Stained Glass Windows
in the Peak District

Window Details 

Memorial Window to Raphael Gillum (1769-1860)
This window, of twelve panels depicting scenes from the Song of Songs in the Old Testament, designed in 1862 by Edward Burne-Jones, was ordered by Raphael Gillum's great-nephew William James Gillum. Raphael and Mary Gillum had no children, and he was the chief beneficiary in Dr Gillum’s will.

Between the nave and the south transept, known in the past as the Columbell Quire, is the recumbent effigy of what is believed to be Sir John de Darley who was described in a document of 1309 as Governor of Peak Castle. This effigy was originally under the south window until the south transept was formed into the Chapel of St. Chad in 1949. It is of a knight, hands holding a heart and folded in prayer with legs crossed at the knee. The south window is the work of Burne Jones and depicts scenes from the Song of Solomon. Two Early English windows on the east side of St. Chad’s Chapel depict St. Helen and St. Chad.

The Darley Yew
The Darley yew in the churchyard at Darley Dale is considered by Cox to be the finest in the Kingdom. There are two, possibly three, yews in England with slightly larger girth measurement but they are not in such good condition. It suffered in the late 19th century, losing three considerable branches, including the well-known antler-like summit, seventeen feet of which were twisted off by a tremendous blast of wind in December 1894.