Anniversary Dates

September 4, 1865 - Arrival of William Rickard to work at Heath Street Home Mission
April 8, 1866 - First Sunday Service in Childs Hill in an upper room of 'The Model Laundry' in The Mead (later Granville Road)
May 20, 1866 - Launch of the Sunday School at Mr Elphick's Laundry in The Mead
January 10, 1867 - Mission Hall opened in The Mead
July 28, 1870 - Foundation stone of present chapel laid (by James Harvey)
November 17, 1870 - Chapel formally opened
June 12, 1877 - Formal founding of the Childs Hill church with the transfer of 63 members from Heath Street, Hampstead
June 24, 1877 - First pastor, William Rickard, formally received

Also note that it was in June, 1861 that the chapel in Heath Street, Hampstead, opened.