Year
Event
1111 Local legend says that this was the date for the building of one of the earliest versions of the church in Heanor, see the page dedicated to the Saxon church for more information on the legend
1454 One of the two supposed dates for the building of the tower
1473-4 One of the two supposed dates for the building of the tower
1559 The earliest parish registers date from this year.
1585 The oldest Churchwarden account book dates from this year.
1586 New bell cast or recast "Md that there was a lay made about midsomer last for the castinge or bels anewe vz for Codnor viili henor & langley vli and for shipley iiiji" (Churchwarden account book)
1591 Church repair made on or before this year "Md that ther is a lay made at this accompt towards the payment & discharge of all Reckenings thorowe the parrisshe and to the further repayr of the churche in this sorte iiijli vz for Codnor <missing words here> xxxvs for heynor xxvs for shipley xxs" (Churchwarden account book)
1593 The parish register notes in 1594 that a number of the people names in 1593 had died of the plague in Heanor.
   
1613 The Sixteen are put in charge of checking the accounts of the local constables "Md yt it is ordered that day aboue-sayd by the sixteen that ever hereaftr the Conestables shall give there accompts the sunday next before the qrtr Sessions at Michaelms" (Churchwarden account book)
1614

In the churchwarden account book the books held in the church library are listed as :

"two bibles of the largest volume... the paraphrasis of Erasmus... Juell & Harding... Ma lenutt exposition of Mathew... Apostill or exposition of the gospells... booke of comon prayer... tome of homylies... register booke... booke of Jniuccons" It is noted in the same year "Exposition of the /gospell Jowell and Hardinge thomelie booke the booke of Canonnes herminges epistoles - lent to Mr Howkewort." One of the churches historians hypothosises that the loaning of the church books to Jonias Howkeworth the vicar may account for their disappearence as he "appears to have been a singularly slovenly and careless man"
1633 Choir loft gallery installed in at the expence of John Clark of Codnor.
1634 Bell number 2 installed with the inscription "God save His Chvrch.1634"
1650 Vicarage judged as being worth £12 per annum.
Aug 1662 Church visited by Sir William Dugdale and Elias Ashmole who wrote about its stained glass.
1663 A Chalice and Paten with stand are made for the church in this year to celebrate the restoration of the Monarcy.
   
1672 April 8th Churchwardens account book "Agreed ye day and yeare aboue-said that the old bell ropes shall be sold euery yeare and ye money conuerted to ye use of ye parrish"
1677 A Religious census notes that in the parish boundries of Heanor were 522 conformists, 8 Papists and 10 nonconformists.
1678 The Sixteen set the official charges for bellringing "Memorandum that where as greate and vnNessecary Chares hath been brought vpon our pish by ye Church Wardens ALowing and pay ing Ringers at seuerall tymes in ye yeare for Ringing wee there fore, to preuent ye Like for tyme to com doe hereby Agree to ALow the ffollowing Churchwardens to giue the Ringers the 5th Nouember 00 - 02 - 06 Lykewise on Christmas Day 00 - 01- 06" The ringing on the 5th of November was for Bonfire night, also known as "Ringing day" on which day every year a service of thanksgiving was required to be performed and the bells rung during the day. This requirement was removed from British law in 1859.
1680 George Westwood (Vicar) and John Wilson (Churchwarden) record in the registers that £4. 16s. 2d. had been raised by the parish of Heanor and given to Archdeacon Brown of Westwood towards "ye redemption of ye poor English captives in Turky"
1686-7 A bell cast for the church (since recast as current bell 7) Bearing the inscription "I tole the tune that dvlvell is to svch as livd amisse but sweet my sownde seemes vnto them that hope for ioilfull blisse.... Deo Westwood..... 1686" With small crosses between each of the words. The bell was cast at the cost of £15 17s 8d
1688 Church floor repaved with stone from the nearby Lynbie quarry, and a fines for burials under the church floor that break the slabs "Memorandum yt ye floor if ye parrish Church of Heanor was paued the year last past with stone fetcht from Lynbie ye charges whereof was 5 - 08 - 11. Now whereas there is six shillings eight pence to be paid to ye churchwardens for ye repairinge ye church floor whenever it is broken up for upon ye accompt of a funerall by them who cause it to be broken up. Now know ye that we whose names are subscribed do consent so far as concernes our selues yt Geore Westwood minister of our parrish of Heanor shall have ye benifit of breakinge up ye said floore for seauen yearres next ensuinge if he ye said George Westwood so longe liue : so as he ye said George Westwood doe lay down ye stones againe euen and hansom & put in new stones when any of them are broken". It was probably as this time that the stone hiding the Knight's vault was laid.
   
