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Kay & John Collins 2006/7

Old Baptist Church
"Top Meeting"


Old Church frontage c1870	The Assembly Room & the Manse in Park Road built 1871

Rushden Argus, 19^th May 1893, transcribed by Kay Collins

Baptist Chapel—On Sunday last seven persons were baptised at this chapel, and the Rev. W. J. Tomkins based a discourse on Christian baptism, from Acts viii., 12.

Old Record Book		Old Record Book Index of Members	Old Record Book Extracts - Pages & Years Covered
The Old Book & Contents	Teachers	Abbott - Codgbrook	pages 47 - 48	1723 - 1748
History of the Old Church	Two Houses	Coleman - Hazeldine	pages 55 - 57	1749 - 1759?
Covenant 1735	Building Costs	Heath - Nunley	pages 64 - 73	1759 - 1796
Covenant 1749	Petition in 1813	Odell - Tweltree	pages 100 - 113	1766 - 1828
Covenant 1768	Extracts from accounts	Walker - Yual	pages 114 - 117	1775 - 1819
Covenant 1839	Interesting Extracts	History	pages 272 - 290	1778 - 1854
Ministers & Deacons	Statistics	Baptist	pages 303 - 309	Burials
Memorial Inscriptions		Baptist - New Zealand	pages 366 - 389	1857 - 1879
MIs Introduction	Gravestone Plan	Stalwarts 1901	pages 394 - 397	1880 - 1881
Memorial Inscriptions	Headstones	Notes by Dr C R Fisher Part VIII	pages 398 - 416	1882 - 1899
MIs Index A-M	Ward Family Tomb	Notes by Dr C R Fisher Part VIII		Miscellaneous
MIs Index P-Y		Village meetings		Sermons
Choir	Band of Hope	Sunday School	Fundraising	News - 1869-97
The Choir	Band of Hope	Foundation Stone	New Church	Notes 1877 - 1932
Christmas Corales 1850	Minutes 1919-21	Teachers 1840	Organ	Life From Death
Mr JosephFarey		School Opens 1884		Court case 1860
Mr Wm Sargent		Parents' Tea 1884		Farewells 1882 & 1884
Registers	Special Service	Sunday School 1890	Galleries	Farewell Tea 1898
Marriages 1840-1900	R E Bradfield's death	87th. Anniversary 1897	Minsters	Rev Harris - 1899
Marriages 1900 - 1924	Rev Jenkinson 1839/40	88th. Anniversary 1898	Teachers	Poem & Book 1900
Pledge Book	Special Services 1879	Young Men's Class	Church Elders	Mr Reuben Clark
Signing the Pledge	Communion tickets	Opening Soiree	Teachers & Officers 1910	Future of Building?