St Werburgh's Church, Derby, Derbyshire

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Friar Gate, Derby, Derbyshire, DE1 1UZ
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A key to visit the church can be obtained from the reception desk of the Derby Museum & Art Gallery within their opening times, which can be found here https://www.derbymuseums.org/museum-and-art-gallery/visit/ For further information please contact the Local Community Officer via email [email protected]
  • Interior picture of St Werburgh's Derby showing the altar and reredos screen and nearby wall memorials. Photo by Graham White from Flickr.
    Exterior by night of St Werburgh's Church, Derby, Derbyshire. Photo by C Walsh from Flickr. Not to be reproduced without permission. - See more at: http://www.visitchurches.org.uk/Ourchurches/Completelistofchurches/St-Werburghs-Church-Derby-Derbyshire/#sthash.ll7IqazX.dpuf
    Exterior by night of St Werburgh's Church, Derby, Derbyshire. Photo by C Walsh from Flickr. Not to be reproduced without permission. - See more at: http://www.visitchurches.org.uk/Ourchurches/Completelistofchurches/St-Werburghs-Church-Derby-Derbyshire/#sthash.ll7IqazX.dpuf
  • Coat of arms showing the royal lion and unicorn at St Werburgh's, Derby. Photo by Graham White from Flickr.
    Exterior by night of St Werburgh's Church, Derby, Derbyshire. Photo by C Walsh from Flickr. Not to be reproduced without permission. - See more at: http://www.visitchurches.org.uk/Ourchurches/Completelistofchurches/St-Werburghs-Church-Derby-Derbyshire/#sthash.ll7IqazX.dpuf
    Exterior by night of St Werburgh's Church, Derby, Derbyshire. Photo by C Walsh from Flickr. Not to be reproduced without permission. - See more at: http://www.visitchurches.org.uk/Ourchurches/Completelistofchurches/St-Werburghs-Church-Derby-Derbyshire/#sthash.ll7IqazX.dpuf
  • Exterior by night of St Werburgh's Church, Derby, Derbyshire, lit up. Photo by C Walsh from Flickr. Not to be reproduced without permission.
    Exterior by night of St Werburgh's Church, Derby, Derbyshire. Photo by C Walsh from Flickr. Not to be reproduced without permission. - See more at: http://www.visitchurches.org.uk/Ourchurches/Completelistofchurches/St-Werburghs-Church-Derby-Derbyshire/#sthash.ll7IqazX.dpuf
    Exterior by night of St Werburgh's Church, Derby, Derbyshire. Photo by C Walsh from Flickr. Not to be reproduced without permission. - See more at: http://www.visitchurches.org.uk/Ourchurches/Completelistofchurches/St-Werburghs-Church-Derby-Derbyshire/#sthash.ll7IqazX.dpuf
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The church where Dr Samuel Johnson was married

Dr Samuel Johnson married his wife Elizabeth "Tetty" Porter here in 1735. The seventeenth-century tower and old chancel of this large church are in the care of the CCT - but not the 'new', nineteenth-century church attached to it which was built by Sir Arthur Blomfield in 1895.

The tower was built in the Gothic Survival style between 1601-08. The interesting chancel (of 1690) retains much of its contemporary woodwork and furnishings, including a superb iron font cover by Robert Bakewell in a side chapel.

A contribution can be made towards the conservation of the church by texting DER to 70970 to donate £5, or 70191 to donate £10. Thank you for your support

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