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Dursley Gazette:
William Pegler is pictured in the 1920s, with his two shire horses which are pulling a Lister chain harrow in one of his fields behind the Congregational Church. The view is looking towards Church Road and shows; on the left, the rear of the Congregational Church; in the centre, the rear of the Church Manse (with St. George’s Vicarage behind); then on the right, the tower of St George’s Church (Photo Link)
William Pegler is pictured in the 1920s, with his two shire horses which are pulling a Lister chain harrow in one of his fields behind the Congregational Church. The view is looking towards Church Road and shows; on the left, the rear of the Congregational Church; in the centre, the rear of the Church Manse (with St. George’s Vicarage behind); then on the right, the tower of St George’s Church (Photo Link)
WILLIAM HARDING MEMORIAL:
Pedestal tomb. Dated 1793. Limestone. Moulded square base, cruciform pedestal, two faces with floriated elliptical panels and two moulded elliptical panels; frieze, part fluted and cornice, slightly domed weathered top. WILLIAM HARDING, 1793. This is the only upright memorial remaining in the small yard on the north side of Cam Congregational Church. (Historic England)
Pedestal tomb. Dated 1793. Limestone. Moulded square base, cruciform pedestal, two faces with floriated elliptical panels and two moulded elliptical panels; frieze, part fluted and cornice, slightly domed weathered top. WILLIAM HARDING, 1793. This is the only upright memorial remaining in the small yard on the north side of Cam Congregational Church. (Historic England)
Historic England:
CONGREGATIONAL CHAPEL This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest. (Listed Building)
CONGREGATIONAL CHAPEL This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest. (Listed Building)
Old Dursley (Gloucestershire):
Photo one from Church Road from near the Hopton Road/Springhill junction. The church building of 'Cam Meeting' can be seen in the background. Photo two from Church Road. This became the Congregational Church and is now the 3C Community Church. This probably dates from the 1930s. Photo credit Andy Barton (Photo Link 1) (Photo Link 2)
Photo one from Church Road from near the Hopton Road/Springhill junction. The church building of 'Cam Meeting' can be seen in the background. Photo two from Church Road. This became the Congregational Church and is now the 3C Community Church. This probably dates from the 1930s. Photo credit Andy Barton (Photo Link 1) (Photo Link 2)
Old Dursley (Gloucestershire):
The Manse, the house to the left of the old Congregational church. The land the Manse is built on was purchased from R.A. Lister for the sum of £42 in 1921 and the Manse was completed in 1923. Photo credit Andy Barton (Photo Link)
The Manse, the house to the left of the old Congregational church. The land the Manse is built on was purchased from R.A. Lister for the sum of £42 in 1921 and the Manse was completed in 1923. Photo credit Andy Barton (Photo Link)
Old Dursley (Gloucestershire):
This photo of a budgerigar cage which used to be mounted on the outside of this old cottage in Water Street, pictured here in 1959. The cottage was previously a small school and chapel built by the Cam Meeting Presbyterian Minister, Joseph Twemlow in 1718 and closed in the late 1800s. He set up a Trust to help with the education of the children of Protestant Dissenters. The Twemlow Trust now part of the Dursley United Charity The building suffered a major fire in 1968 and only part of the walls still stands. Photo credit Andy Barton (Photo Link) (Photo Link)
This photo of a budgerigar cage which used to be mounted on the outside of this old cottage in Water Street, pictured here in 1959. The cottage was previously a small school and chapel built by the Cam Meeting Presbyterian Minister, Joseph Twemlow in 1718 and closed in the late 1800s. He set up a Trust to help with the education of the children of Protestant Dissenters. The Twemlow Trust now part of the Dursley United Charity The building suffered a major fire in 1968 and only part of the walls still stands. Photo credit Andy Barton (Photo Link) (Photo Link)
The Old Manse:
The Manse at the bottom of Cam Pitch was brought by Rev David Truss when he moved from New Tabernacle London and became minister at Cam Meeting in 1894. In July 1920 the orchards and Manse at lower Cam were sold and the Co-operative Society built a small general store on the land. Credit Kim Wilkins (Old Manse 1) (Old Manse 2)
The Manse at the bottom of Cam Pitch was brought by Rev David Truss when he moved from New Tabernacle London and became minister at Cam Meeting in 1894. In July 1920 the orchards and Manse at lower Cam were sold and the Co-operative Society built a small general store on the land. Credit Kim Wilkins (Old Manse 1) (Old Manse 2)
Dursley Lantern:
The Journal of the Dursley & Cam Society featured Cam Congregational Church on the front cover in 2006. (Cover Photo)
The Journal of the Dursley & Cam Society featured Cam Congregational Church on the front cover in 2006. (Cover Photo)
Gloucestershire Archives:
Certificates of registry of death 1882-1972; minutes 1903-1934; accounts 1776-1921 and pew rent books 1791-1944; Sunday School minutes 1892-1914, accounts 1891-1908 and attendance registers 1913-1922; *papers concerning the history of the church, including account of its history from the 17th to 19th centuries, 1933, and notes on the organ, including photograph, 2005
