Holy Trinity Church, Ashford-in-the-Water

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Holy Trinity Church, Ashford-in-the-Water is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England{{cite book |last1=Pevsner|first1=Nikolaus |last2=Williamson |first2=Elizabeth |date=1979|title=The Buildings of England. Derbyshire |publisher=Penguin Books Limited|page=66|isbn= 0140710086}} in Ashford-in-the-Water, Derbyshire.

History

The Church dates from the 12th century. While some 13th-century parts remain – notably the south door with its original Norman decorative stone arch tympanum featuring carvings of a wild boar and other creatures,{{cite web |url=https://derbyshireheritage.co.uk/towns-and-villages/ashford-in-the-water/ |title=Ashford in the Water |website=Derbyshire Heritage |access-date=30 September 2021}} and also parts of the west tower{{cite web |url=http://www.derbyshireuk.net/ashford_church.html |title=Church of the Holy Trinity in Ashford in the Water Derbyshire |website=Derbyshire UK: Guide to Derbyshire & the Peak District |access-date=30 September 2021}} – the church underwent extensive remodelling, including restoring the tympanum to its rightful place, between 1868 and 1870 by J.M. and H. Taylor, and was reopened on 24 June 1870 by the Bishop of Lichfield.{{cite news |author= |title=The Bishop of Lichfield in the Peak. Reopening of Ashford Church. |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000228/18700625/026/0006

|newspaper=Derbyshire Times and Chesterfield Herald |location=England |date=25 June 1870 |access-date=21 January 2017 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription }}

Parish status

The church is in a joint parish with:

Organ

A new organ was installed in 1928 by J Housley Adkins. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.{{National Pipe Organ Register|id=N05298 |access-date=21 January 2017}}

Bells

The church tower contains a ring of 6 bells, 4 cast in 1954, and 2 in 1966 by John Taylor of Loughborough.{{cite web |url=http://dove.cccbr.org.uk/detail.php?searchString=ashford+in+the+water&Submit=+Go+&DoveID=ASHFORD+IN |title=Ashford in the Water, Derbys Holy Trinity |author= |date=8 August 2011 |website=Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers |publisher=Dovemaster |access-date=21 January 2017 }} There is also a Sanctus bell dating from 1699, also known as locals as the 'Pancake Bell'.

Stained glass

The church contains a mixture of Victorian and more modern stained glass.{{Cite web |last=Pykett |first=Ian |date=2022 |title=Stained Glass at Holy Trinity Parish Church |url=https://ashfordparishchurch.com/stained-glass/ |website=Holy Trinity Church, Ashford-in- the-Water}}

The East window depicts the Crucifixion and is by Heaton, Butler and Bayne (1875).

The Cottingham Window (1880) has The Annunciation, designed by William Morris, and below St John by Edward Burne-Jones, originally for the Savoy Chapel (1869). The chalice and the dragon refer to the story that the priest of the temple of Diana at Ephesus gave John a poison cup to drink to test his faith. When he blessed the cup a dragon came out of it, symbolising poison, later used to represent faith and Satan. The Dove in the tracery is designed by Philip Webb.

In the south wall by the pulpit the Haworth window (1880) is by Clayton and Bell. It shows the six Works of Mercy included in the Parable of the Sheep and the Goats in St Matthew’s gospel.

On the north wall the windows are modern.

The window of St. Nicholas, Patron Saint of children, was installed in 1953 and designed by Gerald Edward Roberts Smith (1883-1959), head of the Archibald Keightley Nicholson studio, in memory of Alice Tinsley.

The window of Our Lady with the Infant Christ was installed in 1960, designed by Francis Skeat. It commemorates William Herbert Olivier.

The Olivier Window was installed in 2001 and commemorates William Herbert Olivier. It is by Flore Vignet.

References

Ashford in the Water