Lincoln Unitarians

History

 

Our Chapel and Community

 

The Act of Uniformity (1662) sought to impose a uniformity of belief and worship. Some clergy refused to conform and lost their living but several continued to preach  - this was the beginning of non-conformist worship. This congregation was formed in 1662 and led by Rev James Abdy, one of the ejected. From 1672 it was meeting in John Disney's house, and comprised Presbyterian and Independent worshippers. The current chapel on High Street was built in 1725. It was illegal to be openly Unitarian until the Act of Toleration in 1813. However towards the end of the eighteenth century the law was not enforced and avowedly Unitarian worship began at Essex Street Chapel in London under Theophilus Lindsey in 1774. However Lincoln Chapel was first described as Unitarian in 1806.

 

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