Cowper Memorial Church, Olney
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Cowper Memorial Church, Olney
Image: © Richard Rogerson Taken: 21 Jul 2009
The first Independent Church, as it was then called, was erected on the site in 1662, re-established in 1762, enlarged in 1818, and pulled down in 1879. The cornerstone of the present church was laid on Thursday May 2nd 1879 and opened to public worship on Tuesday June 8th 1880. At the time the church was known as the Congregational Chapel. The church was named the Cowper Memorial after one of the deacons read a brief history of the church from 1662. He said "It is 79 years since Cowper had left this mundane world to grace the higher and the eternal, to take the golden harp that is strung and tuned for endless years. Surely it is time that something was erected to his memory, something that was worthy of the man, worthy of the town, worthy of the nation and what better than a place of worship! What better than a Congregational Church." http://www.cowperurc.org.uk/
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