St_Edmund’s_Church,_Castleton

St Edmund's Church, Castleton

St Edmund's Church, Castleton

Church in Derbyshire, England

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

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History

The church dates from the 12th century, and has some 14th-century elements. Alterations were carried out in 1831 when the south porch was built, and the aisles were demolished. A restoration was carried out in 1886 by Hill Brothers of Tideswell.[3]

The tower of St. Edmund's contains a ring of eight bells, with the heaviest six cast in 1802, and two trebles cast in 1812.[4] All bells were cast by James II Harrison,[5] and are unusual for their light weight (11 hundredweight), while being in the key of E-flat. Modern, tuned bells in this key normally weigh in the region of 20 hundredweight.[6]

Vicars

List of the vicars of Castleton
  • 1216 William de Furnell
  • 1242 Ade de Eston
  • 1285 Ralph Hering
  • 1307 William de Easheton
  • 1323 Walter
  • 1362 Thomas de la Peke
  • 1372 William de Ruley
  • 1385 Adam de Barowe
  • 1388 W. Dryden
  • 1412 William Hall
  • 1432 Thomas Gardiner
  • 1433 Giles Claybrook
  • 1456 William Taylear
  • 1473 William Gardner
  • 1536 Edmund Goldsmythe
  • 1547 John Wimsley
  • 1555 Hugh Eyre
  • 1579 Thomas Savage
  • 1591 Thomas Furness
  • 1626 Ralph Cantrell
  • 1627 Isaac Ambrose
  • 1631 Lawrence Castle
  • 1644 Samuel Cryer
  • 1697 Thomas Roe
  • 1723 Edward Bagshaw
  • 1769 John Mushchamp Dover
  • 1775 Francis Herbert Hume
  • 1780 Frederick Farran
  • 1817 Charles Cecil Bates
  • 1853 Hugh Ford Bacon
  • 1871 Alfred Staff Prior
  • 1879 Henry Smith Warleigh
  • 1892 Robert Jocelyn Charles Orde
  • 1904 John Hoult Brooksbank
  • 1910 Edmund Wasteneys Hobson
  • 1935 William J. Ebsworth Jones
  • 1950 Joseph William Haydock
  • 1957 Herbert William Meakin
  • 1963 Frank Eric Mason
  • 1964 William Glyndwr John
  • 1969 Christopher Michael Roberts
  • 1975 Michael Francis Collier
  • 1998 Peter John Bowles
  • 2005 Ian Andrew Davis

Parish status

The church is in a joint parish with

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.[7]

Stained glass

  • Dorcas and King Edmund by Hincks and Burnell 1937
  • East window in memory of Charles Cecil Bates
  • Faith, Hope and Charity
  • Window in memory of Ivanita Teresa Marples by Charles Eamer Kempe

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Historic England. "Church of St Edmund (Grade II*) (1087866)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
  2. [2]
    Pevsner, Nikolaus (1978). The Buildings of England: Derbyshire. Yale University Press. ISBN 0140710086.
  3. [3]
    "Castleton. St Edmund's Church". Derbyshire Times and Chesterfield Herald. Derby. 29 December 1886. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
  4. [4]
    "Dove Details". dove.cccbr.org.uk. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  5. [5]
    "Bell Founders Database". bellfounders.net. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  6. [6]
    "Dove's Guide Search". dove.cccbr.org.uk. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  7. [7]
    "NPOR [N05319]". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
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