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St Osmund's Church, Derby
St Osmund's Church, Derby is a Grade II listed Church of England parish church in Derby, Derbyshire. History The foundation stone was laid on 6 August 1904. The architects were Percy Heylyn Currey and Charles Clayton Thompson, and the contractor was Mr. R. Weston of Derby. It was built of Leicestershire brick, dressed with Matlock stone. It was consecrated by the Bishop of Southwell on 2 December 1905. In 1971, St Andrew's Church, Derby was demolished and the two parishes were united. Organ A pipe organ was installed by Bishop and Son. This was replaced in 2013 by the 1875 organ by Hunter originally in Christ Church, Brixton Road, then Queen's Hall Methodist Church, Derby. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register. See also * Listed buildings in Alvaston References {{DEFAULTSORT:Derby, Osmund Church of England church buildings in Derbyshire Churches completed in 1905 Osmund Grade II listed churches in Derbyshire Osmund Osmund (Latin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derby
Derby ( ) is a city and unitary authority area in Derbyshire, England. It lies on the banks of the River Derwent in the south of Derbyshire, which is in the East Midlands Region. It was traditionally the county town of Derbyshire. Derby gained city status in 1977, the population size has increased by 5.1%, from around 248,800 in 2011 to 261,400 in 2021. Derby was settled by Romans, who established the town of Derventio, later captured by the Anglo-Saxons, and later still by the Vikings, who made their town of one of the Five Boroughs of the Danelaw. Initially a market town, Derby grew rapidly in the industrial era. Home to Lombe's Mill, an early British factory, Derby has a claim to be one of the birthplaces of the Industrial Revolution. It contains the southern part of the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site. With the arrival of the railways in the 19th century, Derby became a centre of the British rail industry. Derby is a centre for advanced transport manufactur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christ Church, Brixton Road
Christ Church on Brixton Road in Lambeth SW9 is an Art Nouveau and Byzantine Revival Grade II* listed building built in 1902 by Arthur Beresford Pite for his brother-in-law, Rev William Mowll. The foundation stone of the new church was laid on 13 December 1898 by Princess Helena, and the old church was demolished in 1899. The foundation stone, by Edward Johnston, was cut by Eric Gill in 1902. The church was consecrated by Edward Talbot, the Bishop of Rochester, on 5 December 1902. There is a prominent clock on the exterior of church, probably erected at the time of its construction. The outside pulpit in the south-west corner was designed by Weir, Burrows and Weir and was dedicated on 3 November 1907. The present church was built on the site of an earlier chapel, formerly the independent Holland Chapel, which was sold to Anglicans in 1835, enlarged and renamed "Christ Church" in 1855. The foundation stone of the new church hall was laid on 24 July 1897, and the building ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grade II Listed Churches In Derbyshire
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Churches In Derby
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Churches Completed In 1905
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Church Of England Church Buildings In Derbyshire
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Listed Buildings In Alvaston
Alvaston is an Wards of the United Kingdom, electoral ward in the city of Derby, England. The ward contains 14 Listed building#England and Wales, listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, three are listed at Grade II*, the middle of the three grades, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The ward was initially a village, and it has grown to become a suburb of the city. Towards the north of the ward are the former Derby railway station#The Tri Junct Station, Tri Junct Station and the Derby Litchurch Lane Works, Derby Railway Works, and associated with them are four listed buildings. Some of the oldest listed buildings, consisting of cottages and a farmhouse, are located near the original centre of the village. The other listed buildings include churches and associated structures, a former toll house, and a conference centre. __NOTOC__ Key Buildings References Citations Sources * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Pipe Organ Register
