St Helen's Church, Darley Dale

St Helen’s Church, Darley Dale
St Helen’s Church, Darley Dale
	St Helen’s Church, Darley Dale
	53°09′46.51″N1°36′9.75″W / 53.1629194°N 1.6027083°W
Location	Darley Dale
Country	England
Denomination	Church of England
History
Dedication	St Helen
Architecture
Heritage designation	Grade II* listed
Administration
Diocese	Diocese of Derby
Archdeaconry	Chesterfield
Deanery	Wirksworth
Parish	Darley

Last updated May 24, 2023

St Helen's Church, Darley Dale is a Grade II* listed ^[2]^[1] parish church in the Church of England in Darley Dale, Derbyshire.^[3]

History

The church has elements of architecture from the Norman to the Perpendicular Gothic periods. It was restored and enlarged between 1854 and 1855 at a cost of £1,300 by Henry Isaac Stevens and was reopened on 24 April 1855.^[4]

The church was restored again in 1908 by the architect Percy Heylyn Currey.^[5]

Parish status

The church is in a joint parish with:

Mission Room, Over Hackney
St Mary the Virgin's Church, South Darley
St John the Baptist's Church, Winster

Monuments

Sir Joseph Whitworth (churchyard)

Organ

The church contains a pipe organ by Brindley and Foster. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.^[6]

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References

1 2 Historic England. "Parish Church of St Helen (Grade II*) (1247836)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 4 April 2015.
↑ "Parish Church of St Helen, Darley Dale". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
↑ The Buildings of England. Derbyshire. Nikolaus Pevsner. Yale University Press. 1978. ISBN 0140710086
↑ "Reopening of the parish church of Darley Dale". Derby Mercury. Derby. 25 April 1837. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
↑ "Darley Dale". Derbyshire Courier. Derby. 14 November 1908. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
↑ "NPOR [N05328]". National Pipe Organ Register . British Institute of Organ Studies . Retrieved 4 April 2015.

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[NHLE-1] 1 2 Historic England. "Parish Church of St Helen (Grade II*) (1247836)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 4 April 2015.

[2] "Parish Church of St Helen, Darley Dale". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 4 April 2015.

[3] The Buildings of England. Derbyshire. Nikolaus Pevsner. Yale University Press. 1978. ISBN 0140710086

[4] "Reopening of the parish church of Darley Dale". Derby Mercury. Derby. 25 April 1837. Retrieved 4 April 2015.

[5] "Darley Dale". Derbyshire Courier. Derby. 14 November 1908. Retrieved 4 April 2015.

[6] "NPOR [N05328]". National Pipe Organ Register . British Institute of Organ Studies . Retrieved 4 April 2015.

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