St Peter's Church, Netherseal 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 ...

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in the

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Netherseal Netherseal (or 'Netherseale') is a village and civil parish in the English county of Derbyshire,OS Explorer Map 245: The National Forest :(1:25 000) :

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History

The church dates from the 13th century. The tower dates from the 15th century. It was rebuilt in 1874 under the direction of the architect Arthur Blomfield. The old pews were removed and replaced with open seating. Part of the nave walls and pillars were retained, but the rest was renewed. The vestry was taken down and replaced with a belfry. An organ chamber was provided on the north side of the chancel. Mr. Lilley of Ashby-de-la-Zouch was the contractor. The cost of the restoration was about £2,500 (). The church was reopened on 6 May 1874 by the Bishop of Peterborough. Its Churchyard Extension is the resting place of

Sir Nigel Gresley Sir Herbert Nigel Gresley (19 June 1876 – 5 April 1941) was a British railway engineer. He was one of Britain's most famous steam locomotive engineers, who rose to become Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the London and North Eastern Rail ...

, the famous locomotive engineer.

Organ

The pipe organ was installed by

Forster and Andrews Forster and Andrews was a British organ building company between 1843 and 1924. The company was formed by James Alderson Forster (1818–1886) and Joseph King Andrews (1820–1896), who had been employees of the London organ builder J. C. Bisho ...

in 1874. This was replaced in 1992 by an organ by W Hawkins transferred from Warley Woods Methodist Church. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.

Parish status

The church is in a joint parish with *St Mary's Church, Coton in the Elms *St John the Baptist's Church, Croxall cum Oakley *St Nicholas and the Blessed Virgin Mary's Church, Croxall cum Oakley *

All Saints' Church, Lullington All Saints’ Church, Lullington is a Grade II* listed parish church in the 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 ...

* St Mary's Church, Rosliston * St Lawrence's Church, Walton-on-Trent *St Matthew's Church, Overseal

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History

Organ

Parish status

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