Matlock, Derbyshire

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Matlock Churches.
 

All Saints on Smedley Street. Another view. SK 2985 6083. Both © James Murray. Link. Grade II listed, wherein it's dated to 1884.

For the demolished Congregational Chapel, see The Dales Christian Centre entry below.

Matlock Dales Christian Spiritualist Church (Greater World), Mencap Centre, Greenaway Lane, Hackney. SK 281 626. © Mike Berrell (2011).

Matlock Methodist and U.R.C. Church on Bank Road and Oak Road. Older maps label it as Wesleyan Methodist. SK 3005 6046. © James Murray. Another view (private collection). Link, which dates it to 1882.

The former Matlock United Methodist Church on Imperial Road. James advises that it now appears to be a Council property, used for functions. SK 2985 6036. © James Murray. My thanks to Rosemary Lockie for the identification.

The old Methodist Church (and Sunday School), © James Murray.

Our Lady and St. Joseph (R.C.) on Bank Road. SK 2999 6039. © James Murray. Link.

St. Giles. SK 3008 5977. © James Murray. Two old postcard views follow, from a private Collection. The first is franked 1905, and the second, showing an added lych-gate, is postmarked 1920. Link. This entry from the Unknown page was identified by Phil Draper as St. Giles. The mystery church which had been on a Facebook page for quite some time, but it had remained unidentified, so Hannah Chandler asked for help here. It's a most distinctive church, with a feature I'd never seen before - a porch with a set of stairs (like a half bridge) up to the church entrance on the first floor. Interior view, © Richard Roberts (2024). Link. The history page says there is "evidence of a church from 1150". Grade II* listed. For related listed features, see here.

The Dales Christian Centre (Assemblies of God) on Chesterfield Road was built as the Sunday School for the vanished Congregational Church. SK 3040 6047. © Gerard Charmley (2011). By 2024 this was called Life Church (AoG) - link. The Congregational Chapel stood just a short distance further south at SK 3038 6041. It pre-dated a map of 1884, and seems to have still been in active use in the mid-20th century. This source says it was closed in 1990. The housing on its site was seen by Streetview in 2023.

A possible former "Tin Church" on Smedley Street. James was advised locally that it was formerly a "Quaker Church". SK 2960 6095. © James Murray.