Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1st Ward), Downend, Mangotsfield, Gloucestershire, Church History

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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1st Ward), Downend, Mangotsfield

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1st Ward),
Downend Road, BS16 5EF,
Downend, Mangotsfield, Gloucestershire.

Cemeteries

We believe the Church does 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 by 1965, and we understand it is still open.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints website records these premises in Downhill Road as one of its Meeting Houses. It is cleverly hidden from the road, but from above, it can be seen as a long rectangular building facing towards the road, with a slender tower (or steeple) at its north-west corner.
The following notice in The London Gazette of 4th May 1965 (p.4381) indicates its registration for marriages:
A Building certified for worship named LATTER DAY SAINT CHAPEL, Downend Road, Downend, Mangotsfield in the registration district of Kingswood in the county of Gloucester, was on 27th April 1965 registered for solemnising marriages therein pursuant to section 41 of the Marriage Act, 1949 as amended by section 1(1) of the Marriage Acts Amendment Act, 1958. Dated 29th April 1965.
Other LDS Meeting Houses in Bristol are at 721 Wells Road (BS14 9HU), and Wigton Crescent (BS10 6DY). The Wells Road premises is the only one of the three which is also a Family History Centre.
Old Maps show the property as "Overnhill House", but more recently (1998-1992) it is labelled as "PW" (ie Place of Worship), and the property known as Overnhill House is elsewhere, listed in directories at 34-36 Overnhill Road, BS16 5DP, as a Care Home - confusing, huh?
Note: there are two Downend Roads in Bristol. The other is closer to the centre, BS15.

Denomination

Now or formerly Latter-day Saints.

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 is located at OS grid reference ST6464876449. You can see this on various mapping systems. Note all links open in a new window:

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1st Ward), Downend, Mangotsfield shown on a Google Map.
Places of Worship in Mangotsfield 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 Downend, Mangotsfield, and perhaps to Local History and Places of Worship as a whole.

Website for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (null) (verified 2018-11-11)
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 20 Jan 2014 at 14:46.

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This Report was created 22 Dec 2024 - 01:53:11 GMT from information held in the Gloucestershire section of the Places of Worship Database. This was last updated on 13 Oct 2021 at 14:13.

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