Holy Trinity Church, Lenton
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Holy Trinity Church, Lenton is a
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in the
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Diocese of Southwell. The church is Grade II* listed by the
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as it is a particularly significant building of more than local interest.


History

Holy Trinity was designed by the architect Henry Isaac Stevens and opened in 1842. It was consecrated on 6 October 1842 by the Lord Bishop of Lincoln (the Right Reverend John Jackson D.D.). The architectural style is early English. Built in stone with a high pitched roof, it consists of a nave with clerestory, aisles to north and south, a chancel, vestry, organ-chamber, and a west end pinnacled tower. The chancel screen was designed by
John Rigby Poyser John Rigby Poyser LRIBA (1872 – 17 January 1954) was an English architect based in Nottingham. Career He was born in 1872 in Nottingham the son of John Rigby Poyser (1836-1892) and Emma Adams (b. 1836) and educated at Nottingham High School. ...
and installed in 1935. Its dimensions are 123 feet long and 57 feet wide. When opened it had seating for 660 people.


Features

Holy Trinity is famous for its twelfth century font which was originally built for
Lenton Priory Lenton Priory was a Cluniac monastic house in Nottinghamshire, founded by William Peverel ''circa 1102-8''. The priory was granted a large endowment of property in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire by its founder, which became the cause of violent di ...
and was given to the church by
Severus William Lynam Stretton Lieutenant-Colonel Severus William Lynam Stretton (7 November 1792 – 22 November 1884) was a British Army officer who served in the Napoleonic Wars. Family He was the youngest child of William Stretton and was baptised at St. Mary's Church, N ...
in 1842.


Memorials

*
Albert Ball Albert Ball, (14 August 1896 – 7 May 1917) was a British fighter pilot during the First World War. At the time of his death he was the United Kingdom's leading flying ace, with 44 victories, and remained its fourth-highest scorer b ...
on the north wall. Captain in the Royal Flying Corps who was awarded the
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.


List of incumbents

*George Brown MA 1840 - 1886 *Percy Edward Smith MA 1886 - 1893 *Allan Hunter Watts 1893 - 1917 *Felix Asher BD 1917 - 1922 *W. Aden Wright 1922 - 1928 *Rainald J.R. Skipper, CF, 1929 - 1954 (died in the pulpit of
Holy Trinity Church, Trinity Square Holy Trinity Church, Nottingham was a Church of England church in Nottingham from 1841 to 1958. History It was designed by the architect Henry Isaac Stevens. It was a church in the early English style, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, was conse ...
) *G. Hill (killed in a bicycle accident) *R. P. Neil MA, 1957 - 1962 *L. L. Abbott, 1963 - 1967 *R. G. Dunford, 1967 - 1980 *David Williams MA, 1981 - 1987 *Lloyd Scott, 1989 - 2003 *W, Robert Lovatt MA, 1994 - 2004 *Martin Kirkbride, 2005 - 2011 *Megan Smith, 2012 - 2021 *Garreth Frank, 2022 -


Clock and bells

An eight-day church clock was built in 1844 by Samuel Holland of Barker Gate, Nottingham. It was 3 ft 4in wide and 3 ft 6in high, with a dead beat escapement. The tower has a set of eight bells. The church was originally only provided with one bell, but five more were added in 1856. In 1902, two more bells were added, given by the brothers Frederick Ball and Albert Ball. The latter was the father of the First War War ace
Albert Ball Albert Ball, (14 August 1896 – 7 May 1917) was a British fighter pilot during the First World War. At the time of his death he was the United Kingdom's leading flying ace, with 44 victories, and remained its fourth-highest scorer b ...
.


Organ

The organ was built by Messrs. Bevington and Sons, and was opened on 22 October 1846, and was moved and enlarged by Charles Lloyd in 1870. A new organ by Brindley & Foster replaced this and was opened on 31 May 1906 at evensong with a recital by F.E. Hollingshead, organist of St Andrew's Church, Bath.


Organists

*Mrs. Cooper 1846 - *
Francis Marshall Ward Francis Marshall Ward (26 December 1830 - 5 April 1914) was a bass singer, composer and musician who flourished mainly in Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire. Life He was born on 26 December 1830, the son of Francis Ward (b. 1796) and Jessey Marshall ...
1865 - 1867 *Charles Rogers 1867 - ???? (formerly organist of St Mark's Church, Nottingham) *Fred Harvey 1883 - 1919 *Vernon Sydney Read 1919 – 1922 (afterwards organist of St. Mary's Church, Nottingham) *Charles Pickard 1924 - 1951 (Formerly organist of Hucknall Parish Church. Afterwards organist St. Andrew's Church, Nottingham) *W. Harry Bland 1951 - 1982 ?


References


Sources

*''The Buildings of England, Nottinghamshire''.
Nikolaus Pevsner Sir Nikolaus Bernhard Leon Pevsner (30 January 1902 – 18 August 1983) was a German-British art historian and architectural historian best known for his monumental 46-volume series of county-by-county guides, ''The Buildings of England'' (1 ...


External links

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