Here's a bit of historica linfo on the church, Aidan:
Lombard Street chapel was built in 1785, (
fn. 6) and repaired and enlarged in 1807. (
fn. 7) In 1851 there were said to be 568, (
fn. 8) and in 1892 800 sittings. (
fn. 9) Lombard Street was the first chapel of the General Baptist New Connexion to be opened in Birmingham, after the congregation had met for twelve years in hired rooms in Park Street and Needless Alley. Until 1800 the Birmingham meeting formed part of a joint church, with one branch at Sutton Coldfield, and on separation retained a membership of only 33. By 1808 there were 105 members. (
fn. 10) The Sunday evening congregation in 1851 was 275. (
fn. 11) In 1889 a new chapel in Moseley Road, Highgate Park, was opened for the Lombard Street church and the old chapel is said to have closed, (
fn. 12) but in 1892 a small congregation was still meeting in the old premises. (
fn. 13) Daughter chapels were opened by Lombard Street members at High Street, King's Heath (1816) and Longmore Street (1866), q.v. George Cheatle, who became minister in 1809, served for 60 years. He was succeeded in 1872 by E. C. Pike, who, as secretary of the Birmingham Religious Education Society, helped to mould the policy of the School Board. (
fn. 14)
From British History Online