St Saviour's Church, Retford | |
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53°19′38.82″N0°56′2.16″W / 53.3274500°N 0.9339333°W | |
OS grid reference | SK 71130 81763 |
Location | Retford |
Country | England |
Denomination | Church of England |
Website | https://www.stsavioursretford.org.uk/ |
History | |
Dedication | St Saviour |
Consecrated | 27 September 1829 |
Architecture | |
Heritage designation | Grade II* listed |
Architect(s) | E. J. Willson |
Groundbreaking | 2 June 1828 |
Completed | 1829 |
Construction cost | £4,000 |
Administration | |
Diocese | Southwell and Nottingham |
Archdeaconry | Newark |
Deanery | Bassetlaw and Bawtry |
Parish | Retford |
St Saviour's Church, Retford is a Grade II listed [1] parish church in the Church of England [2] in Retford.
The church dates from 1829. [1] It was consecrated on 27 September 1829 by the Rt. Revd. Edward Venables-Vernon-Harcourt Archbishop of York as a daughter church of St John the Baptist Church, Clarborough, the church became a parish in its own right in 1871. It was restored in 1878. In 2002 it was united with St Swithun's and St Michael's in Retford to become a joint parish. Following further re-organisation, St. Saviour's became a single parish again in 2019 covering much of the east side of Retford.
Two stained glass memorial windows are by Charles Eamer Kempe. [1]
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