Derbyshire Places of Worship

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Zion Methodist Church, Belper
Zion Methodist Church,
Holbrook Road (corner of Quarry Road),
Belper, 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 before 1880, though it is now closed, but we don't yet know when.

The plaque on the gable is not readable, unfortunately, but the house is now known as #2 Chapel Mews. It is marked on OS Maps, eg 1880 1:500 as "Methodist Chapel (Primitive) (Seats for 250), and at that time stood in isolation on the corner of a road named "Back Hollow".

Said to have been built in the late 18th century/early 19th century, and recorded as Zion Methodist Church, Holbrook Road, it is now a Grade I Listed Building - see the British Listed Buildings website for details.

Kelly's Directory of 1932 records that Belper had 2 Primitive Methodist Chapels, one at Field Head and the other at Cow Hill. This doesn't appear to fit the description of either of them!

Denomination

Now or formerly Primitive 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 at OS grid reference SK3492746591. 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 Belper, 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 18 Apr 2011 at 12:38.

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This Report was created 10 Oct 2024 - 20:34:21 BST 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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