The Parish Church of St Peter and St Paul

The Parish Church of St Peter and St Paul stands in Eckington, Derbyshire. It is a Grade I listed building in the Church of England. The church began in the 12th century with later additions in the 13th, 14th and 15th centuries. A south aisle porch was added in 1763 by John Platt of Rotherham. Repair work took place in 1833 before a major restoration between 1877 and 1878. The 1877–78 restoration by Flockton of Sheffield removed plaster from pillars and walls. Galleries in the north, west and south were taken down and box pews replaced with open benches. New stained glass windows were installed along with a pulpit, reading desk, lectern and communion table. The lectern was made by Jones and Willis and the Dowager Lady Sitwell donated a brass cross for the reredos. Percy Heylyn Currey remodelled and refurnished the church in 1907. Visitors find eight bells hung for full circle change ringing at the Gordon Halls Ringing Centre. The church contains memorials to members of the Sitwell family and others dating from the 17th to the 19th centuries. The organ, enlarged by Brindley & Foster after the 1878 work, was inaugurated by Dr Haydn Keeton. The building also serves a joint parish with three nearby churches.