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Derby Cathedral Cathedral Church of All Saints 
52°55′29″N 1°28′39″W / 52.924817°N 1.477375°WCoordinates: 52°55′29″N 1°28′39″W / 52.924817°N 1.477375°W Location Derby, Derbyshire Country England Denomination Church of England Website www.derbycathedral.org Architecture Style Gothic, Neoclassical Years built c.1350-1725 Specifications Number of towers 1 Tower height 212 feet (65 m)[1] Administration Diocese Derby (since 1927) Province Canterbury 
The Tower
The Cathedral of All Saints (known as Derby Cathedral), is a cathedral church in the City of Derby, England. It is the seat of the Bishop of Derby, and with an area of around 10,950 sq ft (1,017 m2) is the smallest Anglican cathedral in England.[2]
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History
The original church was founded by King Edmund I in about 943 as a royal collegiate church; however, there is no trace of its existence today. The current cathedral dates from the fourteenth century, although it appears to be based on an earlier medieval building, which drawings show was about the same size as the present church. It may be that it became structurally unstable and was pulled down. The tower dates from 1510 to 1530 and was built in the popular perpendicular Gothic style of the time.
Joan Waste was tried for heresy here in 1556. The execution took place on the Burton Road in Derby.[3]
Apart from the tower, the building was rebuilt in a classical style to the designs of James Gibbs of 1725.
The building, previously known as All Saints' Church, became a cathedral by Order in Council on 1 July 1927.[4][5]
The cathedral contains the oldest ring of ten bells in the United Kingdom. Other treasures include an eighteenth-century nave with a wrought iron Rood screen by Robert Bakewell, the memorial to Bess of Hardwick, and the Cavendish brasses, including those of Henry Cavendish and Georgiana Spencer, the wife of one of the Dukes of Devonshire.
According to the Derby Mountain Rescue Team the cathedral tower is 212 feet (65 m) tall. More than 150 members of the Rescue team abseiled down the tower for charity in 2009.[6]
In late 2005, it was discovered that a pair of Peregrine falcons had taken up residence on the Cathedral Tower. In 2006 a nesting platform was installed, and they nested here in April. The same pair successfully reared chicks in 2007, 2008, 2009 and again in 2010. Webcams were installed in 2007 and 2008 to enable the birds to be seen at close-range without being disturbed by human contact. Four eggs were laid in 2007; however, only two chicks eventually hatched. The same number of eggs were laid the following year, but this time all four chicks successfully hatched. Four chicks hatched and fledged in 2009, but only two survived beyond the autumn.
Burials
- Bess of Hardwick
- Henry Cavendish
- Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire
- William Ponsonby, 2nd Earl of Bessborough
Cathedral clergy
- The Very Revd Dr John Davies DL – Dean of Derby
- The Revd Canon Elaine Jones – Canon Pastor
- The Revd Canon Dave Perkins - Canon Precentor
- The Revd Richenda Leigh – Cathedral Chaplain and Anglican Chaplain to the University of Derby
Organs and organists
Organ
In 1939, an organ was installed by John Compton of London, which was used until being overhauled in 1992.[7] In 1973, an additional instrument was installed in the new retro-choir (east end) by Cousans of Lincoln.[8]
Organists
Organists Year instated Name 1921 Arthur Griffin Claypole 1930 Alfred William Wilcock 1933 George Handel Heath-Gracie 1958 Wallace Michael Ross 1983 Peter David Gould Tom Corfield Assistant organists
- (Alfred) Samuel (Wensley) Baker
- Celyn Kingsbury
- Rodney Tomkins
- 1985 Tom Corfield
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Gallery
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The Nave
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The Altar
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The Interior
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The Crypt
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The Nave
See also
References
- ^ Pepin, David (2004). Discovering Cathedrals. Shire Discovering Series. 112 (7 ed.). Osprey Publishing. p. 60. ISBN 0747805970.
- ^ "Christ Church Cathedral - Miscellany". Christ Church, Oxford. Archived from the original on 2004-12-06. http://web.archive.org/web/20041206173809/http://www.chch.ox.ac.uk/cathedral/present/misc.html. Retrieved 2007-03-30.
- ^ A History of the Life, Trial, & Execution of Joan Wate, who was burnt in Windmill Pit near Derby in the year 1556, Foxes Book of Martyrs, 1563
- ^ Order in Council founding The Bishopric of Derby (S.I. 1927/624)
- ^ London Gazette: no. 33290. p. 4207. 1 July 1927.
- ^ "Cathedral Abseil". Derby Mountain Rescue Team. http://www.derbymrt.org.uk/news. Retrieved February 11, 2010.
- ^ "Cathedral of All Saints, Irongate (Compton)". National Pipe Organ Register. http://www.npor.org.uk/cgi-bin/Rsearch.cgi?Fn=Rsearch&rec_index=N02750. Retrieved 2007-03-30.
- ^ "Cathedral of All Saints, Irongate (Cousans)". National Pipe Organ Register. http://www.npor.org.uk/cgi-bin/Rsearch.cgi?Fn=Rsearch&rec_index=N05294. Retrieved 2009-02-20.
External links
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