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Ebenezer Baptist Chapel is a [[Reformed | Ebenezer Baptist Chapel is a [[Reformed Baptist]] and [[Evangelicalism|Evangelical]] church, located at the southern end of Broad Street at Chapel Hill, overlooking the western arm of Manor Road in Newquay, Cornwall.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Newquay Baptist|url=https://newquaybaptist.org.uk/|access-date=2021-06-26|language=en-GB}}</ref> It is one of the oldest religious building in Newquay, and was founded in 1822 as '''Ebenezer Baptist Chapel'''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Gallery: Churches of Cornwall|url=https://www.historyfiles.co.uk/ChurchesBritain/SouthWest/Cornwall_Restormel35.htm|access-date=2021-06-26|website=www.historyfiles.co.uk}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=S. Teague|first=Husband|title=Old Newquay|publisher=Dyllansow Truran|year=1985|isbn=0907566863|location=Cornwall|pages=77}}</ref> | ||
In 1852 The [[Methodism|Methodists]] opened the Wesley Methodist Chapel which was on the same road nearby.<ref>{{Cite web|last=GENUKI|title=Genuki: Newquay, Cornwall|url=https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/CON/Newquay|access-date=2021-06-26|website=www.genuki.org.uk|language=en}}</ref> | In 1852 The [[Methodism|Methodists]] opened the Wesley Methodist Chapel which was on the same road nearby.<ref>{{Cite web|last=GENUKI|title=Genuki: Newquay, Cornwall|url=https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/CON/Newquay|access-date=2021-06-26|website=www.genuki.org.uk|language=en}}</ref> | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
Before the chapel was built the Particular or Strict Baptists formed themselves into a community and met for worship in the old malthouse opposite Primrose House on Beach Road.<ref name=":0" /> They had regular Sunday supply of preachers from | Before the chapel was built the Particular or Strict Baptists formed themselves into a community and met for worship in the old malthouse opposite Primrose House on Beach Road.<ref name=":0" /> They had regular Sunday supply of preachers from Plymouth, Torquay, and Truro.<ref name=":0" /> | ||
The first chapel built in 1822 was crowned with a [[Thatching|thatched roof]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Dray|first=Stephen|title=A Right Old Confloption Down Penzance|publisher=Lulu.com|year=2015|isbn=9781291283310|pages=124}}</ref> This was eventually removed and a [[slate roof]] put on. The slate was quarried from the cliffs on the Newquay side of Glendorgal Point, and Thomas Osborne was the [[Masonry|mason]] who slated the roof.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kresen Kernow|url=https://kresenkernow.org/SOAP/detail/daf65080-bc55-4868-804c-0cb7a523e9ea|access-date=2021-06-26|website=Kresen Kernow|language=en-CR}}</ref> In 1856 the Rev. John Bath took charge of the church, and continued to minister there for over twenty years.<ref name=":0" /> | The first chapel built in 1822 was crowned with a [[Thatching|thatched roof]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Dray|first=Stephen|title=A Right Old Confloption Down Penzance|publisher=Lulu.com|year=2015|isbn=9781291283310|pages=124}}</ref> This was eventually removed and a [[slate roof]] put on. The slate was quarried from the cliffs on the Newquay side of Glendorgal Point, and Thomas Osborne was the [[Masonry|mason]] who slated the roof.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kresen Kernow|url=https://kresenkernow.org/SOAP/detail/daf65080-bc55-4868-804c-0cb7a523e9ea|access-date=2021-06-26|website=Kresen Kernow|language=en-CR}}</ref> In 1856 the Rev. John Bath took charge of the church, and continued to minister there for over twenty years.<ref name=":0" /> | ||