The Churches of Britain and Ireland

  Melbourne, Derbyshire

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Baptist Church  on Chapel Street (1750, enlarged 1832). SK 3863 2537. © James Murray. Link. Grade II listed.

The Methodist Church on Church Street. SK 3867 2518. © James Murray. Link. It's dated here to 1870 as Wesleyan, replacing an earlier chapel of 1826 which later became the Sunday School, and stands adjacent (2023 Streetview) - SK 3869 2517. Also mentioned is a yet earlier chapel of 1802, but it isn't located.

A map of 1969 shows a Mission Hall on High Street at SK 3843 2513. The grade II listing for the mission hall and adjacent almshouses quotes from the date-stone General Baptist Memorial Cottages and Mission Hall, built by Thomas Cook (of travel fame) in 1890. A Streetview gable-end view shows the date-stone in 2018. Two more Streetviews in 2021 and 2011.

Melbourne Cemetery on Packhorse Road has a pair of former Mortuary Chapels, which date from circa 1860. The chapel to the left of the entrance was Nonconformist, and Church of England on the right. Interior view of the latter chapel. SK 3874 2590. Both © Richard Roberts (2018). Grade II listed. The cemetery gates and walls are also listed as grade II.

The former New Jerusalem (Swedenborgian) Church (1864) on Derby Road. According to the GENUKI entry, it was preceded by an earlier (un-located) church of 1825. Date of closure is not known. From Neil Floyd's Collection. It appears to have been converted for residential use, and was To Let in 2023 - Streetview.

Our Lady of Mercy and St. Philip Neri (R.C.) on Church Street, and three interior views - 1, 2, 3, all © Fr. Anthony Axe, and reproduced with his kind permission. SK 388 251. Link.

St. Michael with St. Mary, on Church Square. Interior view, and the altar. SK 3890 2500. All © James Murray. The tower, © Bill McKenzie (2010). Link. Grade I listed.

U.R.C. on High Street. It pre-dates a map of 1885, where it's labelled as Congregational. SK 3856 2514. © James Murray. Link. Grade II listed - dates it to 1871.

 

 

 


 

 

 

 
 

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