William Thomas Rickard was both the founder and the first pastor of the church. Born in Pennycross, near Plymouth in Devon, around 1837, he had come, via Hertfordshire, first to Hampstead and then Childs Hill in 1865.
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The history of Childs Hill Baptist Church is available on kindle or as a paperback. See here.
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The famous artist John Constable lived in the Hampstead area near Childs Hill. This painting depicts Childs Hill as it may have been then w...
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Fiona Pretlove Foster, daughter of former pastor, John Pretlove has been in touch. She pointed out one or two factual errors here that I ha...
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John Constable
About Me
- Gary Brady
- Welsh pastor [born 59] at Childs Hill Baptist, London [83ff] husband to Eleri [88ff]; father to 5 sons [b 89-01]; 3 (soon 4) daughters-in-law [09ff]; 8 grandchildren [14ff] author: several books, many blogs.