Advent Calendar 2024 Day 5: St Wilfrid, Barrow upon Trent
This concept of an advent calendar set of church micros is unashamedly copied from a set I found in Moray, Northern Scotland. When I discovered those, I knew I had to do something similar. All of these church micros are set in South Derbyshire, although geographically the district is quite wide spread as you may have noticed from A-Z and similar caches. I created a list of candidate churches in the area; some had had church micros before but I had no qualms about "resurrecting" those. There are a couple of unusual or off the beaten track entries in the set as well just to add to interest.
St. Wilfrid’s is a beautiful medieval building on Church Lane, overlooking the Trent valley. The Church, at one time, was an outpost for the Knights Hospitallers of St John being given to them in 1165 by Robert de Bakepuiz. They developed the building until around 1540. The church is home to an alabaster effigy of a priest, thought to be John de Belton, which is believed to be the oldest existing one in the country. The church is mentioned along with the village in the Domesday Book. Within the churchyard is the grave of Anne Mozley, editor of the Anglican papers of Cardinal (St) John Newman.
The cache is placed in view of the church but please exercise stealth and be respectful of residents. Please note the recommended parking and walk down to the church.
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See also the Church Micro Statistics and Home pages for further information about the series.
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