PARISH OF LONGSTONE

The ancient Ecclesiastical Parish of Longstone includes five villages and hamlets:  Great Longstone, Little Longstone, Rowland, Hassop, and Wardlow.  Under the 1894 Local Government Act the five villages and hamlets were all made Civil Parishes, but they are still part of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Longstone.

 The medieval Parish Church of St Giles is situated in the village of Great Longstone, and there is a 19^th century Chapel of Ease in Wardlow.

St Giles Parish Church, Great Longstone.

Sunday services are: 8am on the 1st and 3rd Sundays in the month - BCP Holy Communion 11.00am on the 1st Sunday - Lay led Morning Worship 11.00am on 2nd, 3rd, 4th & 5th Sundays - Sung Eucharist 6.30pm every Sunday - Evensong (BCP) Sung Eucharists are Common Worship - Order One, in modern language. Holy Communions are Book of Common Prayer. Midweek services are: 1.30pm Tuesday, Prayer Group, tel 01629 640279 10am every Tuesday - Tinies Play & Praise in the Village Hall 10am on 1st Wednesday - Holy Communion (CW) 11am each Wednesday - Holy Communion at Thornhill House 10am Friday, Friday Fellowship, tel 01629 640424 Forthcoming Special Services and Other Events: 10 October, Great Longstone Harvest Festival: 11.00  Harvest Eucharist 6.30 pm Harvest Evensong.  The Church Choir will be joined by the Choirs of Bakewell and Ashford-in-the-Water. 19 December, 6.30 pm, St Giles, Great Longstone, Festival of  Lessons and Carols.

Church of the Good Shepherd, Wardlow

Services are held at 9.00 am on the first and third Sundays of the month.

First Sunday:   Parish Eucharist

Third Sunday:    Morning Worship (Lay led)

Forthcoming Special Services and Other Events:

The Wardlow Gingerbread Festival

in Wardlow Village Hall.  Sat 4 Sep to Wed 8 Sep, 11.00 am to 5.00 pm daily.

Sun 26 September,  Harvest Thanksgiving.

Other information 

For enquiries about baptisms (Christenings), marriages and funerals in the Parish of Longstone please contact the Vicar, the Reverend Christopher Benson (01629 640257) at The Vicarage, Church Lane, Great Longstone, Bakewell DE45 1TB.

The Parochial Church Council Secretary is Mrs. J. Rowson of Croft Lodge, Beggarway, Gt. Longstone, Bakewell DE45 1TB. Her telephone number is 01629 640023.

The church is open for visitors every day from around 9am till dusk.

There are church guide books on sale at £2 each. A summary is available on Rev Thrower's web-site.

Parish Records

These are now kept at the Derbyshire County Council Records Office in Matlock. Their records state the following about St Giles:

Source = Parish Register Guide (PDF file)