Hackleton Carey Baptist Chapel was set up by William Carey, the English Protestant missionary and Baptist minister, known as the "father of modern missions." Carey was one of the founders of the Baptist Missionary Society. Carey came to the village to complete an apprenticeship at The Jetty, the street opposing where the Chapel is built. In Hackleton there is also Carey Road, a slip road off the main road, named after him. The inscription on the chapel reads:"This place of worship was erected to the glory of God: in memory of Dr Carey, the father of modern missions to the heathen, and one of the founders, and the first missionary of the Baptist Missionary Society; he toiled as a shoemaker, was converted to God and preached his first sermon in this village."