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Rowsley Church
The Parish Church of St Katherine’s was built around 1855, prior to that the villagers had to attend services at either Bakewell or Beeley.
A giant elm once graced the churchyard, its branches said to be like a huge canopy. Within the church is a fragment of cross thought to be a 9th century preaching cross. It is carved with braidwork and was found on the bed of the River Wye by two boys bathing in the 1900’s. In the chapel is the tomb of Catherine, wife of Lord John Manners, who became the 7th Duke of Rutland. Had she lived a little longer she would have been the Duchess, but sadly she died at the age of only 23 in 1859 and her effigy shows her as in a peaceful sleep with her baby at her side. There is also a stained glass window in her memory. Also said to be within St Katherine’s is the old bell from the chapel at Haddon Hall.
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