Westbury Leigh, Wiltshire, Baptists

Westbury Leigh, Wiltshire, Baptist Church – After the death of John Wilkins, Robert Marshman came from Trowbridge as pastor in May 1763. He actually continued to reside at Trowbridge during his tenure as pastor. He was a member of R. Haynes’s church at Bradford-on-Avon.  A new chapel was commenced in March 1796 and completed on 1 April 1797. At that time the church consisted of 116 members (94-95). Marshman died in 1806, aged 71. He was succeeded by George Phillips of Birmingham. See W. Doel, Twenty Golden Candlesticks! A History of Baptist Nonconformity in Western Wiltshire (Trowbridge: B. Lansdown & Sons, 1890).