The Gospel Hall (The Church of God in Buxton), Buxton, Derbyshire, Church History

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The Gospel Hall (The Church of God in Buxton), Buxton

The Gospel Hall (The Church of God in Buxton),
10 Hardwick Square South / Darwin Avenue, SK17 6QD,
Buxton, 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 1953, and we understand it is still open.

The Gospel Hall is situated on the south-east corner of the junction of Darwin Avenue and Hardwick Square South.
The first documentary evidence of its existence is the following notice in The London Gazette of 3rd March 1953 (p.1252):
A Building certified for worship named GOSPEL HALL, Hardwick Square, South Buxton, in the registration district of Chapel-en-le-Frith, in the county of Derby, was on 23rd February, 1953, registered for solemnising marriages therein pursuant to section 41 of the Marriage Act, 1949. Dated 27th February 1953.
According to Places recorded by the Registrar General under the provisions of the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 (2010), its congregation belong to the Church of God. A foundation stone inside the building indicates that it dates from 1896, whilst Old Maps of 1898 and 1922 label it merely as "Ch[urch]"; however entries in Kelly's Directories between 1895 and 1932 record a Catholic Apostolic Church existed in Darwin Avenue, so it seems probable, but by no means certain, that it was built originally for its members, and was later taken over by the Church of God.
For present day information, The Church of God in Buxton have a very nice, and novel website. I found myself wondering how they achieved the effect! See also the website of Churches of God in England for their parent organisation.
There may be more information available by by selecting one or more of the accompanying images on the right.

Denomination

Now or formerly Church of God.

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 SK0604073287. You can see this on various mapping systems. Note all links open in a new window:

The Gospel Hall (The Church of God in Buxton), Buxton shown on a Google Map.
Places of Worship in Buxton 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 Buxton, and perhaps to Local History and Places of Worship as a whole.

You may want to visit The Church of God in Buxton website for present-day information.
A world-wide fellowship of churches re-established in the last decade of the 19th century - Churches of God in England (null) (verified 2018-12-14)
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.

Information last updated on 14 Dec 2018 at 14:40.

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This Report was created 29 Nov 2024 - 05:38:12 GMT from information held in the Derbyshire section of the Places of Worship Database. This was last updated on 13 Oct 2021 at 14:33.

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