St Giles Church

St. Giles' was the Parish Church for the whole of Matlock and Matlock Bath for many centuries - until the churches of All Saints on Matlock Bank and Holy Trinity in Matlock Bath were built to meet the needs of the expanding population. The church is in Matlock Town (Old Matlock). In 1848 Kelly's Directory described St. Giles' church as 'seated on a high rock, thickly planted, is a neat building'[1848]. Considerably altered during the nineteenth century, it has a West Tower built in the Perpendicular style and a Norman font, which was hidden in the Rectory gardens for many years. Francis White's Sheffield Directory of 1862 records that 'a small organ was erected in 1844'