Description: The reference number on the postcard is Roz (?) Series no.1161. An ambitious cruciform church in miniature within what has been described as 'the smallest village in England'; a large part of the parish, however, is taken up by the grounds and estate of Hardwick Hall. There are substantial amounts of masonry, notably the west front, north arcade and eastern arch of the crossing, which are of Saxon or very early Norman origin. Particularly worthy of note is the carved tympanum (over the blocked up west door) displaying an Agnus Dei together with St Margaret emerging from the body of the Devil(!). At the east end of the south aisle is some 1527 glass depicting the Crucifixion. Below the elaborate 1627 monument to Anne Keighley (wife of 1st Earl of Devonshire) is a slab to Thomas Hobbes, the philosopher, who died at Hardwick in 1679. (information from www.derbyshirechurches.org.uk)