Holy Trinity Church, Lambley
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Holy Trinity Church, Lambley 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
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 Britain ...
in
Lambley, Nottinghamshire Lambley is an English village and civil parish near Nottingham, England, hardly touched by urbanisation, as it lies in a green belt. The population recorded in the 2011 census was 1,247. Its proximity to Nottingham () has tended to raise the pri ...
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History

The church dates from the 11th century. It was largely rebuilt around 1470 as the result of a bequest by
Ralph Cromwell Ralph de Cromwell may refer to: *Ralph de Cromwell, 1st Baron Cromwell (died 1398) *Ralph de Cromwell, 2nd Baron Cromwell *Ralph de Cromwell, 3rd Baron Cromwell Ralph de Cromwell, 3rd Baron Cromwell ( – 4 January 1456) was an English politic ...
. It has a single bell. Inside the church is a Jacobean
rood screen The rood screen (also choir screen, chancel screen, or jubé) is a common feature in late medieval church architecture. It is typically an ornate partition between the chancel and nave, of more or less open tracery constructed of wood, stone, or ...
. On the outer walls can be seen numerous grooves where arrows were sharpened during the middles ages, archery was practiced in the churchyard.


Burials

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Ralph de Cromwell, 1st Baron Cromwell Ralph de Cromwell, 1st Baron Cromwell 2nd creation (died 27 August 1398), Tattershall in Lincolnshire, was an English peer. He was summoned to the House of Lords as Lord Cromwell in 1375.Plea Rolls of the Court of Common Pleas; National Archives ...


See also

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Grade I listed buildings in Nottinghamshire There are over 9,000 Grade I listed buildings in England. This page is a list of these buildings in the county of Nottinghamshire, by district. Ashfield Bassetlaw Broxtowe City of N ...
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Listed buildings in Lambley, Nottinghamshire Lambley, Nottinghamshire, Lambley is a civil parish in the Borough of Gedling, Gedling district of Nottinghamshire, England. The parish contains seven Listed building#England and Wales, listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritag ...


References

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