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Gospel Hall,
Gloucester Road / The Grove,
Patchway, Almondsbury, Gloucestershire.

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 1903, but we understand it was closed after 1972.

This building is labelled "Gospel Hall" on various Old Maps between 1903 and 1972. It is also listed in Places recorded by the Registrar General under the provisions of the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 (2010) with a congregation of "Christians", though it is probably closed in the present day.

Amazingly, considering how many changes there have been in this area, the building still survives. Until the railway came through Patchway, it would have been an agricultural area, dotted with small farms. It has the merit of being built just south of the point where the railway line intersects the Bristol to Gloucester Road. It is rectangular and built of red brick, with a stepped gable facing the road, in which can be seen a small rectangular plaque, presumably indicating its original dedication, but no longer readable. There is a central doorway, on either side of which are tall windows with curved headers, surrounded by lighter brickwork. There is also a circular window above the doorway, with rectangular panes. I haven't been able to find an entry for it on the British Listed Building website, which is a pity, as it would seem to merit it.

Denomination

Now or formerly Christians.

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 ST6061181459. You can see this on various mapping systems. Note all links open in a new window:

• Gospel Hall, Patchway, Almondsbury shown on a Google Map.
• Places of Worship in Almondsbury 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 Patchway, Almondsbury, and perhaps to Local History and Places of Worship as a whole.

• Places recorded by the Registrar General under the provisions of the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 (2010) is available as a "Freedom of Information" document on the website What Do They Know. (verified 2018-10-14)

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.