Edward Parry Unitarian Minister

Former Unitarian Ministers

The Reverend Edward Parry BA (1889-1898)

The Reverend Edward Parry, BA,. was incumbent from 1889 until 1898.

In 1870 he bought an old flour mill in Mill Street (Kidderminster) and opened it as a printing office.

The Reverend Edward Parry, BA

KIDDERMINSTER.

NEW MEETING, CHURCH STREET.

THIS meeting house was opened on the 18th. October, 1782. The Congregation was founded by a number of members of the Old Meeting who left it for doctrinal reasons some months before. The old square pews were taken. away in 1870 and modern ones put in their place.

In 1879 a chancel was built and, a new organ provided; the vestry was also taken down and enlarged. A few years later still more important alterations were made at a cost

of about £2,600.

The chapel was lengthened and an entrance vestibule added, with vestries and stone staircases to the galleries.- A new ceiling and new roof were put in as well as new windows.

The schoolrooms were also enlarged.

Modern note: Still open

Edward Parry Mayor of Kidderminster in 1898 and in 1899.

The pulpit from which Richard: Baxter used to preach in the Parish Church now stands in the New Meeting Vestry. It is made of wood, beautifully carved, and bears the date 1621.