St Bartholomew’s Church, Kneesall 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 ...
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 ...
parish
A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one or m ...
in the
Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham
The Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham is a Church of England diocese in the Province of York, headed by the Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham. It covers all the English county of Nottinghamshire and a few parishes in South Yorkshire. It is b ...
in
Kneesall.
History
The church dates from the 14th century. It was restored in 1846 and 1860, then in 1893 by
Charles Hodgson Fowler.
It is in a group of parishes comprising:
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St Swithin’s Church, Wellow
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St Michael the Archangel's Church, Laxton
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Moorhouse Chantry Chapel
Moorhouse Chantry Chapel is a Grade II* listed Church of England chapel in the Diocese of Southwell and NottinghamThe buildings of England. Nottinghamshire, Nikolaus Pevsner at Moorhouse, within the Laxton and Moorhouse civil parish, Nottinghams ...
Organ
The church has an organ by
Brindley & Foster
Brindley & Foster was a pipe organ builder based in Sheffield who flourished between 1854 and 1939.
Background
The business was established by Charles Brindley in 1854. He was joined by Albert Healey Foster in 1871 and the company acquired the ...
. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.
References
Grade I listed churches in Nottinghamshire
Church of England church buildings in Nottinghamshire
14th-century church buildings in England
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