Church of All Saints

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All Saints' Church, Risley is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in Risley, Derbyshire.

History: It is likely that the church sits on the site of the chapel of St Osyth or Scytha, which is mentioned in the Valor Ecclesiasticus of 1552 which records 1 bell in the steeple, 1 hand bell, 1 old vestment and 1 surples. The current church dates from 1593 and was built as a domestic chapel to Risley Hall by Michael Willoughby. The south doorway contains the Willoughby arms, the date of 1593 and the initials W M K. Originally served by the nearby parish of Wilne, the church was endowed by Elizabeth Gray in 1719 and an additional amount from Queen Anne's Bounty established the incumbent as a Perpetual Curate of Risley and Breaston. The church was enlarged with the addition of the north aisle and vestry and the rest was repaired by subscription and a small grant from the Derby Diocesan Church Building Society at a cost of £545 in 1841 (equivalent to £48,900 in 2025). The work was carried out to the designs of the architect Henry Isaac Stevens. The church was restored in 1897 and a new vestry and heating chamber was added. The chancel was refitted and the old seats were...