BAPTIST CHAPEL.
1839. This substantial brick building was erected in 1777, and considerably enlarged in 1839, at a cost of £700; in 1880, further improvements and alterations were made, adding much to the comfort and convenience of the congregation. The Rev. William Rogers, a true specimen of a Welshman, was the zealous minister of this Chapel for many years. There is also a good Sunday School in vigorous operation held in the vestry room. The Baptist connexion have also another Chapel situate at Cinder Bank, Netherton, which is said to be of considerable antiquity. The Rev Geo. M. Michael, B.A., is the present minister.
On the following page will be seen the way in which Holy Mother Church was supported in Dudley in these days of civil and religious liberty!!!
SEIZURES IN DUDLEY DURING THE YEAR 1837.
| Names of the Persons seized upon. | Religious Profession. | Trade. | Goods seized. | Value of Goods seized. | Amount of Rate. |
| £ s. d. | £ s. d. | ||||
| Brown, James | Quaker | Confectioner | 2 barrels grapes | 2 10 0 | 0 12 1 |
| Beasley, Thomas | Baptist | Schoolmaster | 2 desks | 4 10 0 | 0 2 1 |
| Bridgwater, Joseph | Quaker | Maltster | Malt | 4 6 0 | 2 11 0 |
| Cooke, Samuel | Independent | Draper | 3 pair blankets | 2 5 0 | 0 17 11 |
| Hill, Thomas | Ditto | Shoe-seller | 10 pair shoes | 3 10 0 | 0 9 7 |
| Houston, William | Ditto | Pawnbroker | 1 watch | 2 10 0 | 0 10 10 |
| Lay, Benjamin, and Sons | Quaker | Grocers | Cheese | 3 15 0 | 1 12 6 |
| Pitchfork, Joseph | Unitarian | Schoolmaster | 2 tables | 2 2 0 | 0 3 6 |
| Rogers, Richard | Independent | Clockmaker | 1 clock | 5 0 0 | 0 9 7 |
| Wood, Edward | Ditto | Pawnbroker | 1 watch | 3 0 0 | 0 14 7 |
| Wood, W C | Unitarian | Grocer | Loaves of Sugar | 8 6 6 | 3 5 0 |
| Williams, John, and Brothers | Quaker | Millers | 2 pockets hops | 11 11 0 | 4 14 2 |
| Williams, John | Ditto | Miller | Barometer | 3 10 0 | 1 10 2 |
| 56 15 6 | 17 13 0 |
Whereas, some ill-looking Persons did, on the 21st of September, 1837, enter the Premises of W. C. WOOD, Grocer, Dudley, and in his absence did wilfully abstract
FIVE LUMPS OF SUGAR,
value £8, the honestly-acquired property of the said W. C. Wood; and, whereas, the said ill-looking Persons left behind them a piece of paper, on which was written that they were under the command of one Person called “Captain,” and of another called “Baker;” and by which it further appears that the property thus taken was to defray the expenses of some kind of a Religion, to which these persons are said to be attached.