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Message: Emoticon Listing HTML Help	[quote]Date of and location of origional building is unnknown as it would have been a wooden structure and nothing survives at the current location. Stone church in the village (as was) by the Doomsday book and so presumably at the current location, remains still exist at the church and when the current church was built some of the first stone foundations were exposed. This was demolished and replaced in the 1400's with a new church with a North aisle and Tower. Due to minor subsidence, 400 years of 'make do and mend' attitude towards the buiding, a lot of damp and a prosperious town the medieval church was demolished in 1867-8 and replaced with a new church designed and build by Stevens and Robinson of Derby. This was slightly larger than the previous and nor had a South aisle. It retained the medieval tower as it was in good condition but disposed of the West gallery. Due to a imaginative but sadly grossly unsuitable experiment by Stevens and Robinson with the foundations the South and East side of the church were close to collapse and had to be demolished. The decision was made that as the main foundations could not be totally replaced the new walls were to be more lightweight and flexible. So we now have a medieval tower with partial East and North Wall and modern interior and South side. The ground level would be about where it is now, though the North side has lost a lot of land due to numerious extentions of the road/tramlines.[/quote]
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St Michael vs St Lawrence
replied on: 1/21/2007 6:59:39 PM

Date of and location of origional building is unnknown as it would have been a wooden structure and nothing survives at the current location.

Stone church in the village (as was) by the Doomsday book and so presumably at the current location, remains still exist at the church and when the current church was built some of the first stone foundations were exposed.

This was demolished and replaced in the 1400's with a new church with a North aisle and Tower.

Due to minor subsidence, 400 years of 'make do and mend' attitude towards the buiding, a lot of damp and a prosperious town the medieval church was demolished in 1867-8 and replaced with a new church designed and build by Stevens and Robinson of Derby. This was slightly larger than the previous and nor had a South aisle. It retained the medieval tower as it was in good condition but disposed of the West gallery.

Due to a imaginative but sadly grossly unsuitable experiment by Stevens and Robinson with the foundations the South and East side of the church were close to collapse and had to be demolished. The decision was made that as the main foundations could not be totally replaced the new walls were to be more lightweight and flexible.

So we now have a medieval tower with partial East and North Wall and modern interior and South side.

The ground level would be about where it is now, though the North side has lost a lot of land due to numerious extentions of the road/tramlines.

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