Tabular List of Churches
in the Midland District of the New Connexion of General Baptists
This table shows the growth of the General Baptist movement in the East Midlands and indicates the year in which each church was established. Follow each back through its parent to find the relevant church in your period of interest. In the first table, all churches lead back to Barton.
Church Parentage Date of Origin Members Sabbath Scholars Teachers Barton 1745 352 351 42 Melbourne Barton 1760 266 300 47 Cauldwell Melbourne 1785 66 56 10 Ashby & Packington Melbourne 1807 163 140 36 Austrey Ashby & Packington 1808 177 100 10 Measham & Netherseal Ashby & Packington 1840 235 220 40 Loughborough Barton 1760 601 765 89 Leake & Wimeswold Loughborough 1782 302 270 50 Broughton & Hose Leake 1806 170 70 28 Rothley & Sileby Loughborough 1802 98 150 32 Kegworth Barton 1760 118 202 40 Ilkeston & Smalley Kegworth 1785 132 180 30 Castle Donington Kegworth 1783 330 390 74 Sutton Bonnington Kegworth 1795 62 76 16 Long Whatton & Belton Kegworth 1798 67 93 15 Kirkby Woodhouse Barton 1760 67 150 27 Hinckley Barton 1766 210 380 60 Longford Hinckley 1773 279 411 47 Longford (Union Place) Longford 1827 129 150 23 Thurlaston Hinckley 1814 129 87 18 Wolvey Hinckley 1815 102 98 18 Hugglescote Barton 1798 252 382 50
The above Churches came in a direct line from Barton; the following originated in a union of effort by the Barton preachers and their coadjutors, aided by others.
Church Parentage Date of Origin Members Sabbath Scholars Teachers Sutton Coldfield 1775 Birmingham 1786 220 460 65 Nottingham
(Stoney Street)1775 966 1500 250 Nottingham
(Broad Street)Nottingham 1818 332 450 60 Beeston 1804 135 109 27 Derby 1791 506 620 65 Derby
(Sacheveral Street)(Divided in 2 Churches) 1831 249 315 40 Duffield 1810 99 100 20
The church at Friar Lane, Leicester, existed before the formation of the Barton Church, but had nearly become extinct: its resuscitation and extension may be attributed to the labours of the Barton preachers, their coadjutors and successors.
Church Parentage Date of Origin Members Sabbath Scholars Teachers Leicester
(Friar Lane)1660 413 410 41 Leicester
(Archdeacon Lane)Friar Lane 1799 414 630 60 Leicester
(Carley Street)Friar Lane 1823 35 140 18 Leicester
(Dover Street)Friar Lane 1823 299 425 50 Leicester
(Vine Street)Archdeacon Lane 1841 34 Billesden Friar Lane 1820 50 40 6
Churches also exist in the following places, the origin of some of which is not known to the compiler, but most of them, no doubt sprung from the above:- Belper, Burton-on-Trent, Coventry, Cradeley Heath (sic), Fleckney, Smeeton, Hathern, Market Harborough, Northampton
From:
"Preacher, Pastor, Mechanic: Memoir of Samuel Deacon of Barton"
Leicester: Printed & Published by W Buck, (late Winks & Co), High Street
London: Elliot Stock, 61 & 62 Paternoster Row
Bristol: W F Mack, 70 Park Street
(New Edition with Additions, issued by Thomas Cook, Thorncroft, Leicester, 1888)
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