St John the Baptist's Church, Collingham 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 I ...

parish church of 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 Brit ...

in the village of

Collingham, Nottinghamshire Collingham is a village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire, England. The population (including Brough) at the 2011 Census was 2,738. Collingham is located on the banks of the River Trent on the A1133 main road, just off the A46. It is appro ...

History

The church dates from the 12th century. Restoration work was undertaken by the Rector, Rev. Joseph Mayor, in 1846. Another restoration was carried out in 1862–1863 by J. H. Hakewill, when the gallery was removed and the arches were restored, the chancel walls raised and a new timber roof provided. Other work included stuccoing the walls, restoring memorial tablets, reglazing the windows with cathedral glass, and inserting new stone dressings. A new pulpit and lectern in pine and the altar rail in oak were installed. Tablets of zinc were fixed to the walls displaying the Ten Commandments. A number of new open benches of Memel timber were placed in the nave, to match those installed at the time of the restoration in 1846. The tower was restored in 1886 and there was a further restoration in 1890.

List of incumbents

Parish status

Collingham is one of a group of parishes which includes: * St Bartholomew's Church, Langford * St Giles' Church, Holme * St Cecilia's Church, Girton * All Saints' Church, Harby *

St George the Martyr's Church, North & South Clifton St George the Martyr's Church, North and South Clifton is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of EnglandThe Buildings of England: Nottinghamshire: Nikolaus Pevsner. in North Clifton, Nottinghamshire. History The church dates from ...

* All Saints' Church, Collingham * St Helena's Church, South Scarle * Holy Trinity Church, Besthorpe * St Helen's Church, Thorney *

All Saints' Church, Winthorpe All Saints' Church, Winthorpe is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Winthorpe, Nottinghamshire, England. The current building, the construction of which was completed in 1888, is at least the third version of the ch ...

Organ

The organ was enlarged by

Forster and Andrews Forster and Andrews was a British organ building company between 1843 and 1924. The company was formed by James Alderson Forster (1818–1886) and Joseph King Andrews (1820–1896), who had been employees of the London organ builder J. C. Bisho ...

in 1863. It was replaced in 1883 by a new instrument made by Wordsworth and Maskell.

The Bells

The peal of five bells dates from 1841 and was cast by Thomas Mears.

References