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| A Unique Photographic Record of Matlock & District, 1910-1915, and World War One Soldiers |
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| Place: | Darley Dale |
| Property / Street / Road: | Hackney Methodist Church, Greenaway Lane |
| Date: | 1910 - 1914 |
| Description/Historical Information: | The Church was built in 1908, as a Primitive Methodist
church, to replace a smaller church a little further along the road
(to the south-east). The original building is still standing although
is no longer used as a place of worship. The foundation stone, beside the doorway on the right hand side, reads J. W. Wildgoose Matlock June 13th 1908. To the left of the doorway is carved [UP]PPER --- DGE. The new church was officially opened in the afternoon of Saturday 10th October 1908. The ceremony was performed by Mrs. J. W. Wildgoose, who was given an inscribed silver key by Mrs. Burton. The surname Burton is strongly associated with Primitive Methodism in the Matlocks (see Primitive Methodist Churches & Chapels, Matlock Bank, Matlock Moor and Starkholmes). The Wildgoose family also supported these churches. The group of 8 men and five women are standing both on and in front of steps leading up to the main door of the new church. The steps have been replaced with tarmac today, presumably to make access easier. It is possible they were attending a family wedding; the bride could have been the young woman with the white scarf second from the right. Please get in touch if you recognise any of the people in the photograph. |
| Further information elsewhere on this site: |
- Kelly's
Directory, 1908 - Commercial Premises shows the building firm
of J. W. Wildgoose. - John William Wildgoose and his wife were living on Wellington Street in the 1901 census (his parents owned Oldham House Hydro) - Also see: VLA5193 as the woman on the right, with the fur around her shoulders, is in that photo. All of the others are shown in the same picture. |
| Image Reference: | VLA5079 |
| Copyright: | © The Vernon Lamb Archive and Robert White. See About the Archive and About Vernon Lamb, Photographer. |