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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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