St John the Baptist church is a

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church in

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in the

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History

The building that is seen today is largely a

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dating from 1860, with a bell tower. The new church was consecrated on 17 October 1860 by the Bishop of Lichfield.

Parish status

The church is in a joint parish with St Michael and All Angels' Church, Hathersage.

Organ

A pipe organ was built by Albert Keates of Sheffield. It was rebuilt and extended in 1958 by T.C. Wilcock of Sheffield. A specification of the organ can be found on the

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The bells and tower

A peal of six bells was provided at the rebuilding in 1860 by Naylor, Vickers and Co of Sheffield. The tower currently has six ringable bells, cast in 1998 by

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to mark the Millennium. The modern bells have sprung metal stays instead of wooden ones. The Treble weighs 1

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3 quarters and 12lb (94.4 kg). The tenor weighs 1

and 26lb (215.2 kg). The bellringers practice on Wednesdays.

The churchyard

Exhumations from the cemetery of the village of Derwent were re-interred in St John's churchyard after the construction of the Ladybower Dam submerged that village during the

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. Also in the graveyard is a grave marking the dead from Tin Town (

Birchinlee Birchinlee is the site of "Tin Town", a village built by the Derwent Valley Water Board for the workers (and their families) who constructed the Derwent and Howden Dams between 1902 and 1916. Most of the workers had previously been engaged in ...

), a temporary village made to house the workers who built the Derwent and the

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dams in 1902. There is also a memorial for the dead of the

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. The churchyard contains

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from

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of two male soldiers, a female member of

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and a

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airman.
CWGC Cemetery Report, details from casualty record.

Location

Main Road,

, Hope Valley, Derbyshire, Hope Valley,

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, UK Opposite St John's Close

References

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