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The Journal of the United Reformed Church History Society was first published in 1973, its "predecessors" being the Transactions of the Congregational Historical Society and the Journal of the Presbyterian Historical Society of England.  Three editors have been responsible for its production, the current editor being the Revd Dr Robert Pope. For further details please see the website.

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Vol. 1 (1973-1977) Index View in PDF format pdf
Vol. 2 (1978-1982) Index View in PDF format pdf
Vol. 3 (1983-1987) Index View in PDF format pdf
Vol. 4 (1987-1992) Index View in PDF format pdf
Vol. 5 (1992-1997) Index View in PDF format pdf
Vol. 6 (1997-2002) Index View in PDF format pdf
Vol. 7 (2002-2007) Index View in PDF format pdf
Vol. 8 (2008-2012) Index View in PDF format pdf
Vol. 9 (2012-2017) Index View in PDF format pdf

Volume 6.1 (Oct. 1997)

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On-line Resource "Editorial," Journal of the United Reformed Church History Society 6.1 (Oct. 1997): 1-2.
On-line Resource Daniel Jenkins, "Christopher Prout Driver (1 December 1932 - 18 February 1997)," Journal of the United Reformed Church History Society 6.1 (Oct. 1997): 2-3.
On-line Resource Arthur L. Macarthur, "John MacDonald Ross (31 March 1908 - 27 March 1997)," Journal of the United Reformed Church History Society 6.1 (Oct. 1997): 3-4.
On-line Resource Françoise Deconinck-Brossard, "Patterns of Preaching and Worship among Eighteenth-Century Dissenters," Journal of the United Reformed Church History Society 6.1 (Oct. 1997): 5-16.
On-line Resource Richard J. Carwardine, "Abraham Lincoln and the Evangelical Roots of American Political Culture," Journal of the United Reformed Church History Society 6.1 (Oct. 1997): 16-33.
On-line Resource Peter Ackers, "Exodus: Labour Emigration from the English Churches of Christ to Canada
during 1906 and 1907," Journal of the United Reformed Church History Society 6.1 (Oct. 1997): 33-46.
On-line Resource Frederick Hale, "Quod est Veritas? The Misappropriation of Religious and Athletics History in Chariots of Fire," Journal of the United Reformed Church History Society 6.1 (Oct. 1997): 46-57.
On-line Resource Alberta Jean Doodson, "The Presbyterians in Liverpool. Part 6: A Survey 1945-1972," Journal of the United Reformed Church History Society 6.1 (Oct. 1997): 57-61.
On-line Resource Alan P.F. Sell, Peter Ackers, Geoffrey F. Nuttall & Stephen Orchard, "Reviews," Journal of the United Reformed Church History Society 6.1 (Oct. 1997): 61-65.
On-line Resource Alan P.F. Sell, "Some Contemporaries (1995)," Journal of the United Reformed Church History Society 6.1 (Oct. 1997): 66-67.

Volume 6.2 (May 1998)

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"Editorial," Journal of the United Reformed Church History Society 6.2 (May 1998): 69-70.
On-line Resource "Notes," Journal of the United Reformed Church History Society 6.2 (May 1998): 70-71.
On-line Resource John Munsey Turner, "Ian Sellers (1931-1997)," Journal of the United Reformed Church History Society 6.2 (May 1998): 71-72.
On-line Resource Alan Argent, "Nursed by the Church: The Founding of the Congregational Schools," Journal of the United Reformed Church History Society 6.2 (May 1998): 72-97.
On-line Resource Clyde Binfield, "A Learned and Gifted Protestant Minister: John Seldon Whale, 19 December 1896- 17 September 1997," Journal of the United Reformed Church History Society 6.2 (May 1998): 97-131.
On-line Resource David M. Thompson, "Reformed or United? Twenty-five Years of the United Reformed Church," Journal of the United Reformed Church History Society 6.2 (May 1998): 131-144.
On-line Resource David Hilborn, Robert Pope, Alan P.F. Sell, Roger Tomes & Clyde Binfield, "Reviews," Journal of the United Reformed Church History Society 6.2 (May 1998): 144-151.
On-line Resource Alan P.F. Sell, "Some Contemporaries (1996)," Journal of the United Reformed Church History Society 6.2 (May 1998): 151-152.
On-line Resource Brian Louis Pearce, "Bunhill Fielders," Journal of the United Reformed Church History Society 6.2 (May 1998): Inside back cover.

