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| microchip Quote | Reply | | Heanor Free Church posted on: 10/5/2004 9:06:40 PM Can anyone give me any history of Heanor Free Church. It was whilst using Google to search for this history I found your site. Am aware of the William Gregg VC connection but would like to know when it was founded and by whom etc. |
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RMMee
Moderator Quote | Reply | This message was updated on 9/17/2005 7:35:01 AM by RMMee |
Heanor Free Church
replied on: 10/27/2004 3:27:46 AM The Heanor Free Church was set up following the closure of the Park Street Methodist in 1968. Park Street, along with the Mount Street Chapel, were to be closed down and merged with the Wesleyan Chapel on Market Street. The congregation at Park Street refused to accept this, and they formally broke away from the Methodist Circuit. The book contains quite a few press cuttings about the discussions - it looks as though it got quite acrimonious. The book doesn't go on to say what happened next, though the Park Street Chapel finally closed in 1968, with "part of the congregation merging with the Market Street Society, and part forming a Free Church in Midland Road." I suppose the next question (and I'm already asking myself it!), is what was the building before it became the Free Church? Hope this is of help |
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Peter Chamberlain
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Heanor Free Church
replied on: 10/27/2004 5:14:59 PM According to the lady at the Free Church it was a Christians meeting House and judging by its archtecture it was built around the same time as the dated houses across the way in 1901 |
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RMMee
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Heanor Free Church
replied on: 10/27/2004 6:08:19 PM That fits in with something I've been told this afternoon - namely that it was always a church, and was connected, in some way, with the what is now the United Reformed Church at Marlpool. |
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tempus275
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Heanor Free Church
replied on: 6/23/2006 9:43:28 PM The church building started as a "Church of Christ" and was an offshoot from the Church of Christ in Langley which later became United Reformed as part of the Church of Christ movment in Englands merger with the U.R.C. Due to certain doctrinal beliefs the Church of Christ usually refered to their buildings as Christian meeting houses rather than rather than churches and most did not have musical instruments allowed until the 40's and later. There is another Christian meeting house builgin still surviving in the area (last time I checked) in Hilltop, Eastwood. All three buildings follow very similar structural simularities and can be compared in style to the survivin early Church of Christ buildings in America where the movement was founded. I think I still have the transcripts of the Langley Churches archives somewhere if you want quotes for the Heanor branches founding and year? ... that it if I can remember where on earth I put the disc to free up room on the hard drive |
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tempus275
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Heanor Free Church
replied on: 6/23/2006 9:44:19 PM sorry - computer hiccupped and posted the same message twice. |
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RMMee
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Heanor Free Church
replied on: 6/23/2006 9:50:30 PM Tempus The transcripts would be very interesting. If you don't want to post them on here, please get in touch, as the Society would be keen to have a copy. Robert |
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