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All Saints Church, Mugginton, Derbyshire, England


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Notes: In 1086 Muggington village had a priest, church and a mill. It belonged to Henry de Ferrers and was held under him by Ketel or Chetal, from whose name, the place names of both Kedleston and Chatsworth are derived. Since then the population has remained pretty static. It is situated approximately 7 miles north of Derby and can be reached by turning right at Brailsford and going through Mercaston.

Nowadays, it still has a church, called All Saints, parts of which possily date back to the domesday book, namely the west wall in the nave, in which there is an 11th century window above a later 12th century arch. Both the window and the arch were bricked up and white washed over, as an economy measure in 1770, and rediscovered during restoration which involved the removal of a west gallery in 1897.

The west tower, shortish but conspicuous because of its hilltop position, is largely Norman of the mid 12th century.

The pews in the south aisle use to be reserved for the exclusive use of worshippers from nearby Mercaston. A chantry chapel called the Kniveton chapel contains an alabaster alter tomb surmounted by the wonderfully preserved brasses of Sir Nicholas Kniveton Of Mercaston Halland his first wife Joanna. The hollow yew tree in the church yard is over 1000 years old.

Some distance from the church is Halter Devil Chapel, a small building, built onto the side of a house. Its origins concern a man called Francis Brown who lived in the early 18th century. In a drunken state, he decided to ride to Derby one dark night. Having secured his horse, he discovered that the animal had horns and concluded it must be the devil. The shock made him senseless. On recovering, so great was his alarm that he stayed sober for ever more and built a chapel in 1723, which he endowed at his death-Halter Devil Chapel. He had haltered a cow in his fuddled state.
City/Town : Latitude: 52.983175, Longitude: -1.578588


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1 WOODAS / JOHNSON  12 Jan 1784All Saints Church, Mugginton, Derbyshire, England F131 The Full Family Tree 
  

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