Christ Church is a

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in the

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Chilwell Chilwell is a suburban area in the borough of Broxtowe in Nottinghamshire, England. It lies on the west side of the town of Beeston and is south-west of the centre of Nottingham. History Roman buildings, pottery and coins have been found i ...

Nottinghamshire Nottinghamshire (; abbreviated ''Notts.'') is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. The county is bordered by South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west. Th ...

History

Originally a mission church created from the parish of St. Mary's Church, Attenborough, Christ Church was built between 1901 and 1903. It was consecrated by the

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Rt. Revd. Edwin Hoskyns on 3 July 1915. New vestries were added in 1950 and the chancel was added in 1957 by the architect Eric Vernon Royle. It has a daughter church of St. Barnabas Church, Inham Nook.

Organ

The first organ in the church was a one-manual instrument by Groves of London which was originally erected in St Mary's Church, Attenborough on 12 May 1857. A two manual organ by Gray and Davison with 16 stops was installed in 1937 The work was carried out by the organist, Norman Buttler of Long Eaton. This organ was overhauled by Ernest Wragg in 1956. In 1986 this organ was moved to

St Vincent's Church, Caythorpe St Vincent's Church is a Grade I listed Church of England parish church in Caythorpe, Lincolnshire, England. It is at the southern edge of the Lincoln Cliff in South Kesteven, and north from Grantham. St Vincent's is only one of four ...

. The current organ was built by Nigel Church in 1984 with modern mechanical action.

References

External links

See Christ Church on Google Street View

Christ Church Chilwell Website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Chilwell, Christ Church Church of England church buildings in Nottinghamshire Churches completed in 1903 20th-century Church of England church buildings