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D6824 - Derbyshire District United Reformed Church - 1891-2007

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D6824
Title	Derbyshire District United Reformed Church
Date	1891-2007
Description	These are the papers of the Derbyshire District Councils of the United Reformed Church. They comprise files on most of the local churches with papers specific to individual churches, including minutes and records relating to buildings and activities of the church. Also including historical research by Rev. Reginald Mansfield on the history of congregationalism and chapels in Derbyshire since about 1700.
Extent	42 files
Level	Fonds
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
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Archive Creator	Derbyshire District United Reformed Church
Administrative History	The United Reformed Church was formed as a result of unions with Presbyterian and Congregationalist churches in England, Wales and Scotland from 1972 to 2000. The Church was organised on a county level as a district with its own District Council. The council's role was mainly that of supervising and advising the individual member churches, giving pastoral care and making decisions on employment and deployment of ministers. Each local church is governed by a church meeting. The 'Catch the Vision' programme of change and revitalisation in 2007 facilitated a restructuring of the church resulting in the dissolution of the district council level with their work being transferred to the Synod.
Custodial History	These records were deposited at Derbyshire Record Office by the Derbyshire district in August 2007. The records under D6824/5 were transferred from Warwickshire County Record Office in October 2019, having been received by them from the United Reformed Church West Midlands Province. A baptism and marriage register of the Lady Glenorchy Chapel at Matlock Bath was also transferred at the same time - see D4935.
Organisation Sub-Type	Congregational, Presbyterian and United Reformed Churches
Related Material	For records relating to individual chapels see the archive catalogues for those collections.
Term	United Reformed Church
	Nonconformity
	Congregationalism
	Churches
	Presbyterianism
Archivist Note	Catalogued August 2007, DJ. Updated, with some minor improvements to the formatting and layout of the original catalogue, September 2020, BS.

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