St Peter's Church, Belper is a

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parish church in the

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Belper Belper is a town and civil parish in the local government district of Amber Valley in Derbyshire, England, located about north of Derby on the River Derwent. As well as Belper itself, the parish also includes the village of Milford and the ha ...

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History

The church was built to the designs of the architect

Matthew Habershon Matthew Habershon (1789–1852) was an English architect. Biography Habershon, born in 1789, came of a Yorkshire family. In 1806 he was articled to the architect William Atkinson, with whom he remained for some years as assistant. He was an occa ...

. The designs were exhibited at the

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of 1824. The church was consecrated by the Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry, Rt. Revd. Henry Ryder on 6 September 1824.

Parish status

The church is in a joint parish with: *St Swithun's Church, Belper *St Mark's Church, Openwoodgate, Belper

Memorials

*George Brettle, 1835 by

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Organ

The first organ dating from around 1754 was installed second hand from the old chapel of St John. It was sold to

St Luke's Church, Heage St Luke's Church, Heage is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in Heage, Derbyshire. History There was a church in existence by 1343 as Nicholas of High Edge (Heage) is recorded as the first priest. The medieval church was ...

when a new organ was provided by William Holt of Bradford at a cost of 300 guineas (), and was opened on 22 December 1853. This was rebuilt in 1873 by Radcliffe & Sagar of Woodhouse Lane in Leeds enlarging it to become an instrument of 3-manual & pedals. In 1902 J.H. Adkins of Derby overhauled the organ and made some tonal changes. In 1978/9 some further work was done by Edmund Stow. A specification of the current organ can be found on the

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Organists

*Isaac Hanson ca. 1860 *W. A. Shaw ???? - 1871 (afterwards organist of Salem Chapel, Belper) *

Thomas Barker Mellor Thomas Barker Mellor (1849 – 5 September 1915) was an English photographer and organist who worked in Derbyshire from around the mid 1860s to 1913. He was born in Belper in 1849, the son of John Mellor (1812–1900) and Jane Barker. His brother ...

1871 - 1877 *Walter Wardle Windle F.C.O. 1882 - 1930 (formerly organist of Brimington) *Reginald G. Harvey 1930 - ????

Bells

The church tower contains 8 bells all cast in 1925 by John Taylor of Loughborough.

Clock

A new clock by John Moore & Sons was installed in the tower in 1864.

References

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