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Other Places of Worship in this Area Newent, Good News Centre (0.07m.) Newent, Former Wesley Chapel (0.07m.) Newent, Watery Lane Cemetery (0.1m.) Newent, St Mary's Church (now St Mary's United Church) (0.13m.) Newent, Glebe Chapel (Gospel Hall) (0.15m.) Newent, Catholic Church of Our Lady of Lourdes (0.26m.) Oxenhall, St Anne's Church (0.81m.) Taynton, Wesleyan Chapel (1.59m.) Kilcot, Newent, Kilcot Baptist Chapel (Demolished) (1.78m.) Cliffords Mesne, St Peter's Church (2.07m.) Upleadon, Mission Church (Demolished?) (2.08m.) Upleadon, Wesleyan Chapel (2.08m.) Note: distances (in miles) are calculated as the crow flies; it may be further by road or on foot.

We have 4 Images Above Photograph(s) Copyright of Rosemary Lockie Newent United Reformed Church, Newent Newent United Reformed Church, High Street, Newent, Gloucestershire. Cemeteries This Church 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 1846, and we understand it is still open. The United Reformed Church, originally Newent Congregational Church, was built on the site of a former Inn, originally known as The Lower Horseshoe but latterly as The Swan. Congregational meetings had begun in 1843 when a room was hired in the High Street by George Hayes, a Carpenter, and Mr Sutherland, an Excise Officer. Their first recorded preacher was Rev. Dr. Brown from Cheltenham. Opposition to the meetings was initially so great that "windows were broken and constables had to be hired to control the crowd". Some things never change! The chapel itself was opened on 6th May 1846, and was built to seat 300. It was Newent's first non-conformist place of worship. [Source: Chapters in Newent's History, published by Newent Local History Society (2003), pp.20-22 & p.192] Denomination Now or formerly United Reformed (URC). 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 Church is located at OS grid reference SO7214725887. You can see this on various mapping systems. Note all links open in a new window: Newent United Reformed Church, Newent shown on a Google Map. Places of Worship in Newent 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) Information last updated on 11 May 2012 at 06:41.

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This Report was created 17 Nov 2024 - 12:18:34 GMT from information held in the Gloucestershire section of the Places of Worship Database. This was last updated on 13 Oct 2021 at 14:13.