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New Testament Church of God (Demolished),
8-12 Upper Cheltenham Place,
Montpelier, Bristol, 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 1966, but we understand it was closed in 1979.

At the time of publication of Kelly's Directory of Bristol of 1914, numbers 8-12 Upper Cheltenham Place did not exist. Numbering began with #2, the residence of George Nicholas, and #4, the residence of Joseph Hankins, then skipped to #14, Christopher Thomas Copestake. Maps of comparable age do however show a small building on the site. By 1951, however, a much larger, square property is shown, set well back from the roadside - perhaps this was the New Testament Church of God for which the following notice in The London Gazette of 23rd August 1966 (p.9287) recorded a registration for marriages:

A Building certified for worship named NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH OF GOD, 8-12 Upper Cheltenham Place, Montpelier in the registration district of Bristol in the county borough of Bristol, was on 16th August 1966, registered for solemnizing marriages therein pursuant to section 41 of the Marriage Act, 1941, as amended by section 1(1) of the Marriage Acts Amendment Act, 1958. Dated 17th August 1966.

A comparable notice, published in the Gazette of 1st November 1979 (p.13683) cancelled the registration. In the previous month, the New Testament Church of God had registered the former St Thomas the Apostle's building in Fishponds Road, Eastville, so it would appear that the Church moved premises, rather than closing its doors.

In the present day, the building in Upper Cheltenham Place has been demolished, and a pair of four-storey apartment blocks occupies the site.

Denomination

Now or formerly New Testament Church 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 was located at OS grid reference ST5936574332. You can see this on various mapping systems. Note all links open in a new window:

• New Testament Church of God (Demolished), Montpelier, 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 Montpelier, Bristol, and perhaps to Local History and Places of Worship as a whole.

• 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.