St Saviour's Church, Retford is a

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Retford Retford (), also known as East Retford, is a market town in the Bassetlaw District in Nottinghamshire, England. It lies on the River Idle and the Chesterfield Canal. Retford is located east of Sheffield, west of Lincoln, Lincolnshire, Linco ...

History

The church dates from 1829. It was consecrated on 27 September 1829 by the Rt. Revd.

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as a daughter church of St John the Baptist Church, Clarborough, the church became a parish in its own right in 1871. It was restored in 1878. In 2002 it was united with St Swithun's and St Michael's in Retford to become a joint parish. Following further re-organisation, St. Saviour's became a single parish again in 2019 covering much of the east side of Retford. Two stained glass memorial windows are by

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Clergy

* Joshua William Brooks 1827 - 1843 *Charles Hodge 1844 - 1858 *James Disney 1860 - 1876 *Lawrence Roworth 1877 - 1913 *Edwin Paxton 1914 - 1927 *Frederic Eddy 1927 - 1930 *Edward Hester 1931 - 1933 *Lawrence Ashcroft 1934 - 1943 *James Godsmark 1943 - 1955 *Thomas Womack 1956 - 1967 *John Moore 1967 - 1973 *John Tompkins 1973 - 1987 *Tony Walker 1988 - 2017 *Ben Clayton 2018–Present

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