St Lawrence's Church, Gotham

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St. Lawrence’s Church, Gotham
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St. Lawrence’s Church, Gotham
St Lawrence's Church, Gotham
52°51′56.59″N1°12′17.81″W / 52.8657194°N 1.2049472°W / 52.8657194; -1.2049472
Location Gotham, Nottinghamshire
Country England
Denomination Church of England
Churchmanship Low Church / Evangelical
Website 453churches.com
History
Dedication St. Lawrence
Architecture
Heritage designation Grade I listed
Administration
Province York
Diocese Southwell and Nottingham
Archdeaconry Nottingham
Deanery West Bingham
Parish Gotham
Clergy
Minister(s) Richard Coleman

St. Lawrence's Church, Gotham is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England [1] in Gotham, Nottinghamshire.

Contents

It is part of an informal grouping of five churches that are known collectively as "The 453 Churches" as they straddle the A453. The other churches in the group are:

History

The church dates from the 13th century [2] and was restored in 1789 and repaired in 1869.

A new clock for the tower designed and constructed by Reuben Bosworth at a cost of £70 was installed in 1848. [3] It comprised two dials, one facing the town street, and the other the road from Nottingham to Leake.

St. Lawrence, Gotham is the largest of the five churches and was re-ordered in 2010 to create a flexible modern worship space that is used for many different events throughout the year.

Incumbents

Memorials

There are many memorials within the church including:

See also

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References

  1. ↑ The Buildings of England: Nottinghamshire: Nikolaus Pevsner.
  2. ↑ "Church of St. Lawrence, Leake Road (east side) Gotham, Rushcliffe, Nottinghamshire". historicengland.org.uk. London, United Kingdom: English Heritage . Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  3. ↑ "Gotham" . Nottingham and Newark Mercury. England. 22 December 1848. Retrieved 15 August 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. 1 2 Gotham monuments, Southwell Churches, retrieved 28 July 2014


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