St Michael's Church, Breaston is a Grade I listed

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in the

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Breaston Breaston ( ) is a large village and civil parish in the Erewash district, in the south-east of Derbyshire and lies approximately east of the city of Derby and west of the city of Nottingham. The population of the civil parish as taken at the 2 ...

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History

The church dates from the 11th century, but is mostly 14th and 15th century. The roofs were raised in the 16th century. A restoration took place in 1871 by

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of Nottingham where the old box pews were replaced with new seating, and choir stalls were provided. The west gallery was removed. The floor was laid with boards under the seating, red quarry tiles in the aisles, and May and Co encaustic tiles laid in the chancel. The south aisle roof was re-leaded. The Rector provided a small stained glass window featuring St Michael, which was designed and installed by

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. It was restored between 1895 and 1899 by

and

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who also added a new vestry. The contractor was C Baines of Newark.

Parish status

The church is in a joint parish with *St Chad's Church, Church Wilne *St Mary's Church, Draycott

Organ

The pipe organ was built by

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and dates from 1975. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.

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History

Parish status

Organ

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