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'''Chesterfield Parish Church''' is an [[Anglicanism|Anglican]] church dedicated to [[Blessed Virgin Mary|Saint Mary]] and All Saints, in [[Chesterfield, Derbyshire|Chesterfield]], [[Derbyshire]], England. Building of the church began in 1234 AD, though the present church dates predominantly from the 14th century.<ref name="exhibition">((cite web |url=https://www.chesterfield.gov.uk/explore-chesterfield/museum/exhibitions/past-exhibitions/the-crooked-spire.aspx |title=The Crooked Spire |date=14 May 2021 |publisher=Chesterfield Borough Council |access-date=10 October 2021))</ref> Designated a [[Grade I listed building]] in 1971,<ref name="NHLE1334708">((NHLE |num=1334708 |desc=Church of St Mary and All Saints |grade=I |fewer-links= |accessdate=10 October 2021))</ref> St Mary's is best known for its twisted and leaning spire (known as the '''Crooked Spire'''). It is the largest parish church in the [[Diocese of Derby]] and forms part of the [[Archdeaconry of Chesterfield]].<ref>((Cite web|url=https://crookedspire.org/about/ |title=About Chesterfield Parish Church |publisher=Parish Church of St Mary and All Saints |access-date=10 October 2021))</ref><ref>((Cite web|url=http://www.visitchesterfield.info/dms-derbyshire.asp?dms=13&venue=6012303 |publisher=Visit Chesterfield & Bolsover |title=Crooked Spire Church |access-date=13 May 2011))</ref> In 1994, it also became the UK's only representative in the Association of the Twisted Spires of Europe; of the 72 member churches, it is deemed to have the greatest lean and twist.<ref name="pdo">((cite web |url=https://www.peakdistrictonline.co.uk/chesterfield-crooked-spire/ |title=Chesterfield Crooked Spire |publisher=Peak District Online |access-date=10 October 2021))</ref>

==History==
Evidence of a Christian church on the site dates to the Anglo-Saxon era; a font thought to date from 890 to 1050 AD can be seen in the south transept of the current church. There is mention of the 'Church in Chesterfield' during the 11th-century reign of [[Edward the Confessor]], and historians believe there was also a Norman church. Construction on the present church started in 1234 AD. It was continued and expanded throughout the medieval period, particularly in the 14th century.<ref name="exhibition" /> 
The church is largely medieval, with [[English Gothic architecture|Early English]], [[Decorated Gothic]] and [[Perpendicular Gothic]] features built of [[ashlar]].<ref name="pevsner">((cite book |title=The Buildings of England: Derbyshire |last1=Pevsner |first1=Nikolaus |author-link1=Nikolaus Pevsner |others=Revised by Elizabeth Williamson| year=1978 |publisher=[[Penguin Books]] |isbn=0-14-071008-6 |pages=140–141 ))</ref> It is laid out in a classic [[cruciform]] and comprises a [[nave]], aisles, north and south [[transept]]s and the [[chancel]] which is surrounded by four guild chapels.

During the [[Reformation]] in the 1500s, the church lost much of its medieval decor. It was rebuilt in the 1700s, including of the north transept in 1769, and restored and embellished by Neo-Gothic architect [[George Gilbert Scott]] in the 1840s.<ref name="NHLE1334708" /> A new ceiling was installed and new east window inserted with [[stained glass]] by [[William Wailes]] of Newcastle.((citation needed|date=June 2020)) A new [[baptismal font|font]] was donated by Samuel Johnson of [[Somersal Hall]].((citation needed|date=June 2020)) After a nine-month closure, the church reopened on 9 May 1843.<ref>((cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Reopening of Chesterfield Church |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000052/18430517/015/0004 |newspaper=Derby Mercury |location=Derby |date=17 May 1843 |access-date=8 April 2015 ))</ref>

In 1810, a peal of 10 bells was installed in the steeple underneath the spire,<ref>((cite web |url=http://www.cadlhs.org.uk/chronological-history-of-chesterfield/ |title=Chronological History of Chesterfield |publisher=Chesterfield & District Local History Society |access-date=10 October 2021))</ref> which could be heard up to four miles away, in a quieter age.<ref name="exhibition" />  In 1817, an inspection concluded that loose and rotting timber inside the spire, and the structure being pushed southward from inner support beams, meant the structure was in imminent danger of collapse, and it was recommended that the entire spire be dismantled for safety.<ref>((cite book |url=https://archive.org/stream/historyofchester00halliala/historyofchester00halliala_djvu.txt |title=The history of Chesterfield; with particulars of the hamlets contiguous to the town, and descriptive accounts of Chatsworth, Hardwick, and Bolsover Castle |date=1839 |first=George |last=Hall |publisher=Whittaker & Co. |location=London |access-date=10 October 2021))</ref> However, it was decided the spire could instead be repaired.<ref>((cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n_-3DwAAQBAJ&dq=chesterfield+spire+was+going+to+be+demolished&pg=PT25 |title=Chesterfield in 50 Buildings |first=Richard |last=Bradley |publisher=Amberley Publishing Limited |date=2019 |isbn=9781445690643 |access-date=10 October 2021))</ref>

On 11 March 1861, the church spire was struck by lightning, damaging [[gas lighting]] pipes in the steeple and igniting a beam next to the wooden roof of the chancel. The fire smouldered for three and a half hours until it was discovered by the [[Sexton (office)|sexton]] on his nightly round to ring the midnight bell.<ref>((cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Fire at Chesterfield Church |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000181/18610316/014/0006 |newspaper=Sheffield Independent |location=Sheffield |date=16 March 1861 |access-date=8 April 2015))</ref>

A further restoration was begun in 1896 by [[Temple Lushington Moore]].<ref>((cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Chesterfield Parish Church Restoration. Appointment of an Architect |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000228/18960530/024/0005 |newspaper=Derbyshire Times and Chesterfield Herald |location=Derby |date=30 May 1896 |access-date=8 April 2015 ))</ref> Moore designed the High Altar [[reredos]], installed in 1898.

In 1911, it was reported that a "Prentice bell" – an old Angelus bell, used but once a year – was still rung from the Crooked Spire every [[Shrove Tuesday]] at a quarter to eleven as a [[pancake]] bell.<ref>((cite news|title= OLD LENTEN FARE|newspaper= Globe | date= 1 March 1911|page= 1))</ref>

A further fire erupted on 22 December 1961, this time engulfing the north of the church.<ref>((cite web |url=https://picturethepast.org.uk/image-library/image-details/poster/dccc001556/posterid/dccc001556.html |title=Fire at Chesterfield Parish Church 1961 |work=Picture the Past |publisher=Derby City Council/Derbyshire County Council |access-date=10 October 2021))</ref> A clerk at the town library noticed smoke from the north transept window and raised the alarm, enabling firefighters to save much of the historic church, including the south transept screen from ((circa)) 1500, the [[Norman England|Norman]] font and a [[Jacobean period|Jacobean]] [[pulpit]] – but the flames melted the glass in the north window and destroyed the roof, the choir room, and the majority of a rare 1756 [[John Snetzler]] [[pipe organ]].<ref name="exhibition" /> In 1963, a replacement organ was installed, a 1905 T.C. Lewis organ sourced from Glasgow City Hall, incorporating what remained of the 18th-century Snetzler with a couple of tonal additions since.<ref>((cite web |url=https://www.bhamorgan.org.uk/organs/071.htm |title=Organ of the Month 71: May 2008 |date=2008 |publisher=Birmingham Organists' Association |access-date=10 October 2021))</ref>

In 1984, to mark the church's 750th anniversary, new stained-glass windows depicting the town's history from the 11th century onward were installed in the south aisle, a gift from the people of Chesterfield.<ref>((cite web |url=http://wasleys.org.uk/eleanor/churches/england/east_midlands/derbyshire/chesterfied_mary/chesterfield_marytwo/index.html |title=St Mary and All Saints' Parish Church, Chesterfield – Part 2 |access-date=10 October 2021))</ref> Preservation and restoration work on the older stained glass was carried out from 2007 to 2012.<ref>((cite web |url=https://www.mdsstainedglass.co.uk/post/chesterfield-parish-church |title=Chesterfield Parish Church |publisher=MDS Stained Glass |date=1 January 2012 |access-date=10 October 2021))</ref>

In 2000, scientists were asked to evaluate the spire's movement which, although not considered a threat to the structure, had apparently accelerated during the previous two decades.<ref>((cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2000/mar/06/martinwainwright |title=Spire's fall from grace gains pace |first=Martin |last=Wainwright |date=6 March 2000 |newspaper=The Guardian |access-date=10 October 2021))</ref>

