1826 --- 2026
200 Years Young
Plans
are well under way to celebrate the 200 th anniversary of the
Independent Chapel, which became Thornbury United Reformed Church in
Chapel Street next July.
The Chapel as built in 1826 to
replace a smaller one only about 50 metres away in Rock Street, in what
is now St Mary’s carpark. Possibly, some hidden evidence of its
foundations and the surrounding burial ground might still be under the
carpark.
Can you help us to celebrate? Do you have memories of
worshipping there or using the building for other events? Can you share
them with us? Did your older relatives go on one of the Sunday School
trips to New Passage or Weston-Super-Mare? Do you have any photographs
or other artefacts that you could lend us for an exhibition? We would
love to
hear from you!
If you can help us at all, please contact Christine Dugdale on 01454 413097.
And please watch this space for announcements about a whole series of events in
2025/2026.