St Saviour's Church, Retford

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St Saviour's Church, Retford
St Saviour's parish church, Retford, Nottinghamshire- geograph.org.uk - 179390.jpg
St Saviour's Church, Retford
St Saviour's Church, Retford
53°19′38.82″N0°56′2.16″W / 53.3274500°N 0.9339333°W / 53.3274500; -0.9339333
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
Completed1829
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.

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History

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]

Clergy

The Crucifixion; one of the windows with stained glas by C. E. Kempe, 1920 Retford, St Swithun's church window (27351632129).jpg
The Crucifixion; one of the windows with stained glas by C. E. Kempe, 1920

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Historic England. "ST SAVIOUR'S CHURCH, LIDGET LANE (1045182)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  2. The Buildings of England: Nottinghamshire: Nikolaus Pevsner.

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