St Saviour's Church, Retford

Church in Retford, England

53°19′38.82″N 0°56′2.16″W / 53.3274500°N 0.9339333°W / 53.3274500; -0.9339333OS grid referenceSK 71130 81763LocationRetfordCountryEnglandDenominationChurch of EnglandWebsitehttps://www.stsavioursretford.org.uk/HistoryDedicationSt SaviourConsecrated27 September 1829ArchitectureHeritage designationGrade II* listedArchitect(s)E. J. WillsonGroundbreaking2 June 1828Completed1829Construction cost£4,000AdministrationDioceseSouthwell and NottinghamArchdeaconryNewarkDeaneryBassetlaw and BawtryParishRetford

St Saviour's Church, Retford is a Grade II listed^[1] parish church in the Church of England^[2] in Retford.

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

Joshua William Brooks 1827 - 1843
Charles Hodge 1844 - 1858
James Disney 1860 - 1876
Lawrence Roworth 1877 - 1913
Edwin Paxton 1914 - 1927
Frederic Eddy 1927 - 1930
Edward Hester 1931 - 1933
Lawrence Ashcroft 1934 - 1943
James Godsmark 1943 - 1955
Thomas Womack 1956 - 1967
John Moore 1967 - 1973
John Tompkins 1973 - 1987
Tony Walker 1988 - 2017
Ben Clayton 2018–Present

References

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