In 2020, the Church was awarded a 'lifeline grant' from the [[Culture Recovery Fund]] to help ensure its continued role as a place of worship, and as a tourist attraction for the area, during the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom]].<ref>((cite web |url=https://www.chesterfield.co.uk/2020/11/chesterfields-crooked-spire-church-receives-lifeline-grant-from-governments-1-57bn-culture-recovery-fund/ |title=Chesterfield's Crooked Spire Church receives lifeline grant from Government's £1.57bn Culture Recovery Fund |first=Josh |last=Marsh |date=10 November 2020 |publisher=Destination Chesterfield |access-date=10 October 2021))</ref>

In August 2022, a man was murdered in the churchyard.<ref>((Cite news |date=2023-02-15 |title=Ex-boxer killed dad, pictured, in Crooked Spire screwdriver attack |language=en-GB |work=DerbyshireLive |url=https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/local-news/ex-boxer-guilty-murder-dad-8152511 |access-date=2023-06-28 |issn=0307-1235))</ref><ref>((Cite news |date=2023-02-15 |title=Chesterfield man guilty of screwdriver murder at church |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-derbyshire-64657137 |access-date=2023-06-28))</ref>

==Crooked spire==
((More citations needed section|date=July 2011))
[[File:Crooked Spire.jpg|thumb|upright|left|100px|The spire]]
The spire was added in about 1362; its top is ((convert|228|ft|m)) above the ground.<ref name="pdo" /><ref>((Cite web |url=http://www.chesterfieldparishchurch.org.uk/spire_about.php |publisher=Parish Church of St Mary and All Saints |title=About The Spire |access-date=13 May 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101101203744/http://www.chesterfieldparishchurch.org.uk/spire_about.php |archive-date=1 November 2010 ))</ref><ref>((Cite book|title=Derbyshire: Churches and Chapels|last=Tomkins|first=Rodney|publisher=Scarthin Books|year=2000|isbn=9781900446020))</ref> It is both twisted and leaning: the 45-degree twist causes the tip to lean ((cvt|9|ft|6|in|m|1)) off centre. The reason is uncertain and still debated: suggestions include lack of skilled workers because of the [[Black Death]], which occurred as much of the church was being built; the use of insufficient [[cross bracing]] and 'green timber' – [[seasoning (wood)|unseasoned timber]];<ref name="NHLE1334708" /> and also the 17th-century addition of 33 tons<ref name="diocese">((cite web |url=https://derby.anglican.org/en/safeguarding/chesterfield-crooked-spire-together-profile.html |title=Chesterfield's Crooked Spire: Mission with a Twist |date=25 November 2019 |publisher=Diocese of Derby |access-date=10 October 2021))</ref> of [[lead (metal)|lead]] sheeting covering the spire, resting on 14th-century bracing not designed to carry such weight.<ref name="exhibition" /> Another theory is sunlight heating the south side of the tower and causing the lead there to [[thermal expansion|expand]] at a greater rate than the north side, resulting in an unequal expansion. It is possible that the spire's twist is due to a combination of these factors. 

The golden cockerel weather vane atop the spire is inscribed with the names of the past vicars of St Mary's.((citation needed|date=September 2020))

The steeple below the spire contains 10 bells, in the key of D.<ref>((cite web |url=https://crookedspire.org/bell-ringing/ |title=Bell Ringing |publisher=Chesterfield parish |access-date=10 October 2021))</ref> There is also an eleventh 'Shriving' or 'Curfew Bell'. During the early 1800s, Chesterfield was a base for the holding of [[Napoleonic Wars|Napoleonic]] soldiers on parole; they were allowed a two-mile radius to roam on condition they return to barracks at the ringing of the curfew bell.<ref name="exhibition" /> The present set of bells were cast in 1947 by the [[Whitechapel Bell Foundry]] in London, the heaviest weighing ((cvt|1270|kg|-Lcwt|0)). The place in which the bells are now housed once held a builders' [[windlass]], which survives as one of the few examples of a medieval [[Crane (machine)|crane]] in existence, and the only one from a parish church. It is on display at [[Chesterfield Museum and Art Gallery]].<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.chesterfield.gov.uk/explore-chesterfield/museums/favourite-things/medieval-builders-wheel.aspx |publisher= Chesterfield Museum and Art Gallery |title=Medieval Builders' Wheel |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161207073317/https://www.chesterfield.gov.uk/explore-chesterfield/museums/favourite-things/medieval-builders-wheel.aspx |archive-date=7 December 2016 |access-date=10 October 2021))</ref> 

