St John of Jerusalem's Church, Winkburn 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
Winkburn
Winkburn is a small village and civil parish in the Newark and Sherwood district, in Nottinghamshire, England. It is in the civil parish of Caunton. It is located north-west of Southwell and north-west of Newark
Newark most commonly refers to: ...
.
History
The church was built in the 12th century. The tower was rebuilt in the 17th century, and the church was re-roofed in 1853.
From 1199 to 1832 there was a cell of the
Knights Hospitaller
The Order of Knights of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem ( la, Ordo Fratrum Hospitalis Sancti Ioannis Hierosolymitani), commonly known as the Knights Hospitaller (), was a medieval and early modern Catholic Church, Catholic Military ord ...
based here.
[A history of Nottinghamshire. Cornelius Brown. 1891]
References
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Church of England church buildings in Nottinghamshire
Grade I listed churches in Nottinghamshire
Church buildings of the Knights Hospitaller