Volume 6.3 (Dec. 1998)

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On-line Resource "Editorial," Journal of the United Reformed Church History Society 6.3 (Dec. 1998): 153-154.
On-line Resource Stephen Mayor, "Edwin Welch (1927-1998)," Journal of the United Reformed Church History Society 6.3 (Dec. 1998): 154-155.
On-line Resource Stephen Orchard, "The Hymns of Isaac Watts," Journal of the United Reformed Church History Society 6.3 (Dec. 1998): 155-167.
On-line Resource Roger Tomes, "The Social Conscience of Dissent c.1841," Journal of the United Reformed Church History Society 6.3 (Dec. 1998): 167-184.
On-line Resource Clyde Binfield, "'There was a Festival in Rome'. The Shaping of a Congregational Temper," Journal of the United Reformed Church History Society 6.3 (Dec. 1998): 185-203.
On-line Resource John Brencher, "'A Welshman through and through': David Martyn Lloyd-Jones (1899-1981)," Journal of the United Reformed Church History Society 6.3 (Dec. 1998): 204-225.
On-line Resource Martin Conway, "Review Article: Buried Treasure," Journal of the United Reformed Church History Society 6.3 (Dec. 1998): 226-228.
On-line Resource Eugenio Biagini, "Shorter Review," Journal of the United Reformed Church History Society 6.3 (Dec. 1998): 229-230.

Volume 6.4 (July 1999)

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On-line Resource "Editorial and Note," Journal of the United Reformed Church History Society 6.4 (July 1999): 231-232.
On-line Resource David G. Mullan, "The Royal Law of Liberty: A Reassessment of the Early Career of John Glass," Journal of the United Reformed Church History Society 6.4 (July 1999): 233-262.
On-line Resource Kenneth B.E. Roxburgh, "Thomas Gillespie and Philip Doddridge," Journal of the United Reformed Church History Society 6.4 (July 1999): 262-272.
On-line Resource Elisabeth J. Neale, "Robert Halley (1796-1876)," Journal of the United Reformed Church History Society 6.4 (July 1999): 273-294.
On-line Resource Arthur Macarthur, "Ella Gordon (1909-1999)," Journal of the United Reformed Church History Society 6.4 (July 1999): 294-298.
On-line Resource Marilyn Lewis, "The Newton and Bull Papers at Lambeth Palace Library," Journal of the United Reformed Church History Society 6.4 (July 1999): 298-299.
On-line Resource Peter Newman Brooks, Stephen Orchard, Alan Argent, Brian Stanley & Alan P.F. Sell, "Reviews," Journal of the United Reformed Church History Society 6.4 (July 1999): 299-305.

Volume 6.5 (Nov. 1999)

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On-line Resource "Editorial and Notes," Journal of the United Reformed Church History Society 6.5 (Nov. 1999): 307-308.
On-line Resource Julie Rugg, "Nonconformity and the Development of Early Cemeteries in England, 1820-1850," Journal of the United Reformed Church History Society 6.5 (Nov. 1999): 309-321.
On-line Resource Alan Munden, "Highbury College, Islington, 1826-1951," Journal of the United Reformed Church History Society 6.5 (Nov. 1999): 321-327.
On-line Resource M.J. Mercer, "New College, London: Its Origins and Opening," Journal of the United Reformed Church History Society 6.5 (Nov. 1999): 327-336.
On-line Resource Stephen Mayor, "The Crisis at Cheshunt College," Journal of the United Reformed Church History Society 6.5 (Nov. 1999): 336-346.
On-line Resource Andrew Porter, "The Council for World Mission and its Archival Legacy," Journal of the United Reformed Church History Society 6.5 (Nov. 1999): 346-361.
On-line Resource Peter Ackers, "Review Article: Rethinking the Restoration Movement," Journal of the United Reformed Church History Society 6.5 (Nov. 1999): 362-371.
On-line Resource David Cornick, Robert Pope, Alan P.F. Sell, D.W. Bebbington & Brian Stanley, "Reviews," Journal of the United Reformed Church History Society 6.5 (Nov. 1999): 372-382.

