St Wilfrid’s Church, Barrow upon Trent is a

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in the

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Barrow upon Trent Barrow upon Trent is a village and civil parish in the South Derbyshire district of Derbyshire, England with a business park planned for the outskirts of the village. The village is south of Derby, and between the River Trent (to the south) an ...

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History

The Church is a pre conquest Anglo Saxon building. It was given to the

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in 1165 by Robert de Bakepuiz and they developed the building until around 1540. The church is home to an alabaster effigy of a priest, thought to be John de Belton, which is believed to be the oldest existing alabaster effigy of a priest in the country. The church is mentioned along with the village in the

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.''Domesday Book: A Complete Translation''. London: Penguin, 2003. p. 748 Within the churchyard is the grave of

Anne Mozley Anne Mozley (17 September 1809 – 27 June 1891)Albert Frederick Pollard. ''Anne Mozley'' Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 39. p. 249. was a British writer and critic. She lived in Derby and the small village of Barrow-u ...

, editor of the Anglican papers of Cardinal (St) John Newman.

Parish status

The church is in a joint parish with * All Saints’ Church, Aston-upon-Trent * St Andrew’s Church, Twyford * St Bartholomew’s Church, Elvaston * St James Church, Shardlow *

St James’ Church, Swarkestone St James’ Church, Swarkestone is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in Swarkestone, Derbyshire. History The church dates from the 12th and 16th centuries. It was rebuilt between 1874 and 1876 by Frederick Josias Robinso ...

* St Mary the Virgin’s Church, Weston-on-Trent

Memorials

The church contains memorials to *Elizabeth Milward (d. 1610) *John Bancroft (d. 1803) by W Barton of Derby *Elizabeth Mozeley (d. 1883) by R C Lomas of Derby *Richard Sale (d. 1808) by Hall of Derby

References

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History

Parish status

Memorials

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