St Alkmund's Church is a

Church of England parish church A parish church in the Church of England is the church which acts as the religious centre for the people within each Church of England parish (the smallest and most basic Church of England administrative unit; since the 19th century sometimes ca ...

on Kedleston Road in

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. It was built in the 1970s to replace the Victorian St Alkmund's Church which had been demolished in 1968 to enable the construction of the Derby inner ring road, St Alkmund's Way (A601). When the Victorian church was demolished, traces of several earlier churches were revealed, stretching back to the 9th century. Artefacts found included the stone sarcophagus of

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, now in

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. The new church was consecrated in 1972. The parish of St Werburgh's was combined with St Alkmund's in 1984. In December 2017 it was announced that the incumbent Revd Canon

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was to become the next

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, Diocese of Manchester. In March 2020, the previous curate, James Durrant, was appointed as Assistant Curate (Associate Minister) of St Alkmund's and Priest-in-Charge of St Paul's, Chester Green. The church is now in vacancy after the death of vicar-designate Ian Moutford in December 2019, with Susie Curtis acting as Interim Associate Minister and Paul Desborough the current curate. Previous incumbents on this site include John White, vicar 1996– 2013.

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