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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in England

Christian denomination

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 12, 2026
Entity authorityQ7722905 ↗
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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in England refers to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and its members in England.

England has five missions, and both temples in the United Kingdom. With 145,385 members in 2011, England had more LDS Church members than any other country in Europe.

History

The LDS Church traces its origins to western New York state in the United States and was formally established by Joseph Smith in 1830. The church's early history was defined in part by its missionary activities and, due to the shared language, England was one of the earliest places to be proselytised. Some early members were also English, or of English origin, living in the US.

1837–1841: early missions to England

In 1837, Smith approached Heber C. Kimball in the Kirtland Temple and called for him to proclaim the gospel in England. This calling was then also extended to Orson Hyde, Willard Richards, and Joseph Fielding. They left Kirtland, Ohio, for New York on 13 June 1837 and were met by three other missionaries (John Goodson, Isaac Russell, and John Snyder). On 1 July, this group of seven set off together for Liverpool, England, on the vessel Garrick and arrived on 20 July 1837.

Two days later they went by coach to Preston where Joseph Fielding had a brother, Reverend James Fielding, who agreed to allow them to preach in his Vauxhall Chapel during the morning service on 23 July 1837.

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“The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in England” enters the record as christian denomination. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Church, Jesus and Christ can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2011, 1830, 1837, 1841—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Church, Jesus and Christ.
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This entry incorporates text from “The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in England” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.