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Derbyshire Churches and Chapels
Alsop-En-Le-Dale St Michael & All Angels SK160551
A Norman church in a picturesque rural setting. The most interesting feature is perhaps the south door with its unusual double chevron ornament.
SUNDAY SERVICE: 11.00 (no service on 1st) see parish services times site.
CHURCH OPEN: DAILY, 10.00 TILL DUSK
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Ashbourne Methodist, Church Street SK179465
Built 1880 and extended 1900; of brick with stone dressings. The front elevation, with Corinthian columns, pediment and twin towers, looks toward the Edwardian style of Baroque, and this is further emphasized by the quasi-theatrical "proscenium" arch opening into the choir/organ area. The entire premises have recently been refurbished to a high standard. In the basement (former day school) is residential accommodation for youth weekends, conferences, etc., while the old lock-up shops on the street corner are now the Cornerstone coffee shop (open Thur to Sat 10.00-3.30)
SUNDAY SERVICES: 10.30, 6.30
CONTACT: Tel: (01335) 342810
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(coffee shop) 
(coffee shop)
Ashbourne St John, Buxton Road SK180470
A large church of 1871 in what the Germans call Rundbogenstil (literally round arch style - a free adaptation of Romanesque). The result is a spacious, open interior with slender arcades and excellent acoustical properties.
SUNDAY SERVICES: 9.15 (weekly), 3.00 (2nd & 4th only)
CONTACT: Tel: (01335) 346058 (Mrs Wareing)
(at rear)
Ashbourne St Oswald, Church Street (Grade A) SK176464
One of the great churches of Derbyshire, cruciform in plan, with a slender spire 212 feet in height. To pick out only a few important features: the long Early English chancel with its large Perpendicular east window containing glass by Kempe, the curiously lop-sided lack of a north nave aisle, the large chapels forming the eastern half of both transepts - the northern one containing mediaeval tombs of the Cockaynes; there are fragments of C13 glass in the north transept and also within Kempe's east window. Visitors are recommended to come in Spring when the churchyard is full of daffodils.
SUNDAY SERVICES: 8.00, 10.30, 6.30
CHURCH OPEN: DAILY, FROM 8.30
Publications: numerous
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Atlow Ss Philip & James SK231486
A small, simple but attractive church on a rural hillside, built in 1874. It is of stone construction though the interior is enlivened, in a somewhat Italian manner, with red bricks and glazed tiles.
SUNDAY SERVICE: 10.45 (2nd), 6.30 (4th)
CONTACT: Tel: (01335) 370546 (Mrs Kniveton)
(street or village hall)
An aisleless nave and chancel, all of C14, and without any tower. The altar rails are of local workmanship, late C17 or C18. In the churchyard is a stone cross beheaded by Cromwell's soldiers
SUNDAY SERVICE: 8.00 (1st), 10.45 (2nd & 4th), 6.30 (3rd)
CHURCH OPEN: DAILY, 9.00-5.00 (SUMMER)
CONTACT: Tel: (01335) 370578 (Mr Mitchell)
(opposite)
Built in 1845 (architect: H I Stevens, of Derby) with later tower and apse - the latter features providing an attractively decorative element. As for the interior, the lofty chancel arch gives an impressive feeling of spaciousness. The 2-manual Conacher organ dates from 1907.
SUNDAY SERVICE: 9.30
CONTACT: Tel: (01335) 343233 (Mr Watkins)
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Fenny Bentley St Edmund, Ashes Lane
SK175502
Norman nave and c1300 chancel with Victorian north aisle, tower and spire sums up the architecture. It is perhaps the furnishings that are of most interest, particularly the fine C16 screen. The NE chapel contains tombs of the Beresford family who lived at the nearby C15 fortified Old Hall; it has a ceiling with panels painted on aluminium (1895, the first known commercial use of this material). Within the chancel the east window was designed by Norman Shaw (1877) and the altar, cross and candlesticks are by Advent Hunstone (of Tideswell, 1939).
SUNDAY SERVICE: 6.30 (3.30 in winter) see parish services times site.
CHURCH OPEN: DAILY (SUMMER)
CONTACT: Tel: (01335) 350537 (Mr Smith)
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Hognaston St Bartholomew SK236506
The oldest part of the church is the Norman south wall and the interesting C12 tympanum over the south door. The latter is quite fantastic and contains what is assumed to be an Agnus Dei representation, together with a bishop and various animal figures - including the Hognaston "Hog". Externally the massive though squat tower is supported by a single large buttress in the middle of its west side. The village enjoys a peaceful calm since the construction of nearby Carsington Reservoir and its new bypass road.
SUNDAY SERVICE: 9.00 (1st), 10.45 (2nd, 3rd & 4th)
CHURCH OPEN: DAILY, 9.00-5.00 (SUMMER)
FLOWER FESTIVAL: FOR FIVE DAYS FROM ASCENSION
CONTACT: Tel: (01335) 370554 (Mr Dawson)
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Hulland Christ Church SK249474
A neat little church dating from 1838, whose simplicity and compactness likens it almost to a model kit. The simple, aisleless nave still retains its two-decker pulpit, box pews and west gallery; the original shallow sanctuary, however, was extended in 1961 to form a small chancel. The setting, at the top end of the village, is delightfully rural and the large churchyard gives good views over open, rolling countryside.
