Congregational Churches in Leicester

Throughout the City's long history there have been a number of places of worship in Leicester of various denominations. As part of the documenting of these numerous denominations the following is a list of all Congregational Churches both open and closed :

Open Churches

Abbots Road (now United Reformed Church)
Dumbleton Avenue, (now Christchurch United Reformed Church)
East Bond Street, Great Meeting (now Unitarian) (formerly a united Congregational and Presbyterian meeting)
Elmdale Street, Belgrave, Belgrave Union (a Nonconformist union church, formerly with Baptist and Congregational affiliations, now with Baptist and United Reformed Church affiliations)
Hinckley Road, (now Westcotes United Reformed Church)
Linden Street, North Evington Free Church (formerly affiliated to Congregational Union, but now identifying itself as Baptist)
London Road, Clarendon Park Congregational Church
The Common, Evington (now Wycliffe United Reformed Church)

Closed Churches

Bath Street, Belgrave
Bond Street
College Street
Collegiate Church (Congregational) (met in part of the old Collegiate School)
Gallowtree Gate
Granby Street
Harvey Lane
Humberstone Road
London Road
Main Street, Humberstone
Millstone Lane
Oxford Street
Peel Street
Sanvey Gate
Willow Street

References

A Brief History of Free Churches in Leicestershire & Rutland, Rev A A Betteridge

Leicester Congregationalism, 1800-1910, H T Chambers (1910)

Those Taking Part 1802-1952: A brief history of Bond Street Congregational Church Leicester, E M Drew (1951)

Abbots Road United Reformed Church: The First Fifty Years, Eric A Hanson (1979)

The Story of Our Churches 1662-1962, Leicester & Rutland Congregational Union (1962)

Centenary of the London Road Congregational Church, Leicester 1857-1957, W Orr (1957)

Gallowtree Gate Congregational Chapel Leicester 1823-1921, Gerald T Rimmington (1999)

Where Leicester has Worshipped

University Of Leicester Archaeology and Ancient History Interactive Geo map of sites

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