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The independent chapel high street
published by conrad on Wed, 23/09/2015 - 14:00

does anyone have a photograph of the independent chapel in high street,which later became Woolworths

Thanking you in advance

Conrad

Comments ..

Submitted by Bill Caple on Wed, 23/09/2015 - 17:04

The information I have is, built c1830, rebuilt with spire 1858 at a cost of £2300, the new chapel could seat 500 people it closed in the mid 1870s.

Submitted by Pat Hase on Wed, 23/09/2015 - 17:08

This drawing of the High Street is dated about 1858 and shows the position of the Independent Church with a spire. You can also see a front view of this chapel included in this article from the Weston Mercury about churches in Weston. The church was superseded by the Congregational Church (now URC) in Waterloo Street in 1876 and I'm told that the spire was incorporated into Banwell Abbey, whilst the rest of the building was used by an ironmonger - Felix Thomas - before it was taken over by Woolworths.