Editing Chatham, Kent (section)

==Religion==
In the 19th century the [[ecclesiastical parish]] of Chatham included Luton and Brompton and also '''Chatham Intra''' (land on the river that was administered by the City of Rochester).<ref name="wilson">John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870–72)</ref>
Chatham's parish church, St Marys, which stood on Dock Road, was rebuilt in 1788. St John's was a [[Waterloo church]] built in 1821 by [[Robert Smirke (architect)|Robert Smirke]], and restructured in 1869 by Gordon Macdonald Hills;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.westgallerychurches.com/Kent/Chatham/Chatham_John.html|title=St John the Divine, Chatham, Kent – CHURCH FOR SALE|first=Edwin and Sheila|last=Macadam|website=westgallerychurches.com|access-date=30 October 2008|archive-date=14 September 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080914132351/http://www.westgallerychurches.com/Kent/Chatham/Chatham_John.html|url-status=live}}</ref> it ceased being an active church in 1964, and is currently used as an art project.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/kent/3950333.stm |publisher=BBC News |title=Church transformed into vineyard |date=25 October 2004 |access-date=1 April 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120808095511/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/kent/3950333.stm |archive-date=8 August 2012 }}</ref> St Paul's New Road was built in 1854; declared redundant in 1974, it has been demolished. St Peter's Troy Town was built in 1860. Christchurch Luton was built in 1843, replaced in 1884. The Royal Dockyard Church (1806) was declared redundant in 1981.

St Michael's is a Roman Catholic Church, that was built in 1863. There is a [[Unitarianism|Unitarian]] Chapel built in 1861.

Chatham is reputed to be the home of the first [[Baptist]] Chapel in North Kent, the [[Zion]] Baptist Chapel in Clover Street. The first known pastor was Edward Morecock who settled there in 1663. During the time of [[Oliver Cromwell]] Edward Morecock had been a sea-captain and had been injured in battle. His knowledge of the [[River Medway]] is reputed to have preserved him from persecution in the reign of [[Charles II of England|King Charles II]]. A second Baptist chapel was founded about 1702. The Ebenezer Chapel dates from 1662.

[http://www.chathamshul.org.uk Chatham Memorial Synagogue] was built by Simon Magnus in 1867 on the Chatham end of Rochester High Street in Rochester.<ref name=MM>Rochester, ''The past 2000 years'', (City of Rochester Society) 1999.</ref>