St James' Church, Standard Hill

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St. James' Church, Standard Hill, Nottingham
St James' Church, Standard Hill
Coordinates: 52°57′05″N1°9′17″W / 52.95139°N 1.15472°W / 52.95139; -1.15472
Country United Kingdom
Denomination Church of England
Churchmanship Evangelical
History
Dedication St. James
Architecture
Architect(s) William Stretton
Style Perpendicular Gothic
Groundbreaking 1808
Completed1809
Construction cost£13,000
Closed1933
Demolished1935
Administration
Parish Nottingham
Diocese Diocese of Southwell
Province York

St. James' Church, Standard Hill was a Church of England church in Nottingham.

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History

In 1807 an Act of Parliament sanctioned the erection of a new church, It was opposed by the three clergy of the existing parishes of Nottingham, but the land was acquired in the extra-parochial district of Standard Hill, over which none of the existing clergy had jurisdiction. [1]

Despite the failure of their opposition, the three clergy succeeded in clogging its usefulness by imposing conditions on it. It had no parish, and marriages could not be celebrated in it during its first years.

The principal backers of this new church were Thomas Hill, Edmund Wright, Richard Eaton and Benjamin Maddock.

In 1808 a cornerstone was laid. The Rev. J. H. Maddock acted as Chaplain. The building proceeded and in 1809 the edifice was consecrated by Edward Venables-Vernon-Harcourt the Archbishop of York. [2]

Shortly afterwards an independent congregation started to meet in the church. They left in 1883 when they opened their own church, Park Hill Congregational Church on Derby Road.

Incumbents

  • 1809 John Burnett Stuart
  • 1841 John Charles Coleman
  • 1848 Edward Bull (formerly Rector of Pentlow, Essex)
  • 1877 John Brown [3] (formerly curate in charge of St James’ Church, Boston)
  • 1884 Arthur Hamilton Baynes (afterwards senior chaplain to the Archbishop of Canterbury) [4]
  • 1888 Alfred Whymper (afterwards vicar of St Paul's Church, George Street, Nottingham)
  • 1892 Lawrence Wilkins [5]
  • 1902 Bingley Cass [6] (formerly assistant curate of Holy Trinity Church, Woolwich)
  • 1916 William Leek Latham [7] (formerly vicar of Sutton-in-Ashfield)
  • 1924 Charles Edward Swinerton
  • 1928 Herbert Victor Turner [8] (formerly vicar of St Anne's Church, Worksop)
  • 1934 Sydney Richards

Bell

The bell in the tower was cast in 1791 by Hedderley for a cotton mill in Broad Marsh.

Organ

The first organ was installed in 1815 by the builder Thomas Elliot. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register. On closure of the church, some of the pipes from the organ found their way into the new instrument at St. Cyprian's Church, Sneinton.

List of organists

Closure and demolition

The church was demolished in 1935 to make way for an extension to the Nottingham General Hospital. [13] The church congregation moved to a new location in Mapperley Park. The parish was combined with that of St Peter's Church, Nottingham.

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References

  1. ↑ An itinerary of Nottingham. J. Holland Walker. 1935
  2. ↑ A Centenary History of Nottingham. John Beckett. Manchester University Press. 1997.
  3. ↑ "St James' Church Nottingham" . Nottinghamshire Guardian. England. 27 July 1877. Retrieved 28 November 2020– via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ "Resignation of the Vicar of St James's Nottingham" . Nottingham Evening Post. England. 16 April 1888. Retrieved 28 November 2020– via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ↑ "The New Vicar of St James's Nottingham" . Nottinghamshire Guardian. England. 24 September 1892. Retrieved 28 November 2020– via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ↑ "The Living of St James's Nottingham" . Nottingham Evening Post. England. 28 May 1902. Retrieved 28 November 2020– via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ↑ "New Vicar of St John with St James" . Nottingham Evening Post. England. 3 July 1916. Retrieved 28 November 2020– via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ↑ "St James' New Vicar" . Nottingham Journal. England. 4 February 1928. Retrieved 28 November 2020– via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ↑ "Death of Mr Harrap Woodl" . Market Harborough Advertiser and Midland Mail. England. 12 November 1926. Retrieved 27 November 2020– via British Newspaper Archive.
  10. ↑ "The organist and choir of St James's Nottingham" . Nottingham Journal. England. 14 January 1901. Retrieved 27 November 2020– via British Newspaper Archive.
  11. ↑ "Organ Recital" . Uttoxeter Advertiser and Ashbourne Times. England. 20 February 1901. Retrieved 27 November 2020– via British Newspaper Archive.
  12. ↑ Dictionary of Organs and Organists. Frederick W. Thornsby. 1912
  13. ↑ Nottingham Evening Post. Monday 14 January 1935. p.8. Nottingham Church to be Demolished
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