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All Saints Church,
The Green / Church Lane, DE6 3AA,
Brailsford, 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 in the 12th century, and we understand it is still open.

"The church of All Saints, a building of stone in the Norman style, stands by itself a short distance from the village, and consists of chancel, nave, south aisle, south porch, and a lofty embattled tower at the west end containing a fine peal of 5 bells, dating from 1717 to 1816. An arcade of three circular arches divides the south aisle from the nave, but the piers are Decorated. At the west end of the aisle is a blocked circular arch with a massive Norman pillar, crowned by a spreading capital ornamented with tooth-mouldings, a similar pillar supporting the north side of the chancel arch. The chancel is a good specimen of the Decorated work prevailing between 1300 and 1320, and is enriched with six stained windows, the east window being the gift of Henry and Walter Bowden esqrs. The tower is a late but well-built example of the Perpendicular style, c.1500, and the porch dates generally from 1629, the inner door with its massive iron work and lock being of the 16th century. The font, an octagon, is a Perpendicular work, and bears the Tudor rose. There are three sedilia and a piscina with credence shelf, and in the opposite wall an almery. At the west end of the aisle are ten massive oaken benches of admirable construction, about 300 years old, and in the north wall of the chancel a sepulchral recess, used probably as an Easter sepulchre. The aisle has also an early incised slab of the 12th century. On the south side of the church are the remains of the old churchyard cross consisting of one step only and a base, and an ancient yew tree." [Source: Kelly's Directory of Derbyshire (1895)]

Today the church serves both Brailsford and Ednaston villages.

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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 SK2448941275. You can see this on various mapping systems. Note all links open in a new window:

• All Saints Church, Brailsford shown on a Google Map.
• Places of Worship in Brailsford 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)