Church Micro 6270...Warmley - Congregational Traditional Geocache
Church Micro 6270...Warmley - Congregational
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Warmley is a village in South Gloucestershire, England, to the east of Kingswood on the outskirts of Bristol.In the mid 18th century it contained the Warmley Works of William Champion. It is the home of two football teams, Warmley F.C. and Warmley United, and the brewery Bath Ales.The Bristol & Bath Railway Path passes through Warmley. It was formerly served by Warmley railway station.
This is a micro cache and the church is adjacent to a recreation area with great play equipment for any geokids. The Warmley Congregational Church, in Chapel Lane traces its history back to 1845, when the earliest services were held in an old meeting room situated where the War Memorial now stands. The Warmley Tabernacle, as it was originally known, was the oldest Nonconformist church in the whole district. It was here in 1845, fifty years earlier, that the first meetings were held, as a result of a new explosion of Christian activity, from the historic Whitfield Tabernacle in Kingswood. This was due mainly to the powerful ministry and evangelistic zeal of the Reverend John Glanville (1833—55). The ageing congregation had found it difficult to travel the long steep hill to Kingswood Tabernacle and resulted in the formation of this off-shoot chapel. Straight away plans were made and the following year, 1846, the building of the present chapel. The cost of the building was £273. 1s.7d and it was opened practically free of debt. A new Christian Tabernacle was now in the midst of the people of the village of Warmley, the only one at that time (St. Barnabas was consecrated five years later). The sanctuary was lit by candles with a chandelier in the centre, an oil lamp chandelier followed later, and gas lamps were not installed until 1908.
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