St Michael's Church, Stanton By Bridge
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St Michael's Church, Stanton by Bridge is a
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in the
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in
Stanton by Bridge Stanton by Bridge is a village and civil parish in the England, English county of Derbyshire. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 246. Description St Michael's Church, Stanton by Bridge, St Michael's Church is on some of th ...
,
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.


History

The church is medieval with elements from the 11th to the 13th century. It was rebuilt around 1682 by the Rector, Augustine Jackson. A further restoration was undertaken between 1865 and 1866 under the supervision of the architect
Ewan Christian Ewan Christian (1814–1895) was a British architect. He is most frequently noted for the restorations of Southwell Minster and Carlisle Cathedral, and the design of the National Portrait Gallery (London), National Portrait Gallery. He was Arch ...
with the contractor being John Wood of Derby.. It reopened on 9 May 1866. New roofs were erected over the nave and
chancel In church architecture, the chancel is the space around the altar, including the Choir (architecture), choir and the sanctuary (sometimes called the presbytery), at the liturgical east end of a traditional Christian church building. It may termi ...
. The walls were cleaned removing the thick coating of lime. Open benches of white varnished deal replaced the old pews, and an ornamental bell turret replaced the old wooden bell turret. Five
stained glass Stained glass refers to coloured glass as a material or art and architectural works created from it. Although it is traditionally made in flat panels and used as windows, the creations of modern stained glass artists also include three-dimensio ...
windows by
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of Newcastle were inserted.


Memorials

*William Sacheverell (d. 1558) *Richard Francis (d. 1530) *Richard Sheppard (d. 1728) *Thomas Shipton (d. 1711)


Parish status

The church is in a joint parish with: *
St Michael with St Mary's Church, Melbourne St Michael and St Mary's Church, Melbourne is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Melbourne, Derbyshire. History The church is medieval and existed when the Domesday Book was compiled in 1086. The current building dates f ...
* St James' Church, Smisby * St George's Church, Ticknall


Organ

The church contains a pipe organ by
Brindley & Foster Brindley & Foster was a pipe organ builder based in Sheffield who flourished between 1854 and 1939. Background The business was established by Charles Brindley in 1854. He was joined by Albert Healey Foster in 1871 and the company acquired the ...
. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.


See also

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Grade I listed churches in Derbyshire Derbyshire is a Counties of England, county in the East Midlands of England. The Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county of Derbyshire includes the unitary authority of the city of Derby. This is a complete list of the Grade I l ...
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Grade I listed buildings in Derbyshire There are over 9000 Grade I listed buildings in England. This page is a list of these buildings in the county of Derbyshire, sub-divided by district. Amber Valley Bolsover Chesterfield City of Derby ...
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Listed buildings in Stanton by Bridge Stanton by Bridge is a civil parish in the South Derbyshire district of Derbyshire, England. The parish contains twelve listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, two are listed at Grade I, the ...


References

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