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St James' Church, Edlaston
St James’ Church, Edlaston is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in Edlaston, Derbyshire. History The church dates from the 14th century. The nave was probably rebuilt in 1682 as this date is carved on a stone in the east wall outside. At the end of the 18th century, the rector was Robert Greville. He and wife Dorothy had a son Robert Kaye Greville who was brought up in the village. He would be a leading botanist and abolitionist. In 1870 the gallery in the nave was removed, and oak benches installed in place of the wooden pews. The floor was paved throughout and the aisles and chancel laid with Minton encaustic tiles. Choir stalls were built and a new altar table and altar rails provided. This restoration was funded by the rector, Rt. Revd. Bishop Edmund Hobhouse and executed by the contractor Mr. Thorley of Ellastone. The church reopened on 28 October 1870. On 25 July 1900, the cornerstone was laid for a major restoration by the architect E. Arden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edlaston
Edlaston is a village three miles south of Ashbourne in Derbyshire, just off the A515 road. It is in close proximity to the hamlet of Wyaston, and the civil parish is called Edlaston and Wyaston. It had a population of 220 at the 2011 Census. It is very rural as the land is light and stony with a clay subsoil, which is suitable for dairy pasture. The village consists of a few farms and cottages and a traditional stone built public house The Shire Horse on the outer east edge of the village. To the west of the village is Edlaston Hall. It and its outbuildings have been converted to multiple dwellings. History Edlaston is mentioned in Domesday book as "Dulvestune", and later "Edolveston", meaning "Eadwulf's farm". The manor of Edlaston was given to the prior and convent of Tutbury by Earl Ferrers, son of the founder. After the Reformation it was granted by Henry VIII in 1548 to William Paget, who a year afterwards sold it to Sir Edward Aston. Later it belonged to the Eyres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oxford
Oxford () is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city and non-metropolitan district in Oxfordshire, England, of which it is the county town. The city is home to the University of Oxford, the List of oldest universities in continuous operation, oldest university in the English-speaking world; it has buildings in every style of Architecture of England, English architecture since late History of Anglo-Saxon England, Anglo-Saxon. Oxford's industries include motor manufacturing, education, publishing, science, and information technologies. Founded in the 8th century, it was granted city status in 1542. The city is located at the confluence of the rivers Thames (locally known as the Isis) and River Cherwell, Cherwell. It had a population of in . It is north-west of London, south-east of Birmingham and north-east of Bristol. History The history of Oxford in England dates back to its original settlement in the History of Anglo-Saxon England, Saxon period. The name � ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holy Trinity Church, Yeaveley ...
Holy Trinity Church, Yeaveley is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Yeaveley, Derbyshire. History The foundation stone was laid on 8 August 1839 by Revd. W. A. Shirley. and the church opened in 1840. It was built of red bricks in Flemish bond with sone and moulded brick dressings. Parish status The church is in a joint parish with *All Saints' Church, Brailsford * St James' Church, Edlaston * St Martin's Church, Osmaston *St Michael's Church, Shirley See also *Listed buildings in Yeaveley References {{DEFAULTSORT:Yeaveley Yeaveley Yeaveley Yeaveley is a small village and civil parish near Rodsley and 4 miles south of Ashbourne in Derbyshire. The population of the civil parish (including Rodsley) as at the 2011 census was 396. The village has no school but does have a public ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Michael's Church, Shirley
St Michael's Church, Shirley is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in Shirley, Derbyshire. History The church dates from the 14th century. The north aisle was rebuilt in 1842 by Henry Isaac Stevens and the pews were placed. It re-opened on 5 April 1842 when all present were struck with the accuracy, simplicity and devotional effect of the singing by the parishioners of Shirley and Longford, who had been instructed for only a few months on the Wilhelm system, thereby proving its applicability to the improvement of congregational psalmody. The foundation stone for the new tower of the church was laid on 8 September 1860 by Francis Wright of Osmaston Manor The designs were by Henry Isaac Stevens of Derby and the contractor was J.W. Thompson of Exeter Street, Derby. On 27 January 1861, a number of the children in the church were overcome by fumes from the heating flue that passed under the floor. Fortunately, there were no fatalities. Parish status The chu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Martin's Church, Osmaston
St Martin's Church, Osmaston is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in Osmaston, Derbyshire Dales. History The original church may have dated from 1606. The first stone of the new church was laid on 8 June 1843. and it was designed by Henry Isaac Stevens of Derby. It consists of a nave, aisles, chancel, west tower, south porch and vestry. The external stone for the walls is limestone from land owned by Henry FitzHerbert, 3rd Baronet of Tissington, and other stone from the quarries at Stanton near Ashbourne was used for the windows, doors, buttresses, and moulded and ornamental portions. The builder was William Evans of Ellastone, Ashbourne. The £9,000 () cost of rebuilding plus the attached school-rooms was funded by Francis Wright of Lenton, Nottingham, and the church was consecrated by the Bishop of Lichfield, Rt. Revd. John Lonsdale on 23 June 1845. War memorial The churchyard contains a Grade II listed war memorial of 1921 by Walter Shirley, 11 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All Saints' Church, Brailsford
All Saints’ Church, Brailsford is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Brailsford, Derbyshire. History The church dates from the 12th century. It comprises a west tower, nave with south aisle, chancel and north vestry. It was restored between 1882 and 1883 when the galleries were removed. The walls and pillars of the church were scraped of plaster and whitewash. The stonework of the doors and windows was cleaned and restored by Mr. Walker of Ashbourne. The pews were removed and oak benches installed. The floor of the nave was relaid with oak blocks and the chancel was laid with Minton encaustic tiles. Parish status The church is in a joint parish with * St James' Church, Edlaston * St Martin's Church, Osmaston * St Michael's Church, Shirley * Holy Trinity Church, Yeaveley Memorials *Edward Cox (d. 1846) by Hall of Derby *Annie Mosse (d. 1868) by Hall of Derby *Mary Horsfall (d. 1862) by Hall of Derby *Thomas Cox (d. 1842) by Hall of Derby *John Boden (d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nottingham Evening Post
