Derby Baptist Chapel

Baptist Chapel, Derby
Baptist Chapel, Derby
Location within Derby
52°55′29.3″N 1°28′43.7″W / 52.924806°N 1.478806°W / 52.924806; -1.478806Coordinates: 52°55′29.3″N 1°28′43.7″W / 52.924806°N 1.478806°W / 52.924806; -1.478806
Location Derby, Derbyshire
Country England
Denomination Baptist
Architecture
Completed 1841
Closed September 1937

Derby Baptist Chapel on St Mary’s Gate was opened in 1841.[1]

History

The congregation formed at a baptism on 21 August 1791, worshipping at a sanctuary in Brook Street from 1802.

To accommodate a growing congregation which had reached 500, the St Mary’s Gate chapel was converted from the former mansion dating from ca. 1750 of the Osbornes. It was purchased from William Evans MP for £4,000 in 1841 (equivalent to £333,801 in 2016).[2]

The last services were held in September 1937. The wrought-iron gates were transferred to Derby Cathedral.

Organ

A new organ by Nicholson was provided in 1897.[3] A specification of the organ as recorded before 1939 can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.[4] It was moved to Baptist Church, Broadway, Derby by J.H. Adkins in 1939.

References

  1. ↑ Pevsner, Nikolaus; Williamson, Elizabeth (1979). The Buildings of England. Derbyshire. Penguin Books Limited. p. 173. ISBN 0140710086.
  2. ↑ UK Retail Price Index inflation figures are based on data from Clark, Gregory (2017). "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)". MeasuringWorth. Retrieved November 6, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Re-opening of St Mary's Gate Chapel". Derby Mercury. England. 14 July 1897. Retrieved 14 June 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
  4. ↑ "NPOR D03856". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies. Retrieved 12 June 2017.


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