PREACHING PLACES AND MEETING HOUSES A Provisional Gazetteer of Nineteenth-Century Protestant Nonconformity in Southampton By Veronica Green Nineteenth-century nonconformists were prone to rebellion and revival, to schism and secession. New congregations arose by division from an existing church, by the missionary efforts of travelling preachers, by the inspiration of charismatic evangelists. They met in rooms over pubs and workshops, in scaffold lofts and converted laundries. They rented the Victoria Rooms, of the Philharmonic Hall, or Mr Monk’s Schoolroom, until they could build for themselves, or come into an inheritance from another denomination moving on to better things, or failing to keep up the payments on an ambitious building. Some of the back-street chapels and the smaller groups played “musical chapels” well into this century. This is a chapel gazetteer, in that it lists nonconformist places of worship. It is not only a list of chapels, that is, buildings used exclusively for worship, but also of known meeting rooms and private houses used for worship. It attempts to trace the history of worshippers as well as the buildings they worshipped in, and for the moment it concentrates on the old borough before the boundary extensions in 1895. It excludes the French Protestant congregation at St Julian’s, which had conformed in the eighteenth century, and Roman Catholics, who were listed as “nonconformists” in nineteenth-century directories, but would not now be so described. Basic sources, other than those mentioned in the text, are: Directories 1803-1899 Appendix A: Buildings used as Methodist places of worship, in The story of St Andrew’s Methodist Church, Sholing, by James W M Brown, Sholing Press, 1995 Willis, Arthur J: A Hampshire Miscellany, Vol. 3. Dissenters’ meeting house certificates in the Diocese of Winchester, 1702-1844. I am particularly indebted to Dr John A Vickers for his work on the history of Methodism in this area. His indexes, deposited at Hampshire Record Office, have provided me with information about trusts and registrations otherwise only available at the Public Record Office. I have traced the descent of nineteenth-century protestant nonconformist congregations in Southampton from their origins in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, down to their successors today. I have not begun to trace new congregations formed after 1900, or the buildings they used. Nor have I yet begun to locate all the many Mission Halls that were built by the Anglicans and Nonconformists alike towards the end of the last century. These of projects for the future. In the meantime, here it is: a work in progress. The gazetteer is arranged in street order, as far as possible by the most recent street name. The building number and/or name follows, if known. The names of chapels and places of worship are indented. A space between entries indicates separate buildings; no space indicates successive users of the same building. Entries in italics indicate secular/non-worshipping uses of the building. The illustrative quotations are drawn, as far as possible, from contemporary sources, and are meant to give a flavour of the buildings and the worship that took place there. References in capitals refer to other entries. I apologise for any Methodist bias. Blame it on my own denominational interests, which mean I have access to fuller information for Methodist chapels and more knowledge of the historical background. If you have any further of better information about any of the places of worship listed, please let me know for future editions of this gazetteer. Vicky Green, Southampton Reference Library, Special Collections, Civic Centre, Southampton SO14 7LW. Tel: 023 8083 2205. e-mail: local.studies@southampton.gov.uk

ABOVE BAR East Side

Above Bar Independent (Congregational) Church 1682-1940 Dissenters meeting formed by Nicholas Robinson, ejected minister of All Saints. Isaac Watts Snr one of original members. First purpose-built Meeting House registered 1727. Rebuilt 1819-20, reconstructed and enlarged 1875, 1887. Destroyed by enemy action, November 1940. Congregation joined with St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, BRUNSWICK PLACE to form joint Presbyterian/Congregational church, 1941.

Corner of Above Bar and Ogle Road, South Side Church of Christ/Above Bar Church 1881- Congregation formerly met in the Philharmonic Hall. Built and opened in 1881, incorporating bricks and wood from Ogle Hall. Organ (from Albion Church) donated by F Misselbrook. “A large building with an excellent congregation. It is unsectarian, and attracts many strangers, especially Americans.” (Southampton Annual 1899). Re-named “Above Bar Church” 1954. Re-developed over shops on same site,1980.

