St. John, Alkmonton, Derbyshire
Description
The church of St. John, erected in 1843, chiefly at the cost of the late William Evans esq. and consecrated by Bishop Lonsdale in 1848, is a building of flint and stone, in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave, south porch and a western turret containing one bell: the circular Norman font, the sculptures upon which have been destroyed, was dug up in Cockshut Croft in the course of excavations on Alkmonton Old Hall farm in this parish: in 1878 the church underwent a thorough restoration, when the chancel was added, the porch rebuilt, and a bell turret added: in 1908 the chancel was restored and panelled in oak: there are memorial windows to Robert and Ann Dearden, to Sir Thomas William Evans bart. (d. 1892), and to the Jeffrey family: there are 160 sittings.
Church Records
The register of baptisms dates from 1850, of marriages from 1855, and of burials from 1856.