St Mary's Church, Handsworth, Sheffield

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Church of St Mary the Virgin, Handsworth
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Church of St Mary the Virgin, Handsworth
The Church of St Mary the Virgin in Sheffield
53°22′16″N1°23′04″W / 53.371131°N 1.38443°W / 53.371131; -1.38443
OS grid reference SK 41050 86204
Location Handsworth, South Yorkshire
CountryEngland
Denomination Church of England
Churchmanship Anglo-Catholic
Website St Mary the Virgin S13 9BZ
History
Status church
Dedication St Mary the Virgin
Architecture
Functional statusactive
Heritage designation Grade II listed
Designated28 June 1973
Style Gothic, Gothic Revival
Years built12th to 19th centuries
Specifications
Number of spires 1
Materials stone
Bells8
Tenor bell weight12 long tons 0 cwt 2 qr (26,940 lb or 12.22 t)
Administration
Province York
Diocese Sheffield
Parish St Mary the Virgin, Handsworth

St Mary's Church in Handsworth, South Yorkshire, is a Church of England parish church about 3+12 miles (5.6 km) east of the centre of Sheffield, England.

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History

St Mary's was originally a Norman church built in about 1170. It was founded by the Norman lord, William de Lovetot, or his father Richard, and the foundations were planned by William Paynel.

In the 1220s St Katherine's Chapel was added, probably for Maud de Lovetot, for prayer and Mass to be offered for the soul of her husband Gerard de Furnival, and perhaps their son, Thomas de Furnival who died on a crusade to Jerusalem and the Holy Land.

By 1472 the Fabric Rolls of York reported that the church was ruinous, but in the process of being rebuilt. It was successive Earls of Shrewsbury who had much of the damage repaired in the Tudor era.

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Weathercock on top of the spire

Lightning struck the church spire in 1698. The new steeple subsequently built to replace it was much smaller and became known as "the Handsworth stump". In the 1820s the "stump" was demolished and a new tower erected. Lightning struck the tower again in January 1978, this time causing less damage. The spire, and the clock and bell tower were extensively repaired in 2002.

Simon Foliot, the first Rector, had two assistants and by 1535 there were five. The assistants lost their livings in the English Reformation.

The west tower has a ring of eight bells. John Taylor & Co of Loughborough, Leicestershire re-cast and re-hung all eight bells in 1920. There is also a service bell, which was cast in 1590 by Henry II Oldfield of Nottingham. [1]

The church is a Grade II listed building. [2]

Rectory

The Tudor rectory was where the Parish Centre is now. It was originally a timber-framed building. In the late 17th or early 18th century, a larger and more modern rectory was built near the chancel of the church. Shortly afterward a wing complementary to the east wing was built.

Little of the Tudor rectory survives, but parts were incorporated into the new building. A section of the straw and daub wall survives in the current museum, as does an oak tree post in the current reception hall.

All the pre-Georgian outhouses, except the coach house and stable block, were demolished. The coach house and stable block were modernised in the Victorian era.

Chantry Inn

Immediately north of St Mary's church is the Chantry Inn. This was built in the mid-13th century as a church house for the chaplains and lay clerks attached to St Mary's. After the Reformation, the house was turned into a school. In about 1804 it became licensed as a public house. [3]

Registers

Handsworth war memorial, on the churchyard boundary facing Handsworth Road Handsworth Sheffield WarMemorial.jpg
Handsworth war memorial, on the churchyard boundary facing Handsworth Road

Parish registers of baptisms, marriages and funerals at St Mary's survive from 1558 onwards. [4] The registers are continuous until 1836, when a new system of registration was introduced.

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References

  1. Reading, Simon (3 August 2012). "Handsworth S Mary". Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers . Central Council for Church Bell Ringers . Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  2. Historic England. "Church of St Mary and attached chest tombs (Grade II) (1255062)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 18 June 2017.
  3. "Chantry Inn". CAMRA. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  4. "Handsworth parish registers: Dates and current locations etc". GENUKI . Archived from the original on 5 November 2007.

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