National Churches Trust Zion Baptist Church

Zion Baptist Chapel, East Road, Cambridge

History of Zion Baptist Chapel

Described by Pevsner as  ‘hulking Italo-Romanesque, of gault brick, by William Peachey of York, 1877-9.’

A history of the church can be found on their web site:

https://web.archive.org/web/20160406061337/http://www.zionbc.org.uk/Pages/aboutus.aspx

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4 January 1929
Zion Baptist Church, East Road, Cambridge was opened on January 1st 1879 and nothing has been done to the fabric for several years. Now a scheme has begun for renovating and repairing the church. Mr Dunwell recalled his former Sunday school fellows: “The boys were ten times worse than they are today. The teachers used to read to them from ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin’ which often made them cry, but did their part in helping to build up character. Today there were not so many willing to work among the children”
Credit: Mike Petty Archive, Cambridge East Road Scrapbook 1897 to 1990, reference 1929 01 04.

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1930s to 1950s:

HQ of the 26th Cambridge (Zion) Scout troop

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