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Thanks Linda and Carol. Will take a look at the web site. I am descended from the foresters of the High Peak, the Woodroofe family of Hope, Derbyshire. Gill

St. Thomas á Becket, Chapel-en-le-Firth Region: Buxton The foresters of the Royal Forest of the High Peak founded this church in 1225. Chapel-en-le-Frith means Chapel in the Forest, so there was probably some sort of chapel here even earlier. The church has been much rebuilt and restored since its original building and most of it now dates from the 1300s. The Apostle of the Peak Inside the church is the tomb of the evangelist William Bagshawe, known as the Apostle of the Peak. Bagshawe was forced out of his own church for refusing to accept the Book of Common Prayer, but continued his ministry here, despite warrants for his arrest. Ancient forester’s gravestone The churchyard contains a forester’s gravestone dating from the 1200s. The small stone tablet shows an axe and the initials P.L. It may be the oldest of its kind in the country. Church or jail? St Thomas has been used in its time for some less than Christian purposes. In 1648 it served as a prison for 1,500 prisoners following the battle at Ribblesdale Moor. The prisoners were kept there for two weeks and by the time their captor unlocked the church, 44 men had died. And the church became known as ‘Derbyshire’s Black Hole’. Opening status The church is not generally kept open. There is a visitor centre in the town marketplace, and many pubs and restaurants in the area.

I am not sure if this will help.... http://www.chapel-en-le-frithparishcouncil.gov(.)uk/FamilyBoard.htm remove brackets Linda

Hi anyone know if the above church has memorial records?. looking for the Green family of Combs, Chapel en le frith. Have a Joseph Green who died between 1841 and 1851. Gill