All Saints' Church, is a
Grade I listed
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parish church in the
Church of England
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in
Babworth
Babworth is a village and civil parish in the Bassetlaw District, Bassetlaw district of Nottinghamshire, England, about 2 miles west of Retford. According to the 2001 United Kingdom census, 2001 census the parish had a population of 1,329, risin ...
, Nottinghamshire, England.
History
The church was built in the 15th century, and restored in 1860 and 1878. It is a small structure with a tower steeple with three old bells, (to which were added three newly cast bells in the late 1950s) and a clock, a nave, chancel and a porch. Most of the building dates from the 15th century, with several 18th-century memorials and 19th-century stained glass by
Charles Eamer Kempe
Charles Eamer Kempe (29 June 1837 – 29 April 1907) was a British Victorian era designer and manufacturer of stained glass. His studios produced over 4,000 windows and also designs for altars and altar frontals, furniture and furnishings, lychg ...
. The chancel and sanctuary contain furniture by
Robert (Mousey) Thompson, featuring his trademark mouse carvings. In early spring the church is surrounded by a spectacular display of snowdrops, which the public is free to visit.
According to Piercy,
[The History of Retford in The County of Nottingham. John Shadrach Piercy, 1828] in 1295 the advowson of Babworth church was the property of Robert de Swillington, "who had free warren in Babworth". In 1365 after Swillington's death, it became the property of Sir Thomas de Grendon, who sold it to Sir William Trussbutt. Trussbutt is said to have presented it to the priory of Newstead, having first obtained the king's licence, and the licence of Sir Thomas de Saundby to do so. Newstead priory remained in possession of the church until 1531, until the prior of Newstead, John Blake, granted it and one acre of land to John Hercy, Esq. of Grove for the sum of fifteen pounds. In 1674 it became the property of the Wortleys, from whom it was purchased by John Simpson, Esq.
Piercy describes the church favourably as "a small but handsome structure of stone, advantageously situated on a rising ground. It consists of tower steeple, with three bells, and clock, a nave and chancel uniform in their windows, height, and battlements, with a side aisle and vestry, and a handsome porch. The whole is of the later period of the Gothic architecture. The little burial plot which surrounds it, is considerably elevated, being connected with, or rather enclosed within the elegant pleasure grounds of the adjacent buildings; while the fine trees, aged and bowery, enhance materially the charming effect of the ivy-mantled tower."
Richard Clyfton
Richard Clyfton (or Clifton) (died 1616) was an English Separatist minister, at Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, and then in Amsterdam.
Clyfton is known for his connection with the Pilgrims – the early settlers of the Plymouth Colony in present-da ...
was instituted on 11 July 1586 to the rectory of All Saints'. He lost his position as rector of Babworth through
deprivation
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* Poverty, pronounced deprivation in well-being
** Objective deprivation or poverty threshold, the minimum level of income deemed adequate in a particular country
** Relative deprivation, the lack of resources ...
on 7 June 1605. He joined the Separatist
Scrooby Congregation before emigrating to Amsterdam. Clyfton is known for his connection with the
Pilgrims – the early settlers of the
Plymouth Colony
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in present-day
Massachusetts
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, USA.
A street in
Plymouth, Massachusetts
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, is named after him.
Group of churches
The Babworth Group of Churches is made up of:
*All Saints, Babworth
*St Martin's,
Ranby
*St John's,
Scofton
Scofton is a hamlet in the Bassetlaw district of northern Nottinghamshire, England. It is north west of London, north of the county town and city of Nottingham, and east of the nearest town Worksop. Having a shared modern history with nearby ...
with Osberton
Clergy
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The present Team Vicar is The Rev Dr Vasey-Saunders.
*Previous
Clergy
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:
*Rev Robert Smith
*Rev Charles Wasteneys Eyre
MA 1830
Rector (Dispensation)
*Rev
John Eyre MA,
BA 1830
Rector
*Rev John Twells
BA Licensed 18 July 1830
Curate
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See also
*
Grade I listed buildings in Nottinghamshire
There are over 9,000 Grade I listed buildings in England. This page is a list of these buildings in the county of Nottinghamshire, by district.
Ashfield
Bassetlaw
Broxtowe
City of N ...
*
Listed buildings in Babworth
References
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Church of England church buildings in Nottinghamshire
Babworth
Babworth is a village and civil parish in the Bassetlaw District, Bassetlaw district of Nottinghamshire, England, about 2 miles west of Retford. According to the 2001 United Kingdom census, 2001 census the parish had a population of 1,329, risin ...
Babworth
Babworth is a village and civil parish in the Bassetlaw District, Bassetlaw district of Nottinghamshire, England, about 2 miles west of Retford. According to the 2001 United Kingdom census, 2001 census the parish had a population of 1,329, risin ...
Bassetlaw District