St Oswald

Hangingbridge

Derbyshire

Present church is mainly Early English from circa 1220 but a few remnants of earlier Norman work survive and a Saxon cross shaft (part) in the south aisle.

SAXON NORMAN C13 C14 C16 C17 STAINED GLASS MONUMENT FIGURES MEDIEVAL

Architectural Features

C14

The tower and spire circa 1330.

C16

Perpendicular additions and alterations circa 1520.

C14 MONUMENT

Some fine monuments from C14, of which the most famous is probably the figure of Penelope Boothby 1791, by Thomas Banks.

MEDIEVAL STAINED GLASS

Some mediaeval glass remains.

C17

In 1644, the church was fired on by Parliamentarians and the marks are still visible in the west wall.