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St Leonard's Church, Shirland is a
Grade II* listed In the United Kingdom, a listed building is a structure of particular architectural or historic interest deserving of special protection. Such buildings are placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, H ...
parish church in the
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Shirland Shirland is a former pit village in Derbyshire, England. Together with the neighbouring villages of Higham, Derbyshire, Higham, Stretton, Derbyshire, Stretton and Stonebroom, it forms part of the Civil parishes in England, civil parish of Shi ...
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Derbyshire Derbyshire ( ) is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. It borders Greater Manchester, West Yorkshire, and South Yorkshire to the north, Nottinghamshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south-east, Staffordshire to the south a ...
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History

The church dates from the 15th century. Alterations were made in the 17th century. It was restored between 1848 and 1849 under the direction of the architect
Henry Isaac Stevens Henry Isaac Stevens FRIBA was an architect based in Derby. He was born in London, in 1806, and died in 1873. In the late 1850s he changed his name to Isaac Henry Stevens. Family His parents were Isaac Stevens and Elizabeth Young. He married An ...
and was re-opened by the Bishop of Lichfield on 24 January 1849. The church was restored again in 1929.


Parish status

The church is in a joint parish with: * Holy Cross Church, Morton * St Peter's Church, Stonebroom


Organ

An organ was installed at a cost of £200 () in 1885 by John Stringer and Co of Hanley. A specification of the organ can be found on the
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Bells

The church tower contains a ring of 6 bells.


See also

* Grade II* listed buildings in North East Derbyshire *
Listed buildings in Shirland and Higham Shirland and Higham is a civil parish in the North East Derbyshire district of Derbyshire, England. The parish contains 42 Listed building#England and Wales, listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of thes ...


References

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Shirland Shirland is a former pit village in Derbyshire, England. Together with the neighbouring villages of Higham, Derbyshire, Higham, Stretton, Derbyshire, Stretton and Stonebroom, it forms part of the Civil parishes in England, civil parish of Shi ...
Shirland Shirland is a former pit village in Derbyshire, England. Together with the neighbouring villages of Higham, Derbyshire, Higham, Stretton, Derbyshire, Stretton and Stonebroom, it forms part of the Civil parishes in England, civil parish of Shi ...
15th-century architecture in the United Kingdom