There has been a church here since 1828. The present building was built in 1889 and is situated on the west side of the main road leading from Ash to Hartley. Originally, this road was a country lane and is now a wide road going round the large modem village of New Ash Green that was created on farm land in 1967. The chapel is a simple single storey brick building with a main room for services and a smaller room for meetings. Later toilets were added at the back. The date of its construction can be seen on a stone to the right of the front door where there is a foundation stone inscribed “This stone was laid by W Beach Esq 10 May 1889".
Additional land to the north and west was acquired by the chapel in 1921 (now the car park and where the new building stands) and further land upon which the chapel had been built in 1923.
The front wall was rebuilt in July 1943, retaining the Ebenezer stone, following war damage and a new brick porch constructed. The damage was possibly caused by a high explosive bomb which landed on Butlers Place on 4 October 1940 damaging 14 houses, killing one person, injuring nine others, five seriously. The restoration work which included painting all external woodwork and redecorating the interior of the Chapel, cost £50. The work was undertaken by Sydney Day of Meopham and Dick Cullen of Istead Rise working for R Hopkins and Sons.
By 1977, the membership of the Chapel had risen to about 40 and money had been raised for a new hall. In the same year, planning permission was obtained to erect a single storey building to the rear of the chapel provided a car park was provided. Fortunately the chapel had sufficient land to comply with this condition. Early in 1978, a second hand former builders’ office was located purchased and transported on the back of a lorry to West Yoke. Its purpose at the Chapel was to serve as a Sunday school for the younger members of the congregation. At first it was solely used for Sunday school.
The chapel was refurbished in 2011/12.
The co-ords should take you to where you can see something that C McEvoy & Sons of Ballyknockan made. It should help you solve the puzzle below.
You are looking for a magnetic container a bit of a walk or short drive away at:
N51 21.
Whiffin's + Baker's
Bennett's + Gilbert's + Rootes's
Day's x Taylor's
E0 17.
Coleman's + Hodges's + Myers
Crowhurst's x Young's
Pratt's + Wood's
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