Inside/Outside the Church

A BRIEF HISTORY WITH PHOTOGRAPHS 

1.The Stone Bracket with a carved head, to the left of the East Window was probably from a corbel which supported an earlier lead lined roof. The followers of Oliver Cromwell may have deliberately damaged the face.

2.The Aumbry, which is a recess in the wall, would have held the sacraments and may originally had a wooden door.

3.The Stone Lectern on the wall next to it would have been used for reading the gospel in pre-Reformation days. It is thought that there are only nine such stone lecterns in England, six of which are in Derbyshire.

4.This Communion Table Frontal derives its symbolism from the reading for All Saints Day: "After this I looked and there before me was a great multitude that no-one could count, from every nation,tribe,people and language, standing before the throne and in front of the lamb" (Revelation 7v.9)

5.The Holy Family was carved by a local artist, G.B.Dunn, and given by him in memory of his father who died in the First World War.

6.The East Window represents the six acts of kindness mentioned by Jesus in the parade of the sheep and the Goats (Matthew 25 v 31-46). It was given by Reverend Frederick Curzon, vicar at the time of the rebuilding, in memory of his wife who had died aged only twenty one years old. It has been suggested that the female figure in each of the scenes is in fact his young wife.

7.The small Sink in the wall, or Piscina, almost certainly dates from the 14th Century and was in use until the 1980s for washing the communion plate.

8.The Stone Bench or Sedilia was used by the clergy. The seat may have been restored in the 19th Century.

9.The Hatchment on the wall relates to the Newton family and was placed in the Church in 1938 from neighbouring Manor House.

10.The Organ was built by William Hill & Son in 1903 and was rebuilt by The John Compton Organ Company in 1949, when the pipes and blower equipment were placed in the tower at the west end of the nave. The organ was originally on the north side of the chancel.

11. The Font is the original 14th Century font. it was removed during the rebuilding of the church in 1858, it was later rediscovered and reinstated in 1951.

12.Outside you may see The Tower, which houses three bells.

The first bell has the inscriptions ‘God save the Church 1657’ and the mark Geo.Oldfield.

The second bell’s inscription is ‘John Campian CW. Thomas Hedderley Founder 1742’.

The third bell’s inscriptions reads ‘Jesus be our spede 1591’ and the mark of Henry Oldfield.

13.The Clock was made by John Smith of Derby in 1895.

At the front of the Church entrance off the main road you can see the Cenotaph, this is where wreathes are laid on Remembrance Sunday to remember those brave soldiers who have lost there lives fighting for our country.