The Congregational Chapel in Great Yarmouth, also known as the Middlegate Chapel, has been described as the "Mother of Nonconformity in Norfolk". The records for the Congregationalists in Yarmouth date back to the 17th Century. Various hand-written ledger document baptisms back to 1643 until deposits cease in 1840. It is not known if further records after this date are with the church but should they appear in the public domain then they will be added to this transcript.

By the 19th Century the congregation was clearly in decline with other sects and schisms undoubtedly eating into the membership. This rather short transcript is all that survives for the period of the project. The hand-written books are rather faded and in testing hands at times. The records have only recently been filmed and are available on Microfilm MF1621 from which this transcript was prepared, this is an excellent modern filming which gets the best of the records' preservation.