Derby Road Baptist Church

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Derby Road Baptist Church
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From the Nottingham Review and General Advertiser for the Midland Counties. 12 July 1850
Derby Road Baptist Church
52°57′16″N1°09′38″W / 52.954409°N 1.160452°W / 52.954409; -1.160452 Coordinates: 52°57′16″N1°09′38″W / 52.954409°N 1.160452°W / 52.954409; -1.160452
Location Nottingham
Country England
Denomination Particular Baptist
Architecture
Architect(s) John Thomas Emmett and William Booker
Groundbreaking 1849
Completed1850
Construction cost£6,000 (equivalent to £682,589in 2021) [1]
Closed1967
Demolished1971

Derby Road Particular Baptist Church was a former Baptist Church in Nottingham from 1850 [2] to 1967.

Contents

History

The Derby Road Baptist Church was founded as a separate community from the George Street Particular Baptist Church on 11 February 1847.

A site was purchased from the 4th Duke of Newcastle on Derby Road. The foundation stone was laid on 30 July 1849 by Samuel Morton Peto, MP for Norwich, [3] and the church was erected and opened on 9 July 1850 at a cost of £5,000 [4] (equivalent to £568,800in 2021). [1]

The church experienced a disastrous fire on 1 January 1893 [5] which caused much damage and forced the congregation to relocate for nearly a full year. However the organ was replaced in 1894 and new choir stalls were installed in 1895 to accommodate a choir of 40. [6]

In 1946, many of the congregation from the George Street Particular Baptist Church transferred to Derby Road.

The church closed in 1967 and the congregation joined with Lenton General Baptists to build a new church, Thomas Helwys Baptist Church in Lenton which opened on 4 July 1968.

In 1971 College House was built on the site.

Ministers

Organ

The church purchased a 3 manual organ in 1850 from Bevington. This was modified by Peter Conacher and Co in 1873.

In 1894 Peter Conacher provided a new organ to replace the previous one which had been destroyed by fire. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register. [7]

When the church closed, the organ was transferred to Gresham's School.

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References

  1. 1 2 UK Retail Price Index inflation figures are based on data from Clark, Gregory (2017). "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)". MeasuringWorth. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
  2. ↑ Nottingham Baptist Beginnings, Sydney F. Clark. Baptist Quarterly
  3. ↑ Baptist Reported and Missionary Intelligencer, 1849
  4. ↑ Nottingham Baptist Beginnings, Sydney F. Clark. Baptist Quarterly
  5. ↑ Nottinghamshire Guardian – Saturday 7 January 1893
  6. ↑ Nottingham Evening Post – Saturday 8 June 1895
  7. ↑ "The National Pipe Organ Register". npor.org.uk. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
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