Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Winster, Derbyshire, Church History

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Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Winster

Wesleyan Methodist Chapel,
West Bank, DE4 2DQ,
Winster, Derbyshire.

Cemeteries

We believe the Chapel 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 1837, but we understand it was closed by 1984.

The return to the Religious Census of 1851 (HO 129/449/2/1/5) for a Wesleyan Chapel, supposedly in Youlgreave, but most probably in Winster, describes a separate building, erected "in the year 1837" used exclusively as a place of worship. It had free sittings for 105, and 84 "other" sittings, and the estimated congregation on March 30th was 48 in the afternoon, and 53 in the evening. The return was completed by Samuel Swindell, its Steward, who said he was a Butcher, of "Winster, Derbyshire".
The following notice in The London Gazette of 17th March 1896 (p.1751) recorded its registration for marriages:
NOTICE is hereby given that a separate building named Wesleyan Methodist Chapel situated at West Bank, Winster in the parish of Winster in the county of Derby in the registration district of Bakewell being a building certified according to law as a place of meeting for religious worship, was on the 11th day of March 1896, duly registered for solemnizing marriages therein, pursuant to the Act of 6th and 7th Wm. 4, cap. 85. Dated 11th March 1896.
A comparable notice of cancellation of the registration of "METHODIST CHAPEL, West Bank, Winster" was published in the Gazette of 19th September 1984 (p.12722).
Note: the information given to me originally with the photo gave its date of dedication as 1857. This is clearly incorrect, but attributable to the difficulty in reading the plaque. The high magnification possible with Dave Bevis's photograph of Winster - Wesleyan Chapel (on West Bank) on the Geograph website indicates it reads "Wesleyan / Chapel / 1837". Derbyshire Record Office's Non-Conformist Register Guide also says it was opened in 1837, and closed in 1937 - long before the Gazette notice was published! Their list includes a register of baptisms 1845- 1917, with a note that it includes Pike Hall, and up to 1859 is a copy of Cromford Circuit register.
There may be more information available by by selecting one or more of the accompanying images on the right.

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 Chapel was located at OS grid reference SK2397160459. You can see this on various mapping systems. Note all links open in a new window:

Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Winster shown on a Google Map.
Places of Worship in Winster 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 Winster, and perhaps to Local History and Places of Worship as a whole.

You may like to see photograph(s) of Winster - Wesleyan Chapel on the Geograph website.
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 13 Jan 2015 at 14:28.

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This Report was created 27 Nov 2024 - 10:33:43 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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