Holy Trinity Church, Stanton-in-Peak is a

Grade II listed In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Irel ...

parish church in the Church of England in

Stanton in Peak Stanton in Peak (also written as Stanton-in-Peak) is a village in the Derbyshire Dales district of Derbyshire, It is about seven miles north-west of Matlock, on the north side of Stanton Moor, from Birchover. The name of the civil parish is ...

, Derbyshire.

History

The church was built for

William Pole Thornhill William Pole Thornhill (1807 – 12 February 1876) was a British Whig and then Liberal Party politician. He sat in the House of Commons from 1853 to 1865. Life He was the son of Henry Bache Thornhill (son of Bache Thornhill) and his wife Helen ...

, who held the estate of

Stanton Hall, Stanton in Peak Stanton Hall is a privately owned country house at Stanton in Peak in the Derbyshire Peak District, the home of the Davie-Thornhill family. It is a Grade II* listed building. The manor of Stanton was owned for some two centuries by the Bach ...

. The foundation stone was laid by Mrs Thornhill in 1837 and it was opened worship by the Venerable

Francis Hodgson Francis Hodgson (16 November 1781 – 29 December 1852; also known as Frank Hodgson in correspondence) was a reforming Provost of Eton, educator, cleric, writer of verse, and friend of Byron. Life Hodgson was born on 16 November 1781, son of Re ...

DD, Archdeacon of Derby in September 1839. It was constituted a parish church, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, and consecrated with the adjoining cemetery by the Right Rev George Selwyn, DD, Bishop of Lichfield on 29 September 1875.

Parish status

The church is in a joint parish with *

St Michael's Church, Birchover St Michael's Church, Birchover, also known as Rowtor Chapel, is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Birchover, Derbyshire. Located in the Peak District National Park, St Michael was built as a privately endowed chapel for ...

*St Michael and All Angels’ Church, Middleton-by-Youlgreave *

All Saints’ Church, Youlgreave All Saints’ Church, Youlgreave is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Youlgreave, Derbyshire. History The church dates from the late 12th century, with 14th-, 15th- and 16th-century elements. It was restored between 1869 ...

Organ

The first organ was installed by

Brindley & Foster Brindley & Foster was a pipe organ builder based in Sheffield who flourished between 1854 and 1939. Background The business was established by Charles Brindley in 1854. He was joined by Albert Healey Foster in 1871 and the company acquired the ...

in 1877, the gift of Mrs Thornhill Gell. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Stanton in Peak Church of England church buildings in Derbyshire Grade II listed churches in Derbyshire 1875 establishments in England Churches completed in 1875

History

Parish status

Organ

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