Stiffleaf's photos
ashbourne church, derbs (1)
chelmorton church, derbs (1)
chelmorton church, derbs (33)
chelmorton church, derbs (32)
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there are some massive tomb slabs in the churchyard, this one of c.1792. they seem to have been designed as tops of chests rather than ledgers, though some seem to have been moved about.
chelmorton church, derbs (31)
chelmorton church, derbs (30)
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c18 gravestones, john marsden +1764 , 3 years old; sarah buxton +1775, died after childbirth. other children mentioned died the year before and after.
chelmorton church, derbs (29)
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cross slabs and fragments built into the porch, c12-c15 , the two full cross slabs looking late c13
chelmorton church, derbs (28)
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small cross slab in the porch, perhaps c15? I tend to think of these simple but geometrically precise crosses as being later rather than earlier in date.
chelmorton church, derbs (27)
chelmorton church, derbs (26)
chelmorton church, derbs (25)
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c14 squint, perhaps moved from the south transept's north wall where it would have looked into the chancel; it is a larger version of those in the stone screen

















