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St. Michael's Church is a parish church in the Church of England in Sutton Bonington, Nottinghamshire.
The church is a 13th-century Grade II* Listed building.Rushcliffe Borough Council
Conservation Areas: Sutton Bonington
Sutton Bonington has two medieval churches, a result of the merging of the two original villages (Sutton and Bonington); they are St. Michael's Church (Bonington's church) and St Anne's Church (Sutton's church, located down St Anne's Lane). St Michael's is the larger (and much taller) of the two churches.
The two ancient ecclesiastical parishes of Sutton and Bonington were united for civil purposes in 1829 and combined in 1923 into one ecclesiastical parish (with one rector appointed from 1950). St. Michael's 
Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers
Sutton Bonington The bells are rung for Sunday morning services and at fortnightly practice sessions.
Church History
Southwell Diocesan Church History Project
By Rev. W E Buckland. (Rector of St. Anne's)
St. Michael's and St. Anne's Churches
Images of England
Photo and Listed building description
Flickr
Photos of the church
Photos of the church (from Geograph)
Panorama
taken from St. Michael's Church tower, showing almost all the old Bonington village
Conservation Areas: Sutton Bonington
History
Sutton Bonington has two medieval churches, a result of the merging of the two original villages (Sutton and Bonington); they are St. Michael's Church (Bonington's church) and St Anne's Church (Sutton's church, located down St Anne's Lane). St Michael's is the larger (and much taller) of the two churches.
The two ancient ecclesiastical parishes of Sutton and Bonington were united for civil purposes in 1829 and combined in 1923 into one ecclesiastical parish (with one rector appointed from 1950). St. Michael's Rectory
A clergy house is the residence, or former residence, of one or more priests or ministers of religion. Residences of this type can have a variety of names, such as manse, parsonage, rectory or vicarage.
Function
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, situated on the other side of the Midland Main Line, is now used by the University of Nottingham, who have a large campus just north of the village, to house postgraduate students. Related to the situation of the two original parishes, Sutton and Bonington are separate manors, named after their churches — St. Anne and St. Michael respectively.
Present day
Regular services continue to be held in both churches. The current priest in charge (for both churches in Sutton Bonington) is Glenn Martin, who is also the priest in charge of the neighbouring parish ofNormanton on Soar
Normanton on Soar (), formerly known as Normanton-upon-Soar and known locally as Normanton, is a village and civil parish in the south of Nottinghamshire in England near the River Soar. This historic village is home to one of the last operating ...
(with its Grade I Church of St. James).
Bells
The tall church tower has a peal of six bells. Originally the peal consisted of just three bells, cast by Henry Oldfield's foundry in Nottingham, two of which remain; the oldest dates back to 1579 and is the second oldest bell in Nottinghamshire. Two more bells were added in 1849/50 and a sixth bell in 1977 purchased for the sum of £320 from St Andrews church Watton at Stone Hertfordshire to commemorate the Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II. The weights of the bells range from 4cwts 86 lbs (treble
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*Treble (sound), tones of high frequency or range, the counterpart of bass
*Treble voice, a choirboy or choirgirl singing in the soprano range
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) to 17cwts 97 lbs ( tenor). The installation has recently been restored by John Taylor & Co, a large bell foundry in nearby Loughborough who cast a number of the bells.Sutton Bonington The bells are rung for Sunday morning services and at fortnightly practice sessions.
External links
Church History
Southwell Diocesan Church History Project
By Rev. W E Buckland. (Rector of St. Anne's)
St. Michael's and St. Anne's Churches
Images of England
Photo and Listed building description
Flickr
Photos of the church
Photos of the church (from Geograph)
Panorama
taken from St. Michael's Church tower, showing almost all the old Bonington village
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sutton Bonington, St Michael's Church Church of England church buildings in Nottinghamshire Grade II* listed churches in Nottinghamshire