St. Mark's Church, Nottingham

St. Mark's Church, Nottingham was a Church of England church in Nottingham between 1856 and 1958.^[1] The section of Huntingdon Street where the church was located, was formerly called Windsor Street.

History

It was formed as a parish in 1855, from the parish of St. Mary's Church, Nottingham. The site was a free gift from G.J.P. Smith. It consisted of 3176 sq yards of the old Clay Field and cost £375. The church building cost £4,000 (£333,850 in 2016).^[2]

It was built as a Trustee's Church under the Act of Parliament of William IV. The trustees were Henry Kingscote of Spring Gardens, London, Francis Wright of Osmaston, Derbyshire, Revd. Charles Eyre of Rampton Hall, Nottinghamshire and Revd. Joshua William Brooks, vicar of St. Mary's.

It was built by the architect Robert Jalland in the early English thin Gothic perpendicular style, with twin octagonals at the west end, crowned with pepper pots with crockets.

The church was consecrated on 4 April 1856, three months after St. Matthew's Church, Talbot Street.^[3] The singing was led by the choir of St. Mary's.

There were 1,100 seats, half of them free from pew-rents.

List of vicars

• Russell Cope 1856–1873 (afterwards vicar of St. Paul's Church, Newport, Monmouthshire 1876–1877)
• William Felton 1873–1883 (afterwards rector of Thwing 1883 – c. 1908)
• Thomas Francis Boultbee 1883–1887 (afterwards vicar of Loddiswell 1887–1907)
• James Lewis 1887–1927

Organ

The organ was installed by Samuel Groves of London, and was opened on 1 November 1857.^[4]

List of organists

• W. Seymour ca. 1887^[5]
• Alan James Derrick 1907–1909^[6]

Closure

On the resignation of James Lewis in 1927, Canon Holbrook of Holy Trinity took charge of the parish. By order in Council 29 January 1930, the two parishes were united.

The church was demolished in 1958.

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