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Description: | This chapel (St. Mary-on-the Bridge) is the oldest chapel in Derby and one of only six such 'bridge' chapels remaining in the country. These chapels were built to provide revenue by the collection of tolls from those persons who wished to cross the bridge as well as providing a place for people travelling to pray for safe journeys. The Bridge Chapel was built c 1275 and restored after 1930. Also showing the Bridge over the River Derwent. Built by Thomas Harrison of Chester in 1789-94 to replace the earlier bridge, (the remains of which can be seen as the jutting arch from the base of St Mary's Bridge Chapel). Behind the Chapel is the Priest's House and St Alkmund's Church (demolished to make way for the St Alkmund's Way traffic system). The house for the chapel priest was built in the 17th century with 18th century mullioned windows next to the Bridge Chapel. In the 1960s priest house was the home of Canon Paul Miller. In 1985 the priest house became the Padley Day Centre (named after the Padley Martyrs - On the 25th July 1588 after The Reformation in the reign of Elizabeth I, three Roman Catholic priests were hanged, drawn and quartered and their remains were draped over the chapel entrance. The three were Nicholas Garlick, Robert Ludlam and Richard Simpson. They had been arrested at Padley Manor near Hathersage and brought to Derby for trial). The Padley Day Centre provided a sanctuary for homeless and distressed people. Late 1995, the Padley Day Centre moved to more suitable premises elsewhere in the city. It is now one of the homes of the Derbyshire Family History Society. | Format: | JPEG/IMAGE | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | North East Midland Photographic Record | Subjects: | select Please | Source: | Picture the Past OAI feed | Creator: | Shepherd, C | Identifier: | http://www.picturethepast.org.uk/fronten... | Language: | EN-GB | Format: | JPEG/IMAGE | Go to resource |
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