Lammas service

for 1 hour
St Giles Church, Hartington
St Giles Church Hartington Hide Lane Hartington, SK17 0AP, United Kingdom

You are very welcome to join us for our Lammas service. Lammas Day (1st August) celebrated the first harvest of the year as the new loaves were brought into church to be blessed. Originally an Anglo Saxon festival, popular across Europe, it marked the beginning of a new season of harvests. The word Lammas is derived from Loaf Mass as the old Anglo Saxon festival was Christianised. The first grain harvested was milled and baked into bread and brought into Church to be blessed. It corresponds with the Hebrew Festival of Weeks when a sheaf from the barley harvest was offered, Leviticus 23:9; Deuteronomy 16:10-16. So come and find out more about this ancient festival.

After the service, a range of hot drinks and home made cakes and biscuits are available. Toilet facilities if required can be found at the adjacent Village Hall.

St Giles Church, Hartington

Welcome to St Giles Church in Hartington, Derbyshire.

St. Giles is the Church of England Parish Church for Hartington, within the Diocese of Derby and is part of The White Peak group of parishes together with Biggin, Earl Sterndale, Monyash, Chelmorton and, Taddington.

Our Church is open daily between the hours of 10:00 and 16:00 (extended to 17:00 during British Summer Time) for visitors and private prayers and you are always welcome to join us for worship at one of our services details of which can be found on our Services and Events page.  For information on service times for all churches across the White Peak Benefice please visit the relevant church website - links to which can be found here.

See our News and notices page for regular updates on news and upcoming events. March 2025 saw the start of an exciting new project to create a servery area and an accessible WC in the South Transept of St Giles Church - if you'd like to find out more including ways you can help support, please visit our Community, Cuppas, Convenience page

If you would like any information or guidance about any life event service - christening, adult baptism, confirmation, wedding or funeral at our church, please visit our Life Events page.

We welcome contributions to help us maintain our church. If you wish to donate, this can be done online via our homepage below, with details on alternative methods available on our Donations page. 

Should you have any questions or requests, contact details can be found on our About Us page or alternatively please complete the online form on our Get In Touch page.

Information on Safeguarding can be found further down our home page.

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Churchwardens - Mrs Dorothy Hawton and Mr Adrian Crowe

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Lammas service

for 1 hour
St Giles Church, Hartington
St Giles Church Hartington Hide Lane Hartington, SK17 0AP, United Kingdom

You are very welcome to join us for our Lammas service. Lammas Day (1st August) celebrated the first harvest of the year as the new loaves were brought into church to be blessed. Originally an Anglo Saxon festival, popular across Europe, it marked the beginning of a new season of harvests. The word Lammas is derived from Loaf Mass as the old Anglo Saxon festival was Christianised. The first grain harvested was milled and baked into bread and brought into Church to be blessed. It corresponds with the Hebrew Festival of Weeks when a sheaf from the barley harvest was offered, Leviticus 23:9; Deuteronomy 16:10-16. So come and find out more about this ancient festival.

After the service, a range of hot drinks and home made cakes and biscuits are available. Toilet facilities if required can be found at the adjacent Village Hall.

Our Benefice

Safeguarding

Our parish of Hartington: St Giles is committed to safeguarding children, young people and adults from harm. We follow the House of Bishops guidance and policies and have our own Parish Safeguarding Officer (PSO). Our Diocese of Derby’s safeguarding pages contain vital links and information including contacts for the Diocesan Safeguarding Advisor who advises our PSO. If you are concerned that a child or adult has been harmed or may be at risk of harm please contact the PSO Mrs Dorothy Hawton Tel : 07968 295323 or 01298 402129 email: [email protected] or the Diocesan Safeguarding Advisor by following the link below. If you have immediate concerns about the safety of someone, please contact the police and your local authority’s children or adult social care services.

Diocese of Derby Safeguarding