Within the Farnborough Parish Register of Baptisms from1876 onwards there are references to baptisms at Saint James School Chapel in Farnborough parish.Reverend George William Daroch Hingston had been appointed Vicar of Farnborough in 1876 and moved to a home on the High Road. In the 1881 census this house is entered near Alma and Westbrook Villa on the High Road.
Shortly after taking up residence he had sought Diocesan permission to erect a temporary structure as a chapel of ease and this is the chapel described as Saint James School Chapel. The 1878 Post Office Directory includes an entry "There is a temporary chapel of ease erected on the Vicar's premises for the north western portion of the parish".
Reverend Hingston is taken seriously ill in 1884 and dies on 30 July 1884. It appears that he had attempted to offer some form of education at his home and one entry for baptism in the Parish register describes "Saint James Home". It is possible that he was caring for some children who had reached school leaving age at the Farnborough Board School which had enlarged to accommodate pupils from the Union Workhouse nearby.
The Chapel does not appear to continue after 1884 although Commercial Directories show services are held there on some Sundays at "2-30 Wednesdays Advent,lent and Holy Days 7-30 p.m."
I have written about Reverend Hingston here.
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