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Interior of Chesterfield parish church, St Mary and All Saints, Chesterfield, Derbyshire. This is a Grade I listed building, begun in the 14th century. It has had a number of rebuilds and restorations. for example, in 1874, architect Samuel Rollinson restored the south transept, fitting a new window, and rebuilding a forgotten medieval doorway, Charles Mawer was employed to replace and carve the missing dog-toothed stones from the door's archway.

This is an unedited scan of a Frith postcard, dated between 1915 and 1921. It shows a view looking east from the nave through the chancel arch. The Jacobean pulpit is on the north side of the chancel arch, and the brass eagle lectern can just be glimpsed on the south side. On either side of the picture are the arcades of the nave, and in the foreground are the rows of pews with their carved wooden finials. Through the chancel arch can be seen the five-light east window of 1843 by William Wailes. (The restoration by Temple Moore including the removal of the box pews took place between 1896 and 1910. The replica of the original Foljambe chantry chapel screen was installed in the chancel in 1915, but the chancel arch rood screen was installed during or after 1916.)

Sources

• Belper News, Friday 01 April 1910 p3 col6: Chesterfield church restoration
• Derbyshire Courier, Saturday 31 July 1915 p7 col2: New screen for Parish Church
• Sheffield Daily Telegraph, Friday 30 July 1915 p4 col1: Gift to Chesterfield church
• Sheffield Daily Telegraph, Friday 26 May 1916 p3 col5: Derbyshire crooked spire theories