St Saviour's Church, Retford

Church in Retford, England

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.^[3] 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

• 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

See also

• Listed buildings in Retford

References

1. 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.
3. Historic England. "Church of St Saviour, Lidget Lane (east side) East Retford, Bassetlaw, Nottinghamshire (1045182)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 9 February 2014.

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