List of Ministers Ministers at Rosemary Hill Church 1700- ? Edward Warren 1705 Rosemary Hill Meeting Place built 1706 – 1728 Samuel Turton 1728 – 1735 John Basset 1735 – 1736 Samuel Philips 1739 – 1750 John Kirkpatrick 1755 – 1800 Josiah Corrie Group broke away to barn on Abbey Hill, 1787. 1800 – 1816 Thomas Birkett Temporary reunion in 1814. The succeeding Unitarian ministers were not connected with the Abbey Hill Story Ministers in the first church built on Abbey Hill, opened 1828 1829 – 1830 Henry Edwards 1831 – 1832 David Blow 1833 – 1837 Joseph Fowler West 1838 – 1876 John Button First Sunday School formed. Head of Arlidge School. New church built 1873 Ministers in the new Church 1877-1880 John Hardwick Smith 1880-1889 John Naylor 1891-1902 George Field Choir gallery built. Vice-chair Urban District Council. 1902-1908 Charles Henry Statham Christian Endeavour, Band of Hope and Men’s Institute, cricket club, gymnasium, bible classes 1909-1917 Charles Llewellyn Allen Great War affects church badly 1918-1924 William Stuart Scott revived membership, Choir & Sunday School 1924-1925 William Glenwr Morgan Priory Road manse purchased 1926-1932 David Smith 1933-1935 Hubert David Oliver 1938-1944 Stanley Marcus Hayward 1945-1949 Eldred Ernest Marks 1949-1957 Frederick George Clarke lighting improved, new communion table . Family Church started. 1958-1961 Angus Armitage Grieve 1961-1962 Mrs Lisa Goertz First Women Lay Pastor at Abbey Hill 1967-1970 John East Electric heating installed. Queens Road manse purchased 1972-1978 Peter Poulter Change to URC 1979-1987 Jim Neary The project renovated schoolrooms and pews 1988- 2007 Donald Horsfield Greville Road manse purchased. Dare to Dream project renovated church. 2008 – 2012 Elizabeth Caswell Projector system installed in church 2013 -2017 Mhari McLintock Church wooden main doors replaced by glass doors. Church Leader Appointed 2017- George Jones
