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1865 The
Church Committee in Hope decided a Church should be built in
Bradwell. The site
was bought from Col. Charles Leslie, owner of Hassop Hall for £76.
17s. 6p.
1866
A contract was drawn up with Ash and Clayton of Sheffield, to
build the Church for £1,252. 15s.
1867
W.
Jackson
. Esq. M.P. laid the Foundation Stone.
1868
The Church was consecrated.
The seating comprised 120 rush-bottom chairs costing £10.10s.
Rev. R. B. Somerset, Dean of Trinity College,
Cambridge
, who was born in Bradwell in 1834, gave the Chancel Screens,
Pulpit, Communion Rail and Sedalia.
1881
The Vicarage was built on land given by Samuel Fox, a resident
of Bradwell and Founder of the Steel Works.
1888 A
Tower was added, built by Hedley Hill of Tideswell who carved
the gargoyles; the cost was £77. 00.
The Clock Tower was bought with money, (£150-£200),
left by Old Benny, a Hawker who had lived in a hut
on Bradwell Hills.
Pews made in the workshop of Miss Alison
Darneley’s Grandfather replaced the chairs.
1931
Mrs. Fanny Jeffrey gave the Altar and Reredos.
1938
Mrs. Jeffrey also donated a Peal of Bells and Chimes for the
Clock in memory of her uncle, Samuel Fox.
In order to operate the Bells, electricity was needed and
this was installed in November 1938, at a charge of 1/2d per
unit.
The bells were rung for the first time on Christmas Day
1938.
1991 It was agreed to add a meeting room, Kitchen,
Cloakroom and Gallery in the
West End
of the Church. The
total cost was £29,886.00: £10,082.00 of this came from
village lotteries.
2009
The
start of a fund raising project to raise over £160,000 to
replace the Church Roof.
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