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Woburn Congregational chapel
The Chapel was built c. 1804 and was rebuilt in 1854 and enlarged in 1899. The last service took place in 1944. It was sold in 1953 and used as a studio by Derek Greaves, an artist, from about 1959. The building was demolished in 1988.
Lease and release
i) Susannah Rock, Woburn, spinster
ii) Michael Castleden, Dissenting Minister
John Circuitt, yeoman
Joseph Circuitt, yeoman
Samuel Handscomb, watchmaker
William Cobb, younger, grocer
George Gascoyen, gentleman
James Fowler, common brewer
Thomas Loton, yeoman (all of Woburn)
Joseph Osborn, Dunstable, grocer
Joseph Hill, Potsgrove, yeoman
reciting that i) has permitted a Chapel Vestry room to be erected on piece of ground hereinafter mentioned for a place of worship by the Society of Protestant Dissenters of the Pedo Baptists denomination, and had allowed an other part of the ground to be used as a burial place for deceased members of the Congregation now in consideration of £50 paid to i) by ii) i) releases to ii)
- piece of ground near Duck Lane, Woburn, (38p), formerly part of garden belonging to i) as is now fenced off by an oaken pale fence which is to be kept in repair by ii)
E said John Circuitt
N Peter Fane
W Duke of Bedford
S garden of i)
- Chapel Vestry Room and other buildings on said piece of land
- free liberty of ingress, egress and regress to said ground from entry in Duck Lane and across the yard and ground of i) to be held on trusts:
To permit said Chapel to be used as place of worship by Pedo-Baptists
To permit Vestry Room and Burial Ground also to be used
To permit to officiate in the Chapel such Pedo Baptists as major part of members and communicants, whether men or women, shall elect at a specially called meeting, to officiate as their Minister or PastorWhen requested by 2/3rd part of such men and women 2 being members and communicants assembled at a cont meeting for that purpose, trust estates can be sold.Trust estates can be exchanged for other property in Woburn, as trustees and major part of men and women communicants and members should agreeTo hold money received on trust for benefit of the Society for the improvement of trust property, as 2/3rd of members and communicants at specially called meeting should agree
If public worship discontinued for 2 years, then trustees to convey property for such persons or purposes (whether religious or civil) as 2/3rd of members, who shall have been members for one year previous, shall appoint by writingWhen trustees reduced to 3, then so many other protestant dissenters shall be appointed as will make numbers up to 11. Such appointment to be made by major part of men and women members present at a meeting for that purpose. All conveyances to be made at expense of trust estates or the funds of the Congregation attending the Chapel. Notice of meeting to be given on the Sunday morning preceding during time of divine service. Meeting not to be held earlier than the Wednesday. No one to vote unless a member of 12 monthsi) will produce, if required, a deed of partition of 22
December 1802 a) Henry Rock, Woburn, farrierb) William Rock, Woburn, yeoman, and wife Mary c) Robert Rock, Stony Stratford, Bucks, blacksmith and wife Margaretd) George Rock, Woburn, carrier e) Samuel Rock, Woburn, yeoman f) said Susannah Rock g) said John Circuitt and wife Elizabeth (late Elizabeth Rock, spinster) h) Thomas Shaw, Woburn, auctioneersignatures of allendorsed receipt witnesses Robt Reddall, Woburn, attorneyGeo Castelden, son of Michael
Note on deed 'Taken and acknowledged by Michael Castleden
party hereto at the Public Office this 22nd day of October 1823 Before Jas Mower'