Philharmonic Hall Free Church of England, 1872-3 Minister the Rev H M Barnett, formerly curate of St Jude’s, Mildmay Park, who was reprimanded by the Bishop of Winchester for “officiating and administering the Sacrament in the music hall within the parish of All Saints, without his license or the consent of the incumbent of the parish.” (Southampton Times 23.11.1872) He had “left the state church in order that he [might] assist those who are protesting against and are opposed to ritualistic practices” (Southampton Times 7.9.1872) Erected a tin tabernacle in CLIFFORD STREET, 1873 Church of Christ, 1876-81 American evangelist Henry Earl, originally from Northampton, was called to “open a work on American lines, free of crude notions the British Brethren hold”. Congregation formed with 33 members, 27th August 1876. Used Sankey’s Sacred Hymns and Solos in worship, “which at that time were beginning to be very popular.” New church built on the corner of Ogle Road,1881.

Clock Tower “Street Preachers have gathered such noisy congregations by their oratory, that the residents in the neighbourhood have combined in a memorial to the authorities to cause them to move on.” (John Adams’s Southampton Almanack, 1898)

ALBERT STREET, CHAPEL Albert Mission Hall, between 34 & 36

The first meetings of the Salvation Army in Southampton were held here in June 1881. “One of the ‘captains’ of [General Booth’s] army has obtained a certain following here, and has been holding services in the open space in South-Front and at the Albert Hall, Chapel. Preceded by flags, and shouting verses of well-known hymns the while, processions from one place to another have invariably been the order of procedure, and the residents at the upper end of St Mary’s-street have already become loud in their complaints.” (Southampton Times 2.7.1881)

ALFRED STREET, NEWTOWN North Side, between 25 & 26/8 & 10

Wesleyan Methodist 1846-50 Chapel built by William Betts of Bevois Mount and leased to Wesleyans but never “made connexional” by the establishing of a trust under the Wesleyan Model Deed, a matter of some concern to the minister in his notes in the circuit schedules, 1848. Newtown Proprietary Chapel (Anglican) August 1850-3 purchased by Fredrick Russell, Curate, “for temporary use until the church was erected, after which it will be converted into the district school.” (1851 Religious Census) Directories show as “St Matthew’s Church”, but when the permanent church was built, it was called “St Luke’s.” St Luke’s National/Church School 1853-1906 Central School of Handicraft 1907-21 St Luke’s Hall 1935-41

ALL SAINTS PARISH Dwelling House of Ben Bolar, Independent, 1710 Dwelling House of Richard Taylor, 1795 House lately erected, 1798

ASCUPART STREET South Side, between 14 & 16

United Methodist Free Church 1867-70 Built by congregation meeting in “Mr Monk’s School Rooms, St Mary’s Road.” May have been successor to the Wesleyan Reform Society meeting in HANOVER BUILDINGS/Lower CANAL WALK. About 30 members with a heavy debt failed to prosper. Opened 20th October 1867. “Services are to be conducted not by any salaried minister, but by one or two of the members of the chapel, who volunteer their services.” (Southampton Times 26.10.1867) Salem Chapel, Particular Baptist 1871-8 from BEDFORD PLACE, moved to “St Andrew’s School Rooms.” Plymouth Brethren 1878 Salem Hall, Open Brethren 1880 Good Templers Hall 1883-4 Ascupart Hall 1890-1939 Ascpart Mission Hall (Undenominational) 1940-6 South Front Evangelical Church 1948-65 Formerly met at the old Primitive Methodist Chapel, SOUTH FRONT. Building given to the congregation by the landlord, Mr S E Peppler, in 1964 enabling them to benefit from compensation when the building was demolished. Replacement church build in JAMES STREET.

AVENUE East Side, North-East corner of Alma Road.

