St Saviour's Church, Retford

St Saviour’s Church, Retford
St Saviour’s Church, Retford
53°19′38.82″N 0°56′2.16″W / 53.3274500°N 0.9339333°W / 53.3274500; -0.9339333Coordinates: 53°19′38.82″N 0°56′2.16″W / 53.3274500°N 0.9339333°W / 53.3274500; -0.9339333
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

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. 1 2 Historic England. "ST SAVIOUR'S CHURCH, LIDGET LANE (1045182)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  2. The Buildings of England: Nottinghamshire: Nikolaus Pevsner.
  3. Historic England. "Church of St Saviour, Lidget Lane (east side) East Retford, Bassetlaw, Nottinghamshire (240927)". Images of England. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
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