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Gravel Pit Chapel

1716 establishments in Great BritainBuildings and structures demolished in 1969Demolished buildings and structures in LondonFormer churches in London

The Gravel Pit Chapel was established in 1715–1716 (1716) in Hackney, then just outside London, for a Nonconformist congregation, which by the early 19th century began to identify itself as Unitarian. In 1809 the congregation moved to the New Gravel Pit Chapel nearby, while its old premises were taken over by Congregationalists. The New Gravel Pit Chapel was closed and demolished in1969 (1969).

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Gravel Pit Chapel
Ram Place, London Homerton (London Borough of Hackney)

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