Monument record MLI92180 - Site of former General Baptist Meeting House

Summary

Site of former General Baptist Meeting House which contained burial memorials

Type and Period (3)

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Full Description

PRN 14006 The Boston General Baptist congregation is known, from documentary sources, to have met in premises belonging to Mr John Saul, on the south side of Hammond Beck in Skirbeck Quarter, prior to the building of the chapel in the High Street in 1763 (PRN 13964). In 1856 the building was in use as a granary at which time it was reported that remains of burial memorials lay beneath the floor. A Baptist Meeting House is marked at this location on a 1741 map of Boston.{1}{2}{3}

Sources/Archives (3)

  •  Digital Archive: Lincolnshire County Council. 2004-2009. GIS layer depicting locations and survival of nonconformist chapels. 14006.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Pishey Thompson. 1856. The Histories and Antiquities of Boston. Pages 261 & 266.
  •  Map: HALL R. 1741. A PLAN OF THE BOROUGH AND PORT OF BOSTON. -.

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Location

Grid reference Centred TF 32667 43379 (15m by 7m)
Civil Parish BOSTON, BOSTON, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Record last edited

Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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