St. Ann's Church, St. Ann's Well Road was a
Church of England
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church in
Nottingham
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on St. Ann's Well Road between 1864 and 1971.
History
It was created out of the parish of
St. Mary's Church, Nottingham through the impetus of the vicar of St. Mary's,
Joshua William Brooks
Joshua William Brooks, M.A. (1790 – 15 February 1882) was a priest in the Church of England.
Family
Joshua William Brooks married Frances Summerscales on 1 January 1829 in Sandal Magna, West Riding of Yorkshire.
Career
Brooks was ordained in ...
. The trustees of the new church were Thomas Adams, lace manufacturer, Frances Butcher Gill, a philanthropic silk merchant, Robert Holden of Nuthall, Revd. Edmund Holland of Saxmundham, Revd. Charles Bridges.
The foundation stone was laid on the 23 September 1863 by
Sydney Pierrepont, 3rd Earl Manvers
Sydney William Herbert Pierrepont, 3rd Earl Manvers (12 March 1826 – 16 January 1900) was a British hereditary peer and politician.
Early life and education
Born at Holme Pierrepont in 1826, Pierrepont was the second but only surviving son o ...
. The church was consecrated on 26 September 1864.
The first incumbent was Henry Jemson Tebbutt. He planned and built the daughter church of
St. Andrew's Church, Mansfield Road, which he moved to as first incumbent when it opened in 1870.
The second incumbent was James Dawson Lewis, a Cambridge scholar. During his thirty-year incumbency the church was enlarged five times, and the school rooms enlarged fifteen times. He earned the nickname the "running parson" as he ran to meet people in trouble.
[Men of Nottingham and Nottinghamshire. R. Mellors. 1924. pp.138-139] He opened two daughter churches,
St. Jude's Church, Mapperley, and
Emmanuel Church, Woodborough Road.
St. Bartholomew's Church, Nottingham was formed out of this parish in 1902.
Closure
The church was demolished in 1971 as part of the re-development of the
St. Ann's area and the parish combined with Emmanuel Church to form a new church of
St. Ann with Emmanuel, Nottingham.
Former burial records
After the closure of the church many of the head stones were removed and taken to their current location. The following records are of the current stones that remain in the rest garden off Bath Street.
ALLINSON, Georgiana / HARRINGTON, Elizabeth / GARROWAY, Harriett / MELLWOOD, Caroline / ALLMAN, George / ALMOND, ? / DASOTT, Sarah / ALPORT, Margaret / SIMKINS, Esther / ALLWRIGHT, Unus / HACKMAN, Hannah / SALLUM, Henry
References
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Buildings and structures demolished in 1971
Demolished buildings and structures in Nottingham
Nottingham St Ann
Nottingham St Ann
Former Church of England church buildings