Henry Allon English

England

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 Nonconformist divine, was born on 13 October 1818 at Welton

Welton, East Riding of Yorkshire

Welton is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately north of the town of Brough on the north side of the A63 road to Kingston upon Hull....

, Elloughton-cum-Brough

Elloughton-cum-Brough

Elloughton-cum-Brough, a civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated to the west of Hull city centre and covering an area of .It comprises the town of Brough and the village of Elloughton....

, near Hull

Kingston upon Hull

Kingston upon Hull , usually referred to as Hull, is a city and unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It stands on the River Hull at its junction with the Humber estuary, 25 miles inland from the North Sea. Hull has a resident population of...

, in Yorkshire

Yorkshire

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Under Methodist influence Henry Allon decided to enter the ministry, but, developing Congregational

Congregational church

Congregational churches are Protestant Christian churches practicing Congregationalist church governance, in which each congregation independently and autonomously runs its own affairs....

 ideas, was trained at Cheshunt College, Hertfordshire

Hertfordshire

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 and became closely associated with the Union Chapel

Union Chapel, Islington

The Union Chapel is a Grade II* listed church and music venue in Islington, North London, England, located on Compton Terrace.An example of Victorian gothic architecture, it was designed by James Cubitt, and constructed between 1874 and 1877, with further additions 1877-90, providing an ambitious...

 in Islington

Islington

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. For a short while, he was co-pastor at the Union Chapel

Union Chapel, Islington

The Union Chapel is a Grade II* listed church and music venue in Islington, North London, England, located on Compton Terrace.An example of Victorian gothic architecture, it was designed by James Cubitt, and constructed between 1874 and 1877, with further additions 1877-90, providing an ambitious...

 with the Rev. Thomas Lewis (1844-1852), but thereafter sole pastor for forty years (1852-92). During this time he gained considerable influence amongst metropolitan Congregationalists and secured the funds required for an ambitious rebuilding programme at the Union Chapel, between 1874 and 1890, from designs by James Cubitt

James Cubitt

James Cubitt was a Victorian church architect specialising in building non-conformist chapels. He was the son of a Baptist minister, from Norfolk who taught at Spurgeon's Pastor's College in South Norwood Hill — then on the outskirts of London.Cubitt was articled to the firm of Isaac Charles...

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In 1865, Dr. Allon became co-editor with Dr. Reynolds of the British Quarterly Review, and in 1877, the sole editor of that journal for another ten years. He published Memoir of the Rev. J. Sherman

James Sherman (minister)

The Rev. James Sherman , was a Congregationalist and abolitionist; a popular preacher at The Castle Street Chapel in Reading from 1821 to 1836 and the Surrey Chapel, Blackfriars, London from 1836-54. He was successor at the Surrey Chapel to Rowland Hill...

in 1863, Life of William Ellis in 1873, and sermons on The Vision of God in 1876. Only one hymn is attributed to him, Low in Thine Agony (1868), but he published numerous musical compilations, and his son Henry Erskine Allon was a composer (1864-97).

Henry Allon is buried in the London Congregationalists' non-denominational garden cemetery, Abney Park Cemetery

Abney Park Cemetery

Abney Park in Stoke Newington, in the London Borough of Hackney, is a historic parkland originally laid out in the early 18th century by Lady Mary Abney and Dr. Isaac Watts, and the neighbouring Hartopp family. In 1840 it became a non-denominational garden cemetery, semi-public park arboretum, and...

, London

London

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