Hockliffe Street Baptist Church
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Hockliffe Street Baptist Church
Image: © Malcolm Campbell Taken: 4 Dec 2011
Hockliffe Street Baptist Church traces its origins to around 1650, when a small group of Baptists who lived in Leighton Buzzard but belonged to a church in Kenworth began meeting in the town, to avoid their otherwise ten-mile walk to church. It is not known when a separate church was formed, but by 1740 a church building was erected where 'Chapel Mews' now exists, in Lake Street. The present building was erected in 1892 and seats around 450. It has been featured nationally as an outstanding example of Victorian chapel architecture, yet has been sensitively modernised to provide a warm and comfortable place for contemporary styles of worship.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.917056
Longitude
-0.659261