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Description: | The Congregationalists started in Slough in 1846 in a room rented from Mr. Luff the printer. In 1847 the site was acquired for £140 and the foundation stone was laid in 1852. The church was opened in 1853 at a cost of £2000, and had seating for 700 plus 300 scholars. The Rev. Charles Spurgeon preached there in 1858 and the congregation was so large that fears were expressed for the safety of the building.
In 1972 most of the Congregationalists of England and the English Presbyterians combined to form the United Reformed Church. In 1981 the building was demolished and was replaced in 1982 by the Kingsway Church Centre and Monarch House. The back of the shops along Slough High Street can be seen in the background, together with the towers of the Fulcrum Centre and Wellington House. | Format: | image/jpeg | License: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?a=query&p=gateway&f=generic_sitetext%2ehtm&_IXFIRST_=1&_IXMAXHITS_=1&cms_con_core_subtype%3acms_con_text_what=copyright&%3acms_sys_group=%22sopse%22 | Rights holder: | Slough Library | Subjects: | Churches Congregational Church ; United Reform Church | Temporal: | start=1981-01-01; end=1981-12-31; | Source: | Sense of place SE | Creator: | Reg Harrison | Identifier: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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