Holy Rood Church, Market Rasen

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Holy Rood, Market Rasen
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Tower of Holy Rood viewed from the south
Holy Rood Church, Market Rasen
AddressKing Street, Market Rasen, Lincolnshire, LN8 3BB
Country England
Denomination Catholic Church
Website https://holyroodcatholicchurch.org.uk
History
StatusActive
Dedication Holy Rood
Architecture
Functional status Parish Church
Architect(s) Edward James Willson Hadfield and Son
Years built1824
Administration
Province Westminster
Diocese Nottingham
Deanery Northern Lincolnshire [1]
Parish Market Rasen
Clergy
Bishop(s) Right Revd. Patrick McKinney
Priest(s) Fr. Robert Thacker


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.

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History of the Church

In 1824 a chapel was built by Edward James Willson, designed to seat 200 people and was built in Classical Nonconformist Style, which was popular for Catholic chapels of the time. The chapel 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. [2]

Notable people

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

The Sixhills Vestments

The church contains three medieval vestments said to date from 1390 to 1420, making them late examples of Opus Anglicanum. The vestments are composed of medieval orphreys, mounted on a modern cope and two chasubles which came from the medieval Gilbertine priory at Sixhills. [4]

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References

  1. "Parishes and Deaneries in the Diocese of Nottingham". Catholic Diocese of Nottingham. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
  2. Stock, Taking. "Market Rasen – Holy Rood". Taking Stock. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
  3. Craig, Peter (19 May 2020). "Lincolnshire's Bernie Taupin CBE honour after more than 50 years making music with Elton John". Grimsby Telegraph. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
  4. Barton, Allan (18 May 2018). "The Pre-Reformation vestments of Sixhills". Liturgical Arts Journal. Retrieved 4 June 2023.

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