| Administrative History | The church of All Saints was in medieval times a collegiate foundation serving a parish which was partially exempt from episcopal jurisdiction. The college consisted of a number of canons or prebendaries headed by the Dean of Lincoln as dean and resident sub-dean. The college was dissolved in 1548-49 and subsequently a benefice was established in the gift of Derby Corporation. Close links were maintained with the Corporation until it sold the advowson following the Municipal Corporations Act 1835.
The parish included the chapelry of Quarndon, which was licensed for baptisms and marriages but not for burials, until it became a parish in its own right in 1821 (see D4038). Part of All Saints' parish was taken to form the new parish of St John's in 1847 (see D1092).
The church became the cathedral of the new diocese of Derby in 1927 and the vicar became the Provost as head of a chapter of canons. In 1958, the parish of St Michael was united with the Cathedral parish, and St Michael's Church was declared redunant in 1976 (see D3049).
The churchyard for All Saints was closed for burials in 1855, when the Nottingham Road and London Road cemeteries were opened.
The ancient church of St Mary's Chapel on the Bridge was believed to have been attached to the collegiate church, with which it passed to Derby Corporation in 1548-49. It later came into private hands and was used as dwelling houses and a carpenter's shop before being briefly re-used for ecclesiastical purposes for 39 years from 1873 by the parish of St Alkmund. It was acquired and restored by the Derbyshire Archaeological and Natural History Society in 1928, but in 1949 the property was formed into a separate charity for its perpetual maintenance. For records see D4718. |
| Custodial History | These records were deposited at various times from May 1990. |