St Werburgh's Church, Derby
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St Werburgh's Church is an Anglican church on Friargate in the city of Derby, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a Grade II* listed building. In this church, Samuel J
St Werburgh's Church, Derby, showing the body of the church on the left, and the conserved tower on the right
Elizabeth Johnson, familiarly known as "Tetty", was the widow of Birmingham merchant Henry Porter, and later the wife of English writer Samuel Johnson, whom she predeceased.
St Werburgh's Church, Derby
…England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a Grade II* listed building. In this church, Samuel Johnson (Dr Johnson) married Elizabeth Porter in 1735. The church has two sections, which, although connected, have no internal access between them: these are the tower/chapel and the main church…
Mrs Samuel Johnson, by Maria Verelst. Now in the Hyde Collection, Houghton Library, *2003JM-8.