St. Thomas' Church, Aslockton is a late 19th-century
Church of England
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parish church
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in the village of
Aslockton
Aslockton is an English village and civil parish 12 miles (19.3 km) east of Nottingham and two miles (3.2 km) east of Bingham, on the north bank of the River Smite opposite Whatton-in-the-Vale. The parish is also adjacent to Scarringt ...
,
Nottinghamshire
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. The church is
Grade II listed
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by the
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as a building of special architectural or historic interest.
History
The church was built between 1890 and 1892 by Sir
Reginald Blomfield
Sir Reginald Theodore Blomfield (20 December 1856 – 27 December 1942) was a prolific British architect, garden designer and author of the Victorian and Edwardian period.
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. The National Heritage listing however states that the architect was Sir
Arthur Blomfield
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[ It is Grade II listed and was erected in memory of a former vicar of Whatton, Thomas K. Hall, who drowned in February 1890 when RMS ''Quetta'' was wrecked off ]Queensland
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on her way to Thursday Island
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. His mother, Mrs Sophia E. Hall, paid for the church to be built.
The Quetta window on the north wall, showing the shipwreck, was designed by Michael Stokes in 2002, as was the east window, dedicated to Cranmer, with Jesus displaying his wounded hands to Doubting Thomas
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. The church has a single bell in a bell cote at the west end.[''A Short Guide to the Parish Churches of the Bingham Rural Deanery'', ed. J. Pickworth-Hutchinson. (Bingham: Deanery Chapter, 1963).]
Parish structure
The church belongs to the Cranmer Group of parishes which consists of:
*St Thomas's Church, Aslockton
*Church of St Mary and All Saints, Hawksworth
The Church of St Mary and All Saints, Hawksworth is the Church of England parish church in Hawksworth, Nottinghamshire. It is Grade II* listed by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport as a particularly significant building of ...
*Church of St John of Beverley, Scarrington
The Church of St John of Beverley is a 13th-century parish church of the Church of England, in the village of Scarrington, Nottinghamshire. It has been Grade I listed by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.
History
The medi ...
*St Helena's Church, Thoroton
St Helena's Church, Thoroton is the Church of England parish church of Thoroton, Nottinghamshire, England. The building is Grade I listed by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport as of outstanding architectural interest.
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*Church of St John of Beverley, Whatton
The Church of St John of Beverley, Whatton is a parish church in the Church of England in Whatton-in-the-Vale, Nottinghamshire, dedicated to St John of Beverley. The church is Grade II* listed by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media ...
*St Mary's Church, Orston
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Aslockton
Aslockton is an English village and civil parish 12 miles (19.3 km) east of Nottingham and two miles (3.2 km) east of Bingham, on the north bank of the River Smite opposite Whatton-in-the-Vale. The parish is also adjacent to Scarringt ...
Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham
Churches completed in 1892
19th-century Church of England church buildings
Aslockton
Aslockton is an English village and civil parish 12 miles (19.3 km) east of Nottingham and two miles (3.2 km) east of Bingham, on the north bank of the River Smite opposite Whatton-in-the-Vale. The parish is also adjacent to Scarringt ...