Leigh Church is located in the heart of Parramatta. Leigh Memorial embraces a family and community focused, multicultural and inter-generational approach to worship, with a program that includes morning and evening services and dynamic learning, social and creative opportunities for everyone. Leigh Church is named after the first Methodist minister, The Revd. Samuel Leigh (1785-1852). He arrived in Parramatta in 1815. In 1821, a chapel was opened in Parramatta and a large building was built in 1839.
In 1883 a tender was circulated for the design of the present church, “to have a spire, organ chamber, galleries and two vestries”. The walls were specified to be of brick and stone, the fittings of kauri and the size to accommodate 650 persons. The total cost was not to exceed £5,000. Leigh Memorial Church was opened in 1885. In 1905 the building was modified under the supervision of Messrs.
Leigh Memorial Uniting Church (formerly Methodist)
119 Macquarie Street, Parramatta NSW 2150
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