Notes on the Churches of Derbyshire Vol. III

Across the quiet lanes and fields of Derbyshire stone towers rise rich with memory. Every village church tells stories. In Notes on the Churches of Derbyshire Vol. III J. Charles Cox turns a Victorian eye on the Hundreds of Appletree and Repton and Gresley creating an English church architecture study that is as readable as it is rigorous. Church by church he traces fabric and fittings records church monuments and memorials and anchors each building within the stream of Derbyshire parish churches history and Anglican church heritage in Derbyshire.First published in the late nineteenth century this Victorian antiquarian church survey has long been valued as an ecclesiastical history reference book and as a grounded English parish churches guide. Cox's meticulous notes on medieval churches in Derbyshire the churches of Appletree Hundred and the neighbouring Repton and Gresley parishes illuminate parish life across the centuries making the volume indispensable for local history researchers in Derbyshire and for those pursuing genealogy and family history rooted in the county's villages. It stands too as an early landmark in the serious study of the buildings of England Derbyshire foremost among them.Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector's item and a cultural treasure. This new presentation respects Cox's scholarship while offering modern readers and collectors a companion for fieldwork and fireside reading whether consulted as a trusted reference or savoured as a classic of county writing.