Plaque

Raleigh Memorial Chapel

Erection date: 2/6/1880

Inscription

To the glory of the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ in his servant, the Rev. A. Raleigh, DD, from whose ministry arose this and afterwards several other churches.
This stone was laid by the Rev. H. Allon, DD, June 2nd 1880.
J. Sulman - Architect
Chessum - Builder

Raleigh had died in the April preceding the laying of this stone.

Site: Raleigh Memorial Chapel (1 memorial)

N16, Albion Grove, Trinitarian Spiritual Baptist Church

AIM gives: "The Congregational Chapel Building Society purchased an extensive site in Milton Road, South Hornsey, in 1851 and 1855, which was sold to Harecourt chapel, Islington, in 1859. Services and Sunday school began in 1860. An iron chapel seating 560 opened south of the school in 1867. Membership increased from 14 (1861) to 114 (1867). The chapel was declared independent of it parent foundation, Harecourt chapel, in 1872. A permanent chapel of red brick with stone dressings in Gothic style by John Sulman opened on a new site at the junction of Milton Road with Albion Grove in 1880 and was registered as the Raleigh Memorial Chapel in 1881. The Chapel accommodated 1,000 and contained a lecture hall seating 600, Sunday schools, and a library. The Chapel was damaged during the Second World War, and reopened in 1954. Source: A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 8: Islington and Stoke Newington parishes (1985), pp. 211-215."

Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them

This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Raleigh Memorial Chapel

Subjects commemorated i

Chessum

A firm of builders and contractors active in 1880. From British History Onli...

Read More

Rev. Alexander Raleigh

The 1865 Christian Witness and Congregational Magazine, Volume 1 reports that...

Read More

John Sulman

Architect. Born in Greenwich. Articled to Thomas Allom. Emigrated to Sydney i...

Read More

This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Raleigh Memorial Chapel

Created by i

Rev. Henry Allon

Born near Hull.  Joint pastor of the Islington Union Chapel from 1843/4 with ...

Read More

Nearby Memorials

PP - 4P - Morris

PP - 4P - Morris

EC1, Edward Street

This garden acquired its name due to its popularity as a lunchtime garden with workers from the nearby General Post Office (long gone). ...

1 subject commemorated, 2 creators
Francis Place

Francis Place

SW3, Brompton Square, 21

London County Council Francis Place, 1771 - 1854, political reformer, lived here, 1833 - 1851.

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
PP - 4Q - Distillery

PP - 4Q - Distillery

EC1, Edward Street

This garden acquired its name due to its popularity as a lunchtime garden with workers from the nearby General Post Office (long gone). ...

4 subjects commemorated, 2 creators
Hobhouse Court - restoration

Hobhouse Court - restoration

SW1, Suffolk Street, 6-8

A network of almost secret passageways and a courtyard link Suffolk Street to Whitcomb Street. The passageway containing the two plaque...

2 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Arthur Fleischmann

Arthur Fleischmann

NW8, Carlton Hill, 92

Unveiled in the presence of Joy, his widow, and their son, Dominique.

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator