Listed Building record MDR8248 - All Saints' Church, Main Street, Elton
Type and Period (1)
- CHURCH (Georgian to 21st Century - 1808 AD? to 2050 AD)
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Full Description
All Saints' Church, Main Street, Elton, built in 1812.
Post-Medieval church built in 1812 on the site of the previous church. According to Cox, the original dedication was to St. Margaret, though now it is to All Saints. (1-4)
'The old church consisted of nave and side aisles, south porch, chancel and tower. Its successor is a plain parallelogram with a plain western tower. A keystone above the south entrance is dated 1808. Some of the previous church's stones have been relocated to the Vicarage garden.' (3)
An archaeological watching brief was carried out within the churchyard in 2007. During the watching brief four articulated burials and a sandstone wall thought to date to the earlier church was uncovered. (5)
From the National Heritage List for England:
'The previous list date of 12.7.67 shall be added to the following items:
5/6 Civil Parish of Elton
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PARISH OF ELTON EAST END SK 26 SW 5/6 (North Side) Church of All Saints II Classical Church. 1812 with later alterations and additions. Regularly coursed gritstone blocks, with coped gables and Welsh slate roof and nave and chancel. West tower, nave, chancel, south porch and vestry. Tower, with embattled parapet crocketed pinnacles and plain bands. Belfy lights, ground floor tower lights, tower doorway and two north wall nave windows have semi-circular arched heads with key blocks, remaining windows have Gothic pointed arched 2-light openings, contemporary with south porch of 1879. Pointed arched east window with intersecting tracery and hood mould. Vestry to north wall has cast iron window with Gothic glazing bars and datestone of 1886. Interior; the font is a modern copy of the original, circa 1200, now in Youlgreave Parish Church.
Listing NGR: SK2218160985.'
(6)
Sources/Archives (7)
- --- SDR24650 Unpublished document: Jacklin, A and S Blues (ARS Ltd). 2019. An Archaeological Watching Brief at All Saints Church, Elton, Derbyshire.
- <1> SDR10000 Index: North Derbyshire Archaeological Trust (NDAT). North Derbyshire Archaeological Trust Index. 4020.
- <2> SDR12891 Bibliographic reference: Pevsner, N. 1979. The Buildings of England: Derbyshire. 2nd ed., revised. 209.
- <3> SDR11676 Bibliographic reference: Cox, J C. 1877. Notes on the Churches of Derbyshire, Vol. III. 346-350.
- <4> SDR3507 Bibliographic reference: Bulmer, T and Co.. 1895. History, Topography and Directory of Derbyshire. 372-373.
- <5> SDR20779 Unpublished document: Shakarian, J (ARS). 2007. All Saints Church, Elton: report on a watching brief undertaken during drainage works.
- <6> SDR19551 Listed Building File: Historic England. 2011. The National Heritage List for England. https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1311749?section=official-list-entry.
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Location
| Grid reference | SK 22181 60985 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | ELTON, DERBYSHIRE DALES, DERBYSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Feb 27 2026 11:53AM