Kew Baptist Church
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| founded date = 1861 (in Richmond, as Salem Baptist Church)
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| location = 2a Windsor Road, Richmond, London TW9 2EL
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Kew Baptist Church was an independent evangelical fellowship affiliated to the Association of Grace Baptist Churches (South East). The church met, until its closure in 2020, in Windsor Road in Kew in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, south west London.
The church was founded in 1861 in Richmond, as Salem Baptist Church.Salem Baptist Church's archives, dating back to 1861, are held at the Surrey History Centre.
{{cite web|url=http://origin.nationalarchives.gov.uk/nra/searches/subjectView.asp?ID=O99157 |title=Salem Baptist Chapel, Park Shot, Richmond |publisher=The National Archives (United Kingdom) |work=National Register of Archives |access-date=24 November 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202223009/http://origin.nationalarchives.gov.uk/nra/searches/subjectView.asp?ID=O99157 |archive-date= 2 December 2013 }} It met at 5 Parkshot,Dawson, p.9, "Archaeological record"Dawson, p.13, "Listed buildings" a Grade II listed building near Richmond Green.{{National Heritage List for England |date = 24 December 1968|num=1357756 |desc=4, 5 and 6, Parkshot|accessdate=5 October 2016}} The church moved to Windsor Road, Kew in 1973 and changed its name to Kew Baptist Church in 1990.{{cite web|url=http://www.kewbaptist.com/aboutus.htm |title=About Us |publisher=Kew Baptist Church |access-date=24 November 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202230946/http://www.kewbaptist.com/aboutus.htm |archive-date= 2 December 2013 }}
The church closed in December 2020 after a motion to do so was passed unanimously by its members.
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Sources
- {{cite web | url=http://www.tvas.co.uk/reports/pdf/PLR12-80dsreport.pdf | publisher=Thames Valley Archaeological Services | title=The Old School, Park Lane, Richmond, London Borough of Richmond: Desk Based Heritage Assessment | date=August 2012 | access-date=24 November 2013 | author=Dawson, Tim}}
External links
- [http://collage.cityoflondon.gov.uk/collage/app;jsessionid=966EE05F60DA343C678F40B7D891E662?service=external/Item&sp=Zlondon&sp=165292&sp=X 1970 photograph of Salem Baptist Church, 5-6 Parkshot, Richmond, from London County Council Photograph Library collection in London Metropolitan Archives]
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Category:1861 establishments in England
Category:2020 disestablishments in England
Category:Churches completed in 1973
Category:Former churches in Kew
Category:Former churches in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
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