
What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: Madeley Baptist church, High Street, Madeley "Ænon" Baptist Chapel opened 1858. Ænon is a Greek word meaning "spring", and is a place on the River Jordan where John the Baptist baptised Recorded plaque organisation: Madeley Parish Council.
The Ænon Baptist Chapel in Madeley, opened in 1858, reflects the significant role of nonconformist chapels in nineteenth-century England, providing a place for Baptists to worship and baptize by immersion as symbolized by its name, meaning "spring."
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