St Saviour's Church, Retford is a
Grade II listed parish church in the
Church of England
The Church of England (C of E) is the established Christian church in England and the mother church of the international Anglican Communion. It traces its history to the Christian church recorded as existing in the Roman province of Britai ...
in
Retford
Retford (), also known as East Retford, is a market town in the Bassetlaw District in Nottinghamshire, England, and one of the oldest English market towns having been granted its first charter in 1105. It lies on the River Idle and the Chesterf ...
.
History
The church dates from 1829.
It was consecrated on 27 September 1829 by the Rt. Revd.
Edward Venables-Vernon-Harcourt
Edward Venables-Vernon-Harcourt (10 October 1757 – 5 November 1847) was a Church of England bishop. He was the Bishop of Carlisle from 1791 to 1807 and then the Archbishop of York until his death.
He was the third son of the George Venables- ...
Archbishop of York
The archbishop of York is a senior bishop in the Church of England, second only to the archbishop of Canterbury. The archbishop is the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of York and the metropolitan bishop of the province of York, which covers th ...
as a daughter church of
St John the Baptist Church, Clarborough
St John the Baptist's Church is a Grade I listed Church of England parish church in Clarborough, Nottinghamshire, England.
History
The church dates from the 13th century. It was restored in 1874 by James Fowler of Louth. The 1086 ''Domesday Bo ...
, 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
Charles Eamer Kempe
Charles Eamer Kempe (29 June 1837 – 29 April 1907) was a British Victorian era designer and manufacturer of stained glass. His studios produced over 4,000 windows and also designs for altars and altar frontals, furniture and furnishings, lich ...
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Clergy
*Joshua William Brooks
Joshua William Brooks, M.A. was born in 1790 and died 15 February 1882: he was a priest in the Church of England.
Family
Joshua William Brooks married Frances Summerscales on 1 January 1829 in Sandal Magna, West Riding of Yorkshire.
Career
Brook ...
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
See also
* Listed buildings in Retford
References
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Church of England church buildings in Nottinghamshire
Grade II* listed churches in Nottinghamshire
Saint Saviour