The British Institute of Organ Studies (BIOS) is a British organisation and registered charity which aims to promote study and appreciation of all aspects of the pipe organ. Further, it acts as a lobbying body to raise awareness of organ issues with appropriate statutory bodies. Membership is open to all. Aims The aims of BIOS are * To promote objective, scholarly research into the history of the organ and its music in all its aspects, and, in particular, into the organ and its music in Britain. * To conserve the sources and materials for the history of the organ in Britain, and to make them accessible to scholars. * To work for the preservation and, where necessary, the faithful restoration of historic organs in Britain. * To encourage an exchange of scholarship with similar bodies and individuals abroad, and to promote, in Britain, a greater appreciation of historical overseas schools of organ-building. BIOS publishes a quarterly ''Reporter'' newsletter and magazine and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Andrew's Church, Derby
St Andrew's Church, London Road was a parish church in the Church of England in Derby, Derbyshire. It was built between 1864 and 1867 and demolished in 1971. History The corner stone for the church was laid by William Cavendish, 7th Duke of Devonshire on 29 March 1864. The architect was George Gilbert Scott and the contractors were Thompson and Fryer and even though incomplete, it was consecrated on 10 May 1866 by Rt. Revd. John Lonsdale the Bishop of Lichfield. The font was designed by Scott and carved by Mr. Hall of Derby. It consisted of an octagonal bowl of grey Derbyshire fossil marble, with a clustered column of green Connemara and Red Belgian marble. Work on the tower and spire started in 1880 and it was consecrated by the Bishop of Lichfield on 30 December 1881. The musician Ronald Binge, composer of BBC Radio Four's theme tune 'Sailing By' was a boy chorister at the church in the 1920s. The church became redundant in the 1960s and was demolished in 1971. The paris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derbyshire
Derbyshire ( ) is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands, England. It includes much of the Peak District National Park, the southern end of the Pennine range of hills and part of the National Forest. It borders Greater Manchester to the north-west, West Yorkshire to the north, South Yorkshire to the north-east, Nottinghamshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south-east, Staffordshire to the west and south-west and Cheshire to the west. Kinder Scout, at , is the highest point and Trent Meadows, where the River Trent leaves Derbyshire, the lowest at . The north–south River Derwent is the longest river at . In 2003, the Ordnance Survey named Church Flatts Farm at Coton in the Elms, near Swadlincote, as Britain's furthest point from the sea. Derby is a unitary authority area, but remains part of the ceremonial county. The county was a lot larger than its present coverage, it once extended to the boundaries of the City of Sheffield district in South Yorkshire where it cov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diocese Of Derby
The Diocese of Derby is a Church of England diocese in the Province of Canterbury, roughly covering the same area as the County of Derbyshire. Its diocesan bishop is the Bishop of Derby whose seat (cathedra) is at Derby Cathedral. The diocesan bishop is assisted by one suffragan bishop, the Bishop of Repton. Bishops The Bishop of Derby is Libby Lane. The diocesan Bishop is assisted by a suffragan Bishop of Repton ( Malcolm Macnaughton). The provincial episcopal visitor (for traditional Anglo-Catholic parishes in this diocese who have petitioned for alternative episcopal oversight) is the Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet. Derby is one of the few dioceses not to license the provincial episcopal visitor as an honorary assistant bishop. There is one former bishop licensed as honorary assistant bishops in the diocese: *2008–present: retired former Bishop of Sheffield Jack Nicholls lives in Chapel-en-le-Frith and is also licensed in neighbouring Diocese of Manchester. Roger Jupp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Percy Heylyn Currey
Percy Heylyn Currey FRIBA (November 1864 – 5 March 1942) was an English architect based in Derby. Life He was born in November 1864, the son of Benjamin Scott Currey and Helen Heygate. He was educated at Derby School from 1875 to 1883, and was awarded the Rowland Scholarship in 1878. He married Augusta Mary Anne Emily Frederieka Leacroft on 26 September 1897 in Little Eaton, Derbyshire. From 1895 he was Diocesan Surveyor to the Diocese of Southwell. From 1903 he was in partnership with Charles Clayton Thompson, as ''Currey and Thompson''. In 1907 he was made a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects. Works * St Stephen's Church, Borrowash 1890 * Derby School Chapel, site adjoining St. Helen's House, King Street, Derby 1891 (Demolished Sept 2017) *St Luke’s Vicarage, 48 Bedford Street, Derby 1896 *St Paul’s Church, Mansfield Road, Derby 1897 (addition of aisle) * St Giles' Church, Matlock 1898 (addition of south chapel) * St. Mary's Church, Westwood 1899 *28 L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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