Toxteth Unitarian Chapel

Toxteth Unitarian Chapel

Toxteth Unitarian Chapel is in Park Road, Toxteth, Liverpool, England (gbmapping|SJ364875). , Since the 1830s it has been known as The Ancient Chapel of Toxteth. It is a Grade I listed building,cite web |url=http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/search/details.aspx?pid=1&id=359221 |title=Images of England: Toxteth Unitarian Chapel|accessdate=2008-04-26 |publisher=English Heritage ] and continues to be in use as a Unitarian chapel.

History

In 1611 a group of Puritan farmers built a school in Toxteth and appointed Richard Mather, at the age of 15, as its master.cite journal | last = Garrard | first = Rev. L. A. | title = The Ancient Chapel of Toxteth | journal = The Liverpolitan | pages = 13 | date = August 1948 ] [Mather, pp. 44–45.] He then went to Brasenose College, Oxford to continue his education but he was asked to return to Toxteth. [Mather, p. 47.] By this time the chapel and been built and on 30 November 1618 he preached his first sermon. [Mather, p. 48.] He subsequently became ordained in the Church of England. [Mather pp. 48–49.] However he was suspended from the ministry in 1633 and again in 1634 because of his nonconfomist preaching [Mather, pp. 52–53.] and in 1635 he emigrated to America. [Mather, p. 67.] By 1662 the minister of the chapel was a Presbyterian named Thomas Crompton and he was joined by another dissenter, Michael Briscoe. In 1672 both ministers obtained licences under the Royal Declaration of Indulgence and the chapel was enlarged to accommodate dissenters from central Liverpool. However as more chapels were built, Toxteth chapel was neglected and fell into disrepair. In 1774 it was partly rebuilt. Around this time the majority of the congregation were Unitarian and the others left to form a new congregation. A porch was added in 1841. Unitarian services continue to be held in the chapel every fortnight.cite web |url=http://www.unitarian.org.uk/local_merseyside.htm |title=Merseyside and the Isle of Man |accessdate=2008-04-27 |publisher=The Unitarian Movement ]

Description

The chapel is built in stone with a slate roof. It has two storeys and a western extension with a projecting bay. The windows are round-headed with stone surrounds. At the west end are paired round-headed entrances with a commemorative plaque and three windows above them. At the south end is a small octagonal cupola with louvres and a button finial. The interior has the pulpit is at the east end, galleries on three sides and box pews throughout. The north and south galleries date from the 17th century and connecting gallery is from the 18th century. Two of the box pews are dated 1650 and 1700. The monuments include a brass dated 1656 and 18th and early 19th century wall tablets. Outside the chapel is a graveyard with a mid-19th century classical arcade. [cite book | last =Pollard| first =Richard | authorlink = | coauthors =Nikolaus Pevsner | title =The Buildings of England: Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West |edition= | publisher =Yale University Press | date =2006 | location =New Haven & London | pages =472–473 | url = | doi = | id = | isbn =0 300 10910 5 ] The organ was built in 1906 by Brindley & Foster. [cite web |url= http://npor.emma.cam.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Rsearch.cgi?Fn=Rsearch&rec_index=D07863 |title= The Ancient Chapel of Toxteth, Park Road, Liverpool |accessdate=2008-10-08 |publisher= Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers ]

References

Notes

Bibliography

*cite book | last =Mather | first =Richard | authorlink =Richard Mather| coauthors = | title =Journal of Richard Mather |edition= | publisher =David Clapp | date = 1850| location =Boston | url =http://books.google.com/books?id=5kBIvpRI1owC&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:Richard+inauthor:Mather&lr=&num=50&as_brr=0#PPA46,M1 | doi = | id = | isbn =

External links

* [http://www.ihbc.org.uk/context_archive/45/Churches_dir/Churches_2.htm The Historic Chapels Trust]
* [http://home.clara.net/ronsmith/liverpool/liv_19_1.htm Emigrants from Liverpool, with reference to Richard Mather]
* [http://www.matherclan.com/Mather/Liverpool.shtml Mather family history]


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