The Church of the Holy Trinity or Holy Trinity Church or ''Trinity Church'' is an

Anglican Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition that has developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe. It is one of th ...

church located on Kissy Road in Freetown, Sierra Leone. The church was one of the most prestigious Anglican churches in Freetown alongside or after St. George's Cathedral, Freetown.

History

The Church of The Holy Trinity was built in 1839 and by 1894 was described as having the largest and "most fashionable" congregation in Freetown.

Lamina Sankoh Lamina Sankoh (28 June 1884 – 1964), born Etheldred Nathaniel Jones, was a Sierra Leone Creole pre-independence politician, educator, banker and cleric. Sankoh is known most prominently for helping to found the Peoples Party in 1948, one of the ...

, ''then'' Etheldred Nathaniel Jones, one of the founders of the Sierra Leone People's Party was curate of the church in 1940.

Destruction during the Sierra Leone Civil War

The church was burned down by rebels of the Revolutionary United Front fighting for Foday Sankoh during the 1999 withdrawal from the capital following the 1997 incursion into Freetown during the Sierra Leone Civil War. The church was subsequently rebuilt following the conclusion of the Sierra Leone Civil War.

References

*https://www.trinitoniansuk.org/about *https://gal-dem.com/how-a-stained-glass-window-in-clapham-led-me-to-the-krio-people-of-sierra-leone/ *https://www.trinitoniansuk.org/history

External links

*https://www.trinitoniansuk.org/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Holy Trinity Church, Freetown Anglican churches in Sierra Leone Churches in Freetown 1877 establishments in Sierra Leone Churches completed in 1877 Western Area