A spot of history….
Stanley Common, as the name suggests, was originally the common land for the village of Stanley. At the beginning of the nineteenth century there were few buildings in Stanley Common, but it is now considerably larger than its “mother” village. Adjacent to Stanley Common was Smalley Common, but this area was moved into Stanley parish in 1938.
The Church of All Saints, on Belper Road, Stanley Common, was built in 1913 to cope with the increased population at Stanley Common. The church is a simple, but not unattractive, brick building. The burial ground is still in use. The church was built by H. Vernon of Derby, and the architects were Heazell and Sons of Nottingham. The building cost around £1000 to erect, and it was lit by gaslight. It was a mission church of St Andrews at Stanley Village, and the service of dedication was held on All Saints Day (1 November) by the Bishop of Southwell.
Prior to the building of the church, there had been a small tin tabernacle on the site. This probably dated from 1903, as the porch to the present church (which is clearly more modern than the main building), has a number of foundation stones dated 1903. Before the tin tabernacle, services used to be held in the primary school on the opposite side of the road. In 2003, the Anglican church here merged with the Stanley Common Methodist Church, and it is now called the United Church of All Saints. Stanley Common and Stanley are still part of the same ecclesiastical and secular parish.
You do not need to visit the church itself to find this cache, but it is only a short distance away, and the church can be clearly seen from the cache site.
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