Shoeburyness & Thorpe Bay Baptist Church

In May 1910 a few friends came together at 36 Wakering Avenue to cheer a ill friend. Later, in August, the Reverend J Taberner of Belle Vue Baptist Church came to that house (owned by Mr and Mrs R Williams) to administer the Lord's Supper, and the church was established with just seven founding members. In December, the seven members began to hold meetings in a billiard room known as the Old Boy's Club in West Road. Worship was then relocated to a meeting room at 83 West Road, which was hired for eight shillings and nine pence per week.