Leabrook, SA - Knightsbridge Baptist

Denomination: Baptist

Address: 455 Glynburn Road, Leabrook, South Australia, 5068

Architect: Unknown

Traditional Owners: Kaurna people

Last Updated: 10/04/2023

History and Architecture:

In 1884 God led a group of local Christians to form a Baptist church in what was then called Knightsbridge (now part of the suburb Leabrook in the Burnside Council area), a developing eastern suburb on the fringe of Adelaide, near the Mount Lofty Ranges.

The church was designed by the architect David Williams of the well known firm Williams and Good, and built of local stone in the inimitable style and manner best expressed by the Baptists themselves.

Clergy:

This list may not contain every serving cleric, past or present, for this church.
Further submissions welcomed.

Years	Name	Annotation
1883 - 1885	Rev F Boyling
1886 -	Rev Frisby Smith	Student
1886 -	Rev A Metters	Student
1886 - 1888	Rev J Paynter
1888 - 1891	Rev G Berry
1892 -	Rev E. B Turner
1893 - 1894	Rev W Jones
1894 - 1906	Rev S Fairey
1907 - 1909	Rev J. G. Raws
1909 - 1911	Rev E. B Turner
1911 - 1912	Rev Andrew Gowens	Student
1912 -	Rev D A. Wilson
1913 - 1917	Rev Andrew Gowens
1917 - 1918	Rev S Fleming
1918 - 1919	Rev W Baird
1919 - 1922	Rev J Ings
1922 - 1926	Rev E. R Ledger
1927 - 1930	Rev E. H Hall
1930 - 1932	Rev H W. Masters
1933 - 1934	Rev W. A. McKay
1934 - 1937	Rev W A.E. Nankivell
1937 - 1939	Rev H Escourt Hughes
1939 -	Rev E. H Hall
1939 -	Rev M J.M. Lees
1939 - 1950	Rev S J.M. Holly
1943 - 1945	Rev H W. Masters
1950 -	Rev J Robinson
1951 - 1961	Rev J Hughes
1962 - 1968	Rev K Webb
1968 - 1969	Rev E. C Burleigh
1968 - 1978	Rev L Lewis
1978 -	Rev G B Wright
1979 - 1982	Rev A. S Tinsley
1982 -	Rev J E. Helm

Organ:

No information currently available. Submissions welcomed.

Source:

1. The Baptists of Burnside. Knightsbridge Baptist Church 1884 - 1984. John Helm
2. Church website
3. https://data.environment.sa.gov.au