Market Weighton

MARKET WEIGHTON:
Market Weighton Congregational Church History up to 1868.

The congregation here originated in the efforts of several neighbouring ministers - Tapp, Kershaw (Baptist), Mitchinson (Church of England), and others. It was afterwards carried on by local preachers from Fish Street, Hull. The chapel was erected in 1808, and galleries were afterwards added. The pastors have been-

• 1809. Rev. THOMAS HICKS (of Hackney Acy.), the first pastor.
• He united Market Weighton with Pocklington, where he lived. He left for Doncaster, 1814.
• 1814. Rev. -- GRAY (of Rotherham Coll.). He remained only a year, and then resigned his ministry.
• Students from Rotherham now preached during some time.
• 1815. Rev. THOMAS STOTT (of Rotherham Coll.), from Reeth. His ministry was brief, and he removed to Holderness.
• The chapel was now partially closed, and the congregation almost ruined. A new church was however formed, who invited-
• 1818. Rev. GEORGE FLOCKER. Mr. F. laboured blamelessly for twenty-eight years, and died April, 1846.
• 1847. Rev. JOHN GEORGE. He remained four years, and left for Delph in Nov., 1851.
• After some months' interval, the Home Missionary Society sent-
• 1852. Rev. F. W. Cox. He remained till May, 1857, when he accepted a call from the Colonial Missionary Society to Adelaide, South Australia.
• 1857. Rev. E. H. DAVIES. In 1861, he left for Tipton, and is now at Birstall.
• 1861. Rev. S. JONES (Cotton End Acy.). He removed to Gosport, 1866.
• The pulpit is now vacant.