Avenue Congregational/Avenue United Reformed/ Avenue St Andrew’s United Reformed Church 1892- Daughter church of Albion Chapel, ST MARY STREET, founded as members began to move away from their businesses to the suburbs. Built on the site of Avenue House. Land purchased 1892, and tin tabernacle previously St John’s Free Church of England, CLIFFORD STREET erected as a temporary place of worship. Foundation stone laid 1897, opened 7th December 1898. Re-united with Albion Congregation when that chapel closed due to falling membership in 1935. Became “Avenue St Andrew’s” in 1986, when St Andrew’s BRUNSWICK PLACE closed.

AVENUE PLACE see LONDON ROAD BACK OF THE WALLS

Salvation Army Barracks, 1895-1908

BEDFORD PLACE West Side, between 82 &83

Building registered by C Purkis, 1834 See BRIDGE STREET Baptist 1855-57 Bedford Chapel , Particular Baptist 1866-9 From Victoria Rooms, PORTLAND TERRACE, moved on to ASCUPART STREET. Opened 9th December 1866. Mission Hall 1874 Brethren, 1895 Methodist Mission Hall, 1898-1914 Eddis, Thomas, second-hand furniture dealer, 1914-1915 Eddis, William, second hand furniture dealer, 1916-1917 Metropolitan Fruit and Potato Supply, 1923-5

BELLEVUE see BRUNSWICK PLACE & LONDON ROAD BELVIDERE TERRACE Between 42 & 44, next door to Board School

Northam Congregational Chapel 1859-1940 Originally a mission, supplied by Albion Church, 1846-54, and Above Bar Home Missionary Society 1854-65. Became an independent “cause” in 1865, when the Town Missionary, G W F Gregg was ordained minister. Destroyed by enemy action, 18th November 1940.

BERNARD STREET 2 Predestinarian Baptist Meeting, 1851

“Not a separate building; not used exclusively for worship. [Size of room]: about 27 [feet] by 14. Free seating for 60. Morning [Congregation]: 30. Evening [congregation]:27.” (1851 Religious Census)

BLUE ANCHOR LANE Baptist, early 18th century Perhaps the “meeting house lately built for Anabaptists” recorded by the curate of St Michael’s in the Bishop’s Visitation, 1725. He goes on to say “not above 3 or 4 of that sect live in the parish poor people”

BREWHOUSE LANE 6 Salvation Army Quarters, 1897-1905

BRIDGE STREET Room occupied by Thomas Holliday, 1836

17 Dwelling House of C Purkis, 1834 see BEDFORD PLACE

18 Dwelling House of James Clark, Wesleyan Methodist, 1823

BROAD STREET Kingsland Infant Schoolroom 1828-57 “A branch of Zion under the care of the Rev J Crabb. Divine Service conducted by T Willett employed by a gentleman for the purpose of visiting and preaching.” (1851 Religious Census) Independent Wesleyan 1857-83 Rev T Willett, Pastor

BRUNSWICK PLACE St Andrew’s Presbyterian/United Presbyterian and Congregational/United Reformed Church 1853-1986 Foundation stone laid by Andrew Lamb, 18th May 1852. Architects Hinves and Bedborough. “Edifice ... in the early decorated style of pointed architecture, number of sittings 644.” (Hampshire Independent 22.5.1852) Merged with Above Bar Congregational Church, 1948, after sharing the building since the blitz destroyed Above Bar in 1940. Presbyterian and Congregational churches merged nationally in 1972 to form the United Reformed Church. Merged with Avenue URC in 1986 to form Avenue St Andrew’s United Reformed Church. Last service 25th September 1986. Building demolished 1995 and replaced with offices.

