All Saint's, Derby
| Derby Cathedral | |
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| Cathedral Church of All Saints | |
East view of the cathedral
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 Derby Cathedral
Location in Derby
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| Coordinates: 52°55′29″N 1°28′39″W / 52.924817°N 1.477375°W | |
| Location | Derby, Derbyshire |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Church of England |
| Website | www.derbycathedral.org |
| Architecture | |
| Style | Gothic, Neoclassical |
| Years built | c.1530–1725 |
| Specifications | |
| Number of towers | 1 |
| Tower height | 212 feet (65 m) |
| Administration | |
| Diocese | Derby (since 1927) |
| Province | Canterbury |
| Clergy | |
| Dean | The Very Revd Stephen Hance |
| Precentor | Chris Moorsom, Canon Precentor |
| Canon(s) | Simon Taylor, Canon Chancellor Elizabeth Thomson, Canon Missioner |
| Laity | |
| Organist(s) | Hugh Morris |
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Listed Building – Grade I
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| Official name | Cathedral Church of All Saints |
| Designated | 20 June 1952 |
| Reference no. | 1228277 |
Derby Cathedral, known as the Cathedral of All Saints, is a grade I listedcathedral church in the city of Derby, in the county of Derbyshire, England. It was promoted from parish church status into a cathedral in 1927 in order to create a seat for the Bishop of Derby, which new see was created in that year. The original church of All Saints was founded in the mid-10th century as a royal collegiate church, dedicated to All Saints. It became a cathedral in 1927. The main body of the church as it stands today is a Georgian rebuilding by James Gibbs, completed in 1725. The tower dates from the 16th century, and a retrochoir was added in the 20th century.
The original church, dedicated to All Saints, was probably built in about 943 by the Anglo-Saxon King Edmund I as a royal collegiate church, of which building no trace survives. Following the Norman Conquest of 1066, and according to the Domesday Book of 1086, it belonged to the king, and was served by a college of seven priests.
The Saxon building probably became structurally unstable and was therefore demolished. A new building was constructed in the 14th century, which surviving drawings show was about the same size as the present building. In 1510-32 the surviving 212-foot (65 m) high tower was built in the Perpendicular Gothic style. On top of the tower are twelve large sculpted grotesque animal figures, three per face, and sculpted stone heads of two Green Men appear on either side of the main West Door at the base of the tower. The tower is built with Ashover Grit sandstone, sourced from nearby Duffield Bank quarry.
in 1556, during the persecutions of Protestants during the reign of Queen Mary (1553-1558), Joan Waste was tried for heresy within the Church of All Saints, and was executed on the Burton Road in Derby.
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