St. Luke's Church is a

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parish church on Parliament Street in

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in the

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History

The church was erected between 1868 and 1871 to designs by the architects

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 Ann ...

and Frederick Josias Robinson. The church was consecrated on Saturday 24 June 1871 by the

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George Selwyn. In the 1880s, a mission church of

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was opened in the Firs Estate. St Luke's is a traditional

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church. It is a member of

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, an Anglo-Catholic organisation that opposes the

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and liberal attitudes to homosexuality. It is under the

alternative episcopal oversight A provincial episcopal visitor (PEV), popularly known as a flying bishop, is a Church of England bishop assigned to minister to many of the clergy, laity and parishes who on grounds of theological conviction, "are unable to receive the ministry of ...

of the

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(currently Paul Thomas). On 1 April 2017, St Luke's joined with another Anglo-Catholic Derby church, St Bartholomew's in Allenton, to form a

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of St Batholomew and St Luke. The Church is also under the patronage of The Society.

Organ

A temporary organ was obtained when the church was first opened, but resources were found to purchase a new three-manual organ from Abbott of Leeds and this was opened on 18 October 1881. A specification of the current organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.

Organists

Henry Houseley Henry Houseley FRCO (20 September 1851– 13 March 1925) was an English organist, composer and teacher, who moved to Denver, Colorado. Career Henry Houseley was born on 20 September 1851 in Sutton in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire. He received his mu ...

1870 –1882 *George Bramley 1882 - 1884 *Arthur Rawlinson Wood 1884 -1901 *Norman Hibbert 1901 - 1912 (afterwards organist of

St Werburgh's Church, Derby St Werburgh's Church is an Anglican church on Friargate in the city of Derby, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a Grade II* listed building. In this church, Samuel Johnson (Dr Johnson) married Elizabeth ...

) *

Arthur Griffin Claypole Arthur Griffin Claypole (1882–1929) FRCO LTCL was a cathedral organist, who served in Derby Cathedral. Background Arthur Claypole was born in 1882 in Peterborough. He graduated from Durham University as Bachelor of Music in 1902. He studied o ...

1912 – 1914 *A W Wilford 1915 - 1918 *

1918 – 1921 *A.H. Fithyan 1921 - 1924 *Alban Claughton 1924 - 1925 *Fred Morley 1925 - 1927 (afterwards organist of

All Saints' Church, Ripley All Saints’ Church, Ripley is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Ripley, Derbyshire. History The church dates from 1821. It was built by the Butterley Company. The baptistry was added in 1921 and it was restored in 195 ...

) *Horace Barker 1927 - 1933 *

Hubert Henry Norsworthy Hubert Henry Norsworthy (1885 - 18 August 1961) was an organist and composer based in England. Life He was born in Haverigg, Millom in Cumberland in 1885, the son of John Henry Norsworthy and Annie Dawson. During the First World War he served in ...

1933 - 1942 * Colin William Mellor 1963–77

References

External links

St Bartholomew and St Luke website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Derby, St Luke Churches completed in 1871

Grade II* listed buildings in Derby Churches in Derby Grade II* listed churches in Derbyshire

Luke People *Luke (given name), a masculine given name (including a list of people and characters with the name) * Luke (surname) (including a list of people and characters with the name) *Luke the Evangelist, author of the Gospel of Luke. Also known a ...