The York Unitarian Baptist Church

ABSTRACT Frequently overlooked by both Baptist and Unitarian historians is the story of York's Unitarian Baptist congregation. The group, which was adopted by the ‘Unitarian missionary’ Richard Wright was, eventually, absorbed into the Unitarian congregation of St. Saviourgate Chapel. James Martineau – who never baptised infants – and other ministry students at Manchester College, York seem to have learned more about the practical work of ministry among these Baptists than they did from their own College which concentrated on academic studies.