List of places of worship in London, 1804 facts for kids

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London in 1804 was a bustling city, and many people went to different places of worship. This article shares a list of some of these places, like churches, chapels, and meeting-houses, from a book published in 1804 called A View of London.

Back then, this list mainly focused on Protestant places of worship. It didn't include places for Quakers, Roman Catholics, or Jewish people, as those were listed in other books.

The names for these places could be a bit confusing! For example, "meeting-house" and "chapel" often meant the same thing. Also, "Independent" and "Congregational" were used interchangeably.

Many people who weren't part of the main Church of England were called "Dissenters." They usually belonged to one of three main groups:

Presbyterians: These churches were often led by a group of elders.
Independents (or Congregationalists): These groups believed each church should be independent and make its own decisions.
Baptists: These churches believed that baptism should happen when a person is old enough to choose it for themselves.

Methodists were another big group, divided into different branches like the Calvinistic Methodists and the Wesleyans. Unitarians, who had different beliefs about God, were also starting to become a distinct group around this time.

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Places of Worship in London (1804)

Here's a look at some of the places of worship listed in 1804, organized by the first letter of their name. You'll see the type of church (denomination), who preached there, and sometimes a little extra information.

A: Churches and Chapels Starting with 'A'

Place of worship	Type of Church	Preacher(s)	Notes
St Ann Blackfriars	Anglican (Church of England)	William Goode the elder, Payne
St Antholin, Watling Street	Anglican	Henry Jerome de Salis (rector), Henry Draper (curate)	Some preachers here were thought to be sympathetic to Methodism.
Aldermary Church	Anglican	Wilkinson
Adelphi Chapel, Strand	Likely Congregational
Aldermanbury Postern Meeting-house		Thomas Towle, Joseph Barber
Alie Street Meeting-house, Goodman's Fields		Morgan, Shenston, Oates	One preacher, John Brittain Shenston, started as a General Baptist.
Artillery Street Meeting-house, Bishopsgate		Upton	This later became a Baptist church.
All Hallows, Lombard Street	Anglican	William Jarvis Abdy

B: Places of Worship Starting with 'B'

Place of worship	Type of Church	Preacher(s)	Notes
Barbican Meeting-house	Independent	John Towers	This group separated from another church called Jewin Street.
Bartholomew Close Meeting-house	Presbyterian	William Braithwait
Bentinck Chapel, Paddington	Anglican	Basil Woodd
Bishopsgate Church (St Botolph-without-Bishopsgate)	Anglican	Samuel Crowther
Bow Church, Cheapside (St Mary Aldermary)	Anglican	WJ Abdy
Bow Lane Meeting-house	Secession Church (a type of Presbyterian)	William Jerment
Dissenters' Chapel, Brentford Butts		Nicholas T. Heineken
Bury Street Meeting-house, St Mary Axe	Independent	Thomas Beck	Beck became minister in 1788.
St Bartholomew's Meeting-house, West Smithfield		Watkins, Mason
Battersea Meeting-house	Baptist	Joseph Hughes
Bethnal Green Meeting-house	Congregational	John Kello	Kello was the minister here for a long time, from 1771 to 1827.

C: Chapels and Churches Starting with 'C'

Place of worship	Type of Church	Preacher(s)	Notes
Camden Chapel, Peckham	Anglican foundation, Calvinistic Methodist		This chapel was built in the late 1790s.
Chapel Street, Soho	Baptist	Thomas Stollery	Stollery left another church to start this one with some of its members.
Colliers Rents, Long Lane, Southwark	Independent	James Knight	Knight became minister in 1791.
City Chapel, Grub Street	Independent	John Bradford	Bradford was an Independent minister from 1797 to 1805.
Carey Street Meeting-house	Independent	William Thorp	This church group was started by Thomas Bradbury in 1728.
Cumberland Street Chapel		John Brown	By the 1830s, this was a Calvinistic Methodist church.
City Road (Wesley's Chapel)
Church Street Chapel, Mile End Road	Calvinist Methodist	John Cottingham	This started as an Anglican chapel but was taken over by nonconformists.
Carter Lane Meeting-house, Tooley Street	Particular Baptist	John Rippon	A famous preacher, John Gill, was here before Rippon.
Carter Lane, St Paul's	English Presbyterian	Tayler	This was considered a very important meeting-house for Dissenters.
Crown Court Meeting-house or Chapel, Covent Garden	Church of Scotland (Presbyterian)	James Steven	Steven was the minister here from 1787 to 1803.
Camomile Street Meeting-house		Reynolds, Charles Buck	Buck's group used this place temporarily before moving to a new location.
Christ Church, Spitalfields	Anglican	Davies, Cecil
Christ Church, Newgate Street		Crowder
Church Lane Meeting-house, Whitechapel		D. Taylor
Clapham Church		John Venn
Clapham Meeting-house	Baptist	John Ovington
Clapham Independent		Phillips

