78 KINGSBRIDGE 



in 1671, bearing the following title: — "A True and Faithful 

 Narrative of the Unjust and Illegal Sufferings and Oppres- 

 sions of many Christians, Injuriously and Injudiciously called 

 Fanatics, holding all the Fundamentals of the Christian 

 Religion, believing all the Articles of the Christian Faith, 

 and whose Lives and Conversations are as Consonant and 

 Agreeable to the Laws of God, as theirs that persecute 

 them, &c, &c." This pamphlet is in the hands of the 

 representatives of the late Jeremiah Cranch, and a reprint 

 was issued in 1821, by Mr. Joseph Cranch. 



In those days of pains and penalties, the early Non- 

 conformists used to meet for worship, by appointment, at 

 Sorley Green (then called Surley Butts) and Lincombe 

 Cross (then known as Linckam Hill Head), and perhaps 

 in other places, in the open air, where they could meet 

 undiscovered, or from whence they should be able to escape, 

 if discovered by those who sought them out for punishment 

 and disgrace. 



The first meeting-house of which there seems to be any 

 account stood on the west side of Fore Street, a little 

 south of Duncombe Street. This was taken down towards 

 the end of the last century, and a new Independent Chapel 

 was built on the east side of Fore Street, by Millman's 

 Lane, in the year 1780. This chapel was enlarged during 

 the pastorate of the Rev. Edward Newton. The present 

 handsome and commodious chapel was erected in 1858 : 

 Mr. J. Pulliblank architect. 



We have been supplied with a list of the Independent 

 ministers, as far as can be ascertained. 



APPOINTED. RESIGNED. 



— Rev. Alexander Walker — 



1775 „ William Evans ... 1794 or 5 



