St Giles Parish Church, Great Longstone

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St Giles Parish Church, Great Longstone.

Sunday services are:

8am on 1st & 3rd Sundays in the month - Holy Communion
11.15am on the 1st Sunday - All Age Worship
11.15am on 2nd, 4th & 5th Sundays - Sung Eucharist
11.15am on 3rd Sunday - Sung Family Eucharist
6.30pm every Sunday - Evensong (BCP)

Sung Eucharists are Common Worship - Order One in modern language. Holy Communions are Book of Common Prayer.

Midweek services are:

11.30am on 1st Wednesday - School Assembly
10am on 1st Wednesday - Holy Communion (CW)
11am on 3rd Wednesday - Holy Communion at Thornhill House
10am every Tuesday - Tinies pray & Praise in the Village Hall

St Giles Church, Christmas Day 2004, photo by Michelle Cryer

For enquiries about baptisms (Christenings), marriages and funerals please contact the vicar The Reverend Clive Thrower via his web-site.

The church is open for visitors every day from around 9am till dusk.

There are church guide books on sale at £1 each. A summary is available by on Rev Thrower's web-site.

Parish Records

These are now kept at the Derbyshire County Council Records Office in Matlock. Their records state the following about St Giles:

GREAT LONGSTONE, St Giles (D2373) lncludes townships of Little Longstone, part of Wardlow, Rowland (from mid 19th century) and Hassop (from c1910).
Originally parochial chapelry in parish of Bakewell.
Became separate parish 1852. No entries for baptisms, burials 1743-1764, marriages 1740-1754

They have original records and microfilms which cover slightly different dates. The records include:
Original Registers in the DRO
Baptisms 1637-1742 1765-1955
Marriages 1637-1739 1755-1812 1817-1968
Banns of Marriage 1868-1926
Burials 1637-1742 1765-1880

Microfilms in the DRO
Baptisms 1637-1742 1765-1955
Marriages 1637-1739 1755-1812 1817-1943
Banns of Marriage 1868-1880
Burials 1637-1742 1765-1856

Source = Parish Register Guide (PDF file)

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