Building record 7133 - United Reformed Church in Farndon

This is a United Reformed Church, which opened in 1958 in Farndon and is still functioning today. The Church succeeded a Congressional chapel which was built in 1889 and was destroyed in 1957 by fire (1).

The earlier Congressional Chapel is present on second and third edition OS Mapping of 1898-1890 (2) and 1911 (3), while the United Reformed Church is present on modern mapping (4).

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Army of Ordinary People': religious Nonconformism in Chester and South-West Cheshire 18th-20th Centuries, Appendix A (Unpublished Report).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

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1896-1898, Ordnance Survey First Revision County Series (Epoch 2) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ4131 (Maps and Plans). SCH3848.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1909-1912, Ordnance Survey Second Revision County Series (Epoch 3) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ4131 (Maps and Plans). SCH4361.

<4> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Land Line and Master Map Vector Maps, SJ4131 (Maps and Plans). SCH4491.