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In 1816, Zion Chapel was built under the inspiration of the Western Schism. It first minister was the Rev John Mason, a former domestic servant of Mrs. Harriet Wall of Norman Court, Hampshire, who had been converted at a local Baptist chapel before becoming a gifted preacher. He remained at Shrewton until 1817. A member of the Shrewton congregation was John Hayter (1757-1827). His son, Henry (1790-1836), soon relocated to Eden Vale on the edge of Westbury, Wiltshire, where, in 1817, a congregation associated with the Schism was organized at his home. Around 1821, Hayter left Eden Vale for Cornwall, after which the congregation met temporarily in the yard of the Horse and Groom public house in Westbury. Before long, a member of the congregation presented the congregation with a vacant site at Cook’s Stile (now West End in Westbury), where a chapel affiliated with the Schism was built in 1823. It is now known as West End Baptist Church.