Derby Road Baptist Church

Derby Road Baptist Church
From the Nottingham Review and General Advertiser for the Midland Counties. 12 July 1850
52°57′16″N 1°09′38″W / 52.954409°N 1.160452°W / 52.954409; -1.160452Coordinates: 52°57′16″N 1°09′38″W / 52.954409°N 1.160452°W / 52.954409; -1.160452
Location Nottingham
Country England
Denomination Particular Baptist
Architecture
Architect(s) John Thomas Emmett
Groundbreaking 1849
Completed 1850
Construction cost £6,000 (equivalent to £588,816 in 2016) [1]
Closed 1967
Demolished 1971

Derby Road Particular Baptist Church was a former Baptist Church in Nottingham from 1850[2] to 1967.

History

The Derby Road Baptist Church was founded as a separate community from the George Street Particular Baptist Church on 11 February 1847.

A site was purchased from the 4th Duke of Newcastle on Derby Road. The foundation stone was laid on 30 July 1849 by Samuel Morton Peto, MP for Norwich,[3] and the church was erected and opened on 9 July 1850 at a cost of £5,000[4] (equivalent to £490,700 in 2016).[1]

The church experienced a disastrous fire on 1 January 1893[5] which caused much damage and forced the congregation to relocate for nearly a full year. However the organ was replaced in 1894 and new choir stalls were installed in 1895 to accommodate a choir of 40.[6]

In 1946, many of the congregation from the George Street Particular Baptist Church transferred to Derby Road.

The church closed in 1967 and the congregation joined with Lenton General Baptists to build a new church, Thomas Helwys Baptist Church in Lenton which opened on 4 July 1968.

In 1971 College House was built on the site.

Ministers

  • Joseph Ash Baynes
  • James Martin 1858–1869
  • Edward Medley 1876–1891
  • George HIll 1893 continuing

Organ

The church purchased a 3 manual organ in 1850 from Bevington. This was modified by Peter Conacher and Co in 1873.

In 1894 Peter Conacher provided a new organ to replace the previous one which had been destroyed by fire. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.[7]

When the church closed, the organ was transferred to Gresham's School.

References

  1. 1 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 6 November 2017.
  2. ↑ Nottingham Baptist Beginnings, Sydney F. Clark. Baptist Quarterly
  3. ↑ Baptist Reported and Missionary Intelligencer, 1849
  4. ↑ Nottingham Baptist Beginnings, Sydney F. Clark. Baptist Quarterly
  5. ↑ Nottinghamshire Guardian - Saturday 7 January 1893
  6. ↑ Nottingham Evening Post - Saturday 8 June 1895
  7. ↑ "The National Pipe Organ Register - NPOR". npor.org.uk. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
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