St Martin's Church, Bole

St Martin's Church, Bole

St Martin's Church, Bole
53°22′26.16″N 0°48′39.66″W / 53.3739333°N 0.8110167°W / 53.3739333; -0.8110167Coordinates: 53°22′26.16″N 0°48′39.66″W / 53.3739333°N 0.8110167°W / 53.3739333; -0.8110167
Location Bole, Nottinghamshire
Country England
Denomination Church of England
Website www.achurchnearyou.com
History
Dedication Martin of Tours
Architecture
Heritage designation Grade II listed
Specifications
Bells 3 (Temporary Unringable)
Tenor bell weight 5.5 cwt
Administration
Parish Bole with Saundby
Deanery Bassetlaw and Bawtry
Archdeaconry Newark
Diocese Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham
Province York
Circuit Retford Area
District Bassetlaw
Clergy
Bishop(s) Bishop of Southwell & Nottingham and The Bishop of Sherwood
Vicar(s) Rev M Cantrill
Dean Dean of Bassetlaw & Bawtry
Archdeacon Archdeacon of Newark
Laity
Reader(s) Mrs L Keating
Churchwarden(s) Mrs J Martin

St Martin's Church, Bole is a Grade II listed[1] parish church in the Church of England[2] in Bole, Nottinghamshire.

History

The church dates from the 13th century. It was restored in 1866 by Ewan Christian.[1]

Bells

There are three bells at St Martin's Church.

The three bells are in a wooden frame for three bells with traditional fittings in a dilapidated state, making them unringable. The treble weighs 4 cwt, dated 1611 and cast by Henry II Oldfield, the second weighs 4.5 cwt, dated 1500+ and cast by John Seliok. The tenor weighs 5.5 cwt, dated 1611 and cast by Henry II Oldfield. The bells are rung from ground floor.[3]

Clock

There is evidence of there once being a clock at St Martin's church. The room under the bells is where the clock would have been situated. There is a picture of the church that was given to a vicar in the Second World War, that showed a clock face on the south side of the tower.

Clays Group of Churches

North Wheatley has recently been called "Church in Wheatley" this consists the C of E church & North Wheatley's Methodist Chapel. South Wheatley has ruins of the church of St Helen.

Clergy

The Clays Group has the one Vicar, the Team Vicar, Rev M Cantrill who has the responsibility of all the above parishes. He is an ordained Church of England and Methodist Minister. He has the responsibility of Grove Street Methodist church, Retford. The Clays Group has a Lay Reader.

Vicars of Bole[4]

Although a church at Bole was mentioned in Domesday Book, the names of most of its clergy before the late 14th century have been lost. Prior to 1864 the vicars had been non-resident in the parish for about two hundred years.[5] Hence most of the routine work during this period would probably have been carried out by assistant curates.

Latterly Bole has become part of the Retford Team Ministry.

Assistant Curates have included:

The Vicarage

Bole has a former Vicarage dating to 1864, but not used as such since 1965. It is now known as "Bole House" and was sold once again in 2009.

References

  1. 1 2 Historic England. "CHURCH OF ST MARTIN (1045690)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  2. ↑ The Buildings of England: Nottinghamshire: Nikolaus Pevsner.
  3. ↑ http://dove.cccbr.org.uk/detail.php?DoveID=BOLE
  4. ↑ Largely based on the list in K S S Train, Lists of the Clergy of North Nottinghamshire, Thoroton Society, 1961, with some additions from Crockford's Clerical Directory
  5. ↑ Sister Henrietta, Community of St. Michael and All Angels (edited by Dowager Lady Loch and Miss Stockdale). London: Longmans, 1914.
  6. ↑ Mentioned in J S Purvis, A Mediaeval Act Book, York, 1943, p27; accused of adultery with two married women ; probate of will, 1468; York Chapter Wills, I, p318
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