Our picture from the watfordmuseum archive this week has lovely little story associated with it
The museum's volunteer archivist Christine Orchard said:"The actual location of the Gilead Chapel is unclear but, according to the historian, Henry Williams, it was at the end of the garden of Frogmore House - perhaps where the road leading to The Arches is today.
in January 1841, recounted a tale of a gentleman who preached at the chapel and became trapped in the building during a severe flood. He had not expected the flooding to reach him but it arrived so suddenly that he had to climb his pulpit for safety."The paper reported that he had remained there for nine hours with water surrounding him, smoking his pipe."
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