The Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, Edale, is a Grade II listed

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in the

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History

The church replaced a 17th-century chapel that stood across the road within the old graveyard. The earlier church was built in 1633 and consecrated on Trinity Sunday 1634 by Rt. Revd. Robert Wright, the Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield. It was rebuilt on the same site in 1812. Originally a part of the parish of Castleton, it became a parish in its own right in 1863. The current church was built between 1885 and 1886 to the designs of architect William Dawes of Manchester in the

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style. The contractor for the church was Mr Thomas Beck of Matlock Bridge. The foundation stone was laid on 22 May 1885 by

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and the building was consecrated on 23 June 1886 by George Ridding, the Bishop of Southwell. The tower, rising to a height of (excluding the weather vane), was completed in 1889 by the contractor Hill of Litton, Derbyshire, and the dedication of the new church took place on 25 October 1889. It was constructed for a cost of £2,960 (). The stained glass in the northeasternmost window in memory of Elizabeth Margaret Champion (d 14 Dec 1898) in the nave is by

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and dates from 1905. The east window (1896), is also by Comper, a memorial to a former vicar, the Revd John Champion.

Organ

The church contains a pipe organ by Albert Keates of Sheffield dating from 1936. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.

Gallery

File:The nave and chancel of Edale Church.JPG, Nave and chancel File:The organ, Edale Church.JPG, The organ File:Window by Sir Ninian Comper in Edale Church.JPG, Window by Sir John

Ninian Comper Sir John Ninian Comper (10 June 1864 – 22 December 1960) was a Scottish architect; one of the last of the great Gothic Revival architects. His work almost entirely focused on the design, restoration and embellishment of churches, and the de ...

, 1905 File:East window of Edale Church.JPG, East window

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Edale Church of England church buildings in Derbyshire Grade II listed churches in Derbyshire Churches completed in 1889

History

Organ

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