St Helen, Etwall, Derbyshire

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Location
(52°53′2″N, 1°36′6″W)
Site Location
Etwall
National Grid Reference
SK 269 319
Boundaries
pre-1974 traditional (England and Wales) Derbyshire
Diocese
Dedication
medieval St Helen now St Helen
Type of building/monument
Report authors
  • Louisa Catt
Visit Date
06 Sep 2014

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Feature Sets
Description

The church consists of a nave, chancel, N aisle, S porch and a low W tower. The N aisle is separated from the nave by two 12thc piers and responds. The present church belongs to the 15th and 16thc.

History

The 1291 Taxatio valued the church at £16 per annum as part of the estates of Welbeck Abbey. The church was given to the abbey of Welbeck by Archbishop of York (1154-81) Roger de Pont l'Eveque on the 5th of November, 1199 when King John confirmed this grant.

Features

Interior Features

Arches

Nave arches
Bibliography

J.C. Cox, Notes on the Churches of Derbyshire, Vol. 3: The hundreds of Appletree and Repton and Gresley, Chesterfield, London, Derby 1877, 161-168.

C. Hartwell, N. Pevsner and E. Williamson, The Buildings of England: Derbyshire, New Haven and London 2016, 392.