Staveley

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Description of Staveley & St John the Baptist Church

Staveley is a large industrial village and extensive parish which includes the hamlets of Netherthorp, Inkersall, Mastin Moor, Norbriggs, Poolsbrook and Woodthorpe. Also included were the hamlets of Nether, Middle and West Handley until the 1970's.

The village is situated about 5 miles north-east of Chesterfield, close to the valley of the River Rother and is well known for its ironstone and furnaces for smelting ore. Coal mining was also extensive in this area until recent years.

The church, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, has been altered over the years, but still retains some ancient remains, including fragments of incised slabs worked into the sills of two windows in the south aisle. The font dates from the 12th century. The church contains several memorials to the Frecheville family, but others have been removed during restorations. The Frechevilles lived in an ancient mansion near the church and were active Royalists during the Civil Wars. In 1681 the manor and estate of Staveley were sold to the 1st Duke of Devonshire.

Much of the churchyard and many gravestones were removed in 1930 for the purpose of widening the adjoining main road, by the Derbyshire County Council. Before the gravestones were removed, the names and dates were recorded by the Staveley Parish Council under a Faculty granted by the Consistory Court of the Diocese of Derby. Those that remained in situ have been recorded by DARG, along with a number which were resited along the church wall. The list of names given here includes those recorded by the Parish Council as well as those recorded by DARG.

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