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Photograph of The Particular Baptist Chapel, Earby, Yorkshire
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The Particular Baptist Chapel, Earby
| 1819 Founded - Particular Baptist .. on Gravel Pit Road [Red Lion Street] 1821 The first chapel built with a burial ground in Chapel Square 1851 Religious Census = Baptist Chapel Earby, parish of Thornton-in-Craven 1860 New Chapel foundation stone laid 1861 Mount Zion opened 1867 First marriage 1873 Headstones moved from the old chapel to Mount Zion. Wm.Wilkinson also gave permission to remove the remains of his father 1886 Need for a new burial ground .. the old one was sold with the chapel and the nearest burial ground was now at Thornton Church 1887 New burial ground opened and eventually called 'Wheatlands' 1975 The last service in Mount Zion Chapel - Congregation moved to Church Hall see 'A history of the Earby Baptists' by J A Walker [Courtesy of Mike Berrell] |
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The Particular Baptist Chapel is located at OS Grid Ref. SD9084546715
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