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."

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Chessum

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Rev. Alexander Raleigh

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John Sulman

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Rev. Henry Allon

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