Derbyshire Places of Worship

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Central (Victoria Street) United Reformed Church, Derby
Central (Victoria Street) United Reformed Church,
Becketwell Lane, Victoria Street, DE1 1JW,
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 in 1784, and we understand it is still open.

The congregation who worships at this location was founded in 1779, meeting first in Common Yard, later in Cross Street (now Macklin Street), then moving to a new building on Brook Side (now known as Victoria Street) in 1784. It was then known as 'Victoria Street United Reformed Church'.

In 1976, the congregation were joined by that of the Green Lane United Reformed Church, and it became the Central United Reformed Church, as it still is today, in 2010. It is known locally as 'The Church above the Shops', and occupies premises which were rebuilt shortly after the merger, in 1977. The accompanying photograph shows its side entrance in the alley between Becketwell Lane and Victoria Street.

The above information was compiled with the assistance of Derbyshire Record Office's Non-Conformist Register Guide, and the former Derbyshire Churches and Chapels website. I also found the account of its history available on the website of The Central United Reformed Church, Derby of great interest.

Denomination

Now or formerly Congregational.

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 SK3514836151. You can see this on various mapping systems. Note all links open in a new window:

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 Derby, and perhaps to Local History and Places of Worship as a whole.

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 15:56.

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This Report was created 25 Nov 2024 - 13:42:13 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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