CANAL WALK (LOWER) 70a Canal Walk Church Infant School 1829-49

Ragged School 1850-4 New buildings in St George’s Place constructed “with aid from the fund for commemorating the Christian character of Rev J Crabb.” (White’s Directory 1878) Reform Wesleyan 1855 Registered by John Mansell, June 1855 Bible Christian 1857-9 Plymouth Brethren 1865 Hyams, Julius, Tailor (Workshop) 1894-1928

CANAL WALK (UPPER), UNION TERRACE South Corner of Canal Walk and Bell Street

Wesleyan Methodist 1799-1850 Moved to EAST STREET, “the present building not being sufficiently commodious for the congregation, and very badly situated.” (Hampshire Independent 9.12.1848) Unitarian 1853-9 Moved to LONDON ROAD. Temperance Lecture Hall 1861-76 Royal British Board School (Infants) 1878-1910 Council School for Cookery 1910-30 Council School Free Meal Centre 1931-41

CARDIGAN TERRACE Between 2 & 3

Ebenezer Baptist 1848-1921 Southern Contracting Co, haulage contractors 1923-35

CARLTON PLACE Carlton Rooms

Baptist 1863-5 Secession from Portland Baptist, PORTLAND TERRACE. Built Carlton Baptist Chapel, LONDON ROAD

CASTLE SQUARE 1 Friends’ Meeting House 1822-83

“A small plain brick building overhung by trees” (Philip Brannon, The Picture of Southampton, 1850) Brush warehouse 1894

CHURCH ROW Dwelling House of William Wheeler, Wesleyan, 1813

CLIFFORD STREET South Side, corner of Jail Street

St John’s Free Church of England 1873-92 A secession from the Church of England over Tractarian (Anglo-Catholic) practices. Formerly meeting in the Philharmonic Hall, ABOVE BAR, and in “Mr Monk’s spacious room, ST ANDREW’S ROAD.” Mr Monk was Churchwarden. The building was a “tin tabernacle”, a prefabricated corrugated iron structure, and it was bought by the elders of the Albion Congregational Church to serve as the original building for Avenue Congregational Church, and then as the Avenue Hall.

COLLEGE STREET Dwelling house of John Callen, tailor & mercer, Arminian 1827

COSSACK STREET Dwelling House of William Young, 1823

CROSS STREET, FORMERLY ROOKERY see LIME STREET

DEVONSHIRE ROAD Polygon Baptist 1911-48 Congregational formerly worshipped at EAST STREET. Southampton Central Baptist 1948- United congregations of Carlton, Polygon and Portland Baptist Churches.

EAST STREET Schoolhouse, part of a house, Wesleyan Methodist, 1813 Unidentified denomination, 1825

7 Dwelling House of John Morse, Wesleyan, 1787 Methodist Society formed as a result of visit of John Wesley in 1787 to Mr Fay, 9 HIGH STREET. Moved to HANOVER BUILDINGS after complaints by the neighbours.

North Side, between 28 & 29 Wesleyan Methodist, 1851-1925 Replacing Union Terrace Chapel, replaced by Central Hall, ST MARY STREET. Foundation stone laid 24th October 1849 by George Laishley, Mayor and member of congregation. “A large and handsome structure of white brick and stone, in the decorated style. It has a spacious nave and apsidal chancel; and under it is a spacious school. The interior has an open timber roof and is neatly fitted up with carved oak benches, a gallery etc. It will seat about 1,100 hearers, and the three chancel windows and the heads of other windows are fitted with stained glass.” “Just as the bells of the neighbouring churches ceased to chime one of the ministers entered the pulpit, and the service opened with the singing of a penitential hymn, after which a feeling prayer was offered, a psalm chaunted, and a portion of scripture read. Another hymn was then sung, after which the Rev James Osborn announced his text.” (Southampton Observer 27.1.1872: A Sunday evening at the Wesleyan Chapel, by a churchman)

South Side, between 113 & 114 Baptist, 1801-1911 Originally approached by a passage from East Street through a garden, “a quiet retreat for those who desired to meet in Spirit and truth” Enlarged 1818. “the pulpit was occupied by a young man who manifested considerable thought and earnestness in his discourse. Beneath the pulpit was the clerk’s desk, from which he gave out the hymns, and in front of him, in the singing pew ... there was just one solitary individual for the purpose of pitching the tunes, without the aid of an instrument of any kind” (W.A. Gablen, remembering his first service in v1853, in Brief History of East Street Baptist Church 1689-1889) “A plain building in the pseudo-gothic style, accommodation 600 persons.” (Paul’s Guide to Southampton,1894) Replaced by Polygon Baptist, DEVONSHIRE ROAD.

