St Michael the Archangel’s Church, Laxton 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
in the
Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham in
Laxton, Nottinghamshire
Laxton is a small village in the civil parish of Laxton and Moorhouse in the English county of Nottinghamshire, situated about 25 miles northeast of Nottingham city centre. The population of the civil parish (including Ompton and Ossington) at ...
.
History
The church dates from the 13th century. It was the home church of the
Everingham Barons in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries and contains several of their stone monuments.
It was restored in 1859 and 1860 by
Thomas Chambers Hine
Thomas Chambers Hine (31 May 1813 – 6 February 1899) was an architect based in Nottingham.
Background
He was born in Covent Garden into a prosperous middle-class family, the eldest son of Jonathan Hine (1780–1862), a hosiery manufacturer an ...
and Robert Evans.
It is in a group of parishes comprising:
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St Swithin’s Church, Wellow
St Swithin's Church, Wellow is a Grade II* listed Church of England parish in the Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham in Wellow, Nottinghamshire.
History
The church dates from the 12th century. It was restored in 1878 by Ewan Christian, and a ...
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St Bartholomew’s Church, Kneesall
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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, Nottingha ...
Organ
The church has an organ dating from 1870 by Wadsworth. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.
See also
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Grade I listed buildings in Nottinghamshire
There are over 9,000 Grade I listed buildings in England. This page is a list of these buildings in the county of Nottinghamshire, by district.
Ashfield
Bassetlaw
Broxtowe
City o ...
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Listed buildings in Laxton and Moorhouse
References
External links
Everingham & other monuments
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Grade I listed churches in Nottinghamshire
Church of England church buildings in Nottinghamshire