A Guide to Tideswell and Its Church
By Rev J.M.J. Fletcher
Transcriptions by Rosemary Lockie, © Copyright 2013
The author of this text, the Rev J.M.J. (James Michael John) Fletcher (1852-1940),
was a Canon of Salisbury, a historian and author; and between 1900 and 1906,
he was Vicar of Tideswell, the subject of this booklet.
He also wrote a similar booklet about Eyam, entitled
The Plague-Stricken Derbyshire Village, or
What To See In and Around Eyam.
The following portions were transcribed by Rosemary Lockie
in March 2013 from a personal copy of the eighth edition of
Fletcher's book on Tideswell, believed to have been published about 1930.
| Objects of special interest in the Church | PAGE |
| Introductory | 1 |
| Historical Notes | 4 |
| Parish Church | 10 |
| The Chancel | 16 |
| Chancel Tombs and Monuments | 22 |
| The South Transept | 35 |
| The North Transept | 40 |
| Nave (West) and Miscellaneous | 44 |
| Exterior of the Church | 52 |
| The District Around | 55 |
| Geology of the District | 61 |
| The Foljambes in Tideswell | 65 |
| List of Vicars | 69 |
| Head Masters of the Grammar School | 71 |
| Books on, or relating to, the District | 72 |
| Index | 74 |
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ILLUSTRATIONS |
| The Church Tower | Frontispiece |
| Tideswell, General View | 4 |
| The Church from the South, Exterior | 10 |
| Font | 13 |
| South Door | 14 |
| Chancel (Interior), looking East | 16 |
| Carving on Misericorde | 19 |
| Sedilia and Piscina | 20 |
| North Door of Church | 20 |
| Bishop Pursglove's tomb | 25 |
| Palimpsest Brass (Bp. Pursglove) | 27 |
| Palimpsest Brass (Rev. L. Brierly, Vicar) | 27 |
| Canon Andrew's Memorial | 30 |
| Tomb of Sir Sampson Meverill | 32 |
| Lytton Brass | 35 |
| Transverse view into S. Transept | 36 |
| De Bower tomb | 36 |
| Fletcher-Chandler Memorial Window | 44 |
| “Consecration” Cross | 47 |
| The Sundial | 52 |
| Wheston Cross | 54 |
| Wheston Cross - The Nativity | 55 |
| Wheston Cross - The Passion | 55 |
| The Wishing Well | 56 |
| The Church from the South East, Exterior | 75 |
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Objects of special interest in the Church |
| Visitors will, perhaps, find it helpful if their attention
is drawn to some of the principal objects of interest in
the Church, &c. which they ought more especially to
notice. The following list is given for this purpose,-
and short descriptions will be found on the pages
mentioned |
IN THE NAVE AND TOWER. |
| The Font | 12 |
| The West Window | 44 |
| The Lytton Brass | 35 |
| The Carving on the Choir Stalls and Organ | 15, 40 |
| The Chancel Screen | 15 |
IN THE SOUTH TRANSEPT. |
| The “de Bower” Tomb | 36 |
| The Hatchments | 34, 38 |
| The Screen, roof and marble floor | 36 |
| The Windows | 38 |
| The incised Sepulchral Slab | 39 |
| The Mediæval Bell | 40 |
IN THE NORTH TRANSEPT. |
| The ancient Stone Figures | 41 |
| The old Oak Stalls | 41 |
| The stone Altar Slab | 40 |
| The Carving on the Screen | 40 |
IN THE CHANCEL. |
| The Carving on the Pew Ends | 18 |
| The Meverill Tomb | 31 |
| Bishop Pursglove's Brass | 24 |
| Small Brass suspended from the Wall (Pursglove and Brierley) | 26 |
| The Foljambe Brass | 22 |
| The Founder's Tomb | 22 |
| The East (Jesse) Window | 21 |
| The Stone Screen behind the Altar | 19 |
| The Sedilia | 21 |
IN THE SOUTH PORCH. |
| The “Consecration Crosses” | 46 |
IN THE CHURCHYARD. |
| The Sundial | 52 |
| The Tomb of William Newton, “the Minstrel” | 53 |
| The Tomb of Slack, “the Singer” | 54 |
OCR/transcript by Rosemary Lockie in March 2013.
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