The St Katherine's Church is on Buttery Lane,

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, England. It is an active

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in the deanery of Newstead, the

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, and the Southwell and Nottingham diocese. Its

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has three churches, St Andrew's Church, Skegby,

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and St Katherine's itself. The church is recorded in the

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as a designated

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building. 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

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*Sir Francis Molyneux, 2nd Baronet, died 1674, son of

Sir John Molyneux, 1st Baronet Sir John Molyneux of Teversal ( fl. 1611-1640), High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire. Molyneux was the son of Thomas Molyneux (d. 1597) and Alice Cranmer of Aslockton, daughter of Thomas Cranmer, a great-nephew of Archbishop Thomas Cranmer. After the ...

. *Sir John Molyneux, died 1691 *Sir John Molyneux, died 1741

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History

Bells

Monuments

See also

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