Avenue St Andrew's United Reformed Church
Avenue St. Andrew's is a United Reformed Church in Southampton, England. Part of the church building is Grade II listed.[1]
History
Above Bar Congregational Church
The church was founded in 1662 under the ministry of the Rev. Nathaniel Robinson.[2] The father of hymn-writer Isaac Watts (also named Isaac Watts) was a deacon of the church.[3]
The congregation having outgrown the original chapel, a new building was erected on the site in 1727. This was later demolished in 1819 and replaced by an even larger building, the first stone of which was laid on 1 April 1819, and the building was completed on 20 April 1820, having cost nearly £6,000. A re-opening service was held on 6 November 1889.[3]
The Church was the main Non-Conformist church in the city in the nineteenth century, when it was known as Above Bar Independent Chapel (later on becoming Above Bar Congregational Chapel, the oldest church in the Congregational Union). The pastor from 1810 to 1868 was Rev. Thomas Adkins.[4]
On 30 November 1940, during the second world war, the church building was destroyed by Luftwaffe bombing. As a result, many of the congregation began attending the nearby St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church. The minister of Above Bar Congregational Church, Rev Maxwell Jones, also moved to St. Andrew's and was formally recognised as the minister of the latter.
St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church
St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church was founded in 1853, on the corner of Brunswick Place and Dorset Street. By the 1970s, the congregation had dwindled since much of the surrounding housing had been demolished. In the early 1980s, a survey of the building showed that £150,000 was needed to keep it safe. The decision was made to merge with the nearby Avenue Church since both had become United Reformed Churches following the 1972 merger of the Presbyterian Church of England and many churches within the Congregational Union. The St. Andrew's buildings were subsequently demolished and replaced with offices.[2]
Avenue Congregational Church
Avenue Congregational Church was opened on Wednesday, 7 December 1898. After the decision to combine the St. Andrew's and Avenue congregations, the church became known as Avenue St. Andrew's.[2]
References
- ^ Southampton City Council: Listed buildings in Southampton Archived 7 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 20 September 2007.
- ^ a b c The History of Avenue St Andrew's URC Archived 5 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 20 September 2007
- ^ a b 'Southampton: Churches, public buildings and charities', A History of the County of Hampshire: Volume 3 (1908), pp. 524-37. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=42037. Date accessed: 20 September 2007.
- ^ A History of Southampton, Vol 3, A.Temple Patterson
External links
- Official site of Avenue St. Andrew's Church
- Location of Above Bar Independent Chapel on 1846 map of Southampton
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