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Cannon Street Baptist Church, Accrington is a
Grade II listed In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Irel ...
former Baptist church in
Accrington Accrington is a town in the Hyndburn borough of Lancashire, England. It lies about east of Blackburn, west of Burnley, east of Preston, north of Manchester and is situated on the culverted River Hyndburn. Commonly abbreviated by locals to ...
, Lancashire.


History

The congregation for which the Cannon Street Chapel was built originated in Oakenshaw about 1735 when a few members met in the house of John Ellison. In 1754 they constructed a purpose-built chapel and by 1760 they separated from the congregation at Bacup to form an independent community. A new chapel was required by 1765 and this was replaced in 1836 by a chapel on Blackburn Road. The initiative to build the chapel started in 1863 when the congregation started fundraising. The foundation stone for the new chapel was laid on Whit Monday 1872 by James Barlow Esq. The cost of the chapel and the school was around £12,000 and it opened for worship on 19 March 1874.


Organ

The church installed a 3 manual 23 stop organ in 1874 by William Hill & Son. This was enlarged to 30 stops in 1899 by Jardine and Co and subsequent enlargements brought it to 35 stops.


See also

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Listed buildings in Accrington Accrington is a town in Hyndburn, Lancashire, England. It contains 43 listed buildings, which are designated by Historic England and recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, two are listed at Grade II*, the middle grade ...


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