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Ashburnham

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This is the antecedent to Peterborough-Mark St United Church.

UCA: LCHF-Mark St has a very brief history.

 

            1871                                        regular services held in the Ashburnham town hall by J W Butcher of the Peterborough Circuit.

            1872 Sep                                 first church opened, east side of Mark St, ½ block south of Hunter (PPL:VF)

                                                            G H Copeland, first minister (PPL:VF, but not in Walkington)

            1873 - 1875                            see Peterborough

            1876                                        E Roberts and M Metherell

            1877 - 1878                            see Peterborough

            1879                                        J W Cameron

            1880                                        T W Blatchford

            1880                                        consists of 1 church

            1881                                        T Brown

            1882 - 1883                            supply

            1883                                        consists of 1 church

            1884                                        to the Methodist Church as part of Ashburnham Circuit


The history above gives a quite different list of ministers:

            1872 Jan 21 - 1873 Jun           G H Copeland (assistant William Wand)

            1873 Jun - >                            William Quance

                                                            John Cannom

                                                            Moses Motherall

                                                            J W Blatchford

                                                            Roberts

                                                            Joliffe (assistant T Brown)