Wraysbury Baptist Chapel

The current chapel was opened in 1862. The Baptist mission in Wraysbury can be traced back 35 years earlier to the sole efforts of the chapel's first Pastor, William Thomas Buckland. Born and raised in Wraysbury, Buckland lived for several years in Holborn Bridge and Hammersmith, where he first joined the Baptist Church. On his return to Wraysbury in 1826, he found the moral and spiritual condition of the villagers to be in a deplorable state. The only place of worship was the parish church, the vicar of which resided at a distance. Extracts from Buckland's diary, reproduced in The Baptist Magazine, detail how he first rented a house for meetings, and invited local ministers, Mr Hall from…

Wraysbury Baptist Church was a member of Wraysbury and Horton Churches Together, along with St Andrew's, Wraysbury and St Michael's, Horton, until it closed in 2019. The last minister was the Rev. Carolyn Urwin who served from 2006 to 2019. The Parish Council purchased the chapel building and it is now used as a Community Hub.