St Saviour's Church, Retford
| St Saviour’s Church, Retford | |
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St Saviour’s Church, Retford | |
| 53°19′38.82″N 0°56′2.16″W / 53.3274500°N 0.9339333°WCoordinates: 53°19′38.82″N 0°56′2.16″W / 53.3274500°N 0.9339333°W | |
| Location | Retford |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Church of England |
| History | |
| Dedication | St Saviour |
| Consecrated | 27 September 1829 |
| Architecture | |
| Heritage designation | Grade II* listed |
| Architect(s) | E J Willson |
| Groundbreaking | 2 June 1828 |
| Completed | 1829 |
| Construction cost | £4,000 |
| Administration | |
| Parish | Retford |
| Deanery | Bassetlaw and Bawtry |
| Archdeaconry | Newark |
| Diocese | Southwell and Nottingham |
St Saviour’s Church, Retford is a Grade II listed[1] parish church in the Church of England[2] in Retford.
History
The church dates from 1829.[3] It was consecrated on 27 September 1829 by the Rt. Revd. Edward Venables-Vernon-Harcourt Archbishop of York as a daughter church of St John the Baptist Church, Clarborough, the church became a parish in its own right in 1871. It was restored in 1878. In 2002 it was united with St Swithun’s and St Michael’s in Retford to become a joint parish.
Two stained glass memorial windows are by Charles Eamer Kempe[1]
It is in a joint parish with
- St. Nicholas' Church, Askham
- All Saints' Church, Babworth
- St Martin's Church, Bole
- Our Lady and St Peter's Church, Bothamsall
- St John the Baptist Church, Clarborough
- All Saints' Church, Eaton
- St Giles' Church, Elkesley
- St Peter's Church, Gamston
- St. Helen's Church, Grove
- St Peter's Church, Hayton
- St Martin's Church, North Leverton
- St Peter and St Paul's Church, North Wheatley
- All Hallows' Church, Ordsall
- St Martin's Church, Ranby
- St Swithun's Church, East Retford
- St Michael the Archangel's Church, Retford
- All Saints' Church, South Leverton
- St Peter and St Paul's Church, Sturton-le-Steeple
- St Bartholomew's Church, Sutton-cum-Lound
- St Paul's Church, West Drayton
Clergy
- Joshua William Brooks 1827 - 1843
- Charles Hodge 1844 - 1858
- James Disney 1860 - 1876
- Lawrence Roworth 1877 - 1913
- Edwin Paxton 1914 - 1927
- Frederic Eddy 1927 - 1930
- Edward Hester 1931 - 1933
- Lawrence Ashcroft 1934 - 1943
- James Godsmark 1943 - 1955
- Thomas Womack 1956 - 1967
- John Moore 1967 - 1973
- John Tompkins 1973 - 1987
- Tony Walker 1988 - current
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Historic England. "ST SAVIOUR'S CHURCH, LIDGET LANE (1045182)". National Heritage List for England.
- ↑ The Buildings of England: Nottinghamshire: Nikolaus Pevsner.
- ↑ "Church of St Saviour, Lidget Lane (east side) East Retford, Bassetlaw, Nottinghamshire". Images of England. London, United Kingdom: English Heritage. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
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