St Edmund's Church, Fenny Bentley

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St Edmund's Church, Fenny Bentley
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St Edmund's Church, Fenny Bentley
St Edmund's Church, Fenny Bentley
Coordinates: 53°02′55.29″N1°44′27.59″W / 53.0486917°N 1.7409972°W / 53.0486917; -1.7409972
Location Fenny Bentley
Country England
Denomination Church of England
Website peakfive.org
History
Dedication Edmund the Martyr
Architecture
Heritage designation Grade II* listed [1]
Administration
Diocese Diocese of Derby
Archdeaconry Derby
Deanery Ashbourne
Parish Fenny Bentley

St Edmund's Church, Fenny Bentley is a Grade II* listed [1] parish church in the Church of England in Fenny Bentley, Derbyshire. [2]

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History

The church dates from around 1300. It was restored between 1847 and 1850 by Henry Isaac Stevens and Frederick Josias Robinson. The west tower was rebuilt in 1864. New stained glass windows were installed in 1892 by Edward Reginald Frampton. [3] It contains a 16th-century stone screen and the Elizabethan tombs of Thomas Beresford (died 1473) and his wife, upon which the effigies are shown bundled up in shrouds, possibly because the sculptor had no likeness to work from. [2]

Parish status

The church is in a joint parish with

Memorials

Organ

The church contains a pipe organ by Brindley & Foster. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 Historic England. "Church of St Edmund (Grade II*) (1335262)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  2. 1 2 Pevsner, Nikolaus (1978) [1953]. Derbyshire. The Buildings of England. Revised by Elizabeth Williamson. Yale University Press. p. 215. ISBN   0-14-071008-6.
  3. ↑ "New Memorial Windows at Fenny Bentley Church". Derbyshire Times and Chesterfield Herald. Derby. 21 May 1892. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  4. ↑ "NPOR [N000442]". National Pipe Organ Register . British Institute of Organ Studies . Retrieved 11 April 2015.
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