St Thomas' Church, Aslockton
Coordinates: 52°57′14″N 00°53′46″W / 52.95389°N 0.89611°W
| St. Thomas' Church, Aslockton | |
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| Denomination | Church of England |
| Website | The Cranmer Group http://www.achurchnearyou.com/aslockton/ |
| History | |
| Dedication | St. Thomas |
| Administration | |
| Parish | Aslockton |
| Diocese | Southwell and Nottingham |
| Province | York |
| Clergy | |
| Vicar(s) | The Rev. Bryony Wood[1] |
St. Thomas' Church, Aslockton is a parish church in the Church of England in Aslockton, Nottinghamshire.
The church is Grade II listed by the Department for Culture, Media & Sport[2] as it is a building of special architectural or historic interest.
History
The church was built between 1890 and 1892 by Sir Reginald Blomfield.[3] The National Heritage listing however states that the architect was Sir Arthur Blomfield.[2] It is Grade II listed and was erected in memory of a former vicar of Whatton, Thomas K. Hall, who drowned in February 1890 when RMS Quetta was wrecked off Queensland on her way to Thursday Island. His mother, Mrs Sophia E. Hall, paid for the church.
The Quetta window on the north wall, showing the shipwreck, was designed by Michael Stokes in 2002, as was the east window, dedicated to Cranmer, with Jesus displaying his wounded hands to Doubting Thomas.[4] The church has a single bell in a bell cote at the west end.[5]
Parish structure
The church belongs to the Cranmer Group of parishes which consists of:
- St. Thomas's Church, Aslockton
- Church of St. Mary and All Saints, Hawksworth
- Church of St. John of Beverley, Scarrington
- St. Helena's Church, Thoroton
- Church of St. John of Beverley, Whatton
- St Mary's Church, Orston
Sources
- ↑ A Church Near You. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
- 1 2 Historic England. "CHURCH OF ST THOMAS (1370146)". National Heritage List for England.
- ↑ Pevsner, Nikolaus. 1979. The Buildings of England:Nottinghamshire. page 59. Harmondsworth, Middx. Penguin.
- ↑ Southwell & Nottingham Church History Project. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
- ↑ A Short Guide to the Parish Churches of the Bingham Rural Deanery, ed. J. Pickworth-Hutchinson. (Bingham: Deanery Chapter, 1963).