PARK CHAPEL, CROUCH END
THIRD ENLARGEMENT
Address : 145 Crouch Hill
Post Code : N8 9QH
Location : TQ 3012 8820
Post Code : N8 9QH
Location : TQ 3012 8820
"Park chapel, at the foot of Crouch Hill, was opened in 1855 and registered by Independents in 1856. Alterations raised its seating to 1,017 in 1877 and 1,430 by 1894 .. The chapel and its halls formed a popular social centre, accommodating Hornsey British school until 1877 and later being described as a ’great church’. From 1973 Baptists from Ferme Park shared Park Chapel, by then a United Reformed church and still seating c. 1,400. The original Gothic building, with a corner turret and small spire, had faced east along Haringey Park. In 1976 it formed part of an impressive stone range and was the northern end of a larger north-south chapel; at the southern end stood a church parlour, built in 1886, and on the north the Corbin hall, dated 1892 ..." - http://www.theundergroundmap.com/wp/middlesex-hornsey-with-highgate-religion/
The stone-laying ceremony
"Mr W. S. Caine, M.P., laid the memorial stone, on Tuesday afternoon, of the third enlargement of ParkCongregational Chapel, Crouch-end, necessitated by the Increase of the congregation, and the impossibility of accommodating all who wished to attend the services. - Islington Gazette, 26 Jun 1885, p. 3
The names on the stones
W.S. Caine
William Sproston Caine (1842-1903), Liberal M.P., Baptist and promoter of the Temperance movement
William Sproston Caine (1842-1903), Liberal M.P., Baptist and promoter of the Temperance movement
Rev. Alfred Norman Rowland
Born at Henley-on-Thames, 1840. Died at Littlehampton while on holiday September 1925
1865-1875, Pastor of Zion Congregational Church, Frome
1875-1911, Pastor of Park Chapel, Crouch End
1892, Chairman, London Congregational Union
1898, Chairman, Congregational Union of England and Wales
Resided at 63 Etchingham Park Road, Church End, Finchley
Author of numerous religious tracts, hymns and other publications, including his autobiography: An Independent Parson : the Life Story of a Veteran Free Churchman. London : Congregational Union of England and Wales, 1923.
Obituary : Hendon and Finchley Times and Golders Green Guardian, 11 Sep 1925, p. 3.
Born at Henley-on-Thames, 1840. Died at Littlehampton while on holiday September 1925
1865-1875, Pastor of Zion Congregational Church, Frome
1875-1911, Pastor of Park Chapel, Crouch End
1892, Chairman, London Congregational Union
1898, Chairman, Congregational Union of England and Wales
Resided at 63 Etchingham Park Road, Church End, Finchley
Author of numerous religious tracts, hymns and other publications, including his autobiography: An Independent Parson : the Life Story of a Veteran Free Churchman. London : Congregational Union of England and Wales, 1923.
Obituary : Hendon and Finchley Times and Golders Green Guardian, 11 Sep 1925, p. 3.