Crow Lane Congregational Church, Wilton

A chapel was built on what is believed to be the site of the old Presbyterian chapel in Crow Lane in the late 18th century. Up until the mid 19th century this plain red brick building is described as an Independent chapel in the contemporary directories and it may be that the Presbyterian meeting gradually became Congregational. It was the largest of the Wilton non-conformist churches and in 1829 was said to have 400 members. In the 1851 religious census there were congregations of 200 in the morning, 100 in the afternoon and 250 in the evening. The chapel had 100 free and 400 other seats and there was a thriving Sunday School, which in 1851 had attendances of 110 in the morning, 80 in the aftrenoon and 60 in the evening. A day school was also established in the 19th century. In the 20th century attendances declined but in 1959 there were still 33 members sharing a minister with Broad Chalke and Ebbesbourne Wake. The church became the United Reform Church later in the century and, after having to abandon its building, now shares St. Edith's Church in Kingsbury Square with the Roman Catholics and the Methodists. The Crow Lane chapel has been converted to residential flats.