SUNDAY SERVICE: 10.00 (1st), 9.15 (2nd, 3rd & 4th)
CHURCH OPEN: DAILY, 9.00-5.00 (SUMMER)
CONTACT: Tel: (01335) 370403 (Mrs Johns)
Publication: Christ Church Hulland 1838-1988 A Country Church and its Parish
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Kniveton St Michael & All Angels (Grade I) SK210503
The church snuggles on a hillside site overlooking the small village in the valley below. The aisleless nave is Norman, its south doorway having a bear carved on the keystone - any connection with the contemporary animal carvings at nearby Hognaston (above)? The small tower and spire are of C13 while the low chancel dates from the C15. Fragments of C14 and C15 glass, conserved by the York Glaziers' Trust, are to be found in the south sanctuary window.
SUNDAY SERVICE: 11.00 (1st & 3rd only)
CHURCH OPEN: DAILY, 9.00-5.00 (SUMMER)
CONTACT: Tel: (01335) 342243 (Mrs Hopkin)
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The delightfully whimsical little building is on a slope overlooking the River Dove and the grounds of Okeover Hall. It dates from the C18 and is of simple, unsophisticated design and craftsmanship - quite simply a nave and small chancel, both with round topped windows, and a squat tower bearing an octagonal dome surmounted by a domed lantern. The interior is plain and simple, apart from a very prettily encased small modern organ by Wood of Huddersfield.
SUNDAY SERVICE: 9.15
CHURCH OPEN: SAME TIME AS POST OFFICE (otherwise key available from there)
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Norbury St Mary & St Barlok (Grade I)
SK126424
An outstanding building by any reckoning. The fairly small, aisled nave, mostly of the C15, has the tower over the middle bay of its south aisle, thus giving the nave an unusually symmetrical side facade when viewed from the churchyard. East of this, and marginally longer though without aisles, is the magnificently lofty C14 chancel with four large windows each side, all containing mostly c1340 glass; together with the great east window this chancel has indeed been described as "a lantern in stone". Within the chancel lie the C15 tombs of the Fitzherbert family. George Eliot (of Adam Bede fame) was born in the parish and sang in the church choir.
SUNDAY SERVICE: 11.00
CHURCH OPEN: DAILY
CONTACT: Tel: (01335) 324225 (Mr Clowes)
Publication: Church of St Mary & St Barlock Norbury
(in drive to Norbury Manor NT)
The setting is a small and unspoilt limestone village - one that is remote from any of the main through roads. Around the village pond is a jumble of little lanes and greens. The church itself is in neo-Norman style, 1874, though relics of genuine Norman, including the original chancel arch, are now to be seen reset in the tower. The attractively painted organ case by Walter Tapper was added to the c1874 Abbott instrument in 1907.
SUNDAY SERVICE: 9.30 (2nd & 3rd), 10.00 (4th), 6.30 (1st) see parish services times site.
CHURCH OPEN: DAILY
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Only the tower is old, the remainder having been twice rebuilt - in 1825 and again in 1907. It is this later rebuild that gives the church its character - the best feature being the west gable, as seen across the fields, with its French Gothic doorway surmounted by statue and rose window. The church is an important element within the ensemble of a very pretty, early C19 estate village.
SUNDAY SERVICE: 9.30
CONTACT: Tel: (01335) 324208 (Mrs Upton)
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Thorpe St Leonard (Grade I) SK157502
The church enjoys a privileged setting within a picturesque village surrounded by the hills of Dovedale. It is small, with a low but massive Norman tower, a Norman nave and a rebuilt (and extended) chancel. Furnishings include an Elizabethan communion rail and an interesting chamber organ by Bishop (c1840). In the churchyard is a sundial of 1767.
SUNDAY SERVICES: 9.30 (1st), 11.00 (2nd & 3rd), 11.15 (4th), 6.30 (2nd : summer only) see parish services times site.
CHURCH OPEN: DAILY, 9.00 TILL DUSK
Publication: D H Buckley, The Parish of Thorpe and The Church of St Leonard
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Tissington Methodist, Chapel Lane SK178525
A simple building, dating from 1955, of coursed limestone with gritstone dressings - appropriate materials for its location within an ancient and historic village much visited by tourists.
SUNDAY SERVICE: 2.30 (2nd only)
CHAPEL OPEN: DAILY
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[Linked with Tissington, though just in Staffordshire, is MILLDALE METHODIST, SK 139 548. This small chapel, built in 1835, is also OPEN DAILY, though without regular Sunday services.
- public CP 1/2-mile]
Tissington St Mary
SK176532
This village is familiar to the many thousands who throng there in the summer months, especially at the time of the celebrated Well Dressings. It is said that no building has taken place in the village since 1900 - neither is there an inn or public house. The church is on a mound, across the green from the sprawling Hall, home of the FitzHerbert family since the C17. It is a Norman church, rather bizarrely re-Normanized in 1854 when the north aisle was added. Still genuinely Norman is the chancel arch, though partly covered over (who would allow this nowadays?) by an enormous C17 monument; further FitzHerbert memorials are to be found within the chancel. Communion rail and two-decker pulpit are both from c1600 while two mid-C19 windows in the chancel south wall contain roundels depicting The Flood and Noah's Ark.
SUNDAY SERVICE: 8.00 (3rd), 11.00 (1st), 6.30 (2nd & 4th) see parish services times site.
CHURCH OPEN: DAILY, 9.00 TILL DUSK
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