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Collections at The University of Nottingham

This is a list of the principal nonconformist church collections held by the University of Nottingham. Information about the history of each church pr organisation is available on separate web pages (follow the links to 'more information'). You can see detailed information about the contents of each collection by following the links to the collection reference numbers. These take you to the appropriate records in the online catalogue.

 

Congregational, Presbyterian and United Reformed churches

• Castle Gate Independent/Congregational/United Reformed Church, Nottingham (more information) (CU catalogue record)
• St Ann’s Well Road Congregational Church, Nottingham (more information) (CU/Z1 catalogue record)
• Thorneywood Congregational Church, Nottingham (more information) (CU/Z2 catalogue record)
• Norton Street Congregational/United Reformed Church, Radford, Nottingham, and its predecessor the Bloomsgrove Mission (more information) (CU/Z3 catalogue record)
• Park Hill Congregational/United Reformed Church, Nottingham and its predecessor St James’s Congregational Chapel, Nottingham (more information) (CU/Z4 catalogue record)
• Clifton Congregational Church, Nottingham (more information) (CU/Z5 catalogue record)
• Friary Congregational Church, West Bridgford, and its predecessor Friar Lane Chapel, Nottingham (more information) (Fy catalogue record)
• Queen’s Walk Congregational Church, The Meadows, Nottingham (more information) (Fy Z catalogue record)
• Retford Congregational Church (more information) (MS 666 catalogue record)
• St Andrew’s Presbyterian/United Reformed Church, Nottingham (more information) (AU catalogue record)
• Noel Street Presbyterian Church, Nottingham (more information) (AU catalogue record)
• St Columba’s Presbyterian Church, Nottingham (more information) (AU/Z catalogue record)
• St Andrew’s-with-Castle Gate United Reformed Church (more information) (CAA catalogue record)
• Boundary Road United Reformed Church, Beeston (more information) (MS 900 catalogue record)

 

Baptist churches

• Stoney Street General Baptist Church, Nottingham (more information) (Mr catalogue record)
• Broad Street General Baptist Church, Nottingham (more information) (Mr catalogue record)
• Mansfield Road Baptist Church, formerly Milton Street General Baptist Chapel, Nottingham (more information) (Mr catalogue record)

 

Unitarian churches

• High Pavement Chapel, Nottingham (more information) (Hi catalogue record)
• Christ Church, Peas Hill, Nottingham (more information) (Hi Z catalogue record)
• Hyson Green Unitarian Mission, Nottingham (more information) (Hi catalogue record)
• Old Meeting House, Mansfield (more information) (OL catalogue record)

 

Regional organisations of the Congregational, Presbyterian and Unitarian churches

• North Midland Presbyterian and Unitarian Association (more information) (CP catalogue record)
• Nottinghamshire Congregational Union (more information) (NLM catalogue record and CU catalogue record)
• Nottingham Auxiliary of the London Missionary Society (more information) (NLM catalogue record)
• Presbytery of Nottingham (more information) (NLM catalogue record)

 

University groups and Colleges

• Paton Congregational College, Nottingham (more information) (Fy catalogue record and CU catalogue record)
• University of Nottingham Baptist Society (UU 11 catalogue record)
• University of Nottingham Presbyterian-Congregational/United Reformed Church Society (UU 12 catalogue record)

 

Other collections

• Notebook of James Smith of Nottingham, Baptist preacher, including sermons, 1811-1834 (MS 118 catalogue record). James Smith also features in genealogical papers collected by his descendant Bernard B. Granger, 1921-1947 (MS 115 catalogue record)
• Photographs of Rev. Ronald K. Ross (1898-1980), Congregational and United Reformed minister of Nottingham, 1971-1978 (MS 466 catalogue record)
• Copies of registers of the Church of General Baptists, East Leake, Nottinghamshire; 1785-1837 (MS 1/3/40-41 catalogue record)
• Papers of the Lawson family of Leeds and Nottingham, relating to Methodism in Nottingham, Ruddington and Leeds (Ln catalogue record)

 

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