St James' Presbyterian Church of England, Bristol
St James' Presbyterian Church (also known as Welsh Congregational Church) was a church in The Haymarket, St James, Bristol, England.
History
The church was built in 1859.[1][2] It was destroyed during The Blitz in World War II. In around 1953, St James's Presbyterian in Romney Avenue, Lockleaze was built.[3]
In 1897, the church hosted a synod of the Presbyterian Church of England in order to commemorate Rev. William C. Burns becoming the church's first missionary to China when he arrived there in 1847. The moderator of the synod was Rev. H. L. Mackenzie, who spoke at length about his experiences over nearly four decades at the Presbyterian Church of England's Swatow Mission in China.[4][5]
The remains of the Victorian-era St James' Church are just south of the current
In 1957, the church tower and lower doors were used as the walls of a courtyard for a small Welsh Congregational chapel designed by Eustace Button, who designed a number of churches in the area. This small chapel lay across the old church, with the old halls at the rear. The Eustace Button church was low with
References
- ^ "Welsh Congregational Church (partly Demolished), St James, Bristol". Churches Database. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
- ^ "Churches St James". About Bristol. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
- ^ a b c "Welsh Congregational Church (partly Demolished), St James, Bristol". churchdb. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
- ^ "Two Mission Jubilees". Medical Missions at Home and Abroad. 1 February 1897. p. 243.
- ^ Mellis, James (1 June 1897). "Synod of the Presbyterian Church of England". The Free Church of Scotland Monthly. p. 145.
- ^ Bristol Record Office accession 44394
- ^ Photo of the gutted nave by the Bristol Evening Post newspaper held in the Bristol Records Office
- ISBN 0-946771-89-8. p. 86