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Other Places of Worship in this Area Spondon, Spondon Methodist Church (0.12m.) Spondon, Wesleyan Methodist Chapel (Demolished) (0.22m.) Spondon, Kingdom Hall (0.23m.) Spondon, Primitive Methodist Chapel (Demolished) (0.27m.) Spondon, Spondon Cemetery (0.45m.) Chaddesden, Derby, Chaddesden Old Methodist Church (0.76m.) Chaddesden, Derby, St Mary's Church (1.18m.) Borrowash, St Hugh's Catholic Church (1.24m.) Chaddesden, Derby, Chaddesden United Reformed Church (1.39m.) Borrowash, Primitive Methodist Chapel (1851) (1.39m.) Borrowash, Victoria Avenue Methodist Church (1.41m.) Oakwood, Chaddesden, Derby, Morley Road Meeting Room (1.47m.) Note: distances (in miles) are calculated as the crow flies; it may be further by road or on foot.

We have 1 Image Above Photograph(s) Copyright of Paul Slater St Werburgh's Church (formerly St Mary), Spondon St Werburgh's Church (formerly St Mary), Church Street, DE21 7LL, Spondon, Derbyshire. Cemeteries This Church has (or had) a graveyard. Note: any church within an urban environment may have had its graveyard closed after the Burial Act of 1853. Any new church built after that is unlikely to have had a graveyard at all. Church History This Place of Worship was founded after 1340, and we understand it is still open. Mike Salter, in his booklet The Old Parish Churches of Derbyshire (1998) describes St Werburgh's as an almost complete church of the decade after 1340, when the old church was destroyed by fire, and the villagers were exempt from taxation whilst it was being rebuilt. According to Kelly's Directory of 1895, it was formerly known as St Mary's but was five years previously (1890) discovered to have been dedicated to St Werburgh. It consists of chancel, nave of three bays, aisles, north porch, chiefly of the Decorated style, and an embattled western tower with a spire 114 feet high, of the Early English period, containing a clock and 6 bells. In the north aisle there is a mural monument with female bust to Elizabeth, wife of Henry Gilbert of Locko, and daughter of Sir John Bernard, of Abington, ob. 15 Jan 1665. Pevsner mentions windows in the south aisle having "fanciful flowing tracery of different designs", whilst the chancel has ogee-reticulated windows, the north aisle also having windows with reticulated tracery. There may be more information available by by selecting one or more of the accompanying images on the right. Denomination Now or formerly Church of England. If more than one congregation has worshipped here, or its congregation has united with others, in most cases this will record its original dedication. Maps This Church is located at OS grid reference SK3980435911. You can see this on various mapping systems. Note all links open in a new window: St Werburgh's Church (formerly St Mary), Spondon shown on a Google Map. Places of Worship in Spondon shown on a Google Map. Streetmap.co.uk (arrow on map shows the Place of Worship's location) (verified 2018-10-15) Bing (Ordnance Survey option) (verified 2018-10-13) Bing Maps ('Bird's Eye' View) (verified 2018-10-15) Ordnance Survey "getamap" (NB some of the 'Change Map' options may require a subscription) (verified 2018-10-15) OpenStreetMap (Maps © OpenStreetMap contributors, CC-BY-SA) (verified 2018-10-15) A Vision of Britain Through Time - useful for Boundary Changes (verified 2018-10-15) www.magic.gov.uk (Modern Maps with various overlays) (verified 2018-10-15) Information last updated on 10 Feb 2013 at 15:51.

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This Report was created 23 Dec 2024 - 08:46:10 GMT from information held in the Derbyshire section of the Places of Worship Database. This was last updated on 13 Oct 2021 at 14:33.