Redhill is a town in Surrey, south of London. The arrival of the railways from the mid-1840s transformed a small settlement into a thriving commuter town.
In the 1860s the Wesleyans worshipped in the Corn Exchange, before the building of a 500-seat chapel in 1866-67. The chapel was opened on 9 May 1867 and demolished in 1934 as part of a scheme to build a Central Hall in the town. This building was remodelled in 1959 and then replaced by a new church in Gloucester Road, opened on 21 March 1992.
The PM cause in Redhill developed from open-air preaching in the early 1850s via use of rented rooms to a chapel in Lower Road, Meadvale, opened on 22 July 1855, and then renovated and extended in 1872. This chapel closed around 2010.
A second PM chapel, in Brighton Road, was built in 1870 and replaced in 1884. The chapel suffered damage from air raids in World War Two and closed in the 1950s.
Entry written by: DHR
Category: Place
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