Nothing is known about this chapel, other than it is believed to have stood on the corner of Hosey Hill and today’s A25 heading east, the site where ‘West Lodge’ was built in 1862. The photograph is therefore amongst Westerham’s oldest, probably dating from the mid-to-late 1850s. It would likely be attributable to Joseph Henry ...
Reference: WH0617
In 1939 this centenary souvenir booklet was produced and sold by the Congregational Church to celebrate 100 years as a place of worship. The history of the chapel on this site is recorded in the pages that follow.
Reference: WH0618
This doesn’t sound like a fun lot by today’s standards, but in the late 1800s there was a strong temperance movement in Westerham, linked with non-conformist religion practised at both the Congregational Church and the Gospel Chapel in the High Street. In advertising the evening, the poster uses the letters ‘D.V’ which in Brethren parlance ...
Reference: WH0648
