Default Image Place of Worship has been
Demolished.
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Trinity Methodist Church (Demolished),
Chesterfield Road,
Staveley, Derbyshire.

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 in 1904, but we understand it was closed in 1975.

Jayne Smith's webpage of Churches of Staveley has a photograph of Trinity Methodist Church, and the information that it was dedicated in 1904. It superseded a Chapel built in 1849, which in turn replaced an earlier Wesleyan Chapel, built in 1827, of which there are further details elsewhere in this database

Kelly's Directory of 1912 describes the building as of red brick with Bath stone dressings, affording seating for 500, and built at a cost of £5,500. Opening and closing dates are as per Derbyshire Record Office's Non Conformist Register Guide, which lists records of baptisms 1886-1973, and marriages 1905-1908.

The following notice in The London Gazette of 15th July 1904 (p.4575) recorded its registration for marriages:

A Separate Building, duly certified for religious worship, named TRINITY CHURCH, situated at Chesterfield-road, in the civil parish of Staveley, in the county of Derby, in Chesterfield registration district, was, on the eighth July, 1904, registered for solemnizing marriages therein, pursuant to 6th and 7th Wm. IV, c.85, being substituted for the building named Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, situated at New-street, Staveley, now disused. Dated 11th July 1904.

This is "Chesterfield Road", the east-to-west continuation of Market Street, before it reaches the roundabout where it veers south. The site is now occupied by blocks of flats.

Denomination

Now or formerly Wesleyan Methodist.

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 in the town/village nearest OS grid reference SK4314574539. You can see this on various mapping systems. Note all links open in a new window:

• Trinity Methodist Church (Demolished), Staveley shown on a Google Map.
• Places of Worship in Staveley 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 Staveley, and perhaps to Local History and Places of Worship as a whole.

• Jayne Smith (formerly McHugh)'s webpage featuring Churches of Staveley (null) (verified 2018-10-15)
• 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.