D: Places of Worship Starting with 'D'

Place of worship	Type of Church	Preacher(s)	Notes
Deptford Meeting-house	Independent	Barker
Deptford, Church Street	General Baptist	William Moon
Dean Street Meeting-house, Tooley Street	Baptist	William Button	Button was the minister here for many years, from 1774 to 1813.
Devonshire Square Meeting-house	Particular Baptist	Timothy Thomas	Thomas became minister in 1782.
St Dunstan's Fleet Street	Anglican	Henry George Watkins
Dulwich Meeting-house

E: Churches and Chapels Starting with 'E'

Place of worship	Type of Church	Preacher(s)	Notes
Eagle Street Meeting-house	Particular Baptist		Joseph Ivimey became minister here in October 1804.
Ebenezer Chapel Hammersmith	Congregational		This chapel was built in 1784.
Ely Chapel, Holborn	Anglican	Shepherd, William Mann	This is a very old, medieval building.
Elim Chapel, Fetter Lane	Baptist	Abraham Austin	Austin became minister in 1785; Calvinistic Methodists used it before.
East Lane Meeting-house, Walworth	Baptist	Joseph Jenkins
Essex Street Chapel	Unitarian	John Disney

F: Places of Worship Starting with 'F'

Place of worship	Type of Church	Preacher(s)	Notes
Fetter Lane Meeting-house	Congregational	George Burder	Burder became minister here in 1803.
Fetter Lane		Austin
Founder's Hall		Anthony Crole	Located in Colebrook Row, Islington.

G: Churches and Chapels Starting with 'G'

Place of worship	Type of Church	Preacher(s)	Notes
St George's Southwark	Anglican	Draper, Payne
St George's Chapel, London Road	Congregational	Thomas Harper
St Giles in the Fields		John Shephard	Located in Holborn.
Greenwich Chapel
Gate Street Chapel, Lincoln's Inn Fields	Calvinistic Methodist	Griffith Williams	The church group later moved to a different chapel around 1842.
Green-walk Meeting-house, Blackfriars Road	Baptist	James Upton	Upton was the minister here until 1834.
Gravel Lane Chapel, Wapping

H: Places of Worship Starting with 'H'

Place of worship	Type of Church	Preacher(s)	Notes
Haberdashers Almshouses Chapel		Wilkinson
Hackney, Gravel Pits	Independent/Unitarian	Thomas Belsham, John Kentish	Kentish preached in the afternoons starting in 1795.
Hampstead Meeting-house		Wraith
Hanover Street, Long Acre		Worthington, Winter
Highgate Meeting-house		Porter
Highgate Presbyterian		Pike
Hammersmith Meeting-house		Porter
Hammersmith Independents		Humphries
Hare-court Meeting-house, Aldersgate Street		Webb
Highbury Chapel
Horsleydown Meeting-house		Hunt
Hoxton Academy Meeting-house
Hoxton Chapel
Homerton Chapel	Independent	John Eyre	This chapel was also known as Ram's Chapel.
Holywell Mount Chapel		Platt
Hackney Meeting-house	Independent	Samuel Palmer	Palmer moved his church group to a new location in 1771.

I: Churches and Chapels Starting with 'I'

Place of worship	Type of Church	Preacher(s)	Notes
Islington Chapel	Calvinistic Methodist	Evan John Jones
Islington Meeting-house	Independent	Nathaniel Jennings	Jennings was the minister here from 1768 to 1814.

