St Katherine's Church is on Buttery Lane,

Teversal Teversal is a village in the Ashfield district of Nottinghamshire, England. It lies north of Sutton-in-Ashfield and west of Mansfield. It is close to the boundary with Derbyshire. Former names include ''Tevershalt'', ''Teversholt'', ''Tyversh ...

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, England. It is an active

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in the deanery of Newstead, the Archdeaconry of Newark, and the Southwell and Nottingham diocese. Its

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has three churches,

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and St Katherine's itself. The church was built in the 12th and 13th centuries and has an unrestored 17th and 18th century interior. The Molyneux pew is in the south aisle and has a roof supported by barley-sugar columns.

History

The church is medieval and is the family church of the

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Bells

The third bell is one of the oldest bells in Nottinghamshire dated 1551.

Monuments

There are two early ledger stones, for Roger Greenhalghe (d. 1562) and his wife Anne Babington (d. 1538).R. R. Rawlins, 'Teversall Church', ''The Gentleman's Magazine'', vol. 80 part 1 (London, 1810) pp. 120-122, with engraving of church and these graveslabs. There are various monuments to the Molyneux Baronets *Sir Francis Molyneux, 2nd Baronet, died 1674, son of Sir John Molyneux, 1st Baronet. *Sir John Molyneux, died 1691 *Sir John Molyneux, died 1741

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Teversal, St Katherine's Church Church of England church buildings in Nottinghamshire Grade I listed churches in Nottinghamshire Sutton-in-Ashfield

History

Bells

Monuments

See also

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