The ''Nottingham Post'' (formerly the ''Nottingham Evening Post'') is an English tabloid newspaper which serves Nottingham, Nottinghamshire and parts of Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Lincolnshire. The ''Post'' is published Monday to Saturday each week, and was also available via online subscription until 10 March 2020. In the first six months of 2024, the paper had a daily circulation of 3,487, down 23.7% on the same period in 2023. History The first edition of ''The Evening Post'' was printed by Thomas Forman on 1 May 1878. It sold for ½d and consisted of four pages. In July 1963, the ''Post''s main competitor, the ''Nottingham Evening News'', closed and merged with the ''Post''. Also, the city’s two morning papers, the ''Nottingham Guardian'' and the '' Nottingham Journal'', were merged into ''The Guardian Journal''. On 19 June 1973, a printing dispute began, causing a period of industrial turmoil in the company, and ''The Guardian Journal'' ceased publication on that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmund Hobhouse
Edmund Hobhouse (17 April 1817 – 20 April 1904) was the English-born bishop of Nelson, New Zealand, and an antiquary. Biography Edmund Hobhouse, born in London on 17 April 1817, was the elder brother of Arthur Hobhouse, 1st Baron Hobhouse, and the second son of Henry Hobhouse, under-secretary of state for the home department (Home Office). He enrolled at Eton in 1824 but left in 1830 due to illness and continued his education with tutors. On 16 December 1834 he enrolled at Balliol College, Oxford, and graduated B.A. in 1838, M.A. in 1842, B.D. in 1851, and D.D. in 1858. He rowed in the Balliol boat for four years (1835–8) and was stroked in 1836–7. Oxford having no facilities for theological study, Hobhouse went to Durham University, where he received his L.Th. in 1840. At his father's wish, he entered for a fellowship at Merton, and was elected at his third trial in 1841. In the same year (1842), he was ordained a deacon and priest. In 1843, he became vicar of the college ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Kaye Greville
Dr. Robert Kaye Greville FRSE FLS LLD (13 December 1794 – 4 June 1866) was an England, English mycologist, bryology, bryologist, and botanist. He was an accomplished artist and illustrator of natural history. In addition to art and science he was interested in causes like Abolitionism in the United Kingdom, abolitionism, capital punishment, keeping Sunday special and the temperance movement. He has a mountain in Queensland named after him. Biography Greville was born at Bishop Auckland, County Durham, Durham, but was brought up in Derbyshire by his parents Dorothy ( Chaloner) and Robert Greville. His father who liked to compose was the rector of St James' Church, Edlaston, the parish church in Edlaston in Derbyshire. Greville had an interest in natural history since he was very young, but he originally studied medicine. Realising that he did not need an income he discarded four years of medical education in London and Edinburgh and decided to concentrated on botany which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derbyshire
Derbyshire ( ) is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. It borders Greater Manchester, West Yorkshire, and South Yorkshire to the north, Nottinghamshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south-east, Staffordshire to the south and west, and Cheshire to the west. Derby is the largest settlement, and Matlock is the county town. The county has an area of and a population of 1,053,316. The east of the county is more densely populated than the west, and contains the county's largest settlements: Derby (261,400), Chesterfield (88,483), and Swadlincote (45,000). For local government purposes Derbyshire comprises a non-metropolitan county, with eight districts, and the Derby unitary authority area. The East Midlands Combined County Authority includes Derbyshire County Council and Derby City Council. The north and centre of Derbyshire are hilly and contain the southern end of the Pennines, most of which are part of the Peak District National Park. They include Kinde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Province Of Canterbury
The Province of Canterbury, or less formally the Southern Province, is one of two ecclesiastical provinces which constitute the Church of England. The other is the Province of York (which consists of 12 dioceses). Overview The Province consists of 30 dioceses, covering roughly two-thirds of England, parts of Wales, all of the Channel Islands and continental Europe, Morocco, Turkey, Mongolia and the territory of the former Soviet Union (under the jurisdiction of the Diocese of Gibraltar in Europe). The Province previously also covered all of Wales but lost most of its jurisdiction in 1920, when the then four dioceses of the Church in Wales were disestablished and separated from Canterbury to form a distinct ecclesiastical province of the Anglican Communion. The Province of Canterbury retained jurisdiction over eighteen areas of Wales that were defined as part of "border parishes", parishes whose ecclesiastical boundaries straddled the temporal boundary between England and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diocese Of Derby
The Diocese of Derby is a Church of England diocese in the Province of Canterbury, roughly covering the same area as the County of Derbyshire. Its diocesan bishop is the Bishop of Derby whose seat (cathedra) is at Derby Cathedral. The diocesan bishop is assisted by one suffragan bishop, the Bishop of Repton. Bishops The Bishop of Derby is Libby Lane. The diocesan Bishop is assisted by a suffragan Bishop of Repton ( Malcolm Macnaughton). The provincial episcopal visitor (for traditional Anglo-Catholic parishes in this diocese who have petitioned for alternative episcopal oversight) is the Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet. Derby is one of the few dioceses not to license the provincial episcopal visitor as an honorary assistant bishop. There is one former bishop licensed as honorary assistant bishops in the diocese: *2008–present: retired former Bishop of Sheffield Jack Nicholls lives in Chapel-en-le-Frith and is also licensed in neighbouring Diocese of Manchester. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