FOUR POSTS HILL Dwelling House of Widow Collins, Wesleyan, 1796

HANOVER BUILDINGS Mr Hookey’s Auction Rooms, Wesleyan, 1787 Moved from 7 EAST STREET, moved again due to complaints by a neighbour. Richard Sim’s Scaffold Loft, Wesleyan, 1791 Moved across the road from Auction Rooms, before building of Chapel in Upper CANAL WALK.

20 New Jerusalem Church (Swedenborgians), 1849 “In a house a few doors above the post-office.” (Philip Brannon, The Picture of Southampton,1850) Reform Wesleyan, 1851-3 Formed by “ejected” Wesleyan [Methodist] local preachers George Bleckley, John Mansell, and Richard Wake following the Wesleyan Reform agitations of 1849-51. Seen by them as “true” Wesleyanism, called simply “Wesleyan Chapel, Hanover Buildings”, to the confusion of outsiders. Moved to Lower CANAL WALK,1855. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons), 1855-7

30 Polytechnic Institution, Plymouth Brethren, 1884

HAVELOCK ROAD Kingsfield Congregational Church, 1864-1919 “A plain but comfortable place of worship” (Southampton Annual 1899) Labour Exchange 1919-36 Demolished 1936 to make way for the new road linking the Civic Centre with Western Esplanade.

HIGH STREET At the Bottom

Mariners’ Bethel, 1836-? Established by the Rev James Crabb and Captain Bazin Latter-day Saints, 1851 Dwelling House of Daniel le Boutillian, 1823

9 Adjacent to All Saints Church, Dwelling House of Stephen Fay, 1780 Although Fay belonged to Above Bar Independent Chapel, this was where John Morse was introduced to John Wesley, and where Wesley stayed when he visited Southampton on his way to the Channel Islands in 1787.

79 Plymouth Brethren, 1849 Town Hall

German Protestant, 1861-7

JAMES STREET James Street [Evangelical] Church 1965- Formerly South Front Evangelical Church, meeting in ASCUPART STREET. Opened by Mayor Councillor Mrs Elsie Willcock, April 1965. Built by Mullen and Lumsden Ltd, Architect Mr F Winward of Weston, Burnett and Thorne. “Triangular in shape, with high pitched roof and walls. Inside it is simple in design and decoration, with modern lighting and heating and appropriate furnishings.” (Southern Evening Echo April 1965) Window in vestibule made with pieces of stained glass from the old building.

LANSDOWNE HILL (Zion Hill) Between 8 & 13

Zion Chapel, 1823-84 Founded by Rev James Crabb, ex-Wesleyan minister & preacher, “as an auxiliary to the church ... with the view to gather up a part of the thousands who call themselves church people, but who never attend a place of worship; many of them alleging that ... they have no seats in their parish churches” (White’s Directory of Hampshire, 1859) “The services ... are conducted as in the Establishment. No distinctive name ... hold[ing] the doctrines of the Church of England” (Religious Census 1851) “Though a very plain design, has an exceedingly good effect, being worked in ashlar throughout the exterior. The interior is comfortably arranged, and it has a handsome pulpit” (Philip Brannon, The Picture of Southampton,1850) Services performed by the Rector of All Saints and his curates, 1859, no service held in 1878. Zion Hall, Salvation Army, 1887-1902 “The meeting commenced with the singing of the familiar Salvationists’ hymn ‘God is keeping His soldiers fighting’, the lively chorus of which, ‘No, we will never give in’, was taken up over and over again with much hand-clapping. Afterwards there was prayer offered by several of the officers, the petitions being characterised by an intensity of devotional feeling and a directness of address. The wearer of a red Guernsey [was] called to the front by Captain Heathcote as ‘Our noisy comrade up in the corner’... Charlie, as he was called, blessed God that he was ‘properly’ saved – to go before magistrates, and if need be, to go to gaol for Christ’s sake. The religion he had got, he said, did not make him miserable but happy.” (Hampshire Independent 19.1.1889) Some Shirley Salvationists had recently been brought before the magistrates for blocking a public thoroughfare. Rendall and Wilson, chemists, store (Townsman’s Occasional Notes, 1938)

