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THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED REFORMED CHURCH IN CHESHAM
The building
The site of our present buildings - in The Broadway at the heart of Chesham town centre - has been a place of worship and a base for witness since 1724, but the roots of the congregation are believed to go back further.
The building was originally constructed for an Independent Congregation. When it was re-built in 1886 it was by a Congregational Church. In 1972 the congregation joined the United Reformed Church.
- A brief history of our building
- Chesham Museum website
- 2024 History Part 1: Our Origins and our first chapel
The organ
The organ in the church dates from 1886 and is of historic note since it is the first use of tubular-pneumatic action by the organ builder: Forster & Andrews. It is listed in the National Pipe Organ Register and the British Institute of Organ Studies awarded it a certificate Grade I in June 2011 as illustrated below:
