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St Mary's Church, Wirksworth
St Mary the Virgin is a parish church in the Church of England in Wirksworth, Derbyshire. It is a Grade I listed building. The existing building dates mostly from the 13th–15th centuries, but notable survivals from the Anglo-Saxon period indicate a church has stood on this site since at least the 8th century AD. It was Victorian restoration, restored in 1820, then in 1870 by Sir George Gilbert Scott, Gilbert Scott. Description The church is notable for its Anglo-Saxon art, Anglo-Saxon carvings, and a large Anglo-Saxon coffin lid which was discovered under the chancel floor near the sanctuary in 1820. It is now mounted on the north wall of the nave. It appears to date from the second half of the 7th century. The church is also noted for containing an Anglo-Saxon carving of a Derbyshire lead mining history, lead miner, "T'owd Man", the oldest representation of a miner anywhere in the world. It was moved here in 1863 from Bonsall, Derbyshire, Bonsall church for safe-keeping and h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Church Of England
The Church of England (C of E) is the established Christian church in England and the mother church of the international Anglican Communion. It traces its history to the Christian church recorded as existing in the Roman province of Britain by the 3rd century and to the 6th-century Gregorian mission to Kent led by Augustine of Canterbury. The English church renounced papal authority in 1534 when Henry VIII failed to secure a papal annulment of his marriage to Catherine of Aragon. The English Reformation accelerated under Edward VI's regents, before a brief restoration of papal authority under Queen Mary I and King Philip. The Act of Supremacy 1558 renewed the breach, and the Elizabethan Settlement charted a course enabling the English church to describe itself as both Reformed and Catholic. In the earlier phase of the English Reformation there were both Roman Catholic martyrs and radical Protestant martyrs. The later phases saw the Penal Laws punish Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Brown (priest)
Thomas Brown may refer to: Arts and literature *Thomas Brown (satirist) (1662–1704), English satirist *Thomas Brown (philosopher) (1778–1820), Scottish poet and philosopher *''Thomas Brown'', pen name of Thomas Moore (1779–1852) *Thomas Brown (architect) (1781–1850), Scottish architect *Thomas Brown (prison architect) (1806–1872), Scottish architect *Thomas Edward Brown (1830–1897), Manx poet, scholar, and divine * T. Allston Brown (Thomas Allston Brown, 1836–1918), American theater critic and historian *Thomas Wilson Brown (born 1972), American actor Business and industry *Thomas Brown (businessman) (1738–1797), American husbandman, businessman, and land speculator *Thomas Brown (engineer) (1772–1850), English surveyor, engineer, businessman, and landowner *Thomas Forster Brown (1835–1907), English civil and mining engineer Politics and law Australia *Thomas Brown (settler) (1803–1863), Australian pastoralist and politician *Thomas Brown (New South Wales col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Draycot
Anthony Draycot (died 1571 in Draycott in the Moors) was an English Roman Catholic churchman and lawyer. During the reign of Queen Mary he held a diocesan position as chancellor; his role in condemning numerous Protestants to death is detailed in ''Foxe's Book of Martyrs''. Life He was from Staffordshire, and became principal of White Hall (afterwards included in Jesus College), Oxford, and of Pirye Hall adjoining it. On 23 June 1522 he was admitted bachelor of canons, taking his doctor's degree on 21 July following. He held the family rectum of Draycot. On 11 December 1527 he was instituted to the vicarage of Hitchin, Hertfordshire, which he exchanged on 5 March 1531 for the rectory of Cottingham, Northamptonshire. He was archdeacon of Stow, 15 January 1543, and archdeacon of Huntingdon, 27 July 1543, both in the same church of Lincoln. On 2 December 1547 he was appointed by convocation head of a committee to draw up a form of a statute for paying tithes in cities. Draycot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holy Trinity Church, Kirk Ireton
Holy Trinity Church, Kirk Ireton, is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Kirk Ireton, Derbyshire. History The church dates from the 12th century. It comprises a west tower, nave, aisles and clerestory, a south porch and chancel with one bay, chapels and a vestry. It was restored in 1873 by Evans and Jolley from Nottingham, with the masonry work being carried out by William and Benjamin Doxey. Parish status The church is in a joint parish with *All Saints' Church, Alderwasley *St James the Apostle's Church, Bonsall *All Saints' Church, Bradbourne *All Saints’ Church, Ballidon *St James’ Church, Brassington * St Margaret's Church, Carsington *All Saints’ Church, Elton *St James’ Church, Idridgehay *Holy Trinity Church, Middleton-by-Wirksworth *St Mary's Church, Wirksworth Organ The pipe organ was built by Henry Willis in 1859. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register. See also *Grade I listed churches in Derb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Margaret's Church, Carsington
St Margaret's Church, Carsington, is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in Carsington, Derbyshire. History The church may date from the 13th century. A sundial set into the east wall is inscribed ''Re-edified 1648''. The west end gallery has an inscription ''This loft was erected at the onely charge of Sir Philp Gell, Baronett. Anno Domini 1704 by consent of the parish at a meeting in Carsington: for the use of his tenants in Hopton''. Parish status The church is in a joint parish with *All Saints' Church, Alderwasley *St James the Apostle's Church, Bonsall *All Saints' Church, Bradbourne *All Saints' Church, Ballidon *St James' Church, Brassington *All Saints' Church, Elton *St James' Church, Idridgehay *Holy Trinity Church, Kirk Ireton *Holy Trinity Church, Middleton-by-Wirksworth *St Mary's Church, Wirksworth Organ The organ was installed in 1932 and was built by Robert Oldacre. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Regi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All Saints' Church, Bradbourne
All Saints’ Church, Bradbourne is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Bradbourne, Derbyshire. History All Saints’ Church was adopted as the village church after the dissolution of the monasteries. It was formerly Bradbourne Priory. By 1627 the church at Bradbourne was in need of serious repairs, with a greatly decayed roof and decaying timbers, lead, windows and bells, all estimated as costing around £46 () to repair or replace (almost 3 years' average craftsman's wages). On 10 February 1629, Thomas Buxton and Vincent Sexton, churchwardens of Bradbourne, took a suit to the Chancery against William Cokayne, Valentine Jackson and four others living at the nearby village of Atlow, declaring it an ancient custom for all the parishioners of Atlow to pay for the repair of the parish church at Bradbourne, but that they had not been paying it. The following year the court decided that the inhabitants of Atlow were to pay annually 5s. 6d. per oxgang (15 acres) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St James The Apostle's Church, Bonsall
St James the Apostle's Church, Bonsall is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in Bonsall, Derbyshire. History The church dates from the 13th century. In time it was filled with galleries and the chancel and tower were cut off from the rest of the church by screens of lath and plaster. This was all stripped out during a restoration between 1862 and 1863 by Ewan Christian which cost £1,550 (). The contractors were Francis and Fox of Cromford. It re-opened on 4 August 1863. A few weeks later it was reported that a new Oak communion table had been provided by Captain Prince, The Study, Bonsall, a stained glass window depicting the Apostles Peter and Paul by Edmundson and Son of Manchester had been given by the Revd. Robert Bickerstaff, Rector of Killead, Antrim, a pair of Glastonbury chairs from Revd. G. Bagot, and carved panels for the pulpit given by Mr. Clay. Parish status The church is in a joint parish with * All Saints' Church, Alderwasley *All Saints' C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All Saints' Church, Alderwasley
All Saints’ Church, Alderwasley, is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Alderwasley, Derbyshire. History The church replaced the ancient chapel of St Margaret in the village. It was built by A.F. Hurt of Alderwasley Hall and placed near the hall for the convenience of the family. The church was opened on 27 September 1849. Parish status The church is in a joint parish with *St James the Apostle's Church, Bonsall *All Saints' Church, Bradbourne *All Saints’ Church, Ballidon *St James’ Church, Brassington * St Margaret's Church, Carsington *All Saints’ Church, Elton *St James’ Church, Idridgehay * Holy Trinity Church, Kirk Ireton *Holy Trinity Church, Middleton-by-Wirksworth *St Mary's Church, Wirksworth Organ The organ was installed in 1880 and was built by Brindley & Foster. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register. See also * Listed buildings in Alderwasley References {{DEFAULTSORT:Alderwasley Alderwa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alderwasley
Alderwasley ( ) is a village and civil parish in the Amber Valley district of Derbyshire, England. The population of the civil parish as of the 2011 census was 469. Alderwasley Hall is the home to one of the sites of Alderwasley Hall School which is a special school for children and young people with Aspergers and/or Speech and Language Difficulties. It is about six miles north of Belper. The village's name derives from the Old English for "clearing near alluvial land growing with alders". In the Middle Ages, it was a manor within Duffield Frith and contained the Royal Park of Shining Cliff Woods and a later park was formed to the south called Bradley Laund. In 1284 the Shining Cliff was given to William Foun by Edmund Crouchback, Earl of Lancaster. Foun was given the job of maintaining the boundaries between the Pendleton and Peatpits Brooks. This passed to Thomas Lowe by marriage in 1471. His son Anthony Lowe, as gentleman of the bedchamber for Henry VIII, was made a heredit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magnetometer
A magnetometer is a device that measures magnetic field or magnetic dipole moment. Different types of magnetometers measure the direction, strength, or relative change of a magnetic field at a particular location. A compass is one such device, one that measures the direction of an ambient magnetic field, in this case, the Earth's magnetic field. Other magnetometers measure the magnetic dipole moment of a magnetic material such as a ferromagnet, for example by recording the effect of this magnetic dipole on the induced current in a coil. The first magnetometer capable of measuring the absolute magnetic intensity at a point in space was invented by Carl Friedrich Gauss in 1833 and notable developments in the 19th century included the Hall effect, which is still widely used. Magnetometers are widely used for measuring the Earth's magnetic field, in geophysical surveys, to detect magnetic anomalies of various types, and to determine the dipole moment of magnetic materials. In an air ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gold-leaf Electroscope
The electroscope is an early scientific instrument used to detect the presence of electric charge on a body. It detects charge by the movement of a test object due to the Coulomb electrostatic force on it. The amount of charge on an object is proportional to its voltage. The accumulation of enough charge to detect with an electroscope requires hundreds or thousands of volts, so electroscopes are used with high voltage sources such as static electricity and electrostatic machines. An electroscope can only give a rough indication of the quantity of charge; an instrument that measures electric charge quantitatively is called an electrometer. The electroscope was the first electrical measuring instrument. The first electroscope was a pivoted needle (called the ''versorium''), invented by British physician William Gilbert around 1600. a translation by P. Fleury Mottelay of William Gilbert (1600) ''Die Magnete'', London The pith-ball electroscope and the gold-leaf electroscope ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