The Church's twisted spire gave the town's football club [[Chesterfield F.C.]] their nickname, The Spireites. A depiction of the spire also features on the club's crest.<ref>((cite web |url=https://chesterfield-fc.co.uk/club/how-to-find-us |title=How to find us |publisher=Chesterfield F.C. |access-date=10 October 2021))</ref> It has also been used by local companies to advertise their wares, including Scarsdale Brewery of Chesterfield, who used the spire in their logo, from 1866 until a takeover by Whitbread in 1958.<ref name="exhibition" /> 

There are local folk legends as to why the spire is twisted, mostly involving the Devil. In one, a [[Bolsover]] [[blacksmith]] mis-shod a hoof of the devil, who leapt over the spire in pain and angrily kicked it out of shape. Another states that the devil was resting on the spire when the smell of incense wafting up from inside the church made the devil sneeze, so violently that it caused the spire to warp. A similar story has the devil flying from Nottingham to Sheffield and stopping for rest atop the church, its tail wrapped around the spire, but the ringing of the church bells startled the devil and on leaping away its lashing tail twisted the spire. A simpler version has the devil merely sitting spitefully atop the church weather vane, its bulk causing the twisted spire and inadvertently creating a new tourist attraction.<ref name="diocese" /> Another myth suggests that the spire, so captivated by the beauty of a bride, leant down for a closer view but became locked in a twisted position, while the more mocking version has the church being so surprised to see a virgin being married, whether groom or bride, that its spire turned to look at the betrothed, becoming stuck – but that should another virgin ever marry in the church, the spire will return to true again.<ref>((cite news |url=http://www.chesterfieldpost.co.uk/news/local/localnews_00000649.html |title=Tales Of Virgins, The Devil And The Crooked Spire |first=Rhys |last=Bowen |date=28 June 2014 |newspaper=Chesterfield Post |access-date=10 October 2021))</ref>

==Tours==
The spire is open to the public, via organised tours<ref>((cite web |url=https://crookedspire.org/tours-visits-2/ |title=Visiting Chesterfield Parish Church |publisher=Chesterfield parish |access-date=10 October 2021))</ref> and can be climbed partway up.<ref>((cite web|title=Church Visits|url=http://www.chesterfieldparishchurch.org.uk/Church_Visits.php|website=The Parish Church of St Mary and All Saints|access-date=31 December 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304053244/http://www.chesterfieldparishchurch.org.uk/Church_Visits.php|archive-date=4 March 2016))</ref> The views from the top of the tower on a clear day stretch for miles. The spire, which is used as a symbol of Chesterfield, can be seen from the surrounding hills jutting from a sea of [[mist]], on a winter morning.

==Vicars==
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* Martin Lane 1558–1573
* Cuthbert Hutchinson 1573–1609
* Matthew Waddington 1616–?
* William Edwards 1638–?
* John Billingsley 1662–1663
* John Coope 1663–?
* John Lobley ?–1694
* William Blakeman 1694–1699
* Henry Audsley 1699–1705
* John Peck 1705–1707
* William Higgs 1707–1716
* Thomas Hinckesman 1716–1739
* William Wheeler 1739–1765
* John Wood 1765–1781
* George Bossley 1781–1822
* Thomas Hill 1822–? ([[Archdeacon of Derby]])
* George Butt ?–1888
* Hon. Reginald Edmund Adderley 1888–1892
* Hon. Cecil James Littleton 1893–1898
* [[Egbert Hacking]] 1899–1905
* [[Edmond Francis Crosse]] 1905–? ([[Archdeacon of Chesterfield]])
* Francis Longsdon Shaw 1918–1924
* [[Geoffrey Hare Clayton]] 1924–1934 (Archdeacon of Chesterfield)
* Talbot Dilworth-Harrison 1934–?  (Archdeacon of Chesterfield)
* [[Ingram Cleasby|Thomas Wood Ingram Cleasby]] 1963–1970 (Archdeacon of Chesterfield)
* Thomas Ewart Roberts 1971–1975
* Henry Alexander Puntis 1975–1982
* Brian Hamilton Cooper 1982–1991
* [[Martyn Jarrett|Martyn William Jarrett]] 1991–1994
* Michael Richard Knight 1994–2013 
* Patrick Francis Coleman 2014–present<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/news/grassroots/new-vicar-for-crooked-spire-in-chesterfield-1-6783445|title=New vicar for Crooked Spire in Chesterfield|newspaper=Derbyshire Times|access-date=2 September 2014))</ref>
))