Dursley, Water Street Charity School: accounts 1758-1887; trustees' minutes 1822-1873
Search for Cam Congregational in (Gloucestershire Archives)
Certificates of registry of death 1882-1972; minutes 1903-1934; accounts 1776-1921 and pew rent books 1791-1944; Sunday School minutes 1892-1914, accounts 1891-1908 and attendance registers 1913-1922; *papers concerning the history of the church, including account of its history from the 17th to 19th centuries, 1933, and notes on the organ, including photograph, 2005
Dursley, Water Street Charity School: accounts 1758-1887; trustees' minutes 1822-1873
Search for Cam Congregational in (Gloucestershire Archives)
DURSLEY CHARITIES:
The Revd Joseph Twemlow of Cam Meeting lived in Dursley and started a school in his own house in 1715 for the children of Protestant
Dissenters, later transferring it to the school building in Water Street, Dursley. The school was endowed with land so the rents paid for the schoolmaster and general expenses. ln 1740 it had forty pupils. When this school closed in 1887, a Trust in the name of Joseph Twemlow continued to support the education of Nonconformist young people in the area. Since 1947, this has been through donating small grants to students in higher education. Now part of the Dursley United Charity. (Charity Commission)
The Revd Joseph Twemlow of Cam Meeting lived in Dursley and started a school in his own house in 1715 for the children of Protestant
Dissenters, later transferring it to the school building in Water Street, Dursley. The school was endowed with land so the rents paid for the schoolmaster and general expenses. ln 1740 it had forty pupils. When this school closed in 1887, a Trust in the name of Joseph Twemlow continued to support the education of Nonconformist young people in the area. Since 1947, this has been through donating small grants to students in higher education. Now part of the Dursley United Charity. (Charity Commission)
Steele's shoe and boot shop:
Charles William Steele and his wife Emma Eliza, lived and worked at premises in Parsonage Street (in the building now used by Clifton Cameras). He was born in 1845 and ran his business "Steele's shoe and boot shop" for over 40 years, dying in 1926 at the age of 81. He was also a non-conformist and very much involved in church work, being a deacon at Cam Meeting (now the 3C Community Church in Upper Cam) for many years. This picture shows Cyril Chandler who was a delivery boy for Steele's in 1925. (Picture)
Charles William Steele and his wife Emma Eliza, lived and worked at premises in Parsonage Street (in the building now used by Clifton Cameras). He was born in 1845 and ran his business "Steele's shoe and boot shop" for over 40 years, dying in 1926 at the age of 81. He was also a non-conformist and very much involved in church work, being a deacon at Cam Meeting (now the 3C Community Church in Upper Cam) for many years. This picture shows Cyril Chandler who was a delivery boy for Steele's in 1925. (Picture)
Congregational Federation:
In 1975 the church decided by a vote of the Membership to join the Congregational Federation and twenty years later in 1995 adopted the federations model trust deed to help the church vision to go forward with due process. (Trust Deed) (C/F Website)
In 1975 the church decided by a vote of the Membership to join the Congregational Federation and twenty years later in 1995 adopted the federations model trust deed to help the church vision to go forward with due process. (Trust Deed) (C/F Website)
Wikipedia Encyclopaedia:
Cam Congregational Church notability status page including information on:
History, Ministers, Architecture, References (Verified) Bibliography and External Links.
(Wikipedia Link)
Cam Congregational Church notability status page including information on:
History, Ministers, Architecture, References (Verified) Bibliography and External Links.
(Wikipedia Link)
Local Congregational Churches
Cambridge Congregational Church
Built on the Bristol Road in Cambridge in 1920, in the civil parish of Slimbridge replacing an earlier building erected in 1807. There was a schoolroom through the door to the right. It was demolished in 1982. (Photo Link) (Photo Link)
Built on the Bristol Road in Cambridge in 1920, in the civil parish of Slimbridge replacing an earlier building erected in 1807. There was a schoolroom through the door to the right. It was demolished in 1982. (Photo Link) (Photo Link)
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3D Warehouse
Grade 2 Listed Buildings. Congregational Church built 1702. Painted rubble walls. Half-hipped slate roof. The pointed windows with Y-tracery are an alteration undertaken in 1818. The Sunday school wing of 1895 protrudes from the East end. It has two storeys and a basement. The building houses classrooms and facilities; and is of white-painted brickwork with red brick string courses and a red brick chimney. The basement has an off-centre pair of double doors in an arched opening with keystone; and gives on to the sloping Church Road. The building has a slate roof with vertical tile-hanging in the gable end of the roadside elevation. Sundry 20th C lean-to single-storey additions and a canopied porch at rear |
Cam Congregational Church was renamed 3C Community Church in 2008: