Monument MPM1693 - Former Burial Ground to the Ebenezer Chapel, Southsea

Former Ebenezer Baptist Chapel and burial ground. The burial ground was in operation between 1815 and 1854. A number of bones were recovered when the site was redeveloped in 1979.

Former burial ground to the Ebenezer Baptist Chapel which stood in Castle Road. The burial ground was in use between 1815 and 1854. The entire site was redeveloped as housing in 1979, and a number of bones recovered during the excavation of foundations for new residential units.

The Ebenezer Chapel opened on the 22nd January 1809, and remained in use until 1892 when the congregation moved to the Immanuel church in Victoria Road North. The chapel building was later used as a garage, and was demolished in 1979.

[1- Places in Portsmouth: The Ebenezer Baptist Chapel, Castle Road]

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'Great Southsea Street Chapel' built 1815 in classical style. Roof, pews and wainscoting made from timbers that came from a French vessel captured during the Napoleonic Wars. Building sold 1890, and demolished in 1983. [2, p83]

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Marked as a Particular Baptist Chapel on the 1860 Ordnance Survey map. [3]

<1> Backhouse, Tim, 2007-2016, History in Portsmouth (Bibliographic reference). SPM340.

<2> Offord, J, 1989, Churches, Chapels and Places of Worship on Portsea Island (Bibliographic reference). SPM39.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1860, Ordnance Survey Map 1860 (Map). SPM339.