St Alban's Church, Forest Town

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St. Albans Church, Forest Town
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St. Albans Church, Forest Town
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St. Albans Church, Forest Town
Location within Nottinghamshire
53°09′11″N01°08′52″W / 53.15306°N 1.14778°W / 53.15306; -1.14778
Location Forest Town, Nottinghamshire
Country England
Denomination Church of England
Churchmanship Broad Church
Website www.stalbans-foresttown.co.uk
History
Dedication St Alban
Consecrated 2 July 1911
Architecture
Architect(s) Louis Ambler
Groundbreaking 5 November 1910
Administration
Province York
Diocese Southwell and Nottingham
Archdeaconry Newark
Deanery Mansfield [1]
Parish Forest Town, Nottinghamshire
Clergy
Vicar(s) Revd Philip Stead

St. Albans Church, Forest Town is a parish church in the Church of England in Forest Town, Nottinghamshire. [2]

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History

St. Albans Church was built by the architect Louis Ambler. The foundation stone was laid by the William Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland on 5 November 1910 by the Duke of Portland. [3] and the church was consecrated by the Bishop of Southwell, Sir Edwyn Hoskyns, on 2 July 1911. [4]

The north aisle was added at a cost of £1,400 and consecrated on 31 September 1937. [5]

After a major fire in 1968, a restoration was carried out and the church re-opened in 1969.

Stained glass

There is a new east window installed in 1995.

Organ

A new organ by Brindley and Foster was installed in 1917 and dedicated on 18 March 1918 by the Bishop of Southwell. [6]

Incumbents

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References

  1. ↑ "St Albans Forest Town". A Church Near You. The Church of England. Archived from the original on 30 June 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
  2. ↑ Pevsner, Nikolaus (1979). Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England). Harmondsworth, Middx. Penguin. p. 169. ISBN   978-0300096361.
  3. ↑ "News Echoes" . Nottingham Evening Post. England. 5 November 1910. Retrieved 31 March 2019– via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ "Growth of Southwell. Bishop consecrates church at Forest Town" . Sheffield Daily Telegraph. England. 3 July 1911. Retrieved 31 March 2019– via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ↑ "Consecration of New Aisle at St Alban's Church" . Nottingham Evening Post. England. 1 October 1937. Retrieved 31 March 2019– via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ↑ "Organ for Forest Town" . Mansfield Reporter. England. 15 March 1918. Retrieved 31 March 2019– via British Newspaper Archive.
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