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Offline tel

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Welsh church in Surrey?
« on: March 02, 2009, 01:12:35 PM »
Does anyone know (Mr Wench maybe) why there is a Welsh Presbyterian church in Sutton? TMR knows where it is.

I can't find it in any local directory or web page.
What's it doing in Sutton and in an area that was predominately Irish for many years?



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Re: Welsh church in Surrey?
« Reply #1 on: March 02, 2009, 01:15:01 PM »
Out for a walk once (somewhere near Wisley?) I came across an Ezekiel Chapel where some guy ina forck coat was delivering a fire and brimstone sermon to a packed chapel. Perhaps they sent missionaries or summat? The Welsh tedn to stick together when away from the valleys. Perhaps they travel from miles around
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Re: Welsh church in Surrey?
« Reply #2 on: March 02, 2009, 01:16:28 PM »
Not a clue!  We don't really do religion.  redface: Mr Wench used to I think but I have broken him of that.
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« Reply #3 on: March 02, 2009, 01:16:40 PM »
I like the protective fencing round it!  Doubt it will stop 2 tons of Lexus smashing through it  evil:
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Re: Welsh church in Surrey?
« Reply #4 on: March 02, 2009, 01:17:29 PM »
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Mr Wench used to I think but I have broken him

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Re: Welsh church in Surrey?
« Reply #5 on: March 02, 2009, 01:18:23 PM »
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However, St.Nicholas was not the first purpose-built church in Sutton. The present-day Sutton Oak Welsh Chapel in Lancots Lane was built by the Wesleyan Methodists in 1845, using cobbles made out of copper slag, donated by local firm Newton Keats & Co. In 1893 the Wesleyans moved to new premises and the chapel was handed over to the Welsh community who used it as an nondenominational, nonconformist place of worship.

http://www.suttonbeauty.org.uk/suttonhistory/religion.html
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Re: Welsh church in Surrey?
« Reply #6 on: March 02, 2009, 01:21:04 PM »
Quote from: Bar Wench on March 02, 2009, 01:16:28 PM
Not a clue!  We don't really do religion.  redface: Mr Wench used to I think but I have broken him of that.

Tell him to find out.

Although it's been there for years it is only now that it has started to really bug me. Been past it thousands of times but now I walk past it every Friday and it's there, doing sweet FA, no sign of activity etc. and I can't find anybody who has a clue about it's existence.
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Re: Welsh church in Surrey?
« Reply #7 on: March 02, 2009, 01:21:34 PM »
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Re: Welsh church in Surrey?
« Reply #8 on: March 02, 2009, 01:22:47 PM »
Quote from: Bar Wench on March 02, 2009, 01:18:23 PM
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However, St.Nicholas was not the first purpose-built church in Sutton. The present-day Sutton Oak Welsh Chapel in Lancots Lane was built by the Wesleyan Methodists in 1845, using cobbles made out of copper slag, donated by local firm Newton Keats & Co. In 1893 the Wesleyans moved to new premises and the chapel was handed over to the Welsh community who used it as an nondenominational, nonconformist place of worship.

http://www.suttonbeauty.org.uk/suttonhistory/religion.html

That's St Helens! Since when has that been in Surrey?
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Re: Welsh church in Surrey?
« Reply #9 on: March 02, 2009, 01:23:40 PM »
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Re: Welsh church in Surrey?
« Reply #10 on: March 02, 2009, 01:25:57 PM »
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Re: Welsh church in Surrey?
« Reply #11 on: March 02, 2009, 01:28:50 PM »
Quote from: Bar Wench on March 02, 2009, 01:25:57 PM
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Lind Road, Sutton, off of Carshalton Road - do you know it?
Nightingale pub on corner, used to be called The Jenny Lind.
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Re: Welsh church in Surrey?
« Reply #12 on: March 02, 2009, 01:31:13 PM »
Well Jenny Lind was Swedish, so what connection does she have with Sutton?
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Re: Welsh church in Surrey?
« Reply #13 on: March 02, 2009, 01:35:14 PM »
Quote from: Nick on March 02, 2009, 01:31:13 PM
Well Jenny Lind was Swedish, so what connection does she have with Sutton?

She used to do gigs there on Friday Nights - very fond of Guinness I am told.
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Re: Welsh church in Surrey?
« Reply #14 on: March 02, 2009, 01:39:36 PM »
Quote from: tel on March 02, 2009, 01:28:50 PM
Quote from: Bar Wench on March 02, 2009, 01:25:57 PM
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Lind Road, Sutton, off of Carshalton Road - do you know it?
Nightingale pub on corner, used to be called The Jenny Lind.

Jenny Lind was also known as the swedish nightingale wasn't she?  rubschin:
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