The Reverend Noah
Jones was born in Etreria, Staffordshire on 13th
January 1801 and died 28th August 1861. He was a
Minister in Todmorden from 1824 to 1827
King Street Chapel
Noah was the first
Minister of
King Street Chapel, Northampton November
1827 - January 1834
The “Divine Mission”
of Jesus, was the preaching of repentance and to
save souls. The first service in the Chapel was
held on 21st September 1827 and in November of
the same year, the first minister, the Rev.
Noah Jones was appointed. He was young,
active, capable and a great success. A report of
1832, mentions three services every Sunday, with
an average attendance of 200, a Church library,
a Sunday School with 33 boys and 50 girls and a
Day School with 16 girls. All augured well for
the future but in the same year, on his way back
to Northampton after giving a "charity sermon”
at the New Meeting in Birmingham, the Rev Noah
Jones was severely injured. The horses on his
stagecoach took fright and one of his fellow
roof passengers was thrown over the side. Mr
Jones tried to stop his fall, but lost his own
balance, fell and sustained a compound fracture
to the leg and head injuries. He was never the
same man again and retired in 1834. (This does
not agree with data given below in an official
Unitarian database - which states he was a
minister in Derby, and the Gateacre Lancs until
1861...
The Ubitarian Chronicle (1832) Extract
The Lodge, Todmorden Unitarian Church, Honey Hole,
Todmorden, Lancashire