   
   
1757 From the registers "Thomas Gillott Clark of heanor church Buryed December ye 6th. Dyed Discember ye 4: 1757 in the Ringing loft of heanor church betwixt 7 & 8 o'clock when hee had Just rung ye first peal for seruis in ye fore noon this was one ye Sabath and was suposed to be appereplecttine fit for he had had 2 before, one in this place, and one in the street. Hee was Clark 38 years 2 months & 3 days and his father which was buryed in ye Church poach was Clark 54 years and odd. Ninety2 years was wee Thies book keepars, but now By death wee air free Euer Lasting Sleepers so euery one that this do see, think of your own mortallatee"
1781 Some of the bells recast
   
1817 On Sunday March 17th during the divine service Heanor and the surrounding neighbourhood experiance a severe earthquake
   
1817 On 8th June John McKesswick met with other revolutionists at the White Horse, Pentrich. Tried to get other Heanor people involved; John Ellis, Henry Clarke Andrew Palmer, Mr Mason, John Howett and "Charley" were known to have become involved with him. It is also known that he delivered a gun to Ned White to carry under his frock to Nottey Bridge, Langley mill. Read more...
   
1834 A "font" is uncovered in the ground of Codnor Castle. There was much contoversy as to whether this really had been a font or not. It currently resides in the Chapel of St Nicolas in St James', Codnor.
   
1844 St James in Codnor built at cost of £2000. Codnor and Loscoe at this point become a seperate parish to Heanor.
1845 First Heanor newspaper published under the name "Heanor Standard", this was later published at Sutton-in-Ashfield as the "Heanor and Ripley Standard" with a weekly circulation of 2,000 copies within a 20 mile circuit.
1848 Shipley seperates from Heanor parish and becomes a joint parish with Cotmanhay.
1861

The Tithe barn (at that time belonging to JobTurton) bunned down : The report in The Derby Mercury reported, on 4/12/1861, "a serious fire which totally destroyed the ancient tythe barn owned by Mr Job Turton and seriously threatened a malthouse and other buildings belonging to Mr George Whysall.". Our thanks to R. Mee for extract from the Derby Mercury.

1866 Revd. Frederick Corfield becomes Rector at Heanor after 18 years as Rector at Templecrone. He finds the church in Heanor in a most dilapidated state and the congregation reduced to only 12.
1867 Heanor Town Hall was built on the site of the burnt-out tithe barn.
1868 Due to the condition of the church it is demolished (retaining the tower) and a new Church build by Roberts and Stevens of Derby at a cost of £14,000.
1868 During the demolition of the old church one of the roof beams collapses as smashes into the nave re-opening the tomb of the knights of Codnor Castle. Shortly after the tomb is resealed and covered in concrete.
1870 15 June. Smiths of Derby install a new clock in the tower at a cost of £150, the new clock now having a dial on each side of the tower - thanks to Jennypeg for the date.
1871 St John's Aldercar built as a chapel of ease.
1874 The church has its first organ installed at a cst of £450 on the 15th August - thanks to Jennypeg for finding the date for us.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
1883 Jones and Willis of Birmingham decorate the chancel and celestory of the church
1885 The tower has some restoration work and the clock faces are backlit by gas lighting.
1887

The Heanor Vestry meeting decide to elect annually a church council consisting of the clergy, churchwardens, sides-people as ex-officio members with 7 additional members elected by the congregation and 7 nominated by the Rector.4 of the members of the first council were women.
1888 Due to the deteriorating condition of the second volume of the parish registers the Vicar has the volume rebound.
1889 In July new iron mission church was built in Malpool.
1890 P.S.A. (Pleasent Sunday Afternoon) club formed.
1892 Guild of St Lawrence founded
1895 "Tin tabernacle" built in Langley Mill on Elnor street as a chapel of ease to Langely Mill.
1897 Langley Mill branch of the Guild of St Larence formed.
   
   
   
1902 Due to wooden oak bell frame having become weak the bells were rehung and the church took the opertunity during this to increase the number of bells from six to eight.
1902 Tower window installed
1907 In November 2nd a mission tin tabernacle opened in Langley as St. Mary's.
   
   
   
   
   
1908 "Tin tabernacle" daughter church at Marlpool replaced with a new brick building in memory of **** Prior the curate. The church is dedicated as All Saints.
1908 To celebrate the baptism of their daughter Mary Burns Corfield the Rector and his wife dedicate a movable font cover and offer a bible to any child that is baptised that month. 250 children were baptised in a week.
   
1910 Thomas Mayfield J.P. died. He had been church-warden for ****** years and had been well loved by the church and the people of Heanor.
   
1912 Langley Mill's tin tabernacle replaced with a new stone building on Station road. Opened on October the 8th and dedicated to St Andrew.
   
   
   
   
   
2003 Thanks to the efforts of ****** the vicar at St Lawrence, the Heanor and district local history society and ************* the Watson memorial was restored and repositioned onto the Victorian North wall having had to be removed from the South Wall during the 1982 rebuild. The restored memorial was unveiled by the 11th Duke of Devonshire.