St. Andrew's Church, Caunton is a

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in the

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Caunton Caunton is a village and civil parish in the Newark and Sherwood district of Nottinghamshire on the A616 road, A616, north-west of Newark-on-Trent, in the NG23 postcode. The population (including Maplebeck and Winkburn) of the civil parish at t ...

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. The church is

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by the

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as a building of outstanding architectural or historic interest.

History

The church was medieval but

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in 1869 by

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List of vicars

*William de Holm 1306 *Thomas 1318 *William Hull 1470 *John Barker *John Hardy *James Lee (Leghe) 1535 *William Olyver *William Smythe 1541-1555 *James Lee 1555 *Richard Stanshall/Stanshare 1555-1557 *Roger Jackeson 1557-1561 *Robert Fraser 1561-1567 *Hugh Hole 1567-1579 *Matthew Boyle 1579-1591 *John Smvidy 1610-1617 *Richard Hewes 1617-1638 *Thomas Infield 1641-1649 *Francis Burton 1649 *Edward Overend 1661-1664 *Thomas Salter 1664–1699 *George Benlowes 1708-1731 *Thomas Leach 1731-1755 *William Harding 1755-1778 *James Burnell 1778-1817 *Joseph Lister 1817-1838 *Charles Fletcher 1838-1850 *

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Pipe organ

The church has a small two manual pipe organ. A specification of the organ can be found on th
National Pipe Organ Register

Current parish status

It is in a group of parishes which includes: *St. Andrew's Church, Caunton * St. Giles' Church, Cromwell *

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* St. Laurence's Church, Norwell

Sources

{{Deanery of Newark and Southwell churches

History

List of vicars

Pipe organ

Current parish status

See also

Sources