A History – Who was Richard Mayo?

What is the History and Origins behind the Richard Mayo Centre and Kingston United Reformed Church – who was Richard Mayo?

Richard Mayo was the Vicar of Kingston Parish Church who was deprived of his living in 1662 under the Act of Uniformity.

He subsequently founded an Independent Presbyterian church which was the forerunner of Kingston United Reformed Church.

He is therefore regarded as the ‘father’ of our church and we perpetuate his memory in the name of our Centre.