Independents, Bower Chalke

A house in Bower Chalke owned by Richard Gould was licensed for meetings of Independents in 1783. The congregation was served with others in Broad Chalke & Ebbesbourne Wake from 1812 but from 1816 had its own minister. A house owned by Henry Gould, a shopkeeper in Bower Chalke, was licensed for meetings in 1824, but these probably ceased soon afterwards.