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Terrett Memorial Hall (Demolished),
Cumberland Basin,
Hotwells, Bristol, Gloucestershire.

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 1902, but we understand it was closed by 1954.

Terrett Memorial Hall is shown on Old Maps of 1903-1904 to 1954. It was set in a triangle bounded by Hotwells Road, Cumberland Basin, and Brunswick Place, which connected Oldfield Place with Cumberland Basin.

It is recorded in Kelly's Directory of Bristol of 1902 under "Mission & Gospel Halls", and in 1914 as the "Seamen's Rest and Home (Terrett Memorial Hall), Western place, Cumberland basin", for the "Incorporated Seamen and Boatmen's Friend Society (Western District)". Its District Superintendent was Rev. Robert Dodds, and it was said to be "Undenominational". The aims of the society were to promote the social, moral and religious welfare of sailors and provide sleeping accomodation for seamen, also free beds for destitute seafarers. It was open daily from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m.

The following notice in The London Gazette of 22nd March 1929 (p.1994) recorded its registration for marriages:

A Separate Building, duly certified for religious worship, named TERRETT MEMORIAL HALL, situated at Cumberland Basin, Hotwells, in the civil parish of Bristol, in the county borough of Bristol, in Bristol registration district, was, on the 18th March, 1929, registered for solemnizing marriages therein, pursuant to 6 & 7 Wm. IV, c.85. Dated 20th March 1929.

A similar notice in the Gazette of 23rd February 1954 (p.1186) cancelled the registration. It is not known whether the building stayed open after that in an alternative capacity, or indeed whether it had continued throughout its existence in its original aims; however it is certainly closed by now, as all the buildings in this area are understood to have been demolished for building the Cumberland Basin road system in the 1960s.

Denomination

Now or formerly Non-denominational.

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 ST5683872457. You can see this on various mapping systems. Note all links open in a new window:

• Terrett Memorial Hall (Demolished), Hotwells, Bristol shown on a Google Map.
• Places of Worship in Bristol 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 Hotwells, Bristol, and perhaps to Local History and Places of Worship as a whole.

• 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.