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The HISTORY of REDDITCH New Town

Britten Street Church
Seated 100 people.

Central Mosque and Muslim Community Centre, 1 Smallwood Street,
Smallwood, Redditch

Chapel on the Green
Dedicated in 1807 and completed in 1808 and built from stone from the old Gatehouse
Chapel at Bordesley Abbey which had been dedicated to St. Stephen. In 1851 the Chapel
on the Green was demolished so they could build the current St. Stephen’s Church which
was consecrated in July 1855.

Christ Church, Ryton Close, Matchborough

Christaldelphian Hall, Birchfield Road, Webheath, Redditch

Congregational Church, Evesham Street, Redditch
Built in 1827. Before the building was demolished to make way for the new shopping
centre it had become known as United Reformed Church, Evesham Street. The Methodist
Church Bates Hill was getting old and needed extensive repairs. So the Congregational
Church (United Reformed Church) and the Bates Hill Methodist Church parishioners
decided to join forces and form a united Church known as Trinity Church. This
congregation began worshipping in the Ecumenical Centre (situated above the Santander
and Halifax banks on Evesham Walk, in 1976. In 2003 they joined forces with Alcester
Street Methodist and became one church, using the Ecumenical centre for Sunday morning
worship and in the evenings used the Alcester/Ipsley street Church and changed the
name to Emmanuel.URC/Methodist Church.

Crabbs Cross Methodist Church, Crabbs Cross Lane, Redditch
There has been a church on the site since 1812 but the church was demolished in 1981
and rebuilt in 1982. Opened in May of that year and has since been extended and
refurbished in 2008 providing disabled access and facilities.

Elim Pentecostal Church, 4 Plymouth Road, Redditch
Now known as Oasis Christian Centre and established in 1976.

Emmanuel URC/Methodist Church, 6 Evesham Walk, Town Centre
The Congregational Church, Evesham Street was demolished to make way for the
Kingfisher Shopping Centre. The Methodist Church Bates Hill was getting old and needed
extensive repairs, so the Congregational Church (United Reformed Church) and the Bates

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