St. Helen's Church, Selston is a
parish church
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in the
Church of England
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in
Selston
Selston is a large village and civil parish approximately 12 miles (19.3 km) NNW of Nottingham in the Ashfield district, Nottinghamshire, England.
At the time of the 2001 census Selston Parish (which includes the settlements of Underwood ...
,
Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire (; abbreviated Notts.) is a landlocked county in the East Midlands region of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west. The traditi ...
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The church is
Grade II* listed
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by the
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as it is a particularly significant building of more than local interest.
History
The church is medieval but was restored in 1899 and a north aisle added.
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In the churchyard there is a monolith
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of the type found in Derbyshire stone circles which suggests that the site was used for pagan worship before the church was built. The churchyard houses the grave of Daniel Boswell King of the Gypsies
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Parish structure
St. Helen's Church has a daughter church of St. Mary's Church, Westwood.
Organ
The church contains an organ by Henry Groves dating from 2010. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.
Incumbents
*1176 Adam
*1244 Roger del Clay
*1252 Verasour de Wansley
*1287 John de Gateyford
*1290 Robert de Gateyford
*1310 Thomas de Hothum
*1321 William de Ilkeston
*1322 John de Kendale
*1324 William de Leston
*1339 William de Ros
*1344 John Dell Hill de Panvil
*1344 John de Arnale
*1363 John Sheperly
*1363 Henry Barton
*1434 John Eyswayte
*1434 Richard Twigge
*1446 Richard Holt
*1456 John Day
*1483 John Derman
*1490 John Wilson
*1525 Rd. Martyn
*1550 Nicholas Walker
*1575 Thomas Taylor
*1605 Thomas Mylner
*1611 George Longden
*1614 Peter Parote
*1615 Franc Stephenson
*1621 William Williamson
*1624 Thomas Bowcher
*1631 Henry Denham
*1650 Samuel Sildon
*1653 Charles Jackson
*1662 William Pearson
*1669 Nicholas Sore
*1669 Robert Hettcliffe
*1699 J Cooper (curate)
*1713 J Cooper (called vicar)
*1754 Anthony Carr
*1805 I Pepper
*1838 F Churchill
*1843 J Hides
*1855 George Frederick Williamson
*1856 Robert John William Wright
*1887 Charles Harrison
*1916 Richard Dudley Weller
*1924 Philip H Hart
*1929 Palmer Allison Sharp
*1936 Henry Wright Schofield
*1945 Edward Frederick H Dunnicliffe (previously vicar of All Saints' Church, Nottingham
All Saints' Church, Nottingham, is an Church of England, Anglican church in Nottingham, England.
The church is Grade II listed by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport as it is a building of special architectural or historic inter ...
)
*1949 Hugh Bickersteth Biddell
*1956 Gerald Nettleton Pearce
*1962 Hubert Victor Simmons
*1978 John Frederick Jacklin
*1996 Robert White Yule
*2001 Timothy Mitchell
*2006 Fiona Shouler
See also
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* Listed buildings in Selston
Sources
{{DEFAULTSORT:Selston, St Helen's Church
Church of England church buildings in Nottinghamshire
Grade II* listed churches in Nottinghamshire