Volume 6.6 (May 2000)

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On-line Resource "Editorial," Journal of the United Reformed Church History Society 6.6 (May 2000): 383-384.
On-line Resource Clyde Binfield, "Transacting our History: The Congregationalists' Dimension," Journal of the United Reformed Church History Society 6.6 (May 2000): 384-398.
On-line Resource John H. Taylor, "Monmouth's Rebellion- The Skeleton in the Cupboard?," Journal of the United Reformed Church History Society 6.6 (May 2000): 398-403.
On-line Resource Brian Kirk, "The Welmans of Poundisford Park," Journal of the United Reformed Church History Society 6.6 (May 2000): 404-409.
On-line Resource Mary Hora, "English Nonconformity and the Invention of Tradition: Robert Vaughan and the Bicentenary of 1662," Journal of the United Reformed Church History Society 6.6 (May 2000): 409-428.
On-line Resource Douglas A. Famie, "Money-Making and Charitable Endeavour: John and Enriqueta Rylands of Manchester," Journal of the United Reformed Church History Society 6.6 (May 2000): 429-439.
On-line Resource Cyril H. Grant, "The Bristol Congregational Itinerant Society: Some Personal Reminiscences 1936 - 1941," Journal of the United Reformed Church History Society 6.6 (May 2000): 440-446.
On-line Resource Michael W. Casey, "The Overlooked Pacifist Tradition of the Old Paths Churches of Christ:
Part 1 - The Great War and the Old Paths Division," Journal of the United Reformed Church History Society 6.6 (May 2000): 446-460.
On-line Resource Colin Thompson, "Review Article: A Moment in Reformed Liturgy," Journal of the United Reformed Church History Society 6.6 (May 2000): 460-464.
On-line Resource Anthony J. Coates, "Shorter Review," Journal of the United Reformed Church History Society 6.6 (May 2000): 465-466.

Volume 6.7 (Dec. 2000)

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On-line Resource "Editorial," Journal of the United Reformed Church History Society 6.7 (Dec. 2000): 467-168.
On-line Resource Andrew C. Thompson, "What Isaac Watts and Philip Doddridge were doing when they were not writing hymns," Journal of the United Reformed Church History Society 6.7 (Dec. 2000): 469-482.
On-line Resource Christine Richards, "Dissent and the Weaver: George Eliot's Silas Marner," Journal of the United Reformed Church History Society 6.7 (Dec. 2000): 483-495.
On-line Resource Mary Hora, "The Progress of the Intelligent, the Moral, and the Kindly: Robert Vaughan's Celebration of Urban Culture in The Age of Great Cities," Journal of the United Reformed Church History Society 6.7 (Dec. 2000): 496-502.
On-line Resource Stephen Mayor, "Zion, Manchester," Journal of the United Reformed Church History Society 6.7 (Dec. 2000): 503-516.
On-line Resource Michael W. Casey, "The Overlooked Pacifist Tradition of the Old Paths Churches of Christ: Part II - Labour and Pacifist Ties from the 1920s to the Present," Journal of the United Reformed Church History Society 6.7 (Dec. 2000): 517-528.
On-line Resource Robert Pope, "R. Tudur Jones 1921-1998: Congregational Minister, Church Historian, and Welsh Nationalist," Journal of the United Reformed Church History Society 6.7 (Dec. 2000): 529-541.
On-line Resource John Proctor, Andrew C. Thompson & Alan Tovey, "Reviews," Journal of the United Reformed Church History Society 6.7 (Dec. 2000): 542-546.
On-line Resource Stephen Mayor, "Local Church Histories," Journal of the United Reformed Church History Society 6.7 (Dec. 2000): 547-548.

