Church missionary society (1869)

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Extract from Maidstone Telegraph 30 October 1869

WATERINGBURY. A meeting was held in the National Schoolroom of this parish, in aid of the funds of the Church Missionary Society. The vicar, the Rev. Henry Stevens, in the chair. The room was well filled. The Rev. Henry Townsend, missionary from Abeokuta, gave an interesting account of Africa and the mission work going on there. The collection amounted to £4 7s. 6d.