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At the end of the 19th Century, after years of pressure, the Duke of Westminster changed the management of the Westminster Schools and eventually, through All Saints Church, it became a National School bringing up children according to Church of England doctrine.
[[File:4RH3 Tin Chapel, Hoole.jpg|left|thumb|''<small>Tin Chapel, Walker Street</small>'']]
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[[File:4RHD2 Agreement signing 1.jpg|left|thumb|''<small>Agreement for the new Church being signed (1)</small>'']]
[[File:4RHD3 Agreement signing 2.jpg|thumb|''<small>Agreement for the new Church being signed (2)</small>'']]
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At first it was an ‘Unsectarian Mission’ but in 1908 it was decided to approach Queen Street Congregational Church with which it would become associated for the next 40 years. After the Second World War, the Secretary of the Tin Chapel, Arthur Ward-Jones, a wholesaler with premises in City Road (his delivery vans were a regular sight in the City, Merseyside and North Wales) and the Rev. Eric Lawson, Minister of Queen Street Church (and also Deputy Mayor of Chester), foresaw the expansion of Hoole and Newton and persuaded the congregation of the Tin Chapel that they needed to move into bigger premises. Photographs show the agreement to do this being signed.
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[[File:4RHD5 United Reform Church Dedication 1953.jpg|left|thumb|''<small>United Reform Church Notice of Dedication Service 1953</small>'']]
[[File:Image.png|thumb|''<small>United Reform Church, Hoole Road</small>''<ref>''<small>http://www.hooleonline.co.uk/churches.htm</small>''</ref>]]
In 1953 (the Queen’s Coronation year), a service of dedication was held on the site on Hoole Road which, while still in Hoole, gave easy access to the rapidly developing post war estates in Newton. The Congregational Church became the United Reform Church and the building we know today on Hoole Road was opened in 1958. Meeting rooms were gradually added to the building.▼
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▲In 1953 (the Queen’s Coronation year), a service of dedication was held on the site on Hoole Road which, while still in Hoole, gave easy access to the rapidly developing post war estates in Newton. The Congregational Church became the United Reform Church and the building we know today on Hoole Road was opened in 1958. Meeting rooms were gradually added to the building.
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[[File:4RHD6 Tin Chapel after closure.jpg|thumb|''<small>Tin Chapel after closure</small>'']]
After closure in 1958, the Tin Chapel was used by Seddon’s Salt as a storeroom and then by Braid’s whose shop in Charles Street used it for the sale of secondhand furniture.▼
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▲After closure in 1958, the Tin Chapel was used by Seddon’s Salt as a storeroom and then by Braid’s whose shop in Charles Street used it for the sale of secondhand furniture.
[[File:4RHD7 Pickering Mews.jpg|left|thumb|''<small>Pickering Mews</small>'']]
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When the Chapel was finally demolished, the site became Pickering Mews.
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