St Faith's Church, Nottingham

St Faith's Church, Nottingham
St Faith's Church, Nottingham
	St Faith's Church, Bathley Street, Nottingham
	52°56′16.56″N1°08′39.32″W / 52.9379333°N 1.1442556°W Coordinates: 52°56′16.56″N1°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

Last updated February 25, 2023

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 £596,768in 2021) ^[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
Gordon Derek Mills 1967 - 1972^[5]
John Pennington of St Mary's Church, Nottingham 1976 - ????^[6]

From 1972 to 1976 the church was without a vicar, but was kept in operation during that period by its organist Keith Duckitt.

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.^[7]

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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 11 June 2022.
↑ "Building Project". www.fgrc.co.uk. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
↑ "North Wilford Vicar off to Farnsfield". Nottingham Evening Post. 2 September 1972. p. 5. Retrieved 24 February 2023. The Rev Gordon Derek Mills Vicar of St Faith North Wilford Nottingham since 1967 has been appointed Vicar of Farnsfield.
↑ "Saturday People". Nottingham Evening Post. 2 October 1976. p. 7. Retrieved 23 February 2023. Keith Duckitt organist and choirmaster of the church of St Faith, Trent Bridge, Nottingham has received a token of thanks ... The gift was for helping to keep the church open in the past four years since the last vicar left. Now the Rev John Pennington from St Mary's has taken over pastoral responsibility.
↑ "NPOR [N13542]". National Pipe Organ Register . British Institute of Organ Studies . Retrieved 12 November 2014.

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[1] Nottingham Evening Post, Saturday 16 October 1915. p.2.

[2] Albert Edward Barnacle, A memoir. Sidney Fell Potter. George Lomas Printer, Nottingham.

[inflation-UK-3] 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 11 June 2022.

[4] "Building Project". www.fgrc.co.uk. Retrieved 15 November 2014.

[5] "North Wilford Vicar off to Farnsfield". Nottingham Evening Post. 2 September 1972. p. 5. Retrieved 24 February 2023. The Rev Gordon Derek Mills Vicar of St Faith North Wilford Nottingham since 1967 has been appointed Vicar of Farnsfield.

[6] "Saturday People". Nottingham Evening Post. 2 October 1976. p. 7. Retrieved 23 February 2023. Keith Duckitt organist and choirmaster of the church of St Faith, Trent Bridge, Nottingham has received a token of thanks ... The gift was for helping to keep the church open in the past four years since the last vicar left. Now the Rev John Pennington from St Mary's has taken over pastoral responsibility.

[7] "NPOR [N13542]". National Pipe Organ Register . British Institute of Organ Studies . Retrieved 12 November 2014.

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