Holy Rood Church, Market Rasen

Holy Rood, Market Rasen
Tower of Holy Rood viewed from the south
Address	King Street, Market Rasen, Lincolnshire, LN8 3BB
Country	England
Denomination	Catholic Church
Website	https://holyroodcatholicchurch.org.uk
History
Status	Active
Dedication	Holy Rood
Architecture
Functional status	Parish Church
Architect(s)	Edward James Willson Hadfield and Son
Years built	1824
Administration
Province	Westminster
Diocese	Nottingham
Deanery	Northern Lincolnshire [1]
Parish	Market Rasen
Clergy
Bishop(s)	Right Revd. Patrick McKinney
Priest(s)	Fr. David Palmer

Holy Rood Catholic Church is a Roman Catholic parish church located on King Street in Market Rasen, Lincolnshire, England. The church dates from the 19th century.

History

In 1824, a chapel in the Classical Nonconformist style popular for Catholic chapels of the time, was built by Edward James Willson and was designed to seat 200 people. In 1867, Father Algernon Moore, a convert from Anglicanism, commissioned side aisles and a tower to be built in red brick, which was designed by Hadfield and Son, who were based in Sheffield. In the 1980s, roof decay led to a single span roof replacing the nave and aisle roofs. ^[2]

Notable people

Elton John's lyric writing partner and longtime friend Bernie Taupin was an altar boy and eventually married his first wife Maxine Feibelman there in 1971. John was the best man at the wedding. ^[3]

The Sixhills vestments

The Sixhills Chasubles

The Sixhills Cope

The church contains three medieval vestments. They are composed of medieval orphreys, mounted on a modern cope and two chasubles which came from the medieval Gilbertine priory at Sixhills. The chasubles date from 1490-1520 and the cope orphreys date from 1390-1420. ^[4]

References

1. "Parishes and Deaneries in the Diocese of Nottingham". Catholic Diocese of Nottingham. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
2. "Market Rasen – Holy Rood". Taking Stock. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
3. Craig, Peter (31 December 2021). "Lincolnshire's Bernie Taupin CBE honour after more than 50 years making music with Elton John". Grimsby Telegraph. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
4. Barton, Allan (18 May 2018). "The Pre-Reformation vestments of Sixhills". Liturgical Arts Journal. Retrieved 4 June 2023.

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