Avenue St Andrew's United Reformed Church

Avenue St Andrew's United Reformed Church

Avenue St Andrew's is a United Reformed Church in Southampton. Part of the church building is Grade II listed. [ [http://www.southampton.gov.uk/Images/Listed%20Buildings%20in%20Southampton%20-%20List_tcm46-161808.pdf Southampton City Council: Listed buildings in Southampton] Accessed 20th September 2007.]

History

Above Bar Congregational Church

The church was founded in 1662 under the ministry of Rev Nathaniel Robinson [http://www.avenue-st-andrews-urc.hampshire.org.uk/about_us/pages/history.html The History of Avenue St Andrew's URC] Accessed 20th September 2007] . The hymn writer Isaac Watts was a deacon of the church.'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.]

Having outgrown the original chapel, the 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.

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. [ A History of Southampton, Vol 3, A.Temple Patterson]

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.

t. 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 them 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.

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..

External links

* [http://www.avenue-st-andrews-urc.hampshire.org.uk/ Official site of Avenue St. Andrew's Church]
* [http://map.southampton.gov.uk/gis/asp/MappingApp.asp?X1=441950&Y1=111640&X2=442150&Y2=111840&MOVE=&MODE=INITIALMAP&Raster=Historic%201846%20Southampton%20Map&EXTRALAYERS=239 Location of Above Bar Independent Chapel on 1846 map of Southampton]

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