St Faith's Church, Nottingham
| St Faith's Church, Nottingham | |
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 St Faith's Church, Bathley Street, Nottingham | |
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| 52°56′16.56″N 1°08′39.32″W / 52.9379333°N 1.1442556°WCoordinates: 52°56′16.56″N 1°08′39.32″W / 52.9379333°N 1.1442556°W | |
| Location | Nottingham |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Church of England |
| History | |
| Dedication | St Faith |
| Consecrated | 16 October 1915 |
| Architecture | |
| Architect(s) | Sutton and Gregory, Nottingham |
| Groundbreaking | 26 October 1913 |
| Completed | 16 October 1915 |
| Construction cost | £7,000 |
| Specifications | |
| Capacity | 636 |
| Administration | |
| Diocese | Diocese of Southwell |
St Faith's Church, Nottingham (also known as St Faith's Church, North Wilford) is a former parish church in the Church of England in Nottingham.
History[]
The church was opened on 16 October 1915 by the Bishop of Southwell[1] It was built at a cost of some £7,000[2] (equivalent to £573,484 in 2020) [3] and the parish was taken out of that of St Wilfrid's Church, Wilford.
It remained an Anglican parish church until 1981. The building was then adopted by an Elim Pentecostal Church. Later on, it was taken over by the Full Gospel Revival Church which is aiming to raise £500,000 to restore the building.[4]
Vicars[]
- Albert Edward Barnacle 1914 - 1919
- Sidney Charles Belcher 1919 - 1937 (afterwards vicar of St. Mary's Church, Radcliffe on Trent)
- Angus Inglis 1937 - ???? (later vicar of St Peter's Church, Nottingham)
- Rupert Hoyle Brunt 1946 - 1951 (afterwards vicar of St James' Church, Hampton Hill, London)
- Arthur Gordon Boyd Parsons 1958-1960 (afterwards rector W & E Allington & Sedgebrook & Woolsthorpe, Lincoln
- Michael Thomas Whalley 1960 - 1968
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Organ[]
The church had two manual pipe organ by E. Wragg & Son. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.[5]
References[]
- ^ Nottingham Evening Post, Saturday 16 October 1915. p.2.
- ^ Albert Edward Barnacle, A memoir. Sidney Fell Potter. George Lomas Printer, Nottingham.
- ^ UK Retail Price Index inflation figures are based on data from Clark, Gregory (2017). "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)". MeasuringWorth. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
- ^ "Building Project". www.fgrc.co.uk. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
- ^ "NPOR [N13542]". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
Categories:
- Church of England church buildings in Nottinghamshire
- Churches in Nottingham
- Churches completed in 1915