Monument record 7070 - Welsh Congregational Sunday School, Back Brook Street

Building on Back Brook Street used by the congregational faith. First opened in 1850 by a Welsh Congregation, it remained occupied until 1860 when they moved onto new premises in Pepper Street (CHER 10056). It probably reverted to a Sunday school from 1860 until 1884 when it was taken over by a different Welsh Congregation until 1894. (4)

The chapel was also the meeting placing for a Welsh Baptist congregation between 1854 and 1878 until they moved to new premises in Watergate Street. (4)

A Sunday school for the Welsh Congregation which opened in 1860 and closed in 1894 (1).

The school is present on 19th century 1:500 town plan (2).

The building was demolished in the early 1970s as part of the inner ring road redevelopment (3).

<1> Smithson, A.M., 2010, 'An Army of Ordinary People': religious Nonconformism in Chester and South-West Cheshire 18th-20th Centuries (Unpublished Report). SCH6834.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1872-1875, Metric Ten Foot Scale Town Plan of Chester, SJ40756675 (Maps and Plans). SCH6780.

<3> Huntings Surveys Ltd, 1971-1973, 1971-1973 County Survey, SJ40756675 (Aerial Photograph). SCH4881.

<4> Lewis C.P & Thacker A.T. (eds), 2005, Victoria County History - A History of the County of Chester: Volume Vii, The City of Chester - The City of Chester, Culture, Buildings, Institutions (Book). SCH6522.