Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church 1885 Frame:Gold blocks of stone are being

blocks of stone are being prepared for perhaps a bridge or a warehouse under construction in the metropolis

Photograph taken in October 1940

A young lady dressed as a shepherdess with staff slumps in a sedan chair

But it wasn t to last

though the toll was lifted in 1877

Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church 1885 Frame:Gold blocks of stone are beingExterior view of Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church. Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church in Shaftesbury Avenue was built by a wealthy railway contractor in 1848, and designed by John Gibson. It was the first prominent non conformist church in central London. Its predecessors had been placed more discreetly in back streets. Non conformist or free churches, including the Methodists, Baptists and Congregationalists, were particularly active in the second