A group of non-conformists began meeting in Great Baddow in 1814. A small chapel was erected in Great Baddow in 1848, to seat about 60. Just after the 1939/45 war the chapel became a congregational church.
The 5th October 1972 saw the birth of the United Reformed Church (URC) with the union of the Congregational Church and the Presbyterian Church in England a few more changes were made here.
Up to the 1960's the little church was at the edge of a small field with the manor house and large garden behind known as The Vineyards, being run then as a guest house/hotel. The shopping centre, which now bears its name, was built on that site a few years later. The Church itself has also been improved and extented many times to become the building you see today.
If anybody would like to expand to this series please do, I would just ask that you could let Sadexploration know first so he can keep track of the Church numbers and names to avoid duplication. There is also a Church Micro Stats page found via the Bookmark list.