Volume 6.8 (May 2001)

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On-line Resource "Editorial," Journal of the United Reformed Church History Society 6.8 (May 2001): 549-550.
On-line Resource Keith L. Sprunger, "A Case of Mistaken Identity: Hugh Peter (The Strenuous Puritan) and Hugo Petri (The Strenuous Frisian)," Journal of the United Reformed Church History Society 6.8 (May 2001): 550-556.
On-line Resource Geoffrey F. Nuttall, "The Speldhurst Church Book," Journal of the United Reformed Church History Society 6.8 (May 2001): 557-567.
On-line Resource Brian Kirk, "Emmanuel Harford (c. 1641-1706): A Note," Journal of the United Reformed Church History Society 6.8 (May 2001): 567-570.
On-line Resource Stephen Orchard, "The Wilson Family and Derbyshire," Journal of the United Reformed Church History Society 6.8 (May 2001): 570-589.
On-line Resource Timothy Larsen, "Sex, Lies, and Victorians: the Case of Newman Hall's Divorce," Journal of the United Reformed Church History Society 6.8 (May 2001): 589-596.
On-line Resource Elisabeth J. Neale, "Thomas Rhondda Williams (1860-1945) and Brighton," Journal of the United Reformed Church History Society 6.8 (May 2001): 596-618.
On-line Resource W.C.R. Hancock, "R.J. Campbell: Christianity Interpreted as Socialism," Journal of the United Reformed Church History Society 6.8 (May 2001): 619-627.
On-line Resource David M. Thompson, Stephen Mayor & John Proctor, "Reviews," Journal of the United Reformed Church History Society 6.8 (May 2001): 627-630.

Volume 6.9 (Oct. 2001)

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On-line Resource "Editorial," Journal of the United Reformed Church History Society 6.9 (Oct. 2001): 631-632.
On-line Resource Marilyn Lewis, "'The Anabaptist Washt and Washt, and Shrunk in the Washing': John Gibbs's Baptismal Controversies with Richard Carpenter and Richard Davis, c. 1652 and 1691-2," Journal of the United Reformed Church History Society 6.9 (Oct. 2001): 632-641.
On-line Resource Robert Glen, "Launching a Clerical Career in Late Georgian England: Nathaniel K. Pugsley- from Roxton Academy to Industrial Stockport," Journal of the United Reformed Church History Society 6.9 (Oct. 2001): 642-672.
On-line Resource Elaine Kaye, "Benjamin Parsons of Ebley Chapel," Journal of the United Reformed Church History Society 6.9 (Oct. 2001): 673-681.
On-line Resource W.C.R. Hancock, "English Nonconformity and the Rise of Labour Politics, 1893-1914," Journal of the United Reformed Church History Society 6.9 (Oct. 2001): 682-699.
On-line Resource Anthony Tucker, "Nathaniel Micklem and the Ecumenical Movement," Journal of the United Reformed Church History Society 6.9 (Oct. 2001): 700-710.
On-line Resource Caryl Micklem, "A Comer of Rural Northamptonshire Fifty Years Ago," Journal of the United Reformed Church History Society 6.9 (Oct. 2001): 710-716.
On-line Resource Robert Pope & Alan Tovey, "Reviews," Journal of the United Reformed Church History Society 6.9 (Oct. 2001): 716-718.

Volume 6.10 (July 2002)

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On-line Resource "Editorial and Note," Journal of the United Reformed Church History Society 6.10 (July 2001): 719-720.
On-line Resource Stephen Orchard, "A Letter of John Howe," Journal of the United Reformed Church History Society 6.10 (July 2001): 720-723.
On-line Resource Henry Rack, "The Rise of Evangelical Independency in Manchester," Journal of the United Reformed Church History Society 6.10 (July 2001): 724.742.
On-line Resource Edward Royle, "James Pigott Pritchett, Congregational Deacon and Architect," Journal of the United Reformed Church History Society 6.10 (July 2001): 743-757.
On-line Resource John H. Taylor, "Thomas Slade Jones and Vincent van Gogh: A Note," Journal of the United Reformed Church History Society 6.10 (July 2001): 758-760.
On-line Resource Elaine Kaye, "From 'Woman Minister' to 'Minister'? One Hundred Congregational
Ministers Ordained between 1917 and 1972 in England and Wales," Journal of the United Reformed Church History Society 6.10 (July 2001): 761-771.
On-line Resource Kim Fabricius, Elaine Kaye, Stephen Orchard, Robert Pope, Graham Slater, "Reviews," Journal of the United Reformed Church History Society 6.10 (July 2001): 772-778.
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