The village, or hamlet, of Aldercar was originally part of the parish of Heanor. Which meant a good walk (uphill!) to church every Sunday for the local residents.
The church of St John the Evangelist was consecrated in February 1871 by the Bishop of Lichfield. It had been built as a “Chapel of Ease”, i.e. a place of worship which was easier to get to, and had been largely financed by the Wright family of Aldercar Hall. There were minor alterations carried out to the church in the 1920s, when a small vestry was added.
In 1912, when the church of St Andrew in Langley Mill was opened, Langley Mill became a parish in its own right, and Aldercar remained a second church within the parish for the rest of the century. However, in 2013 Aldercar became a parish in its own right.
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