All Saints' Church, Elton

All Saints’ Church, Elton is a Grade II listed^[1] Church of England church in Elton, Derbyshire.^[3]

All Saints’ Church, Elton
All Saints’ Church, Elton
All Saints’ Church, Elton Location within Derbyshire
53°8′43.8″N 1°40′10″W
Location	Elton, Derbyshire
Country	England
Denomination	Church of England
History
Dedication	All Saints
Architecture
Heritage designation	Grade II listed[1]
Completed	1812
Administration
Diocese	Derby
Archdeaconry	Derbyshire Peaks and Dales
Deanery	Carsington[2]
Parish	All Saints’ Elton

History

Elton was originally one of the chapelries of Youlgrave. By the time of the reformation the original church contained three aisles and was dedicated to St Margaret. The spire fell in 1800. Efforts were made to secure funding for rebuilding in 1805, 1808 and 1816. The church was completely rebuilt starting in 1812. The church is built in gritstone with a Welsh slate roof. It consists of a nave, a south porch, a chancel, a north vestry, and a west tower. The tower has three stages, string courses, a south doorway, clock faces, and an embattled parapet with crocketed pinnacles.

Organ

An organ by Gray and Davison was moved here in 1887^[4] from St John the Evangelist Church, Red Lion Square, London but this has been replaced. The replacement is a 1 manual 6 stop instrument by Bevington & Sons dating from ca. 1857 formerly installed in the schoolroom beneath Dagnall Street Baptist Chapel and installed in Elton by Mander in 1953. It was the gift of Mrs H. Johnson.^[5]

Bells

The tower now contains a ring of 6 bells.^[6]

Churchyard

The churchyard contains memorials to two soldiers.^[7]

• Sapper Sydney Aaron Hulley, 200 Field Coy, Royal Engineers, died 6 December 1947 aged 36
• Private H Allison, 3rd Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment), died 21 November 1916

References

1. Historic England. "Church of All Saints (1311749)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
2. "All Saints, Elton". A Church Near You. Archbishops' Council. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
3. Pevsner, Nikolaus; Williamson, Elizabeth (1979). The Buildings of England. Derbyshire. Penguin Books. p. 95. ISBN 0140710086.
4. "Elton. Opening of the Organ and Concert". Derbyshire Times. England. 23 April 1887. Retrieved 10 April 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
5. "NPOR [N00440]". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
6. "Elton All Saints". Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers. Dovemaster. 14 April 2012. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
7. "Elton (All Saints) Churchyard, Derbyshire". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 9 April 2023.