St John The Baptist's Church, Dethick
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St John the Baptist's Church, Dethick is a
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parish church in the
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in
Dethick Dethick , Lea and Holloway is a civil parish (and, since 1899, an ecclesiastical parish), in the Amber Valley borough of the England, English county of Derbyshire. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 census was 1,027. It is ...
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History

The church was founded in 1279 by Geoffrey Dethick, and Thomas de Wathenowe, the Prior of
Felley Priory Felley Priory is a 16th century house with gardens located in the village of Felley, Nottinghamshire, UK. It is situated on the grounds of a former priory established by Augustinians in 1156 and dissolved in 1536. The gardens were started in 19 ...
in Nottinghamshire as a private chapel to
Dethick Manor Dethick Manor is a 16th-century manor house, situated at Dethick, Amber Valley, Derbyshire, much altered in the 18th century and converted to use as a farmhouse. It is a Grade II* listed building. The manor of Dethick was anciently owned by the ...
. It is all of this early date with the exception of the tower which was added by Sir Antony Babington, between 1530 as noted on a date stone over the west door, and 1532, as noted on the richly decorated band of the tower.


Parish status

The church is in a joint parish with * St Giles' Church, Matlock * Christ Church, Holloway * St John the Baptist's Chapel, Matlock Bath


Organ

The pipe organ is a
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instrument. A specification of the organ can be found on the
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See also

* Grade II* listed buildings in Amber Valley *
Listed buildings in Dethick, Lea and Holloway Dethick, Lea and Holloway is a civil parish in the Amber Valley district of Derbyshire, England. The parish contains 36 Listed building#England and Wales, listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, fi ...


References

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Dethick Dethick , Lea and Holloway is a civil parish (and, since 1899, an ecclesiastical parish), in the Amber Valley borough of the England, English county of Derbyshire. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 census was 1,027. It is ...
Dethick Dethick , Lea and Holloway is a civil parish (and, since 1899, an ecclesiastical parish), in the Amber Valley borough of the England, English county of Derbyshire. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 census was 1,027. It is ...