LIME STREET South Side, between 24 & 26

Congregational Mission Hall 1889-91 Southampton Mission Rooms, 1892 Gospel Mission Hall, 1894-1902 Congregational Mission Hall 1903

LONDON ROAD East Side, between 22 & 23

Carlton Baptist Chapel, 1861-1940 Secession from Portland Baptist. “A plain unpretentious building of limited size.” (Southampton Annual 1899) Damaged in blitz 1940. Joint Carlton & Portland Congregations joined Polygon Baptist, DEVONSHIRE ROAD. Requisitioned by Ministry of Works. WVS 1942-51 Food Office 1951-54 Post Office 1956-66 WRVS Headquarters 1956-66

East Side, corner of Bellevue Road Church of the Saviour, Unitarian/Edward Kell Unitarian Church 1859- Formerly in Upper CANAL WALK. Original building by Philip Brannon. “Although there are over 300 symbolical carvings, it is without question the ‘cheapest church in Great Britain’.... The whole church may at any time be thrown open and seat 500.... The greatest attention has been paid to the acoustic arrangements, so as to prevent the rolling of sound in the open roof.... and at the same time so to strengthen and concentrate the volume of the preacher’s voice and to direct it to the auditory, as to make the weakest voices distinctly audible.... The style adopted is the first Pointed English.” (Unidentified journal, Intelligence: new Unitarian Church, Southampton, n.d.) Blitzed November 1940. Congregation met at Bitterne Park Congregational Church, the Avenue Congregational Church, and the Friends Meeting House until the Kell Hall was re-opened in 1950. Church rebuilt 1956. Foundation stone laid March 1956, opened October 1956. Redeveloped 1990. “A modern design, all open beams and subtle lighting” (Evening Echo, 4.6.1990) Three of the stained windows from the last church have been retained.

MILLBANK STREET Schoolroom, Bible Christian, 1854

Bond Place Primitive Methodist, 1870 Moved to PRINCES STREET

NEW ROAD Bethesda, Baptist, 1884-1940 Formerly in ST ANDREW’S SCHOOL ROOMS. Blitzed 1940, congregation then met in a private house, Padwell Road

NICHOLS ROAD Salvation Army Barracks, 1890-1915

NORTHAM Dwelling House of James Grant, 1824 Northam Mission Room 1850-9 Day school build by the Town Missionary Society. “This Mission tho supported by Dissenters yet does not belong to any exclusive denomination.” (George Gregg, Minister. 1851 Religious Census) May be the same building as BELVIDERE CONGREGATIONAL CHAPEL. Certainly the same congregation and minister.

