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Whitestone Baptist Chapel,
north side of A4103,
Whitestone, Withington, Herefordshire.

Cemeteries

This Chapel has (or had) a graveyard.

Note: any church within an urban environment may have had its graveyard closed after the Burial Act of 1853. Any new church built after that is unlikely to have had a graveyard at all.

Church History

This Place of Worship was founded in 1821, and we understand it is still open.

Information on the Herefordshire Through Time website tells us that Whitestone Baptist Chapel was founded as "The Strict & Particular Independent Baptist Church of John Calvin" by a group of Non-conformists mainly for Westhide and Withington. Membership was by approval, and limited to those who had undergone a full immersion baptism as adults. In the early days of its opening, it also provided "accommodation for horses and carriages, ponies and traps, while their owners attended services". Inside are monuments to "Rev. Joseph DAVIS, 1856, 23 years pastor 'brother of Rev. Reece DAVIS by whose labors and influence this chapel was built', his wife Susan, 1850; Mary HUGHES, 1822; and Daniel Edward HINLEY, 1846, clerk at St Katherine's Docks, London". [Other Source: Non-Conformist Chapels and Meeting Houses, Herefordshire, Worcestershire & Warwickshire, 1986]

For reference, it is listed in Places recorded by the Registrar General under the provisions of the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 (2010) with a congregation of Particular Baptists; and a photograph is available of Whitestone Baptist Chapel, Withington on the Geograph website.

Denomination

Now or formerly Strict & Particular Baptist.

If more than one congregation has worshipped here, or its congregation has united with others, in most cases this will record its original dedication.

Maps

This Chapel is located at OS grid reference SO5639142771. You can see this on various mapping systems. Note all links open in a new window:

• Whitestone Baptist Chapel, Whitestone, Withington shown on a Google Map.
• Places of Worship in Withington shown on a Google Map.
• Streetmap.co.uk (arrow on map shows the Place of Worship's location) (verified 2018-10-15)
• Bing (Ordnance Survey option) (verified 2018-10-13)
• Bing Maps ('Bird's Eye' View) (verified 2018-10-15)
• Ordnance Survey "getamap" (NB some of the 'Change Map' options may require a subscription) (verified 2018-10-15)
• OpenStreetMap (Maps © OpenStreetMap contributors, CC-BY-SA) (verified 2018-10-15)
• A Vision of Britain Through Time - useful for Boundary Changes (verified 2018-10-15)
• www.magic.gov.uk (Modern Maps with various overlays) (verified 2018-10-15)

Resources

I have found many websites of use whilst compiling the information for this database. Here are some which deserve mention as being of special interest for Whitestone, Withington, and perhaps to Local History and Places of Worship as a whole.

• The County Archaeological Service Sites and Monuments Record - Herefordshire Through Time (null) (verified 2018-09-19)
• You may like to see photograph(s) of Whitestone Baptist Chapel, Withington on the Geograph website.
• Places recorded by the Registrar General under the provisions of the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 (2010) is available as a "Freedom of Information" document on the website What Do They Know. (verified 2018-10-14)

The above links were selected and reviewed at the time I prepared the information, but please be aware their content may vary, or disappear entirely. These factors are outside my control.