Kew Baptist Church Explained

Kew Baptist Church
Denomination:	Baptist
Founded Date:	1861 (in Richmond, as Salem Baptist Church)
Location:	2a Windsor Road, Richmond, London TW9 2EL
Country:	United Kingdom
Coordinates:	51.4723°N -0.2874°W

Kew Baptist Church was an independent evangelical fellowship affiliated to the Association of Grace Baptist Churches (South East). The church met, until its closure in 2020, in Windsor Road in Kew in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, south west London.

The church was founded in 1861 in Richmond, as Salem Baptist Church.^{[1] [2]} It met at 5 Parkshot,^{[3] [4]} a Grade II listed building near Richmond Green.^[4] The church moved to Windsor Road, Kew in 1973 and changed its name to Kew Baptist Church in 1990.^[5]

The church members unanimously affirmed a motion to dissolve the church as of 31 December 2020.

Sources

• Web site: The Old School, Park Lane, Richmond, London Borough of Richmond: Desk Based Heritage Assessment . Thames Valley Archaeological Services . August 2012 . 24 November 2013 . Dawson, Tim.

External links

• • 1970 photograph of Salem Baptist Church, 5-6 Parkshot, Richmond, from London County Council Photograph Library collection in London Metropolitan Archives
• Churches Together in Kew

Notes and References

1. Web site: Our History . Kew Baptist Church . 12 September 2015.
2. Salem Baptist Church's archives, dating back to 1861, are held at the Surrey History Centre.
   Web site: Salem Baptist Chapel, Park Shot, Richmond . . . 24 November 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131202223009/http://origin.nationalarchives.gov.uk/nra/searches/subjectView.asp?ID=O99157 . 2 December 2013 .
3. Dawson, p.9, "Archaeological record"
4. Dawson, p.13, "Listed buildings"
5. Web site: About Us . Kew Baptist Church . 24 November 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131202230946/http://www.kewbaptist.com/aboutus.htm . 2 December 2013 .