St Alkmund's Church is a

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on Kedleston Road in

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. It was built in the 1970s to replace the

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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 Archdeacon of Bolton, 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. Following the death of vicar-designate Rev’d. Ian Mountford in December 2019, the church went into vacancy for a short period with Rev’d. Susie Curtis acting as Interim Associate Minister and Rev’d. Paul Desborough as curate. On 7 November 2021 th
Rev’d. Mina Munns was licensed
as Vicar of St Alkmund's and on 3 July 2022 was joined by the Rev’d. Fay Price as Associate Curate (alongside Rev’d. James Durrant, Associate Minister). St Alkmund's today is an active, family-focused church who meet in the building every Sunday morning at 10am and also stream Live to thei
YouTube Channel
Multiple other services and activities are advertised through their social media pages o
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