HASSALL FAMILY HISTORY ASSOCIATION
Heber Chapel
Church
Cobbitty
Thomas Hassall built the Heber Chapel on his land grant in Cobbitty in 1828, very close to the Denbigh property. This chapel was named after Reginald Heber, Bishop of Calcutta, who was responsible for the Australian church until 1836 when William Grant Broughton became the Bishop of Australia.
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Heber Chapel was build by Thomas Hassall in 1828. He was appointed as minister to the parish of Cowpastures district the year earlier and had recently bought his home at Denbigh.
The chapel still stands today and has been recently restored. It served as the main parish church until the present St Paul's was built in 1842. It has also been used as a Sunday school and as a general school for the disctict until 1920.
It has been in continuous use by the Anglican Church since it was built.
