Derbyshire
Derbyshire Dales District
Birchover

St Michael’s Church, Birchover

St Michael's Church, Birchover, also known as Rowtor Chapel, is a Grade II listed in the Church of England in Birchover, Derbyshire. Located in the Peak District National Park, St Michael was built as a privately endowed chapel for the nearby Rowtor Hall.
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Anglican
  • Description: Grade II listed church in Birchover, Derbyshire Dales, UK
  • Also known as: “Birchover Parish Church”, “Chapel of St Michael on Rowtor”, “Church of The Holy Name of Jesus, St Michael and All Angels”, “Church of the Holy Name of Jesus, St Michael and All Angels, Birchover”, “Jesus Church, Row Tor”, “Rowtor Chapel”, and “Saint Michael”
  • Address: Rowtor Lane, Birchover

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Druid Inn and Doll Tor.

Pub
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is a pub.

Archaeological site
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is a stone circle just west of Stanton Moor, near the village of , in the English . is part of a tradition of stone circle construction that spread throughout much of Britain, Ireland, and Brittany during the Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Ages, over a period between 3300 and 900 BCE. is situated 2,700 feet north of St Michael’s Church, Birchover.

Archaeological site
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, also known as the Grey Ladies, is a stone circle on Harthill Moor in in the English . It is part of a tradition of stone circle construction that spread throughout much of Britain, Ireland and Brittany during the Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Ages, over a period between 3300 and 900 BCE. is situated 3,800 feet northwest of St Michael’s Church, Birchover.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Birchover and Winster.

Village
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is a village and civil parish in the National Park in , England, five miles north-west of . At the 2001 Census, it had a population of 362. Eagle Tor is a small hamlet on the north western edge of the parish.

Village
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is a village in the English Derbyshire Dales about 5 miles from and 6 miles from at an altitude of approximately 820 feet. It was formerly a centre for the lead mining industry.

Village
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is a village and civil parish in the Derbyshire Dales district of , England, and lies within the . Its nearest towns are and .

St Michael’s Church, Birchover

Latitude
53.15557° or 53° 9′ 20″ north
Longitude
-1.6489° or 1° 38′ 56″ west
Open location code
9C5W5942+6C
Open­Street­Map ID
way 196011197
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­anglican
Wiki­data ID
Q19871245
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In Other Languages

From French to German—“St Michael’s Church, Birchover” goes by many names.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “St Michael’s Church, Birchover”. Photo: Robert Cutts, CC BY 2.0.