Alma Church (Clifton Bethesda), Clifton, Bristol, Gloucestershire, Church History

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Alma Church (Clifton Bethesda), Clifton, Bristol

Alma Church (Clifton Bethesda),
29 Alma Road / St John's Road, BS8 2ES,
Clifton, 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 in 1871, and we understand it is still open.

Alma Church is on the north-west corner of the junction of Alma Road with St John's Road; and although its postal address is Alma Road, its entrance appears to be from St John's Road.
It was founded in 1871 as a daughter church of Bethesda Chapel in Great George Street, Brandon Hill, and was called "Clifton Bethesda" to distinguish it. It had two rounded-arched doorways on either side of a large 3-light window, above which is a lozenge-shaped plaque which reads "Clifton Bethesda 1871". The sides are of four bays, and there are extensions at the rear.
The following notice in The London Gazette of 5th January 1877 (p.61) records its registration for marriages:
NOTICE is hereby given, that a separate building, named Clifton Bethesda, situate at Alma-road, in the parish of Clifton, in the county of Gloucester, in the district of Clifton, being a building certified according to law as a place of religious worship, was, on the 2nd day of January, 1877, duly registered for solemnizing marriages therein, pursuant to the Act of 6th and 7th Wm. 4, cap. 85. Dated 3rd January 1877.
In more recent years, it has become known as the Alma Church. For more information, see the Alma Church website.

Denomination

Now or formerly Christian Brethren.

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 ST5749373917. You can see this on various mapping systems. Note all links open in a new window:

Alma Church (Clifton Bethesda), Clifton, Bristol shown on a Google Map.
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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)
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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 Clifton, Bristol, and perhaps to Local History and Places of Worship as a whole.

You may want to visit Alma Church website for present-day information.
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 4 May 2014 at 14:54.

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This Report was created 16 Nov 2024 - 09:36:54 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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