The roots of Wade Street Church go back over 400 years with the current building opened in 1812. It is still standing today and the outside is more or less unchanged.
Lichfield, Staffordshire
It is a listed building because it is one of the few examples of Georgian nonconformist chapels in the midlands. Within three years it was so full that a gallery was added at the back. In 1824 the side galleries were added and the original box pews (which were rented out to rich people until the 1920s) are still in place on one side.
In 1808 a very strange incident occurred. William Salt preached a sermon at a morning service and afterwards one of the people from the church, a 19 year old tailor's apprentice called Henry Fairbrother, committed suicide.
The people of the city, who didn't like the Congregationalists anyway, were enraged and assumed that it was William Salt's fault. So they went to lynch him. The magistrates were called and William said he would preach the sermon again to show that there was no reason to blame him. In a packed courtroom, William satisfied everyone that the sermon was not the cause of Henry's death, and some people were so impressed that they gave money for the Congregationalists to build their own church. However the sermon later became known as the Killing Sermon.
Lichfield, Staffordshire
Welcome to Lichfield Cathedral, where you can discover over 1300 years of history in the only medieval three spired Cathedral in the UK! See a medieval wall painting, the famous Herkenrode stained glass, the Lichfield Angel and much more.
Wall, Staffordshire
The church overlooks the churchyard with a spectacular view of the Roman site of Letocetum which had grown around the Roman fort at the junction of Watling Street and Ryknild Street.
Elford, Staffordshire
Highly decorated church with heraldry, 15th century alabaster tombs and stained glass.
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