A 14th-century church in the village of Hartshorne
The Church of St. Peter is a building of grey sandstone, consisting of chancel, nave, north aisle, west porch and an embattled Perpendicular tower at the west end of the aisle, containing a clock and 6 bells, the tenor being of pre-Reformation date, and finely lettered; the 2nd, 3rd and 4th were cast in 1792, the treble cast in 1973 and the 5th recast in 1974 and identically marked to the original C16 bell.
There has been a Church on the site since the beginning of the fourteenth century, although it is likely that it was a place of worship before that time. The Church was first mentioned in the Episcopal Register of 1303 and the tower was added during the fifteenth century.
Only the tower and chancel remain of the original Church, the main body being rebuilt in 1835 at a cost of £1,400, when cast iron windows were inserted, imitating Perpendicular tracery. The font is believed to be fourteenth century.
Church Street
Hartshorne
Swadlincote
Derbyshire
DE11 7ER
