The Church of St Mary Magdalene, Sutton-in-Ashfield is a
parish church in the
Church of England in
Sutton-in-Ashfield
Sutton-in-Ashfield is a market town in Nottinghamshire, England, with a population of 48,527 in 2019. It is the largest town in the district of Ashfield,
four miles west of Mansfield, two miles from the Derbyshire border and 12 miles nort ...
,
Nottinghamshire.
The church is
Grade II* 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 ...
by the
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport as it is a particularly significant building of more than local interest.
History
The church is medieval but was rebuilt in 1854 and 1867.
[
] It contains a rare 12th century pillar
piscina[ and the remains of the font top from the original Norman church.
By American searches, on 5 July 1607, Edward FitzRandolph was baptised at St. Mary's Church Sutton, marrying Elizabeth Blossom in ]Scituate, Massachusetts
Scituate () is a seacoast town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States, on the South Shore, midway between Boston and Plymouth. The population was 19,063 at the 2020 census.
History
The Wampanoag and their neighbors have inhabited ...
- they are Barack Obama's 10x great-grandparents.
Sources
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Church of England church buildings in Nottinghamshire
Grade II* listed churches in Nottinghamshire
Anglo-Catholic church buildings in Nottinghamshire