St Wilfrid's Church, Barrow-upon-Trent
| St Wilfrid’s Church, Barrow upon Trent | |
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 St Wilfrid’s Church, Barrow upon Trent
(photograph by Jerry Evans) | |
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| 52°51′7.01″N 1°28′38.1″W / 52.8519472°N 1.477250°W | |
| Location | Barrow upon Trent |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Church of England |
| Website | trentderwentparishes.org |
| History | |
| Dedication | St Wilfrid |
| Architecture | |
| Heritage designation | Grade I listed[1] |
| Administration | |
| Diocese | Diocese of Derby |
| Archdeaconry | Derby |
| Deanery | Melbourne |
| Parish | Barron-on-Trent with Twyford |
St Wilfrid’s Church, Barrow upon Trent is a Grade I listed[1] parish church in the Church of England in Barrow upon Trent, Derbyshire.[2]
History
The Church is a pre conquest Anglo Saxon building.[3] It was given to the Knights Hospitaller in 1165 by Robert De Bagpuize and they developed the building until around 1540.[4] 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.[5] The church is mentioned along with the village in the Domesday Book.[6]
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 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
- ^ a b Historic England. "Church of St Wilfrid (Grade I) (1096559)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
- ^ The Buildings of England. Derbyshire. Nikolaus Pevsner. Yale University Press. 1978. ISBN 0140710086
- ^ Ryder, Peter (2013). "A historic building assessment, appendix 6 archaeological reports 6.1 Northumberland": 54.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Turbutt, Gladwyn (1999). The Hospitaller Order of St John of Jerusalem in Derbyshire History. Scarthin Books. ISBN 1900446014.
- ^ Badham, Sally (2016). "The rise to poularity of alabaster for memorialisation in England": 8. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Domesday Book: A Complete Translation. London: Penguin, 2003. p. 748 ISBN 0-14-143994-7