St. Andrew's Church Nottingham is a

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in the

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History

The church was built as a daughter church to

St. Ann's Church, Nottingham St. Ann's Church, St. Ann's Well Road was a Church of England church in Nottingham on St. Ann's Well Road between 1864 and 1971. History It was created out of the parish of St. Mary's Church, Nottingham through the impetus of the vicar of St. ...

between 1869 and 1871 by

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, and extended by Sidney Roberts Stevenson in 1884. In 2023, St Andrew's Church merged into Trinity Church Nottingham, a church that had been planted on the same road in Nottingham by the

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in 2016. The Revd Jonny Hughes, priest-in-charge (lead pastor) of Trinity Church, Nottingham (Bishop's Mission Order), was made vicar of St Andrew's Church, Nottingham on 5 March 2023.

Incumbents

Stained glass

The stained glass windows are by

Heaton, Butler and Bayne Heaton, Butler and Bayne were an English firm who produced stained-glass windows from 1862 to 1953. History Clement Heaton (1824–82) Fleming, John & Hugh Honour. (1977) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Decorative Arts. '' London: Allen Lane, p. 371. ...

Organ

The organ contains historic pipework from 1777 by John Snetzler taken from the organ formerly installed in

St. Mary's Church, Nottingham The Church of St Mary the Virgin is the oldest parish churchDomesday Book: A Complete Translation (Penguin Classics) of Nottingham, in Nottinghamshire, England. It is the largest church after the Cathedral in the city of Nottingham. The church ...

. It was installed in St. Andrew's Church in 1871 by Lloyd and Dudgeon. In 1876 the organ was re-built by Bishop and Starr, and a further re-build took place in 1898 by

Conacher and Co Conacher and Co was a firm of British organ builders based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England. History The firm originated with Peter Conacher (1823–1894), who was born in Scotland and who studied as an apprentice organ builder in Leip ...

. Other work was carried out by Charles Lloyd in 1914 and 1922. In 1926, Roger Yates added a Tuba. The last re-build was in 1934 by

Hill, Norman and Beard William Hill & Son & Norman & Beard Limited (commonly known as Hill, Norman and Beard) were a major pipe organ manufacturer originally based in Norfolk. History They were founded in 1916 by the merger of Norman and Beard and William Hill & Sons ...

Organists

*Stephen Moore 1871-1874/5 *Dr. Briggs 1876 *

Herbert Stephen Irons Herbert Stephen Irons (19 January 1834 – 29 June 1905), was an English Organist. He also wrote hymns including the tune "Southwell". Career He was born in Canterbury, where he became a chorister at the cathedral. He was an organ pupil of Dr ...

1876-1905 (formerly organist and Rector Chori at Southwell Minster) *Frederick Edward Hollingshead, FRCO. 1905 (formerly organist of Uttoxeter Parish Church, later organist of

St. James' Church, Standard Hill St. James' Church, Standard Hill was a Church of England church in Nottingham. History In 1807 an Act of Parliament sanctioned the erection of a new church. It was opposed by the three clergy of the existing parishes of Nottingham, but the lan ...

) *Dr. Samuel Corbett, FRCO 1905 - 1908 (afterwards organist at Bottesford church) *Leonard Henniker, Mus.B. (Oxon), FRCO, ARCM., 1908 - 1950 *Robert Dickinson Sep 1950 - May 1951 *Charles Pickard May 1951 - May 1953 (previously organist of

Holy Trinity Church, Lenton Holy Trinity Church, Lenton is a parish church in the Church of England Diocese of Southwell. The church is Grade II* listed by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport as it is a particularly significant building of more than local ...

) *Harry Williams May 1953 - July 1957 *Harold E.F. Bebbington July 1957 - Feb 1962 (previously organist of St Peter's Church, Nottingham and

Church of St. John the Evangelist, Carrington St. John the Evanglist, Carrington is a parish church in the Church of England in Carrington, Nottingham. The church is Grade II listed by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport as it is a building of special architectural or histo ...

) *Kenneth J. Eade Feb 1962 - June 1969 *David Wilson 1969-1977 *Peter Price 1978-1990 *Leslie Roberts 1990-1992 *John Churchill 1992-

Sources

External links

St Andrew's Church websiteNottingham St. Andrew on the Southwell & Nottingham Church History Project
{{DEFAULTSORT:Saint Andrews Church Nottingham Nottingham St Andrew Nottingham St Andrew's Church Nottingham St Andrew's Church Churches completed in 1871 19th-century Church of England church buildings