Baptist Gallery

Rev Francis Ward Monck and William Oxley, spiritualists

Rev Francis Ward Monck (right, c. 1842-?)) and William Oxley (1823-1905), spiritualists. Oxley was a Methodist, Swedenborgian, spiritualist and writer based in Manchester. Ward Monck was a former Baptist minister who was discredited in 1876 for his involvement in hoax seances, although some people maintained that his mediumship was genuine. Date: circa June 1876

© Mary Evans Picture Library

Baptist chapel in Hartlepool hit by German east coast raid - WWI

The Baptist Chapel in Hartlepool (now situated in an area called The Headland and sometimes known as Old Hartlepool), located on the corner of Baptist Street and Regent Street (with the photographer standing on Prissick Street). The chapel was built in 1852 from stone quarried in The Headland and was demolished shortly after 1914 as it was deemed beyond repair, following the attack. A new chapel was built on the site which was named the Bombardment Memorial Church to remember those members of the church who died that day killed including the Sunday school secretary and seven of the children

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans

Favourite Sayings - You can't catch the wind in a net

Black and white lantern slide of a man standing on a bank holding a rod with a net painted in at the end. Painted background of countryside.. Part of Box 197 Sayings, Boswell Collection. You can't catch the wind in a net. Lantern slide creations of C. H. Spurgeon's (a British Particular Baptist preacher, 1834-1892) illustrated John Ploughman's Pictures. Date: circa 1890s

© The Boswell Collection, Bexley Heritage Trust / Mary Evans