in Early Industrial England. Stanford University Press. p. 486. ISBN 978-0-80478-026-1.
  6. ↑ Smith, Crosbie; Higginson, Ian; Wolstenholme, Phillip (2003). ""Imitations of God's Own Works": Making Trustworthy the Ocean Steamship". History of Science. 41: 379–426.
  7. ↑ Lewis, Brian (2002). The Middlemost and the Milltowns: Bourgeois Culture and Politics in Early Industrial England. Stanford University Press. p. 178. ISBN 978-0-80478-026-1.

Further reading

  • Bank Street Chapel (1896). Bank Street Chapel, Bolton, Bi-centenary Commemoration 1696-1896 (PDF). Philip Green (London); H. Rawson & Co. (Manchester).

Coordinates: 53°34′49″N 2°25′37″W / 53.58026°N 2.42697°W / 53.58026; -2.42697

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