The Gravel Pit Chapel was established in 1715–1716 (309 years ago) (1716) in Hackney, then just outside London, for a Nonconformist congregation, which by the early 19th century began to identify itself as Unitarian.
The Gravel Pit Chapel was established in 1715–1716 in Hackney, then a village north-east of London, for a Presbyterian congregation seceding from that of John Barker, after the death of Matthew Henry.
[4] The New Gravel Pit Chapel was described in 1908 as being at the west end of Retreat Place, a row of almshouses.
The Greater London Council purchased the site and demolished the Chapel in 1969, in order to build flats.
[9] The Unitarian New Gravel Pit congregation first met on 4 November 1810, in a new building designed by the architect Edmund Aikin, nephew of Anna Letitia Barbauld, who provided his services without charge.