Hi Heather, I'm a bit confused here (easily done;>) when you say Christchurch & Independant chapel. Christchurch was never a chapel. It was consecrated in 1853 as the parish church for South Banbury, this new parish was in the diocese of Oxford & covered areas in Oxon & N'hants. St Mary's church may have outpriced itself at that time to many Banburians, with its high 'pew prices' only the better off could afford. For those that could not afford the high pew rent - the nonconformist chapels became very tempting to attend instead. The 'Church' didn't want that either! Hence the building of Christchurch to ''better meet the wants of the poor'' & keep them with church, not chapel. For those that like visual images - the following web site has small pictures of the original St Mary's, before it was demolished in abt 1790 (I think, a far more beautiful building than St Mary's is today) plus a picture of Christchurch, Marlborough rd Methodist & many of the towns various small chapels. http://www.kickback.btinternet.co.ul/index.html Click on WASSAIL traditional arts for pictures of local Morris Dancing/Mummers etc. Click on the trowel for History & Archaeology --- 'The Banbury Faith Trail' is on that page BW Angela co admin > Can anyone help with a look up for the marriage of Henry Read, abt 1859, > Independent Chapel , Banbury. > > Were there other Independent chapels besides Christchurch. > > Thankyou > Heather Hudson

change the URL below to end with uk instead of ul and can then go to site Kathleen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Angela Allen" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, November 05, 2007 1:02 PM Subject: [BAN] Christchurch - The Banbury Faith Trail > Hi Heather, > > I'm a bit confused here (easily done;>) when you say Christchurch & > Independant chapel. > > Christchurch was never a chapel. > It was consecrated in 1853 as the parish church for South Banbury, this new > parish was in the diocese of Oxford & covered areas in Oxon & N'hants. > > St Mary's church may have outpriced itself at that time to many Banburians, > with its high 'pew prices' only the better off could afford. > For those that could not afford the high pew rent - the nonconformist > chapels became very tempting to attend instead. > > The 'Church' didn't want that either! > > Hence the building of Christchurch to ''better meet the wants of the poor'' > & keep them with church, not chapel. > > For those that like visual images - the following web site has small > pictures of the original St Mary's, before it was demolished in abt 1790 (I > think, a far more beautiful building than St Mary's is today) plus a picture > of Christchurch, Marlborough rd Methodist & many of the towns various small > chapels. > > http://www.kickback.btinternet.co.ul/index.html > > Click on WASSAIL traditional arts for pictures of local Morris > Dancing/Mummers etc. > Click on the trowel for History & Archaeology --- 'The Banbury Faith Trail' > is on that page > > BW > Angela co admin > > > > > Can anyone help with a look up for the marriage of Henry Read, abt 1859, > > Independent Chapel , Banbury. > > > > Were there other Independent chapels besides Christchurch. > > > > Thankyou > > Heather Hudson > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Banbury Historical Society & Friends of Banbury Museum > http://www.cherwell-dc.gov.uk/banburymuseum/banburyhistoricalsoc.cfm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >