27-1381: Wigley may refer to: Places [ edit ] Wigley, Derbyshire , England, a place in Derbyshire Wigley, Hampshire , England, on the River Blackwater Wigley, Bromfield, Shropshire , England People [ edit ] Bob Wigley , English businessman Dafydd Wigley , Baron Wigley (born 1943), born David Wigley, Welsh politician George J. Wigley (1825–1866), English journalist and supporter of Catholic causes Sir Harry Wigley (1913–1980), New Zealand pilot, adventurer and tourism entrepreneur Jane Wigley (1820–1883), British photographer Richard E. Wigley (1918–1998), American farmer and politician Rodolph Wigley (1881–1946), New Zealand tourism pioneer Steve Wigley (born 1961), English (soccer) football coach and former player Thomas Francis Wigley (c. 1854–1933), lawyer and horse racing official in South Australia Thomas Henry Wigley (1825–1895), South Australian farmer then New Zealand politician Tom Wigley , Australian climate scientist William Wigley (1826–1890), South Australian yachtsman, mayor and politician Topics referred to by
54-404: A new tourist attraction. Another myth suggests that the spire, so captivated by the beauty of a bride, leant down for a closer view but became locked in a twisted position, while the more mocking version has the church being so surprised to see a virgin being married, whether groom or bride, that its spire turned to look at the betrothed, becoming stuck – but that should another virgin ever marry in
81-410: A parish church. It is on display at Chesterfield Museum and Art Gallery . The Church's twisted spire gave the town's football club Chesterfield F.C. their nickname, The Spireites. A depiction of the spire also features on the club's crest. It has also been used by local companies to advertise their wares, including Scarsdale Brewery of Chesterfield, who used the spire in their logo, from 1866 until
108-472: A takeover by Whitbread in 1958. There are local folk legends as to why the spire is twisted, mostly involving the Devil. In one, a Bolsover blacksmith mis-shod a hoof of the devil, who leapt over the spire in pain and angrily kicked it out of shape. Another states that the devil was resting on the spire when the smell of incense wafting up from inside the church made the devil sneeze, so violently that it caused
135-530: A two-mile radius to roam on condition they return to barracks at the ringing of the curfew bell. The present set of bells were cast in 1947 by the Whitechapel Bell Foundry in London, the heaviest weighing 1,270 kg (25 cwt). The place in which the bells are now housed once held a builders' windlass , which survives as one of the few examples of a medieval crane in existence, and the only one from
162-726: Is best known for its twisted and leaning spire (known as the Crooked Spire ). It is the largest parish church in the Diocese of Derby and forms part of the Archdeaconry of Chesterfield . In 1994, it also became the UK's only representative in the Association of the Twisted Spires of Europe; of the 72 member churches, it is deemed to have the greatest lean and twist. Evidence of a Christian church on
189-2670: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages List of places in Derbyshire From Misplaced Pages, the 💕 This is a list of places in Derbyshire , England. Contents: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z See also [REDACTED] Alsop en le Dale church [REDACTED] Bugsworth Basin [REDACTED] Buxton, The Crescent [REDACTED] Charlesworth church [REDACTED] Chesterfield's ' Crooked Spire ' [REDACTED] Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage site [REDACTED] The Vale of Edale [REDACTED] Eyam Hall and stocks [REDACTED] Glossop, Henry Street [REDACTED] Hayfield Well Dressing [REDACTED] Longdendale from Woodhead [REDACTED] New Mills, Torr Vale Mill [REDACTED] Riber Castle [REDACTED] River Derwent, south of Duffield [REDACTED] River Goyt [REDACTED] River Lathkill [REDACTED] South Wingfield church [REDACTED] Swanwick Hall A [ edit ] Abbot's Chair Abney Aldercar Alderwasley Aldwark Alfreton Alicehead Alkmonton Allenton Allestree Alport Alport Hill River Alport Alsop en le Dale Alton Alvaston Ambaston Ambergate Amber Valley Anacrehill Ankerbold Ann Croft Apperknowle Arkwright Town Arleston Arnfield Ashbourne Ashbourne Green Ashford-in-the-Water Ashgate Ashleyhay River Ashop Ashopton Ashover Ashover Hay Aston (High Peak) Aston (Derbyshire Dales) Aston Heath Aston Moor Aston-on-Trent Astwith Atlow Ault Hucknall B [ edit ] Badway Green Bagshaw Bakershillock Bakestone Moor Bakewell Ballidon Bamford Barber Booth Bargate Barlborough Barlborough Common Barlow Barlow Common Barrow upon Trent Barton Blount Baslow Batham Gate Bearwardcote Beeley Beighton Fields Belper Belph Biggin (Dovedale and Parwich Ward) Biggin by Hulland Birch Vale Birchover Birdholme Blackbrook Blackwell (near Alfreton) Blackwell (near Buxton) Blackwell in
216-486: Is different from Wikidata Use dmy dates from November 2019 Church of St Mary and All Saints, Chesterfield Chesterfield Parish Church is an Anglican church dedicated to Saint Mary and All Saints, in Chesterfield , Derbyshire , England. Building of the church began in 1234 AD, though the present church dates predominantly from the 14th century. Designated a Grade I listed building in 1971, St Mary's
243-429: Is possible that the spire's twist is due to a combination of these factors. The golden cockerel weather vane atop the spire is inscribed with the names of the past vicars of St Mary's. The steeple below the spire contains 10 bells, in the key of D. There is also an eleventh 'Shriving' or 'Curfew Bell'. During the early 1800s, Chesterfield was a base for the holding of Napoleonic soldiers on parole; they were allowed
270-465: The 14th century. The church is largely medieval, with Early English , Decorated Gothic and Perpendicular Gothic features built of ashlar . It is laid out in a classic cruciform and comprises a nave , aisles, north and south transepts and the chancel which is surrounded by four guild chapels. During the Reformation in the 1500s, the church lost much of its medieval decor. It was rebuilt in
297-413: The 1700s, including of the north transept in 1769, and restored and embellished by Neo-Gothic architect George Gilbert Scott in the 1840s. A new ceiling was installed and new east window inserted with stained glass by William Wailes of Newcastle. A new font was donated by Samuel Johnson of Somersal Hall . After a nine-month closure, the church reopened on 9 May 1843. In 1810, a peal of 10 bells
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#1733104915384324-419: The 18th-century Snetzler with a couple of tonal additions since. In 1984, to mark the church's 750th anniversary, new stained-glass windows depicting the town's history from the 11th century onward were installed in the south aisle, a gift from the people of Chesterfield. Preservation and restoration work on the older stained glass was carried out from 2007 to 2012. In 2000, scientists were asked to evaluate
351-3591: The Elms Cowerslane Cowley Coxbench Cressbrook Creswell Creswell Model Village Crich Cromford Cross Hill Cross o' th' Hands Crowden Crowdecote Curbar Cutthorpe D [ edit ] Daisy Bank Dalbury Dalbury Lees Dale Dale Abbey Dale End Dale Moor Dalebank Dalebrook Danesmoor Darley Bridge Darley Dale Darley Hillside Denby Denby Bottles Denby Common Derby Derwent Derwent Reservoir Derwentmouth River Derwent Dethick Dimple Dinting Dinting Vale Dobholes Doe Lea Doehole Dove Head Dove Holes Dovedale Doveridge Dowlow Drakelow Draycott Dronfield Dronfield Woodhouse Duckmanton Duffield Duffieldbank Dunsa Dunston E [ edit ] Eagle Tor Earl Sterndale Eastmoor Eaves Knoll Eckington Edale Eddlestow Edensor Edlaston Ednaston Egginton Egstow Elmton Elmton Common Elton Elvaston Emmett Carr Etwall Etwall Common Eyam F [ edit ] Fairfield Fallgate Far Duckmanton Far Laund Farhill Farley Farnah Green Fenny Bentley Fernilee Findern Flagg Flaxholme Fletcher Hill Flower Lillies Folds Foolow Foremark Foston Foxley Oaks Freebirch Friden Fritchley Froggatt Froggatt Edge Furnacehill Furness Vale G [ edit ] Gallows Inn Gamesley Gladwins Mark Glapwell Glossop Glutton Bridge Godfreyhole Golden Valley Goosegreen Goosehill Gorsey Leys Gorseybank Goseley Dale Gowhole Grangemill Grangewood Grasshill Grassmoor Gratton Great Cubley Great Hucklow Great Longstone Great Rocks Lees Great Wilne Green Fairfield Greenhill Lane Greenhillocks Greenside Griffe Grange Grindleford Grindleford Bridge Grindlow Grindsbrook Booth H [ edit ] Hackney Haddon Grove Hadfield Hady Hadyhill Hague Bar Hales Green Hallam Fields Hallfield Gate Hallowes Hammersmith Handley Hardstoft Hardwick Hall Harehill Hargate Manor Hargate Wall Harlesthorpe Harper Hill Harpur Hill Harthill Harthill Moor Hartington Hartshay Hartshorne Hasland Hassop Hathersage Hatton Hayfield Hazelford Hazelwood Hazlebadge Heage Heage Firs Heanor Heanor Gate Hearthstone Heath Heath End Heathcote Heathtop Heathy Lea Henmoor Hepthorne Lane Heyden Hidebank Higginholes High Cross Bank High Lee High Needham High Peak Higher Bibbington Higher Dinting Higham Highfield Highfields Highlane Highlow Highoredish Hilcote Hill Houses Hill Somersal Hillclifflane Hills Town Hilltop Hillyfields Hilton Hindlow Hockerley Hodthorpe Hognaston Hogshawe Holbrook Holbrook Moor Hole in
378-531: The High Altar reredos , installed in 1898. In 1911, it was reported that a "Prentice bell" – an old Angelus bell, used but once a year – was still rung from the Crooked Spire every Shrove Tuesday at a quarter to eleven as a pancake bell. A further fire erupted on 22 December 1961, this time engulfing the north of the church. A clerk at the town library noticed smoke from the north transept window and raised
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Lee Head Lees Lees Green Leisure House Lightwood Lilypool Limekiln Field Limestone Way Linacre Linton Linton Heath Little Common Little Cubley Little Eaton Little Hallam Little Hayfield Little Hucklow Little Liverpool Little Longstone Little Moor Littlemoor Litton Litton Dale Littonslack Long Duckmanton Long Eaton Longcliffe Longdendale Longford Longfordlane Longlands Longlane Longwaybank Loscoe Lose Hill Loundsley Green Low Leighton Lower Birchwood Lower Crossings Lower Hartshay Lower Kilburn Lower Midway Lower Pilsley Lower Somercotes Lower Thurvaston Lowgates Lullington Lydgate M [ edit ] Mackworth (Amber Valley) Mackworth (Derby) Makeney Malcoff Mammerton Mapleton Mapperley Marehay Markeaton Marlpool Marshgreen Marshlane Marston Montgomery Marston on Dove Martinside Mastin Moor Mathersgrave Matlock Matlock Bank Matlock Bath Matlock Bridge Matlock Green Matlock Moor Mawstone Lane Melbourne Mercaston Meynell Langley Mickley Middle Duckmanton Middle Handley Middlecroft 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Quarndon Quoit Green R [ edit ] Radbourne Ramcroft Rattle Ravensdale Park Rawson Green Renishaw Repton Rhodeswood Riber Riddings Ridgeway Ridgeway Moor Ripley Rise End Risley Rivers Vale Robin Hood Rodsley Rosliston Roston Roston Common Rowarth Rowland Rowsley Rowthorn Rushup Rylah S [ edit ] Saltergate Sandiacre Sandylane Sapperton Sawley Scarcliffe Scarthin Nick School House Hill Scotches Scropton Seymour Cottages Shacklecross Shardlow and Great Wilne Shardlow Moor Sharplow Sheep Hills Sheepbridge Sheepcote Hill Sheldon Shining Cliff Woods Shipley Shipley Common Shirebrook Shireoaks Shirland Shirland Park Shirley Shirley Common Short Heath Shottle Shottlegate Shuttlewood Simmondley Sinfin Slack Slackhall Slaley Slatepit Dale Sleetmoor Sloadlane Smalldale Smalley Smalley Green Smisby Smithy Houses Smithy Moor Smithyhill Snape Hill Snelston Snitterton Somercotes Somersal Herbert South Darley South Normanton South Wingfield Southwood Spancarr Sparklow Sparrowpit Speedwell Cavern 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486-503: The alarm, enabling firefighters to save much of the historic church, including the south transept screen from c. 1500, the Norman font and a Jacobean pulpit – but the flames melted the glass in the north window and destroyed the roof, the choir room, and the majority of a rare 1756 John Snetzler pipe organ . In 1963, a replacement organ was installed, a 1905 T.C. Lewis organ sourced from Glasgow City Hall, incorporating what remained of
513-416: The church, the spire will return to true again. The spire is open to the public, via organised tours and can be climbed partway up. The views from the top of the tower on a clear day stretch for miles. The spire, which is used as a symbol of Chesterfield, can be seen from the surrounding hills jutting from a sea of mist , on a winter morning. The vast majority of the original John Snetzler organ (1756)
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567-593: The site dates to the Anglo-Saxon era; a font thought to date from 890 to 1050 AD can be seen in the south transept of the current church. There is mention of the 'Church in Chesterfield' during the 11th-century reign of Edward the Confessor , and historians believe there was also a Norman church. Construction on the present church started in 1234 AD. It was continued and expanded throughout the medieval period, particularly in
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#1733104915384594-419: The spire to warp. A similar story has the devil flying from Nottingham to Sheffield and stopping for rest atop the church, its tail wrapped around the spire, but the ringing of the church bells startled the devil and on leaping away its lashing tail twisted the spire. A simpler version has the devil merely sitting spitefully atop the church weather vane, its bulk causing the twisted spire and inadvertently creating
621-622: The spire's movement which, although not considered a threat to the structure, had apparently accelerated during the previous two decades. In 2020, the Church was awarded a 'lifeline grant' from the Culture Recovery Fund to help ensure its continued role as a place of worship, and as a tourist attraction for the area, during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom . In August 2022, a man
648-415: The use of insufficient cross bracing and 'green timber' – unseasoned timber ; and also the 17th-century addition of 33 tons of lead sheeting covering the spire, resting on 14th-century bracing not designed to carry such weight. Another theory is sunlight heating the south side of the tower and causing the lead there to expand at a greater rate than the north side, resulting in an unequal expansion. It
675-440: Was decided the spire could instead be repaired. On 11 March 1861, the church spire was struck by lightning, damaging gas lighting pipes in the steeple and igniting a beam next to the wooden roof of the chancel. The fire smouldered for three and a half hours until it was discovered by the sexton on his nightly round to ring the midnight bell. A further restoration was begun in 1896 by Temple Lushington Moore . Moore designed
702-403: Was installed in the steeple underneath the spire, which could be heard up to four miles away, in a quieter age. In 1817, an inspection concluded that loose and rotting timber inside the spire, and the structure being pushed southward from inner support beams, meant the structure was in imminent danger of collapse, and it was recommended that the entire spire be dismantled for safety. However, it
729-467: Was murdered in the churchyard. The spire was added in about 1362; its top is 228 feet (69 m) above the ground. It is both twisted and leaning: the 45-degree twist causes the tip to lean 9 ft 6 in (2.9 m) off centre. The reason is uncertain and still debated: suggestions include lack of skilled workers because of the Black Death , which occurred as much of the church was being built;
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