Group    From 1861 

Metropolis Chapel Building Fund Association

Group

Established under the leadership of Alexander M'Aulay to ‘promote the erection of commodious chapels in suitable situations in and around the metropolis, to assist in the enlargement of existing chapels and to secure eligible sites, especially in new localities’. For the Congregational Protestant faith.

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