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Trinity Tabernacle,
Hassell Drive, BS2 0AN,
Newtown, Bristol, 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 before 1957, and we understand it is still open.

"Trinity Tabernacle" is a modern building in Hassell Drive, directly opposite a Salvation Army Hall. It is listed in Places recorded by the Registrar General under the provisions of the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 (2010) with a congregation of Assemblies of God.

It seems that Hassell Drive is not Trinity's first home. The following notice in The London Gazette of 25th October 1957 (p.6206) is the first reference to it that I've discovered:

A Building certified for worship named TRINITY TABERNACLE, 109-111, Lawrence Hill, in the registration district of Bristol, in the county borough of Bristol, was on 18th October, 1957, registered for solemnising marriages therein pursuant to section 41 of the Marriage Act, 1949. Dated 21st October 1957.

A similar notice, published in the Gazette of 30th April 1974 (p.5340) recorded the registration of the "TRINITY TABERNACLE, Hassell Drive, Newtown" premises, and a notice published on 2nd May 1974 (p.5406) cancelled the registration of 109-111 Lawrence Hill, premises which were, presumably, demolished, along with other buildings in the area, either to make way for the Lawrence Hill roundabout, or for blocks of flats.

Denomination

Now or formerly Assemblies of God.

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 ST6038073319. You can see this on various mapping systems. Note all links open in a new window:

• Trinity Tabernacle, Newtown, Bristol shown on a Google Map.
• Places of Worship in Bristol 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 Newtown, Bristol, 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)
• 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.