Notes and Research on the history of Bridgwater’s Baptist Chapel.
Statement of Heritage Significance, kindly supplied by Alina Wisnicka
Postscript
Gravestones: It tis unlikely these came from St Saviours, which was a medieval chapel, suppressed at the Reformation and left as a ruin thereafter. The stones more likely relate to the ‘Baptist Chapel burial ground’, which was closed by order of the government in 1854. The most likely location for this was either in between the front of the chapel and the row of cottages on St Mary Street, or possibly behind the chapel.
Additional materials
Baptist Missionary Exhibition 1908
Weston Daily Press 7 October 1908
On Tuesday afternoon, in the premises of the Baptist Church at Bridgwater, an interesting missionary exhibition was opened. The exhibition represents the work of the Baptist Missionary Society in all parts of the world, and in various courts are shown relics of heathen worship and curios of native life. There was also a model hospital, a zenana, a native doctor’s shop, a ward in a Chinese hospital, a Buddhist temple, a Chinese opium den, a Chinese guestroom, and an ancestral hall. The various students were attired in native costume, whilst talks on mission work were given by ten missionaries from various parts of the world. At intervals, children in native costumes sang songs, &c.. and a bioscope gave pictures of life in missionary work. The opening ceremony was performed by the Rev. J. T. Dosson, of Weston-super-Mare, the chairman being Councillor A. J. Whitby.