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View North from St Peter's Church, Belper, c 1995
Image ref
DCAV002668
Credit
W A Morley
photographer
Jeffrey, Ian
ImageDate
c 1995
Location
Looking North from Church Tower
Town
Belper
About this image
In the foreground, Jitty runs from Chesterfield Road to Green Lane. The United Reformed Church car park and field is on the left. The large house with white steps centre right is Beecholme, standing at the top of a street called The Orchard. Beecholme was a private school from 1889 to early Twentieth Century. Beyond are Hill Street, Acorn Drive and the Derwent Valley.
St. Peter's Church was dedicated in 1824, financed by a government grant of £11,000 and £1,500 raised by public subscription. The church was built to service the religious needs of the now increasing local population, the medieval St John's Chapel becoming much too inadequate due to its size. The church contains one of the earliest church organs in Derbyshire. The church tower was originally surmounted with 4 pinnacles, but these were removed in World War II. The church contains memorials to John Strutt II and his wife. It also contains a memorial to George Brettle who died in 1833. Church burials were discontinued here in 1859 when the town cemetery opened on Matlock Road.
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