The Churches of Britain and Ireland
Chesterfield, Derbyshire
Churches in
Brampton, Hasland,
Littlemoor, Walton. The former Baptist Chapel on Brewery Street. Genuki dates it to 1861, and says there was "an earlier chapel abandoned by 1855". SK 3853 7146. © Gerard Charmley (2011). The present Baptist Church is on Cross Street, and was seen by Streetview in 2022. SK 3788 7159. Link. Former Chapel, now a veterinary surgery (Chapel House) on Hady Hill and Clayton Street. SK 3885 7089. © James Murray. Janet Gimber has advised that although this was known as Wesley Hall, it does appear to have been a Methodist Chapel. It pre-dates a map of 1918. The handsome Central Methodist Church on Saltergate. SK 3826 7128. © Gerard Charmley (2011). Link. Grade II listed - dates it to 1870. Chesterfield Community Church meets in Brookfield Community School (2023 Streetview) on Chatsworth Road. SK 3546 7062. Link. Christ Church on Sheffield Road can scarcely be glimpsed on Streetview. The church website has photos. SK 3853 7230. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Sheffield Road, as seen by Streetview in 2022. SK 3839 7224. Church of the Holy Family (R.C., 1929) on Derby Road. SK 3841 6983. © James Murray. Another view, © Carole Sage (2018). According to this webpage the church was closed in 2023. Derby Road Methodist Church. The building post-dates a map of 1938. SK 3833 7000. © Carole Sage (2018). Link, which gives the address as Jaw Bones Hill. Elder Yard Unitarian Chapel on Elder Way. Interior view. SK 377 719. Both © Gerard Charmley (2011). An old photo, © unitarian.co.uk. This, and many other old illustrations on this website, are reproduced from the downloadable books on the Unitarian Church Headquarters website here. The books are Pictures of Unitarian Churches by Emily Sharpe (1901) and the 1914 edition of Nonconformist Church Architecture by Ronald P. Jones M.A, (Oxon), and the images are reproduced by kind permission of James Barry of Unitarian Church Headquarters. My appreciation also to Mike Berrell for his efforts in this regard. Link. Grade II* listed, wherein it's dated to 1694. Holy Trinity on Newbold Road. SK 3823 7161. © Gerard Charmley (2011). Link. Grade II listed - dates it to 1838. This nightclub (Livingstones) on Holywell Street is obviously a former church. The date 1903 is over the door. © James Murray. Now called "Sin", Gerard Charmley advises that it was originally a Primitive Methodist Chapel. © Gerard Charmley (2011). Janet Gimber further advises that it was later known as Holywell Cross Methodist Church. According to this source, despite the 1903 date-stone, it was actually built in 1881, and it was closed circa 1980. Added 2024 - the latest Streetview of 2023 now shows it as a sports bar. Ikon Church on Brittania Road on the Vanguard Trading Estate, as seen by Streetview in 2022. SK 3861 6920. Link. Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses on Derby Road. Although the date of building isn't known at present, it does pre-date 2010, as the Geograph website has a photo of it with that date. SK 3828 6927. © Carole Sage (2018). Lifehouse Church (2023 Streetview) on Chatsworth Road and Alma Street West. According to this source it was Mount Zion Primitive Methodist, of 1906. SK 3733 7100. Link. Loundsley Green LEP Church (2023 Streetview) on Pennine Way, Anglican and Methodist. SK 3633 7205. Link (Methodist).
The former Primitive Methodist Chapel on Chatsworth Road and Victoria Street West, as seen by Streetview in 2023. It pre-dates a map of 1898, and has a date-stone, which I think reads SK 3648 7070. Ragged School Evangelical Church on Markham Road. SK 3816 7090. © Gerard Charmley (2011). As of 2018, Chesterfield New Life Church is also meeting here. Their normal place of worship is Winding Wheel Theatre, and they have moved out temporarily while work is being carried out. Their website is here, and a photo of the theatre is available here. Link. Redeemer King Church (Evangelical) meet in the Cosy Hub building (2022 Streetview) on Burns Close. SK 3799 6939. Link. Rose Hill U.R.C. (formerly Independent) on Rose Hill and Soresby Street. Older maps label it as Congregational. SK 3812 7121. © Gerard Charmley (2011). As of 2024, Google is marking this as "permanently closed". Saints Augustine (of Canterbury and Hippo, 1931) on St. Augustine's Road and Derby Road. SK 3835 6977. © Bill Henderson. Another view, © Carole Sage (2018). Link1. Link2.
St. Mary and All Saints, with the famous "crooked spire". SK 3852 7117. © Bill Henderson. Another view, © Peter Morgan, and a closer view of the tower and spire, © Carole Sage (2011). This photo was taken from the Big Wheel, temporarily in residence. © Liz Allen (2018). Another view, the interior, altar, two side chapels - 1, 2, the eagle lectern, the pulpit and font, and a selection of the many fine windows - 1, 2, 3, the latter donated by the people of the town in 1984 to celebrate the churches 750th anniversary. The list of clergy goes back to 1195. All © Carole Sage (2018). Link. Grade I listed. For related listed features see here. Older O.S. maps show a Chapel on New Hall Road at SK 3654 7092. It survived to be seen by Streetview (2018) but it had gone by 2022. It was Methodist, and had been preceded by a Wesleyan Chapel just yards away facing onto Old Hall Road, shown on a map of 1898 at SK 3655 7092. It was a car park when seen by Streetview in 2009, but has since been built on. Link.
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09 October 2024
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