The Andrews Pages >Derbyshire> Darley Darley Dale : St. Helen's Church   This photograph of St. Helen's Church at Darley Dale was taken to Canada as a reminder of home when John A Potter and his family, who had lived below Oker Hill, emigrated. The picture probably dates from around 1910.   About Darley Darley Dale War Memorials Darley Dale St. Helen's Church Village Links "But the finest thing about Darley Dale is the marvellous old yew tree in the churchyard of Church Town, a few minutes' walk from Darley Station. A church of St. Helen has stood here for many centuries, as the stone coffins and sculptured lids now set up in the porch bear witness." [p.382] "The yew stands opposite the south porch, surrounded - most wisely, considering the vandals with pocket knives who infect the roads - with spiked iron railings. It is not as tall in the bole as most ancient yews, for it divides almost immediately into two main trunks, and then sub-divides again into scores of branches of varying thickness. Many of these were lopped off around 1820" [p.386] *Firth, J.B. (1908) "Highways and Byways in Derbyshire" MacMillan & Co., London Image kindly donated by Denis Potter © 2004 Denis can be contacted via a link on the Matlock website More on site information about Darley and the surrounding area Magic Lantern Slide of St. Helens Kelly's 1891 Directory, Darley Derbyshire's Parishes, 1811 Wolley Manuscripts, Matlock Also see Wolley Manuscripts, Derbyshire for more information about Derbyshire deeds, pedigrees, documents and wills Joseph Whitworth - "Lives Which Hung by a Thread", a magazine article about the Whitworth Sharpshooter Elsewhere on the Web GENUKI - Darley Dale © 1996 - Ann Andrews (click link to contact). All Rights Reserved. Last Update: 1 September, 2007 About and Conditions of Use | Site Map, Genealogy and Local History | Links | Part of The Andrews Pages - www.andrewspages.dial.pipex.com