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Providence chapel former schoolroom

The chapel is a split-level building, consisting of an almost windowless chapel and a meeting or school room beneath, remains in use.

One of the original trustees of the chapel was George Hole who was a Sunday schoolteacher for 40 years. On Census Sunday 1851 there were 33 Sunday school children in the morning congregation.

Copyright: 
University of London
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Timberscombe, Providence chapel former schoolroom