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Here is a village that in springtime its lanes are glorious with damson blossom, with a charming picture of the village being made by the church, which looks all roof from the road, together with its view of lychgate, and pump shelter.
It is now far more than 900 years ago that the church was built. The Mongomerys had owned these lands 400 years when the last of them died some 400 years ago, but the stones in this tiny chancel arch and a small window in the west wall were here before then. They are among the oldest masonry in Derbyshire, for the arch is of the early Norman period. It saw the later Normans come and build the doorway for the people and the separate doorway for the priest, it even saw them bring the round font.
The church has two 13th century windows in the chancel and a 14th century nave arcade, but the north aisle is of the 19th century, as is the distinctive belfry over the west gable.
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