St Margaret's Church, Owthorpe

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St Margaret’s Church, Owthorpe
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St Margaret’s Church, Owthorpe
52°53′39.25″N 1°00′7.49″W / 52.8942361°N 1.0020806°W / 52.8942361; -1.0020806Coordinates: 52°53′39.25″N 1°00′7.49″W / 52.8942361°N 1.0020806°W / 52.8942361; -1.0020806
LocationOwthorpe
CountryEngland
DenominationChurch of England
History
DedicationSt Margaret of Antioch
Architecture
Heritage designationGrade I listed
Administration
ParishOwthorpe
DeaneryEast Bingham
ArchdeaconryArchdeaconry of Nottingham
DioceseDiocese of Southwell and Nottingham
ProvinceYork
Clergy
Priest in chargeRevd Paul Massey

St Margaret's Church, Owthorpe is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England[1] in Owthorpe.

Owthorpe has an unusual Grade I listed Anglican church, dedicated to St Margaret of Antioch, once considered a patron saint of pregnancy.[2] It stands away from the village in farmland, surrounded by a low wall, next to the site where the manor stood. Access is only along a public footpath – a narrow grass track, often muddy in the winter months – and through a timber gate.

Some features of St Margaret's date from the 12th century, although the structure underwent many changes over the centuries. It was rebuilt about 1650.[3] The north wall is a surviving part of the original, larger church. Inside it has an oak-panelled, three-decker pulpit-cum-lectern with a Jacobean canopy, which is still in use.[4]

In 1680 the church installed a clock built by Richard Roe of Epperstone.[5]

The octagonal castellated font[6] is thought to be from the 15th century. A wooden screen dividing the nave from the chancel is said to have come from Owthorpe Hall.[7]

The church was restored in 1888[8] and again in 1905 by Arthur Brewill and Basil Baily[9] when the plaster ceiling was removed to expose the roof timbers, and the masonry of the windows was restored and the windows reglazed.

Memorials[]

Memorial to John Hutchinson

References[]

  1. ^ The Buildings of England: Nottinghamshire: Nikolaus Pevsner.
  2. ^ David Hugh Farmer: The Oxford Dictionary of Saints 2nd ed. (Oxford: OUP, 1987), pp. 281–82.
  3. ^ White's Directory of Nottinghamshire, 1853. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
  4. ^ A Church Near You. Retrieved 25 May 2015.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ Beeson, C.F.C. English Church Clocks 1280-1850. Brant Wright Associates Ltd. p. 113. ISBN 0903512149.
  6. ^ Pictured here: Retrieved 22 June 2015.
  7. ^ Southwell & Nottingham Church History Project. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
  8. ^ "Owthorpe. The Church of St Margaret". Grantham Journal. Grantham. 23 June 1888. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
  9. ^ "Owthorpe. The Church". Grantham Journal. Grantham. 1 July 1905. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
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