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History
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Holy Trinity opened in 1776, replacing an older church on a different site. Originally a very plain Georgian space designed for preaching, it has been altered and added to over the centuries to meet the changing needs of its people. The changes are a standing reminder that a Church is not just a building, however lovely, historic and to be cherished, but the place where God’s people gather to worship.
Holy Trinity is best known as the Church where the Clapham Sect worshipped. The “Clapham Sect” is the name history has given to a group of friends who lived here in the later eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Devout Christians in a sceptical age, they fought for religious and humanitarian causes, notably the abolition of the slave trade. In 1807, their champion in Parliament, William Wilberforce, secured the passing of the Act to Abolish the Slave Trade.
Most of our ancient records, including all our registers except those in current use, are in the London Metropolitan Archives. This page describes them and has a link to on-line catalogues.
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