DESCRIPTION

The parish of Holy Trinity was formed in 1867 and was originally part of the parish of St. Mary & All Saints. The church was built in 1838 as a Chapel of Ease on land to the north-east end of the town, provided by William 6th Duke of Devonshire.

It was licensed for baptisms and burials in 1838 and for marriages in 1853.

The registers have been deposited at the County Record Office, including Baptisms to 1983, Marriages to 1978, Banns 1963 to 1989 and Burials to 1940. The registers have been filmed covering the dates around 1900 and these are available for research in this form at the County Record Office.

The remains of the great engineer, George Stephenson, who died on the 12th August 1848 lie beneath the altar, where a slab now hidden from view, simply bears his initials G.S. In more recent years a memorial slab was laid in front of the altar with the inscription "George Stephenson, 1781-1848, Railway Pioneer. First President of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers." His name was also added to the wall memorial to his wife who had died in 1846, and the East Window was given to his memory.

LIST of SURNAMES from the Inscriptions

ADLINGTON	ALLEN	ALLISON	ALLWRIGHT	AMBRIDGE
ANCLIFF	ARIMITAGE	ASHMORE	ASHTON	ASKEY
ASPINALL	BANSALL	BARBER	BARGH	BARNES
BATTESON	BELSEY	BERRESFORD	BIGGIN	BIRCH
BLACK	BLACKBURN	BLENCK	BLOCKLEY	BOND
BOOKER	BOOTH	BOTTS	BOURNE	BOUSFIELD
BOWER	BOWKER	BOWLER	BRADLEY	BRAYSHAW
BRENTNALL	BROUGH	BROWN	BROWNLESS	BUNTING
BURDETT	BURGH/BURR	BURKITT	CALOW	CARSON
CARTLEDGE	CHADWICK	CHALLIS	CHALONER	CHISHOLM
CLARKE	CLAYTON	COBB	COCKING	COLES
COLLEDGE	COLLIER	COLLIS	COTTERILL	COWLEY
COWLISHAW	COX	CRESWICK	CRICK	CROWDER
CUNDY	DALY	DICKINSON	DIXON	DOCKERAY
DOUGLAS	DRADER	DRURY	DUTTON	EASTWOOD
ELLIOTT	ELLIS	EWART	EYRE	FALL
FIELD	FLETCHER	FLOAT	FORD	FORSELL
FRITH	GEORGE	GIBSON	GILES	GILLING
GLADWIN	GLOSSOP	GRACERS	GRANT	GRATTON
GRENVERS	HARRISON	HART	HASLEHURST	HATTON
HAVELOCK	HAWKSLEY	HAYES	HAYNES	HEATH
HEEDS	HENSON	HEPWORTH	HERD	HIGGINBOTTOM
HINDE	HODGKINSON	HODKIN	HOLEHOUSE	HOLMES
HOPKINSON	HORNCASTLE	HOWARD	HOWARTH	HUBWOOD
HUKIN	HUNTER	JACKSON	JAQUES	JARVIS
JEFFREY(S)	JELL	JENNINGS	JESSOP	JOBES
JONES	KEATES	KELLEY	KENDAL	KIDGER
KINGWELL	KIRK	KNIGHT	LANE	LANGHAM
LAUGHTON	LEGG	LEVICK	LOWE	MACHEN
MADIN	MARPLES	MARSDEN	MARSH	MARTIN
MASON	MAYNARD	MELLERS	MELLOR	MERGERESON
MILLARD	MITCHELL	MOORE	MORLEY	MORTON
MOSS	NAYLOR	NEWBY	NEWCOMBE	NICKOLSON
NORBURN	NUTTALL	OLDFIELD	OLIVER	OUTRAM
PACEY	PARKER	PARSONS	PARVA	PETERS
PINDER	PLANT	PLATT	POGSON	POOLE
POWELL	PREECE	PRICE	RADFORTH	RAMSDEN
RAWNSLEY	RENSHAW	REVILL	REYNOLDS	RHODES
RICHARDSON	RIDLEY	ROBIN	ROLLINSON	SANFORTH
SCOTT	SEAGER	SEARSTON	SHAW	SHEMWELL
SHENTALL	SHIPPAM	SHOOTER	SHORT	SILCOCK
SLACK	SLANEY	SMITH	SOMERTON	SPOONER
STATHAM	STEPHENSON	STEVENSON	STREET	STRINGFELLOW
STUART	STUBBING	STUBLEY	SUNDERLAND	SWALE
SWIFT	SYDALL	TAYLOR	THOMPSON	THRUPP
TIMMS	TODD	TOWNDROW	TOWNSEND	TUDOR
TUGBY	TURNER	UNWIN	WAGSTAFF	WALKER
WALL	WALLIS(S)	WARD	WARMSLEY	WARREN
WATKINSON	WATSON	WEBB	WESTON	WHEATCROFT
WHITE	WHITTINGHAM	WIDDOWSON	WILCOCKSON	WILD
WILKINSON	WILSON	WINDLE	WINTER	WOOD
WORDSWORTH	WORNE	WRIGHT	WYKES

MONUMENTAL MASONS at Holy Trinity

ELLIS	KNOWLES	MASON	ROLLINSON	SHEPHERD
SMITH	WALTERS	WRIGHT

STRAYS

A good number of 'Strays' are to be found In Holy Trinity churchyard from the following areas.

ASHOVER, Mill Town	BOURNEMOUTH	CHESHIRE, Northwich	CRAVEN, Skipton
DEVON, Teignmouth	EAST INDIES, Molmein	FLAGG	GUERNSEY
ISLE of MAN	KENT, Sandwich	LONDON	MADEIRA, Funchal
MIDDLESEX, Turnham Green	NORFOLK, Kings Lynn	NOTTINGHAM	NOTTS. Winkbourn
OVER HADDON	OXFORDSHIRE, Hook Norton	RIPLEY	SURREY
YORKSHIRE, Rotherham	YORKSHIRE, Sheffield

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