Person    | Male  Born 13/10/1818  Died 1892

Rev. Henry Allon

Categories: Religion

Born near Hull. Joint pastor of the Islington Union Chapel from 1843/4 with Thomas Lewis, taking sole charge on Lewis's death in 1852, until his own death. Friends with Gladstone and Asquith (who was a member of the congregation). He also oversaw the building of the current Union Chapel.

Seems to have worked closely with Rev. A. Raleigh - see there for chapels that they opened together.

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Rev. Henry Allon

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Union Chapel

The two pastors are Lewis, the first, and, Allon, the one that oversaw the er...

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Raleigh Memorial Chapel

Raleigh had died in the April preceding the laying of this stone.

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