Evangelical Free Church

 

The Courtney Memorial Hall in The Square is an Evangelical Free Church for which Bedfordshire & Luton Archives & Records Service holds no records. The building was originally Aspley Guise British School|. A memorial tablet outside is dedicated to Miss Emma Courtney "who from 1868 to 1906 preached the Gospel of God's Grace in this Hall".

Miss Courtney obviously preached the Gospel whilst the building was still a school; Arthur Parker, in some brief notes on the Courtney Memorial Hall [X395/53], noted how evidence suggested that the school was converted into a Mission hall some time shortly before 1889.