The Churches of Britain and Ireland

    Chesterfield, Derbyshire

Chesterfield on Wikipedia.

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.

Brampton
Google labels a building off Old Road as Gospel Mission Congregational Church (2023 Streetview). SX 3679 7091. Link.
St. Thomas (2015 Streetview) on Chatsworth Road. SK3620 7065. Link. Grade II listed, wherein it's dated 1830-1.
Storrs Road Methodist Church, as seen by Streetview in 2022. SK 3562 7063. Older maps show a Wesleyan Chapel close by on Upper Moor Street. This survives, and was seen in 2023. SK 3560 7064. Earlier yet is a small Wesleyan chapel at the south-eastern corner of the plot, shown on maps of 1883 and 1898 vintage. It stood at the roadside roughly where the large circular blue sign with white cross can  be seen in the first photo. SK 3562 7062.   Link.

Hasland
Hasland Baptist Church stands at the junction of Kent Street and Eyre Street, and can be seen on a 2018 Streetview. SK 3934 6956. Link.
The Methodist Church on Hasland Road and Hampton Street was originally Primitive Methodist. It's dated here to 1901, and it also refers to two predecessors, the oldest re-opening in 1865, and the second having been built in 1880. SK 3958 6949. © David Regan (2021). Link1. Link2 has an old postcard showing the first two chapels. The 1880 chapel may be the one shown on a map of 1899 at SK 3974 6949, which is unlabelled. Google maps show the road on which it stood as Chapel Lane E (presumable for Chapel Lane East). It stood behind the house seen here on a 2019 Streetview.
New Life Church meets in Hasland Village Hall off Eastwood Park Drive. It hasn't been seen by Streetview, but a photo can be seen here. SK 3964 6975.
St. Paul on Churchside. Its grade II listing dates it to 1850. Another view. SK 3971 6855. Both © David Regan (2021). Link.

Littlemoor
Littlemoor Gospel Chapel (2023 Streetview) on Dunston Lane is a former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, pre-dating a map of 1883. As Methodist, it's dated here to 1842-1962. SK 3697 7341. Link.
Plymouth Brethren Christian Church (2023 Streetview) on Littlemoor. SK 3701 7301. Link.
St. John the Evangelist (2023 Streetview) on St. John's Road, Littlemoor. SK 3721 7351. Link.

Walton
O.S. maps mark Chapel (Site of) at SK 3667 6955. It's mentioned here as still having standing remains in the early years of the 19th century, but nothing survives today. Its site now lies in the garden on Foljambe Avenue, somewhere behind the bungalows seen in a Streetview from 2023.
St. John on Walton Back Lane, as seen by Streetview in 2023. SK 3586 6910. Link. The history page dates it to 2006, and mentions predecessors of 1916 and 1889, and there are photo of both. From old maps, the 1916 church appears to have been on the same site. The first church shows on a map of 1898 as Mission Room which stood across the road at SK 3585 6907. Its site (roadway and car parking) was seen by Streetview in 2022.
Walton Evangelical Church (2023 Streetview) on Walton Close and Moorland View Road.
 

 
 

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