The history of the Haddenham Baptist Church fellowship dates from the earliest beginnings of nonconformist witness in England. By 1653 Haddenham Baptist Church fellowship was well established, representatives being sent into other counties. At this time there is no record of any dedicated building for worship, and meetings would have been in private houses. 

In 1660 there returned religious intolerance, resulting in a law, which outlawed nonconformist meetings. Regardless of these difficulties the Baptist faith was still very active. In 1734 a house, situated on the site of the present church was handed over to John Dagnall, whose house had been used as a religious meeting place as trustee. 

In 1773 the building was reported to be in disrepair and was finally pulled down in 1775. The site lay derelict for 34 years. 

In 1783 the Baptist cause in Haddenham and the surrounding area was revived due in the main to the Rev. John Simmonds. He preached in and around Haddenham for the next 15years. One convert Richard Oliver, inherited a cottage in 1799 and registered it for Baptist worship. The Rev. John Simmonds was invited to preach at the first meeting. One person who attended this meeting was a young Peter Tyler, on whom the sermon was to have a profound effect. 

Peter Tyler was a constant listener of Rev. Thomas Scott of nearby Aston Sandford. At 8 years old he was baptised with his father attending, but was himself unhappy that he couldn’t answer for himself, and was ultimately ‘really baptised’ when he was 20 years old. 

With encouragement from Rev Scott, Peter Tyler set up a Sunday school, which became successful, along with a growing following for prayer and scripture reading.

It was not long before the meeting was too large for private houses, so Peter was asked to build a ‘plain piece of worship 36’ x 25’’ This building was on the present site, built in 1807, finished in 1809 and cost about £360.

By 1812 Haddenham Baptist Church had joined the Buckinghamshire Association of Churches and membership had risen to 35. 

The close friendship between Peter Tyler and Rev Scott continued and both fellowships increased, causing buildings to be enlarged. In 1832 the burial ground to the east of the meeting house was given to Haddenham Baptist Church by Mr William Duncombe, who gave the land for a burying place for nonconformists, who at this time were not allowed a Christian burial in the Parish churchyard.

In 1837 the meeting house was officially registered as a place of religious worship and in 1839 the members of Haddenham Baptist Church presented Peter Tyler with a framed portrait of himself which can be seen hanging in the vestry today. Numbers increased and in 1852 it was decided to build an infant school room, sited to the south of the meeting house. Peter Tyler died in 1859 at the age of 75 years. 

A new larger school room was built in 1900, some of the cost of the building being raised by children buying bricks which were signed, and can be seen on the south wall of the schoolroom. 1930 saw the installation of electricity into the meeting house and in 1950 a motor was fitted to the organ, which is still used today. The 20th century have seen 16 pastors caring and guiding the Baptist Faith in Haddenham. Our present minister Rev Carol Murray is our first female pastor who with God’s guidance is successfully continuing his work in teaching and caring for the Baptist community in Haddenham.