J: Places of Worship Starting with 'J'

Place of worship	Type of Church	Preacher(s)	Notes
Jewry Street Chapel	Calvinistic Methodist	John Ball	Ball became minister after 1801 and died in 1811.
Jamaica Row Meeting-house, Rotherhithe	Baptist	Phillips
Jamaica Row Meeting-house, Rotherhithe	Independent	John Townsend
St John Horseleydown	Anglican	Abdy
St John's Wapping	Anglican	William Goode
St John's Chapel, Bedford Row	Anglican	Richard Cecil	Daniel Wilson took over in 1809.
Jewin Street Meeting-house		Timothy Priestley

K: Churches and Chapels Starting with 'K'

Place of worship	Type of Church	Preacher(s)	Notes
Kensington Chapel	Congregational	John Clayton, junior	He was the son of another minister, John Clayton.
Kingsland Road Meeting-house	Independent	John Campbell	Campbell started here in 1802.
Kentish Town Meeting-house

L: Places of Worship Starting with 'L'

Place of worship	Type of Church	Preacher(s)	Notes
Lambeth Road Meeting-house		Brackston
Lambeth Marsh Chapel	Wesleyan	John Edwards, lay preacher
Leather Lane, Holborn		William Hughes	Hughes had actually died by 1804, and this church group had broken up.
Lewisham Chapel
Little Wild Street Meeting-house	Baptist	Benjamin Coxhead	This church group was founded by John Piggott.
Locke Chapel		Scott
Lock's-fields Meeting-house	Congregational		This was an older name for what became York Street Chapel in Walworth.
Long Acre Chapel		Henry Foster, Edward Cuthbert
St Lawrence's Guildhall	Anglican	Davies, Goode
London-stone Church, Cannon Street (St Swithin, London Stone)		Foster
London Wall, Scots Church		Henry Hunter	Hunter had died in 1802.

M: Churches and Chapels Starting with 'M'

Place of worship	Type of Church	Preacher(s)	Notes
St Margaret's Lothbury	Anglican	Carter, Armstrong
St Margaret Pattens, Rood Lane	Anglican	John Grose
Maze Pond Meeting-house	Baptist	James Dore	Dore became minister here in 1782.
St Mary Magdalen's, Bermondsey	Anglican	Henry Cox Mason	Mason died in 1804 and was replaced by William Mann.
St Mary Woolnoth, Lombard Street	Anglican	John Newton
St Mary Somerset's, Labour-in-vain-hill	Anglican	William Alphonsus Gunn, lecturer
St Mary's Chapel, Broad Way, Westminster		Davies
Miles Lane Meeting-house	Secession Church	Easton	This meeting-house used to be home to an Independent church group.
Mill Yard		Slater
Mitchell Street Meeting-house, Old Street		Powell
St Mildred Bread Street	Anglican	John Neal Lake
St Michael Crooked Lane	Anglican	Armstrong
Monkwell Street		Lindsey

N: Places of Worship Starting with 'N'

Place of worship	Type of Church	Preacher(s)	Notes
New Broad Street Meeting-house		Benjamin Gaffee
Newington Butts Chapel		Poveh
Newington Green Church		Shepherd
Newington, Stoke		Hodgkins
Newington Green Chapel	Independent/Unitarian	Rochemont Barbauld, Lindsey
New Road Chapel, St George's East		Samuel Lyndall
Nine Elms Meeting-house			This chapel opened in 1797, near Vauxhall.

O: Churches and Chapels Starting with 'O'

Place of worship	Type of Church	Preacher(s)	Notes
Old Ford Meeting-house	Baptist	William Newman
Orange Street Chapel, Leicester Fields	Congregational		This chapel was taken over from the Church of England in 1787.
Old Gravel Lane, Wapping	Independent	N. Hill	This was the church group of David Jennings.
Old Jewry Meeting-house	Presbyterian	Abraham Rees
St Olave's, Southwark	Anglican	John Grose

P: Places of Worship Starting with 'P'

