Wraysbury Baptist Chapel

The Baptist mission in Wraysbury can be traced back 35 years earlier to the sole efforts of the chapel's first Pastor, William Thomas Buckland.

Born and raised in Wraysbury, Buckland lived for several years in Holborn Bridge and Hammersmith, where he first joined the Baptist Church.

On his return to Wraysbury in 1826, he found the moral and spiritual condition of the villagers to be in a deplorable state.

[2] The first meeting was held on 20 May 1827 and in March, William opened the Sunday school to teach the local children.

The Baptist mission continued to flourish, and 'wishing to provide more commodious and beautiful accommodation', the old chapel was knocked down and a new one erected with a convenient schoolroom attached.