About us

WHAT’S OUR BACKGROUND?
1648 Baptist & Congregationalists meet in Wells Cathedral
1656 A Baptist congregation on Association records
1691 History becomes hazy
1750 Congregationalists in a private house in East Wells
1787 Congregational Chapel built in Grove Lane (Union Street)
1815 Wells Particular Baptist Church formed in Grove Lane
1866 Day School opened
1917 Formal union of Wells United Church Baptist-Congregational
1919 Act of Parliament for the union
1972 Congregational Church part of United Reformed Church
Present Day United Church meets in former Baptist Chapel