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Elland Congregational Church History up to 1868.

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ELLAND.*
(CONGREGATIONAL.)

Divine worship having for two or three years been held in a room in the New Street, about the year 1822, it was resolved to purchase land for a building. The first stone was laid by Revs. E. Parsons'(Halifax) and S. Rhodes. The chapel was opened July 9, 1823, by Revs. J. Parsons, J. A. Coombs, and John Ely, and a church was formed

The following have been the ministers:-

NOTES:-
* From information by Rev. F. Bolton. December 2.


Transcribed by Colin Hinson © 2014
from the Appendix to
Congregationalism in Yorkshire
by James C. Miall, 1868.

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