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Religious
Faith in Wolverhampton
Timeline of events 1385 - 1974
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1385
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Earliest
known record of the church of St Peter's Wolverhampton |
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14th
Century
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St
Leonard's Church, Bilston built |
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17th
Century
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Wolverhampton
known as "Little Rome" (Roma Parva) |
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1692
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The
first record of a Roman Catholic priest resident in Wolverhampton |
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1704
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First
Quaker Meeting House and burial ground in Wolverhampton |
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1727-1736
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The
building of Giffard House |
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1733
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Repair
work to St Leonard's Church, Bilston |
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1743
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John
Wesley preaches at Bilbrook |
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1744
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Further
repair work St Leonard's Church, Bilston |
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1745
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William
Allt,a Methodist preacher, visits the town |
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1745
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St
Thomas' Church, Wednesfield opens |
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1750
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First
Quaker Meeting House sold |
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1750
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St
Thomas's Church, Wednesfield built |
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1753
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George
Whitefield one of the founding fathers of Methodism preaches in Wolverhampton |
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1756-1775
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St
John's Church Wolverhampton built. |
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1760
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Congregational
chapel, Oxford Street, Bradley opens |
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1760
- 1790
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John
Wesley, one of the founders of Methodism, visits Wolverhampton on a number
of occasions between 1760 and 1790. |
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1762
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Renatus
Harris organ built in 1682, purchased for St John's Church |
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1764-5
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Major
reconstruction of St Bartholomew's Church, Penn |
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1778
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Catholic
Relief Act passed, which suspended the penalties for saying Mass |
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1782
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Snow
Hill Congregational Chapel opens |
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1783
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'Cast
Iron Chapel' built at Bradley |
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1784
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The
first Methodist chapel, Loxdale Methodist Chapel, Bilston opens |
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1787
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The
first Methodist chapel is built in Wolverhampton |
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1798
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Baptist
Chapel, Wood Street, Bradley opens |
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1804
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The
first Methodist Church is built in Ettingshall. |
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1804-1826
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Dr
Milner, Vicar Apostolic, takes up residence in Wolverhampton |
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1823
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Swan
Bank Wesleyan Methodist Church - the principal Methodist church in Bilston
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1825
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Wolverhampton
Methodists purchase a new site in Darlington Street. |
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1825-1826
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St
Leonard's Church, Bilston rebuilt |
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1828
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The
Roman Catholic Church of SS Peter and Paul opens |
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1829
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Catholic
Emancipation Act |
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1830
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The
first record of a Jewish person taking up residence in Wolverhampton. |
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1830
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St
Mary's, Oxford Street, Bilston opens |
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1830
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St
George's Church, Cleveland Road opens |
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1834
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Holy
Trinity Roman Catholic Church, Bradley opens |
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1835
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St
Paul's Church, Penn Road opens |
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1841
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High
Street Methodist Chapel, Bilston opens |
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1842
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St
Mary's Church, Stafford Street opens |
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1843
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St
James' Church, Horseley Fields opens |
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1848
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First
Jewish burial ground in Wolverhampton |
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1849
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The
Roman Catholic Church dedicated to SS Patrick and George opens |
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1849
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St
Matthew's Church, Lower Horseley Fields opens |
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1849
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St
Mark's Church, Chapel Ash opens |
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1851
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The
first known Jewish Synagogue in Wolverhampton |
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1851
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Isaac
Barratt from Poland living at St James Square, Wolverhampton |
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1852
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St
Luke's, Market Street, Bilston opens |
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1854
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Methodist
Chapel, Wednesfield opens |
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1855
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Cardinal
Wiseman opens the Roman Catholic Church SS Mary and John. |
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1856
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An
additional Methodist Chapel at Wednesfield opens |
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1858
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New
Jewish Synagogue built in Wolverhampton. |
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1856
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A
further Methodist Chapel at Wednesfield opens |
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1859
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Quakerism
revives in Wolverhampton |
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1860
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Rough
Hills Primitive Methodist Society build a chapel |
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1861
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Further
restoration to the church of St Peter's, Wolverhampton |
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1861
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St
Luke's Church, Blakenhall opens |
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1862
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Congregational
Mission Chapel, Chapel Street, Bradley opens |
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1862
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Presbyterians
first meet at Union Mill Street |
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1865
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St
Andrew's Church, Whitmore Reans opens |
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1865
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Baptist
Chapel, Waterloo Road opens |
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1865
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Congregational
Chapel, Queen Street opens |
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1866
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St
Martin's, Bradley opens |
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1867
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St
Patrick's Roman Catholic Church, Westbury Street opens |
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1867
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Christchurch,
Waterloo Road opens |
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1868
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The
Salvation Army starts its work in Wolverhampton |
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1869
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Presbyterian
Church, Merridale Road opens |
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1869
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St
Jude's Church, Tettenhall Road opens |
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1873
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Congregational
Chapel, Tettenhall Wood opens |
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1878
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Wesleyan
Mission, Church Street, Heath Town closes |
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1878
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Fallings
Park Methodist Church opens in Prestwood Road |
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1879
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All
Saints Church, Steelhouse Lane consecrated |
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1883
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Lichfield
Diocesan Barge Mission opens at Top Lock, Canal Street |
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1886
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Congregational
Chapel, Wednesfield opens |
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1891
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A
family from Russia living at Clifton Street, Wolverhampton |
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1897
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St
Silas Mission Church, Monmore Green opens |
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1901
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New
Methodist Church opens in Darlington Street |
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1902
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St
Thomas's Church, Wednesfield badly damaged by fire |
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1902
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The
Jewish Synagogue in Wolverhampton rebuilt |
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1903
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A
new Quaker Meeting House built in Wolverhampton |
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1905
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Congregational
School Chapel, Lea Road opens |
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1908
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St
Chad's church, Owen Road opens |
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1908
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St
Aiden's Mission Church, Harrow Road opens |
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1909
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St
Stephen's, Springfield opens |
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1911
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The
Salvation Army opens its Citadel in Wolverhampton |
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1917
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General
Bramwell Booth, one of the leaders of the Salvation Army, visits Wolverhampton |
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1923
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Return
visit of General Bramwell Booth to Wolverhampton |
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1923
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Roman
Catholic Mission Hall, Wednesfield opens |
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1926
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Beckminster
Methodist Church opens |
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1930s
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St
Joseph's (Anglican) Church, Merry Hill built |
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1934
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Church
of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour opens at Old Fallings |
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1952/3
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Springdale
Methodist Church opens in Warstones Road |
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1953
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The
New Testament Church of God starts in Wolverhampton |
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1960s
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Sikhs
first begin to meet for worship in Wolverhampton |
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1962
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The
first church of The New Testament Church of God in Wolverhampton opens |
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1966
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Bunkers
Hill (also known as Cold Lanes) Methodist Chapel, Bilston, closes |
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1968
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New
Quaker Meeting House opens in Wolverhampton |
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1973
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The
church of The New Testament Church of God, Heath Town opens |
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1974
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Wolverhampton
Inter-Faith Group begins |
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