Baptist Burial Ground, Ashford in the Water, Derbyshire, Church History

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Baptist Burial Ground, Ashford in the Water

Baptist Burial Ground,
Ashford Lane,
Ashford in the Water, Derbyshire.

Church History

This Cemetery or Burial Ground was founded in the 1650s, but we understand it was closed in 1904.

According to Stephen Greasley, in his book "The Baptists of Derbyshire 1650-1914", the Baptists had a meeting house in Ashford, built in 1729, beside a Baptist graveyard, which (he suggests) may have originated during the Commonwealth period.
A return to the Religious Census of 1851 (HO 129/449/1/9/4) describes the Chapel as "General Baptist", situated in "Ashford Lane in the parish of Bakewell", and "approved about the year 1770". The return was completed by George Birley, who stated that "the Chapel has been closed about 4 years".
The Chapel has long been demolished, but the Burial Ground has survived. It is quite a long way "out of town", on the west side of Ashford Lane, about mid-way between the Red House, and Longroods Farm. Apparently it was in use as late as 1904; but according to an article previously available on the Derbyshire Libraries & Heritage Peakland Heritage website, its walls are tumbling down, and the gravestones have collapsed. The article goes on to say:
"Some of the epitaphs were recorded by the late Clarence Daniel, who noted that none had a biblical text, or references to God or Jesus Christ. For this reason the graveyard came to be known as the Infidels' Cemetery... The names of the dead include Kitson, White, Skidmore, Shaw, Brushfield, Bramwell and Birley."
There is a selection of photographs of the burial ground (taken in January 2014) in Malcolm Adlington's Flickr Photostream.

Denomination

Now or formerly a Cemetery (Baptist).

In most cases this will be a record of its original consecration.

Maps

This Cemetery was located at OS grid reference SK1876971029. You can see this on various mapping systems. Note all links open in a new window:

Baptist Burial Ground, Ashford in the Water shown on a Google Map.
Places of Worship in Ashford in the Water 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 Ashford in the Water, and perhaps to Local History and Places of Worship as a whole.

Linking via the “Wayback Machine”, as it would be a shame to lose articles on the Peakland Heritage (null) (verified 2018-10-23)
Overview of Malcolm Adlington's Flickr Photostream (null) (verified 2018-10-13)

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 23 Oct 2018 at 15:19.

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