Nathaniel Knight Pugsley

Nathaniel Knight Pugsley (1787-1868) was originally from Kentisbeare, Devon. He was educated at Hoxton Academy (1812-1815) and commenced his ministry at the Orchard Street Congregational Church in Stockport in 1815. He resigned, however, in 1819 and, with a group from Orchard Street, organized a new congregation at Hanover Chapel, which officially opened in October 1821. Pugsley remained at Hanover until 1858, maintaining an active involvement in the Stockport Sunday School. See William Urwick, Historical Sketches of Nonconformity in the County Palatine of Chester (London: S. Fletcher, 1864), 306-307.