Place of worship	Type of Church	Preacher(s)	Notes
Paddington Meeting-house			No active preacher was listed here in 1810.
Paradise Chapel, Chelsea		Isaac Picket, Duncan, Buckland	This chapel was registered for an Independent church group in 1793.
Parliament Court Chapel, Bishopsgate Street	Universalist	William Vidler	Vidler was later replaced by William Johnson Fox in 1817.
Pavement Meeting-house, Moorfields		William Wall
St Paul's Shadwell	Anglican	William Winkworth
Peckham Meeting-house	Congregational	William Bengo' Collyer	This chapel was later rebuilt and renamed Hanover Chapel.
Prince's Street Chapel, Westminster	Unitarian	Thomas Jervis	Jervis took over in 1796.
Providence Chapel, Tichfield Street		William Huntington
St Peter's Cornhill		Basil Woodd, Foster
Poplar Chapel

Q: Churches and Chapels Starting with 'Q'

Place of worship	Type of Church	Preacher(s)	Notes
Queen Street Chapel, Bloomsbury			Thomas Francklin owned a private chapel on Queen Street.
Queen Street Chapel, Cheapside	Anglican	Davis
Queen Street, Borough		Shenstone

R: Places of Worship Starting with 'R'

Place of worship	Type of Church	Preacher(s)	Notes
Red Lion Court, Spitalfields		Humphries
Red Cross Street Meeting-house	Particular Baptist	John Wilson, Robert Burnside	This meeting-house was used by Swedenborgians in the 1790s.
Rose Lane Meeting-house, Radcliffe	Baptist	Thomas Williams	Williams was the minister at Rose Lane for over 50 years!
Rosemary Branch Meeting-house, Goodman's Fields	Particular Baptist	Abraham Booth	This area was also known as Little Prescot Street by 1800.

S: Churches and Chapels Starting with 'S'

Place of worship	Type of Church	Preacher(s)	Notes
Salters' Hall	Presbyterian	Winter, Hugh Worthington
Shoreditch Workhouse		Armstrong
Shore-place Meeting-house, Hackney		Rance
Surrey Chapel		Rowland Hill
Silver Street Meeting-house	Calvinistic Methodist	Robert Caldwell	Caldwell died in 1803.
Sion Chapel, Whitechapel
St Saviour's Southwark	Lady Huntingdon's Connexion	William Winkworth	William Mann replaced Winkworth in 1804.
St Thomas		Mann
Spa Fields Chapel
St Thomas, Borough (Southwark)	Unitarian	John Kentish, John Coates	Kentish started here in 1802.
Stepney Meeting-house	Independent	George Ford	Ford became minister in 1796.
Staining Lane Meeting-house		Brooksbank
Swallow Street Meeting-house	Scottish Presbyterian	John Trotter, John Nicoll	Located in Piccadilly. This church group was founded by James Anderson.
Stratford Meeting-house		Gould
Snowfields Chapel
Store Street Meeting-house, Bloomsbury		John Martin
Somers Town Chapel		Jerman

T: Places of Worship Starting with 'T'

Place of worship	Type of Church	Preacher(s)
Tabernacle, City Road
Tottenham Court Road Chapel	Calvinistic Methodist
Trinity Chapel, Battle Bridge		Sowerby

U: Churches and Chapels Starting with 'U'

Place of worship	Type of Church	Preacher(s)	Notes
Unicorn Yard, Tooley Street	Particular Baptist	Thomas Hutchings
Union Street Meeting-house, Southwark	Independent	John Humphreys
United Brethren's Chapel, Fetter Lane	Moravian	Christian Ignatius Latrobe	Latrobe took over from his father, who died in 1786.

W: Places of Worship Starting with 'W'

Place of worship	Type of Church	Preacher(s)	Notes
Walthamstow Meeting-house	Congregational	George Collison	Located in Marsh Street.
Weigh House Meeting-house, Eastcheap	Independent	John Clayton
Wells Street Meeting-house, Oxford Street		Alexander Waugh
White's Row Chapel	Congregational	John Goode	Goode was the minister here from 1792 to 1826.
Woolwich Chapel	Calvinistic Methodist	Joseph Piercy
Worship Street, Moorfields	General Baptist.	John Evans, Simpson