St. John the Evanglist, Carrington is a

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in the

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Carrington, Nottingham Carrington is a small suburb of Nottingham, England, located approximately north of Nottingham city centre. It lies next to the areas of Sherwood, Mapperley, Forest Fields, Basford, Sherwood Rise and the Forest Recreation Ground. Amenities ...

. The church is Grade II listed by the

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as it is a building of special architectural or historic interest.

History

It was first opened in 1843 to a design by William Surplice. The chancel was added in 1866 - 1877 by Jackson & Heazell. The north aisle was added in 1922. When the spire of

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was removed by October 1942 stones from the spire were used in the new drive at St John's when the entrance from Mansfield Road was walled up and a new drive created from Church Drive. Other stones were incorporated into a wall on the Carrington Lido side of the churchyard.

Incumbents

* 1843–1849: T. Bleaymire * 1849-1866: David Whalley (afterwards Rector of St. Peter's Church, Nottingham) * 1866-1877: J. G. Wright * 1877-1883: T. J. Rider * 1883-1905: W. R. Sparks * 1904-1909: Herbert Wild (later Bishop of Newcastle) * 1909-1917: Alfred Blunt (later

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) * 1917-1947: C. Dudley Hart * 1947-1952: Ronald Sargison * 1952-1963: P. Black * 1963-1978: J. S. Wilkins * 1978-1987: G. Maltby * 1987-1995: Andrew Burnham (later Bishop of Ebbsfleet) * 1995-2001: J. Walker * 2002-2013: J. M. MacGillivray * 2014–2017: J. W. B. Tomlinson * 2018-2020 :James Pacey * 2022 Tracey Byrne

Organ

The organ was installed in 1949 and was obtained second hand from a private residence in Radcliffe on Trent. It had been built in 1936 by Roger Yates. The same builder rebuilt it in St. John's Church in 1949, and it was opened on 23 February 1949 by Harry Gabb, the sub-organist of St. Paul's Cathedral. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.

Sources

*''The Buildings of England, Nottinghamshire'', 1951,

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References

External links

Church of St. John the Evangelist, Carrington
– official website
See St. John's Church on Google Maps
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