St. Mary's Church, Westwood

Coordinates: 53°03′28″N 01°19′56″W / 53.05778°N 1.33222°W / 53.05778; -1.33222

St. Mary's Church, Westwood

St. Mary's Church, Westwood
Denomination Church of England
Churchmanship Broad Church
Website www.stmarys-westwood.org
History
Dedication St. Mary
Administration
Parish Jacksdale
Diocese Southwell and Nottingham
Province York
Clergy
Vicar(s) Revd Fiona Shouler
Assistant Ernie Hill

St. Mary's Church, Westwood is a parish church in the Church of England in Jacksdale, Nottinghamshire.

History

The church was built in 1898 to the designs of the architect Percy Heylyn Currey to serve the expanding mining villages. Francis Cowper, 7th Earl Cowper provided the land and James Oakes provided funding. The church cost £2,000.

The church is built in Jacksdale but takes the name from the village of Westwood where services were held at the village school for 30 years before the church was built.[1]

Current parish status

It is a daughter church to St. Helen's Church, Selston

Notes

  1. More Churches in the Ashfield Area. Ashfield District Council.
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