Derbyshire Places of Worship

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Congregational Chapel, Youlgreave
Congregational Chapel,
Coldwell End (south side),
Youlgreave, Derbyshire.

Cemeteries

This Chapel had 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 1853, but we understand it was closed before 1927.

This former Congregational Chapel, described as being in Romanesque style, was designed and paid for by the antiquarian, Thomas Bateman of Lomberdale House, the grandson of Thomas Bateman of Middleton, former High Sheriff and Cotton Magnate, who himself had been a staunch non-conformist.

It was still in use in 1912, when Kelly's Directory of that year says there were 80 sittings. However, in 1927 it became a domestic science centre for the village school, and between 1939-1945 it was home for the Women's Voluntary Service (WVS). In 1955 it was taken over by the British Legion, and has been renamed "The Knoll Club" - after the hill at Coldwell End, at the west of the village.

There is a photograph of it the free newsletter for villages of Alport, Middleton and Youlgrave (2000 edition, pp.2-3) - The Bugle.

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 Chapel was located at OS grid reference SK2058064047. 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 Youlgreave, 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 6 Oct 2010 at 19:24.

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This Report was created 28 Nov 2024 - 22:41:17 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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