St John's Baptist Chapel, Long Eaton

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St John’s Baptist Chapel, Clumber Street, Long Eaton
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St John’s Baptist Chapel, Clumber Street, Long Eaton
Location within Derbyshire
52°53′34.5″N01°16′29″W / 52.892917°N 1.27472°W / 52.892917; -1.27472
Location Long Eaton, Derbyshire
Country England
Denomination Pentecostal
Previous denomination Baptist
Architecture
Architect(s) Ernest Reginald Ridgway
Groundbreaking 25 June 1895
Completed5 November 1895
Construction cost£800 (equivalent to £98,300in 2021). [1]

St John's Baptist Chapel, Long Eaton is a former Baptist Church in Long Eaton, Derbyshire.

History

The congregation was formed by members who seceded from the Baptist Chapel in Station Street, Long Eaton, in 1887. They held their initial meetings in the Primitive Methodist Chapel in Chapel Street until they were able to open their own chapel.

This was built in Clumber Street, Long Eaton to the designs of the architect, Ernest Reginald Ridgway. [2] The contractor was Mr. Youngman. The foundation stone was laid on Tuesday 25 June 1895 [3] and the building was opened for worship on 5 November 1895.

The baptist congregation vacated in 1980. It was then used by the Emmanuel Evangelical Free Church but the church building is now used by the New Testament Church of God.

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References

  1. 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. "Ecclesiastical". Nottinghamshire Guardian. England. 9 November 1895. Retrieved 28 April 2019 via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. "New Church in Long Eaton". Long Eaton Advertiser. England. 2 June 1895. Retrieved 28 April 2019 via British Newspaper Archive.