NORTHAM ROAD Augustine Centre, Southampton Christian Fellowship, 1982- Formerly worshipping in NORTHUMBERLAND ROAD. Building originally St Augustine’s Parish Church (Anglican)

NORTHAM STREET, CHARLOTTE PLACE Dwelling House used as a Sunday School, Wesleyan, 1847-50 Offshoot of East Street Society, worship also taking place at Newtown Chapel, ALBERT STREET

NORTHUMBERLAND ROAD East Side

Nichols Town Evangelistic Mission Hall, 1887-96 Albion Congregational Church Mission, 1897-8 Nichols Town [Evangelistic] Mission Hall, 1899-1925 Southampton Town Mission (Northumberland Hall), 1931-41 Assemblies of God (Pentacostal) 1964-82 Moved to Augustine Centre, NORTHAM ROAD

ORCHARD LANE 12 British Workmen’s Mission Hall, 1883-1903

ORDNANCE ROAD Friends’ Meeting House, 1884-

PORTLAND TERRACE West Side, corner of Clifton Terrace

Portland Chapel, Baptist, 1840-1940 “The voluntary principle is carried out in this chapel in its fullest integrity, the payment of pew rents being abolished; the system adopted by the appropriation or allotment of sitting to any person requiring them. The cause of the gospel is maintained by the spontaneous freewill offerings of those who attend and listen to its teachings.” (Hampshire independent 27.1.1852) “A beautiful edifice of Bath brick with white stone dressings” (Southampton Annual 1899) Destroyed in Blitz, November 1940. Membership joined with that of Carlton Baptist, LONDON ROAD.

Victoria Rooms Scottish Presbyterian Free Church, 1851 Independent. 1853-61 Secession from Albion Chapel, ST MARY ST, 7th November 1853. First services, 20th November. Moved to HAVELOCH ROAD, Kingsfield Chapel. Baptist, 1865 Church of God (Evangelistic), 1887

PRINCES STREET “Prince of Wales” public house ?

Room opposite present Chapel, Primitive Methodist, 1871-3 Until chapel built in UNION ROAD. Hymns sung to the accompaniment of a violin.

PRINCESS STREET Jubilee Chapel, Bible Christian, 1863-83 St Mary’s Mission Chapel 1886-1910 Chapel of the Good Shepherd 1910-15

QUEEN STREET Dwelling House of John Strong, 1826

ROCHESTER STREET Between 16 & 18

Salvation Army, 1894-9

ST ANDREW’S ROAD Schoolroom, 124

Schoolroom, Calvinistic Baptist, 1883-4

ST MARK’S ROAD Drill Hall, Salvation Army, 1894-5

ST MARY STREET Baptist, 1764-1800 “A small meeting-house for a small congregation of Anabaptists, as I am informed, is lately erected on some ground given by will to their preacher; of which a proper certificate is delivered into the office, according to act of toleration” (Bishops Visitation, 1765) Possibly on site later occupied by Albion chapel. Let for business purposes until 1795. Services took place once a quarter for 18 years, then once a year for 14, the sermon being preached by the minister of Romsey Church. The Chapel was closed in 1800 as “too far out of town.”(Brief History of East Street Baptist Church, 1689-1889)

Between 134 & 135, now 135 Primitive Methodist, 1838-83 “This society is burdened with a heavy debt, and laboring (sic) as it does to elevate the most poor, wretched, and ignorant, we believe has strong claims on the common sympathy and aid of the Christian Public” (Philip Brannon: The Picture of Southampton,1850) Oddfellow’s Hall, 1887-1964 Auction Rooms 198?-98 Parish Office, Southampton City Centre (Anglican) Parish, 1999- Albion Chapel, Independent/Congregational, 1844-1935 “Premises lately occupied by Royal South Hants Infirmary.” Rebuilt 1849. Re-opened 13th June 1849. Architect W Hinves, builder Thomas Atkinson Gates, plasterwork by Charles Scorey. “The internal appearance of the building is Chaste and beautiful.... The pulpit is of unique construction, of moulded front and sides, approached by a double staircase. The pews are constructed with sloping backs and flush panels, and doors ramped below the backs, which combines to give them a peculiarly light and airy character. Every pew has a fixed book-board, and convenience for hats and umbrellas.” (Hampshire Independent 16.6.1849) Amusement Hall, December 1938 Central Hall, Wesleyan/Methodist, 1925-65 Sold to the Local Education Authority. Community Church 1991- “We were struck by the fact that here was a building constructed for Christian worship in the centre of Southampton” (David Adcock, pastor, in a newsletter, 1990)

