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Church History information for Sawley and places above it in the hierarchy

Sawley

  • A Christian church existed here in 822 AD.
     
  • The Anglican parish church is dedicated to All Saints.
     
  • A chantry was founded here about 1260 AD.
     
  • The church was restored and enlarged in the 13th century.
     
  • The church tower was added in the 15th century.
     
  • The Jacobean pulpit was carved in 1636.
     
  • The church was restored in 1889.
     
  • The church chancel and the south porch were restored in 1911.
     
  • The church seats 500.
     
  • I am told a church on the site of All Saints Parish Church in Sawley was built in early days (made) of rushes. A later wooden building took its place, presumably in Saxon times, with the present day stone building begun by the Normans. A Norman archway still remains, but the tower and spire are 15th century. The gold weathercock on the top of the spire was placed by the local people in the 1940's, collecting money for it by subscription, one collection method being that it was driven around the local streets and any child could pat it and give it a spin on payment of a penny. The church contains memorials to the BOTHE family, including an effigy of John BOTHE, who was Treasurer of Lichfield Cathedral.
    (Information supplied by June SPOONER of Canada).
     
  • St. Andrew's Room is an iron building erected in 1904 was used for meetings.
     
  • John DARCH has a photograph of All Saints' Church on Geo-graph, taken in May, 2006.

Derbyshire

  • Search for Derbyshire Anglican Churches on The Diocese of Derby website..
     
  • Hoskyns, Edwyn - Under the Heavy Clouds. Merton Priory Press, 2005, ISBN 1-898937-63-X
     Subtitled ‘The Church of England in Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire, 1911-1915’, this book is an account of Edwyn Hoskins, Bishop of Southwell's parochial visitation of the diocese between 1911 and 1915.
     
  • Combes, Isobel - Anglican Churches of Derbyshire. Landmark Collector's Library, 2005, ISBN 13: 9781843061526.
     
  • Information about Derbyshire's Parishes, 1811 is available from Ann ANDREWS.
     
  • You may also find it worthwhile searching in the GENUKI Church Database. Enter the name of the place in which the church is located:

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