Editing Glossop (section)

===Parish Church of All Saints===
{{main article|All Saints' Church, Glossop}}
The present-day (2008) fabric of the parish church of All Saints is mostly of the 20th century; very little remains of the previous churches on this site.
The first mention of a church in Glossop is in the charter of 1157 conferring the manor of Glossop on [[Basingwerk Abbey]]. Although the dedication of the church to All Saints may indicate an [[Anglo-Saxons|Anglo-Saxon]] origin, no trace of such a church has been found. The first recorded vicar is William, of 1252. At this time the church was probably aisleless. It was altered in the 15th century when the [[nave]] was rebuilt with [[Arcade (architecture)|arcades]], [[aisle#Architecture|aisles]] and a still-extant (2008) arch at the east end of the north aisle. In 1554 a new and taller tower with a [[broach spire]] was built 3 feet west of the old tower, incorporating the east wall of the previous tower. The nave was completely rebuilt in 1831, with removal and replacement of much of the old fabric including the [[tracery]] of the aisle windows. The work was carried out by the firm of E. W. Drury of Sheffield, the cost far exceeding the initial estimate of £700. When the nave was rebuilt in 1914 it was discovered that the arch leading to the [[chancel]] had been partly made up of plaster, the wall supported by this arch had not been bonded into the existing chancel walls, and the "oak" roof bosses were also plaster. Between the pillars of the nave [[sleeper wall]]s had been built to a higher level than the pillar bases. These walls appear to have been needed to counteract the effects on the church structure of a combination of excess drainage from the nearby hillside and the numerous burials inside the church. The pillars of the new nave of 1914 were superimposed on the bases of the old pillars, and the floor built up to cover the sleeper walls.

The tower and chancel were demolished and rebuilt in 1853–55, the new tower also having a broach spire. The chancel was again rebuilt in 1923, completing the architect C. M. Hadfield's plan of 1914.<ref>Pevsner, N.; Williamson, E. 1986, ''The Buildings of England:Derbyshire'', 2nd. ed., Penguin, Middlesex. pp. 218–219.</ref> The present church has a nave of 5 bays, 25 yards long by 16 yards wide, with north and south aisles, and a chancel of 14 yards by 7 yards with a north aisle dedicated as St Catherine's Chapel.<ref>Parochial Church Council (N.D.), ''A Guide to the Parish Church of All Saints, Glossop''., British Publishing Company, Gloucester. pp 5–17.</ref>
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