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Tabernacle Town Mission Hall, Union Street, Hanley

  • The Congregational Church was founded in Hanley in 1784.

  • In 1879 the Tabernacle Town Mission Hall was built in Union Street. 

  • A few years later the large new Congregational Tabernacle Church was built in the High Street, Hanley in 1883.

  • The building in Union Street continued to be used.

  • Now (2012) the New Testament Church of God hold their meetings in the hall.

 

 

Tabernacle Town Mission Hall, Union Street, Hanley
Tabernacle Town Mission Hall, Union Street, Hanley

 

 

 

 



Union Street

from..... 1907 Staffordshire Sentinel 
'Business Reference Guide to The Potteries, Newcastle & District'


 

 

Tabernacle Town Mission Hall, Union Street - the only building remaining on this section of Union Street
Tabernacle Town Mission Hall, Union Street - the only building remaining on this section of Union Street
- the building is now used by The New Testament Church of God -

photos: July 2012

 

the hall on Union Street, bordering the Central Forest Park
the hall on Union Street, bordering the Central Forest Park

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Details of the meetings held at the Tabernacle Mission

from..... 1907 Staffordshire Sentinel 
'Business Reference Guide to The Potteries, Newcastle & District'

 

Tabernacle Town-Mission Hall
 Tabernacle Town-Mission Hall

 

1879 - date stone
1879 - date stone

 

 

ornamental detail around the entrance door 

 


 

1898 map showing the Mission Hall (purple square) on Union Street
1898 map showing the Mission Hall (purple square) on Union Street 

at the bottom right is shown the Congregational Tabernacle (the mother church of the Mission Hall)
St. John's Church of England Church is just below the Congregational church. 

 

 closer detail of the Mission Hall on the 1898 map
 closer detail of the Mission Hall on the 1898 map

 

 the Hall in 2012
 the Hall in 2012

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memorial stones in the wall of the 1901 extension.... 

This Stone Was Laid By Mrs. Clarke McIlroy January 9th 1901
This Stone Was Laid By Mrs. Clarke McIlroy January 9th 1901 

 

This Stone Was Laid By Miss M Pidduck January 9th 1901
This Stone Was Laid By Miss M Pidduck January 9th 1901 

 


 

Tabernacle Town Mission Hall - looking down Union Street - the 1901 extension is to the right of the building
Tabernacle Town Mission Hall - looking down Union Street - the 1901 extension is to the right of the building

 

- the building is now used by The New Testament Church of God -

- the building is now used by The New Testament Church of God -

 


 

The Tabernacle Congregational Church in 1893
The Tabernacle Congregational Church in 1893

The Tabernacle Congregational Church in the 
High Street was the mother church of the Mission Hall

from..... 1907 Staffordshire Sentinel 
'Business Reference Guide to The Potteries, Newcastle & District'

 

 


 


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Congregational Tabernacle Church, High Street, Hanley