On March 30, Sheffield Presbyterian Church began regular worship services at Hill Top Chapel.
The chapel was built in 1629 by English Puritans and Presbyterians in what is now the Attercliffe area. Many of the influential members of that community sought the licence of the bishop in York for the building and, having obtained it, they held the first services on October 30, 1630.
Their first minister was Stanley Gower, who was educated under Archbishop James Ussher of Armagh, a reformed bishop and the author of the Irish Articles of Faith. Gower served as minister at Hill Top Chapel from 1630 to 1635 and was later a delegate at the Westminster Assembly and was involved in the composition of each of the Westminster Standards.
