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PARISH OF LONGSTONE

The ancient Ecclesiastical Parish of Longstone includes five villages and hamlets: Great Longstone, Little Longstone, Rowland, Hassop, and Wardlow. Under the 1894 Local Government Act the five villages and hamlets were all made Civil Parishes, but they are still part of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Longstone.

The medieval Parish Church of St Giles is situated in the village of Great Longstone, and there is a 19^th century Chapel of Ease in Wardlow.

St Giles Parish Church, Great Longstone.

Sunday services are:

8am on 1st, 3rd and 5th Sundays in the month - Holy Communion
11.00am on the 1st Sunday - Morning Worship
11.00am on 2nd, 4th & 5th Sundays - Sung Eucharist
11.00am on 3rd Sunday - Sung Eucharist or Sunday Worship, (alternate months)
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:

1.30pm Tuesday, Prayer Group, tel 01629 640279
10am every Tuesday - Tinies Play & Praise in the Village Hall
10am on 1st Wednesday - Holy Communion (CW)
11am each Wednesday - Holy Communion at Thornhill House
10am Friday, Friday Fellowship, tel 01629 640424

Forthcoming Special Services and Other Events:

Daily prayers are said on weekdays throughout Lent at 8.00 am in the Church. The Diocesan booklet "Praying the Kingdom" is used.

Lent Study Groups meet at 7.30 pm in The Vicarage on 24 February, and 3, 10, 17, and 24 March. Topic: "Green Ink and Poetry", an introduction to the Revelation of John.

14 March, 11.00 am, Mothering Sunday service in Church.

Extra Services in Holy Week:

Palm Sunday, 28 March at 6.30 pm. Instead of Evensong, there will be a Service of Words and Music for Palm Sunday.

Tuesday 30 March at 7.00 pm; Parish Eucharist

Friday, 2 April: 2.00-3.00 pm Good Friday Service.

3 April, 8.30 pm, Easter Vigil, St Giles, Great Longstone.

9 May, Rogation Sunday and Lunch.

15 - 23 May, Flower Festival, St Giles, Great Longstone. Theme: "Village Life".

20 June. There will be no Evensong at St Giles. The choir will be joining the choirs of Bakewell and Ashford to sing Evensong in Ashford Church at 6.30 pm.

26 and 27 June, Open Gardens, Great Longstone.

17 July, Great Longstone, Church Fete and Well Dressing.

10 October, Great Longstone Harvest Festival.

19 December, 6.30 pm, St Giles, Great Longstone, Festival of Lessons and Carols.

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

Church of the Good Shepherd, Wardlow

Services are held at 9.00 am on the first and third Sundays of the month.

First Sunday: Parish Eucharist

Third Sunday: Morning Worship (Lay led)

Forthcoming Special Services and Other Events:

Sat 29 May: Flower Festival begins

Sun 26 September, Harvest Festival.

Other information

For enquiries about baptisms (Christenings), marriages and funerals in the Parish of Longstone please contact the Vicar, the Reverend Christopher Benson (01629 640257) at The Vicarage, Church Lane, Great Longstone, Bakewell DE45 1TB.

The Parochial Church Council secretary is Mrs. J. Rowson of Croft Lodge, Beggarway, Gt. Longstone, Bakewell DE45 1TB. Her telephone number is 01629 640023.

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

There are church guide books on sale at £2 each. A summary is available 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, 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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PARISH OF LONGSTONE

The medieval Parish Church of St Giles is situated in the village of Great Longstone, and there is a 19th century Chapel of Ease in Wardlow.

St Giles Parish Church, Great Longstone.

Parish Records

The medieval Parish Church of St Giles is situated in the village of Great Longstone, and there is a 19^th century Chapel of Ease in Wardlow.