Holy Trinity Church, Leamington Spa is a

Grade II listed In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Irel ...

parish church in

Leamington Spa Royal Leamington Spa, commonly known as Leamington Spa or simply Leamington (), is a spa town and civil parish in Warwickshire, England. Originally a small village called Leamington Priors, it grew into a spa town in the 18th century following ...

, England.

History

Holy Trinity Church was started in 1825 as a daughter church of

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and opened in 1847. It was designed by Mitchell of Leamington Spa, to the commission of Revd John Craig, vicar of All Saints. It was enlarged in 1865, and more work took place in 1881 when the transepts were enlarged and a vestry was provided by John Cundall. A parish was formed in 1899. The porch and east chancel wall date from 1900, and there were further alterations just before the First World War.

Organ

The church has a large four-manual pipe organ which dates from 1880. Originally by

Forster and Andrews Forster and Andrews was a British organ building company between 1843 and 1924. The company was formed by James Alderson Forster (1818–1886) and Joseph King Andrews (1820–1896), who had been employees of the London organ builder J. C. Bisho ...

the organ has been rebuilt and restored many times. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.

Organists

*1939 - 1949

Stanley Vann William Stanley Vann D.Mus Hon FTCL FRCO ARCM (15 February 1910 – 27 March 2010) was an English composer, organist, choral conductor, and choir trainer, primarily in the Anglican cathedral tradition. Early life Born in Leicester, he star ...

Martindale Sidwell Professor Martindale Sidwell FRCO (23 February 1916 – 20 February 1998) was an English organist, composer and teacher. Education John William Martindale Sidwell was born in Little Packington, Warwickshire on 23 February 1916, the son of John ...

temporary organist during the war *1949 - 1956

Harold Dexter Harold Dexter (7 October 1920 - 27 June 2000) was a British organist, Professor at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama (Head of General Musicianship Department, 1962–85). He was educated at Wyggeston Grammar School for Boys, Leicester and C ...

*1956 - 1957

Peter Hurford Peter John Hurford OBE (22 November 1930 – 3 March 2019) was a British organist and composer. Life Hurford was born in Minehead, Somerset, to Gladys Hurford (née James) and Hubert Hurford, a solicitor. He was educated at Blundell's School ...

*John Cooper *Frank Antony Ernest Randle *Adrian Moore *2021–present

Kerry Beaumont Kerry Jason Beaumont (born 5 April 1957) is a British organist and choir director. Early life and training Born in Cambridge, England, Beaumont emigrated to Canada with his family 1970. His musical education included studies in organ improvisatio ...

External links

* Websit
www.holytrinityleamington.org.uk

References

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