Congregational Churches in Leicester

Throughout the city of Leicester's history there have been a number of places of worship in Leicester of various denominations. As part of the documenting of these numerous denominations the following is a list of all Congregational churches both open and closed.

Open Churches

  • Abbots Road (now United Reformed Church)
  • Dumbleton Avenue, (now Christchurch United Reformed Church)
  • East Bond Street, Great Meeting (now Unitarian) (formerly a united Congregational and Presbyterian meeting)
  • Elmdale Street, Belgrave, Belgrave Union (a Nonconformist union church, formerly with Baptist and Congregational affiliations, now with Baptist and United Reformed Church affiliations)
  • Hinckley Road, (now Westcotes United Reformed Church)
  • Linden Street, North Evington Free Church (formerly affiliated to Congregational Union, but now identifying itself as Baptist)
  • London Road, Clarendon Park Congregational Church
  • The Common, Evington (now Wycliffe United Reformed Church)

Closed Churches

  • Bath Street, Belgrave
  • Bond Street
  • College Street
  • Collegiate Church (Congregational) (met in part of the old Collegiate School)
  • Gallowtree Gate
  • Granby Street
  • Harvey Lane
  • Humberstone Road
  • London Road
  • Main Street, Humberstone
  • Millstone Lane
  • Oxford Street
  • Peel Street
  • Sanvey Gate
  • Willow Street

References

  • A Brief History of Free Churches in Leicestershire & Rutland, Rev A A Betteridge
  • Leicester Congregationalism, 1800-1910, H T Chambers (1910)
  • Those Taking Part 1802-1952: A brief history of Bond Street Congregational Church Leicester, E M Drew (1951)
  • Abbots Road United Reformed Church: The First Fifty Years, Eric A Hanson (1979)
  • The Story of Our Churches 1662-1962, Leicester & Rutland Congregational Union (1962)
  • Centenary of the London Road Congregational Church, Leicester 1857-1957, W Orr (1957)
  • Gallowtree Gate Congregational Chapel Leicester 1823-1921, Gerald T Rimmington (1999)
  • Where Leicester has Worshipped
  • University Of Leicester Archaeology and Ancient History Interactive Geo map of sites
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