All Saints' Church, Annesley is a

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in the

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Annesley Annesley is a village and civil parish in the Ashfield district of Nottinghamshire, England, between Hucknall and Kirkby-in-Ashfield. At the 2011 census, it had a population of 1,162 (including Annesley Woodhouse to the west), and this inc ...

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. The church is

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by the

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as it is a particularly significant building of more than local interest.

History

The church was erected in 1874 to a design by the architect

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to replace the old church on the Annesley estate. Until 1942 services were held at both sites. The interior of the church was destroyed by fire in 1907 but was re-opened in 1909. The chief glories of the church are the Norman font and the East window. The church contains the achievement of arms of Patrick Chaworth, 3rd Viscount Chaworth which was moved here from the old church in 1874, as were many other monuments.

Parish structure

It is in a group of parishes with *All Saints' Church, Annesley * St. Mary the Virgin, Newstead * St. Mary's Church, Newstead Abbey

Organ

The

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lists the organ to be a three manual instrument built by F. Rothwell of Harrow.

List of organists

*William Henry Renshaw 1897 - ca. 1912Dictionary of Organs and Organists. First Edition. 1912 - ????

Sources

{{DEFAULTSORT:Annesley, All Saints Church of England church buildings in Nottinghamshire Grade II* listed churches in Nottinghamshire Churches completed in 1874 19th-century Church of England church buildings