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The Full Gospel Church of God (formerly Salvation Army Hall),
Church Street, DE23 6QT,
Normanton, Derby, Derbyshire.

Cemeteries

We believe the Church does 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 by 1999, and we understand it is still open.

This building is listed in Places recorded by the Registrar General under the provisions of the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 (2010) as a meeting place for a congregation belonging to the Pentecostal Church. Old Maps show it as a place of religious meeting by 1949, when the it was labelled as a "Mission Hall". Maps of 1971 are more specific, labelling it as a Salvation Army Hall, and certainly its present day white stucco frontage, windows dressed with red brick, red signage, and a red door do not obscure its origins.

The following notice in The London Gazette of 24th September 1999 (p.10245) recorded its registration for marriages:

A Building certified for worship named the FULL GOSPEL CHURCH OF GOD, Church Street, Normanton, in the registration district of Derby, in the Non-Metropolitan County of Derbyshire, was on 3rd September 1999 registered for solemnising marriages therein pursuant to section 41 of the Marriage Act 1949, as amended by section 1(1) of the Marriage Acts Amendment Act 1958. Dated 14th September 1999.

Ironically, one of the addresses for the Salvation Army in the Registrar General's list of places in Derby is also "Church Street", so one might assume, if it was registered for marriages, that it was never de-registered!

Denomination

Now or formerly Pentecostal.

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 is located at OS grid reference SK3502134672. You can see this on various mapping systems. Note all links open in a new window:

• The Full Gospel Church of God (formerly Salvation Army Hall), Normanton, Derby shown on a Google Map.
• Places of Worship in Derby 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 Normanton, Derby, and perhaps to Local History and Places of Worship as a whole.

• 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.