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A remote village in Derbyshire's Peak District with a rich history dating back to pre-Roman times.

It's mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 and was granted a market charter in 1251.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tideswell


St John The Baptist
Church of England

One of Simon Jenkins' "England's Thousand Best Churches".

This church is rightly known as the 'Cathedral of the Peak', for it is one of the largest and certainly the most perfect church in the area.

The present church probably replaced a much smaller Norman one, and faint traces of this may be seen in the Chancel.

The beauty of the current church is that it was all built about the same period, with few alterations or additions, being started about 1320 and completed soon after 1400.

The Nave, Aisles and Transepts were begun about 1340 in the Late Gothic style, and the Chancel and Tower were added at the end of that century in a Perpendicular style.

Grade I Listed.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_John_the_Baptist,_Tideswell


The Chancel
Looking East

East Window

Jesse Window
by Heaton, Butler, and Bayne
1875

Memorial window in memory of Louisa and Frederick Foljambe.

The east window, with its fourteenth century panels, contains one of the finest Trees of Jesse in the country.

left to right

Zephaniah
Malachi
Rehoboam

A king
David
Manesseh

Fragments
Solomon
Jehosaphat

Josiah
Hezekiah
Jehoram

Isaiah
Moses
Asa

An abbey was built in Merevale in 1148 by Robert de Ferrers, 2nd Earl of Derby. It was a relatively small abbey with only around 10 monks. The abbey was dissolved in October 1538, during the reign of Henry VIII and fell into ruin, but traces of it remain to the present day. One of the most significant parts to have survived is the gate chapel, now used as the parish church. The church is significant for its Cistercian stained glass, including its Jesse window (one of the most important in the British Isles), and for being the only Cistercian gate chapel to be open for regular weekly services throughout the year. William de Ferrers, 5th Earl of Derby is buried here.

East Window
The Tree of Jesse, detail
Malachi and David
Rehoboam and Manesseh

An abbey was built in Merevale in 1148 by Robert de Ferrers, 2nd Earl of Derby. It was a relatively small abbey with only around 10 monks. The abbey was dissolved in October 1538, during the reign of Henry VIII and fell into ruin, but traces of it remain to the present day. One of the most significant parts to have survived is the gate chapel, now used as the parish church. The church is significant for its Cistercian stained glass, including its Jesse window (one of the most important in the British Isles), and for being the only Cistercian gate chapel to be open for regular weekly services throughout the year. William de Ferrers, 5th Earl of Derby is buried here.

East Window
The Tree of Jesse, detail
Jehoram and Asa

An abbey was built in Merevale in 1148 by Robert de Ferrers, 2nd Earl of Derby. It was a relatively small abbey with only around 10 monks. The abbey was dissolved in October 1538, during the reign of Henry VIII and fell into ruin, but traces of it remain to the present day. One of the most significant parts to have survived is the gate chapel, now used as the parish church. The church is significant for its Cistercian stained glass, including its Jesse window (one of the most important in the British Isles), and for being the only Cistercian gate chapel to be open for regular weekly services throughout the year. William de Ferrers, 5th Earl of Derby is buried here.

Wells Cathedral (Cathedral Church of St. Andrew) in Wells, Somerset. The Jesse Window is one of the most splendid examples of C14th century stained glass in Europe. It was installed c.1340. In its dominant colours of green and gold, it depicts a Jesse tree and shows the family and ancestors of Christ, Jesse being the father of King David.

East Window.
The Tree of Jesse
left to right

Zephaniah
Malachi
Rehoboam

A king
David
Manesseh

Fragments
Solomon
Jehosaphat

Josiah
Hezekiah
Jehoram

Isaiah
Moses
Asa

The east window, with its fourteenth century panels, contains one of the finest Trees of Jesse in the country.

An abbey was built in Merevale in 1148 by Robert de Ferrers, 2nd Earl of Derby. It was a relatively small abbey with only around 10 monks. The abbey was dissolved in October 1538, during the reign of Henry VIII and fell into ruin, but traces of it remain to the present day. One of the most significant parts to have survived is the gate chapel, now used as the parish church. The church is significant for its Cistercian stained glass, including its Jesse window (one of the most important in the British Isles), and for being the only Cistercian gate chapel to be open for regular weekly services throughout the year. William de Ferrers, 5th Earl of Derby is buried here.

East Window.
The Tree of Jesse
left to right

Zephaniah
Malachi
Rehoboam

A king
David
Manesseh

Fragments
Solomon
Jehosaphat

Josiah
Hezekiah
Jehoram

Isaiah
Moses
Asa

The east window, with its fourteenth century panels, contains one of the finest Trees of Jesse in the country.

An abbey was built in Merevale in 1148 by Robert de Ferrers, 2nd Earl of Derby. It was a relatively small abbey with only around 10 monks. The abbey was dissolved in October 1538, during the reign of Henry VIII and fell into ruin, but traces of it remain to the present day. One of the most significant parts to have survived is the gate chapel, now used as the parish church. The church is significant for its Cistercian stained glass, including its Jesse window (one of the most important in the British Isles), and for being the only Cistercian gate chapel to be open for regular weekly services throughout the year. William de Ferrers, 5th Earl of Derby is buried here.

Chancel with Jesse window

Rood screen and chancel

Detail of 14th century Jesse window

St Mary Morpeth. A superb 14th century Jesse east window.

This traces the descendants of Jesse (Father of King David) right through to Jesus. "Was born of David's line"

Wells Cathedral, Somerset

The church itself is quite humble, saving all glory for the Jesse Window.