Our Second Chapel

During the 1870s under the ministry of Dr.James Flemming, congregations numbered over a thousand on Sundays, whilst there were two day schools and many societies connected to the church. In 1918, the Congregational Church in Hawley Road, Kentish Town united with the church in Kelly Street.In 1927, the first chapel was sold and new halls were built at the rear of the second chapel. During the early years of this century, the church declined and by the 1950s the average attendance at communion was just twenty one people. The old chapel had fallen into disrepair during the war and had been damaged by a bomb. In 1955 the chapel was demolished, and services were held in the church hall. In 1960 a prefabricated was erected on the site of the old chapel, and services were held in this new building until 1990.

In 1979 the five remaining church members decided to close down the church. The Rev. Elsie Chamberlain, then minister at Hutton in Essex, came to Kentish Town and persuaded the members of the church to allow her to bring some of the people from her church to try and revive the work at Kentish Town. There was little growth, but the church remained open. Irene Blayney, a member at Hutton, became the minister at Kentish Town and maintained the work of the church under increasingly difficult circumstances. The buildings were semi derelict, and were continually vandalized by local youths. In 1990 the site was redeveloped in co-operation with a local housing association and our new premises were opened in June 1991. In August 1991, our present minister, the Rev. Christopher Damp, was called by the church and during his ministry the church has grown and developed. We are still a small church, but we have an important role in life of our community.