Advent Calendar 2024 Day 6: All Saints, Aston on 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.
All Saints' is a church that is part of the Trent and Derwent Parish Churches group of 7 churches in the area. There has been a church in Aston for around 1350 years. The church building is Grade I listed and dates from the 12th century, with elements from the 13th, 14th, 15th and 16th century. It was restored in 1853 and again in 1873. There are some interesting 15th century gargoyles that appear to have been "enhanced" with modern drainpipes; see photo.
Please use extreme stealth with this one.
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