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Chapel of The Annunciation of Our Lady,
75 Southgate,
Eckington, Derbyshire.

Cemeteries

We believe the Church did NOT have a graveyard.

Note: any church within an urban environment may have had its graveyard closed after the Burial Act of 1853. Any new church built after that is unlikely to have had a graveyard at all.

Church History

This Place of Worship was founded before 1967, but we understand it was closed after 1995.

It appears this Church is now in private occupation. Though it retains the outward appearance of a church, there are curtains to the windows, a street number on the gate, and a double garage which give it away. Nevertheless it has, as they say, been sympathetically restored, and looks good.

An Archaeological Assessment Report for Eckington, available on the Archaeology Data Service, indicates the building was previously a Girls' School, established in 1876 by Lady Sitwell. On Old Maps it is labelled "Southgate School". Interestingly Old Maps also show that there was, originally, a street named "Northgate", directly opposite the junction where Southgate meets Market Street.

The Chapel can be seen for the first time on Old Maps of 1967. Evidently, its closure took place some time after the publication of my Derbyshire Street Atlas of 1995, as its location was still marked with a '+'. Its former dedication is as listed in Places recorded by the Registrar General under the provisions of the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 (2010); but to the best of my knowledge, having searched The London Gazette for notices of such, it has never been registered for marriages.

Denomination

Now or formerly Roman Catholic.

If more than one congregation has worshipped here, or its congregation has united with others, in most cases this will record its original dedication.

Maps

This Church was located at OS grid reference SK4316179152. You can see this on various mapping systems. Note all links open in a new window:

• Chapel of The Annunciation of Our Lady, Eckington shown on a Google Map.
• Places of Worship in Eckington shown on a Google Map.
• Streetmap.co.uk (arrow on map shows the Place of Worship's location) (verified 2018-10-15)
• Bing (Ordnance Survey option) (verified 2018-10-13)
• Bing Maps ('Bird's Eye' View) (verified 2018-10-15)
• Ordnance Survey "getamap" (NB some of the 'Change Map' options may require a subscription) (verified 2018-10-15)
• OpenStreetMap (Maps © OpenStreetMap contributors, CC-BY-SA) (verified 2018-10-15)
• A Vision of Britain Through Time - useful for Boundary Changes (verified 2018-10-15)
• www.magic.gov.uk (Modern Maps with various overlays) (verified 2018-10-15)

Resources

I have found many websites of use whilst compiling the information for this database. Here are some which deserve mention as being of special interest for Eckington, and perhaps to Local History and Places of Worship as a whole.

• The officially accredited archive of heritage data - Archaeology Data Service (null) (verified 2021-09-12)
• Places recorded by the Registrar General under the provisions of the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 (2010) is available as a "Freedom of Information" document on the website What Do They Know. (verified 2018-10-14)
• Notices of Civil Registration of Places of Worship for marriages are published in the London edition of The Gazette. Hint: search for registrations from 1998 by choosing 'Church' notices, and the option 'Registration for solemnising marriage'. (verified 2018-12-11)

The above links were selected and reviewed at the time I prepared the information, but please be aware their content may vary, or disappear entirely. These factors are outside my control.