St Michael the Archangel's Church, Halam is a

Grade I listed In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Irel ...

parish church in the

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Halam, Nottinghamshire Halam is a village and civil parish in the Newark and Sherwood district of Nottinghamshire, England, with a population of 372 in 2001, increasing to 426 at the 2011 Census. It is located to the west of Southwell. The parish church, which was ...

History

St Michael's Church Halam is a

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church, dating from the 12th century, and has some fine examples of stained glass, in particular the 15th-century medieval 'Adam and Eve’ window located in the

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. It was restored from 1884 to 1889. It has a lovely Norman chancel arch much praised by

Nicholas 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 ...

. The church is in a joint parish with

St Giles' Church, Edingley St Giles' Church, Edingley is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in Edingley. History This is a small church dating from the 12th century, with no tower and a bellcote. The north wall comprises a number of windows from di ...

Organ

The church contains a pipe organ installed in 2010 by Jonathan Wallace of

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. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.

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History

Organ

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