==Organ==
The vast majority of the original [[John Snetzler]] organ (1756) was destroyed by fire in 1961.<ref>((cite news |title=The Derbyshire Times remembers the Spire fire |url=http://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/news/local/the_derbyshire_times_remembers_the_spire_fire_1_4085165 |newspaper=Derbyshire Times |date=22 December 2011 |access-date=23 December 2011 ))((Dead link|date=December 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes ))</ref> It was replaced in 1963 by a redundant [[T. C. Lewis]] organ from [[Glasgow]]. This is a large four-manual pipe organ with 65 stops. A specification of the organ can be found on the [[National Pipe Organ Register]].<ref>((cite web |url=http://www.npor.org.uk/cgi-bin/Rsearch.cgi?Fn=Rsearch&rec_index=N01874 |title=Derbyshire, Chesterfield: St. Mary and All Saints, Church Way (N01874) |publisher=National Pipe Organ Register |location=UK |date=2005 |access-date=10 October 2021))</ref>

===List of organists===
((Expand list|date=November 2008))
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* Thomas Layland 1756–((circa|1772))
* Samuel Bower ((circa|1772))–1808 joint with Sarah Bower (daughter) from ((circa|787))
* Sarah Bower (becomes Mrs Dutton in 1807) ((circa|1787))–1847
* Thomas Tallis Trimnell 1847<ref>((cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Chesterfield Organ |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000395/18480101/040/0003 |newspaper=Derbyshire Courier |location=Sheffield |date=1 January 1848 |access-date=8 April 2015 ))</ref>–1874
* Henry John Vaughan 1874<ref>((cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Chesterfield Parish Church. Appointment of Organist |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000228/18740103/022/0005 |newspaper=Derbyshire Times |location=England |date=3 January 1874 |access-date=18 July 2023 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription  ))</ref>−1875 (formerly assistant organist of [[Gloucester Cathedral]])
* Henry Norman Biggin 1875–1910<ref>((cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Popular Chesterfield Organist’s Death |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005036/19100304/063/0003 |newspaper=Alfreton Journal |location=England |date=4 March 1910 |access-date=18 July 2023 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription  ))</ref>
* J. Frederic Staton 1910–1938<ref>((cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Dr. J.F. Staton |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003295/19380509/076/0004 |newspaper=Halifax Evening Courier |location=England |date=9 May 1938 |access-date=18 July 2023 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription  ))</ref>  (formerly organist of [[All Saints' Church, Ashover]])
* Reginald Cooper 1938–1947
* Charles Alan Bryars 1947<ref>((Cite book|title=Who's Who in Music |edition=First Post War |year=1949–1950 |publisher=Shaw Publishing Ltd ))</ref>–1970
* Michael Baker 1970–2005
* Ian Brackenbury 2006–2019
* Dr Paul Nash 2019–2022
* Peter Shepherd (2023– )
))

==See also==
*[[Grade I listed churches in Derbyshire]]
*[[Listed buildings in Chesterfield, Derbyshire]]

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Saint-mary-chesterfield.jpg|View of the church and spire
File:Chesterfield.jpg|General view of Chesterfield from a distance, including the spire
File:Chesterfield Church 1773 SHGrimm 005ADD000015537U00036000-SVC2-.JPG|The church in the 18th century as sketched by [[Samuel Hieronymus Grimm]]
File:Crooked Spire, Chesterfield in the Snow.JPG|The church in the snow, February 2009
File:High Altar, Chesterfield Parish Church.JPG|The high altar
File:Chesterfield Spire.jpg|Church of St Mary and All Saints – "The Crooked Spire"
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==References==
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==External links==
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* [https://crookedspire.org/ Parish Church of St Mary and All Saints]
* [http://www.derbyshireuk.net/chesterfield_church.html Derbyshire churches — Church of Our Lady and All Saints at Chesterfield]

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