ST MARY’S PARISH Dwelling House of Benjamin Lewis, 1823 Dwelling House of James Read, 1826 Dwelling House of George Wheeler, 1826 Dwelling House of Joseph Ellis, 1826 Dwelling House of Edward Pearce, 1829 House to be called Providence Chapel, 1831 Room over workshop, Bible Christian, 1851

ST MARY’S ROAD 4, Mr Monk’s Schoolroom

United Methodist Free Church, 18??-1867 Moved to ASCUPART STREET.

North Side, between 134 & 135 Gospel Hall (1867-73) “Erected for the accommodation of the people whom Mr Henry Lyon, a musician and street preacher, has gathered round him since he has resided and been preaching in this town. The object of this hall is to try and bring together a class of persons not in the Habit of attending places of worship, and by a system of Christian fellowship to show them that an interest is taken in their welfare.” (Hampshire Independent, 8.5.1867) Foundation Stone laid 18th December 1866. Opened 1st May 1867, when the speakers included Mr William Carter, “the theatre preacher”, and Ned Wright “the converted burglar.” Built by Mr G White, of Brinton’s Terrace, from designs by Mr McGann, seating 400 persons. “70 of these sittings are to be free.” (Hampshire Independent 8.5.1867) Gospel Hall, Brethren, 1874 Bible Christian/United Methodist Chapel, 1874-1934 The Bible Christians united with other Methodists, the United Methodist Free Church and the Methodist New Connexion, to form the United Methodist Church in 1907. “The building is badly constructed, the school room underneath the Chapel, very dark and damp, and the general facilities for Church work quite inadequate.” (Our Zions & Bethels, United Methodist Church, 1932) Sold on Methodist Union, 1933-4, when United Methodists, Primitive Methodists and Wesleyans merged.

ST MICHAEL’S PARISH Dwelling House of Margaret Legg, widow, 1712 Dwelling House of the late Elizabeth Serle, 1800 Rooms occupied by John Martin usually assembled at the Meeting House, Above Bar, Independent, 1802

ST MICHAEL’S SQUARE Friends’ Meeting House, 1811 Unitarian, 1849-51 “In the old house on the west side of St Michael’s Square, is a large room once occupied as a Lecture-room by defunct Philosophical Society” (Philip Brannon, The Picture of Southampton, 1850) Brannon was a member of the congregation. Bought original Wesleyan Chapel in Upper CANAL WALK,1851.

SIMNEL STREET Traveller’s Lodging House of Ann Davies, Bible Christian, 1852 Young Men’s Mission Room, 1884-7 Southampton Gospel Mission, 1890-1 Simnel Street [Young Men’s] Mission Room, 1892-1903

SOUTH FRONT 30-32 Primitive Methodist Chapel, 1887-1930

From ST MARY STREET. Closed in anticipation of Methodist Union. South Front Evangelical Church, 1931-46 Moved to ASCUPART STREET. Kingsland Baptist Church 1946-78

SOUTHAMPTON STREET, BEDFORD PLACE West Side

Catholic Apostolic Church (Irvingite), 1849-1941 “A handsome building in red brick, [which] deserves a better site.” (Rogers’ Guide to Southampton,1894)

UNION ROAD, NORTHAM Primitive Methodist/Methodist, 1873- Formerly met in a room over a pub on the other side of NORTHAM ROAD. Opened December 1873, with tea for 300, and flags. Building now visible from Northam Road following demolition of houses in the 1960’s. The sign facing the road reads: “The little church with the big welcome.”

UNION TERRACE see CANAL WALK (UPPER) WEST MARLANDS see HAVELOCK ROAD

WEST PARK ROAD West Park Villas 3 Salvation Army HQ, 1897-9

West Quay Meeting House, Baptist, 1755