English Heritage sites near Middleton and Smerrill Parish
ARBOR LOW STONE CIRCLE AND GIB HILL BARROW
2 miles from Middleton and Smerrill Parish
The region's most important prehistoric site, Arbor Low is a Neolithic henge monument atmospherically set in high moorland. A circle of some 50 white limestone slabs within an earthen bank and ditch.
NINE LADIES STONE CIRCLE
4 miles from Middleton and Smerrill Parish
A small early Bronze Age stone circle of (actually) ten stones. Believed to be nine ladies turned to stone as a penalty for dancing on Sunday.
HOB HURST'S HOUSE
7 miles from Middleton and Smerrill Parish
A square prehistoric burial mound with an earthwork ditch and outer bank. Named after a local goblin.
WINGFIELD MANOR
13 miles from Middleton and Smerrill Parish
The vast and immensely impressive ruins of a palatial medieval manor house, with a huge undercrofted Great Hall and a defensible High Tower 22 metres (72 feet) tall.
PEVERIL CASTLE
13 miles from Middleton and Smerrill Parish
Founded soon after 1066 by William Peverel, one of William the Conqueror's most trusted knights, Peveril Castle offers breathtaking views of the Peak District from its position high above Castleton.
CROXDEN ABBEY
16 miles from Middleton and Smerrill Parish
The impressive remains of an abbey of Cistercian 'white monks', including towering fragments of its 13th-century church, infirmary and 14th-century abbot's lodging.
Churches in Middleton and Smerrill Parish
St Michael & All Angels Church, Middleton-by-Youlgrave
St Michael & All Angels church,
Weaddow Lane
Middleton-by-Youlgrave
Derbyshire
(01629) 636757
Middleton is the smallest of the churches in the Youlgrave Benefice. Although part of the Youlgrave parish, it has its own clear sense of identity, and is a treasured part of the tiny village of Middleton. The church is not kept open, but visitors who would like to look round are welcome to ask for the key from the house opposite church.
Our Team
Vicar
The Reverend Adele Barker is Priest in Charge for churches in both the White Peak and Youlgrave benefices.
The Reverend Adele Barker
The New Vicarage
Conksbury Lane
Youlgreave
Bakewell
DE45 1WR
Tel: 01629 630409
Mobile: 07946 154852
Email: [email protected]
Church Parochial Church Council
Reverend Adele Barker
Andrew Parker ( Chairman & Church warden) phone: (01629) 636757 email: [email protected]
Brenda Harrop( Church warden)
Lucy Barnwell ( Treasurer) email: [email protected]
Sandra Harrop ( PCC sec.
David Figg
Denise Figg email: [email protected]
Joan Roper
Joan Mallaband
Diane Jeremy
Laetitia Tucker
Reverend Richard Tucker
Anne Cooper
Barbara Scrivener
Sheila Pryor
Diane Barker & Sandra Akerman (Safeguarding officers)
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No churches found in Middleton and Smerrill Parish