St Hugh's Church or St Hugh of Lincoln Church is a

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Lincoln, England Lincoln () is a cathedral city and non-metropolitan district, district in Lincolnshire, England, of which it is the county town. In the 2021 Census, the city's district had a population of 103,813. The 2021 census gave the Lincoln Urban Area, u ...

. It was built from 1892 to 1893. It is situated on the corner of Monks Road and Friars Lane in the city centre. It was designed by Albert Vicars and is a Grade II listed building.Church of St Hugh and Attached Vestry, Lincoln
from British listed buildings, retrieved 20 December 2015

History

Foundation

From 1799, a Roman Catholic chapel existed in Lincoln. It was at the junction of Broadgate and Silver Street. In 1870, Thomas Young of

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, who had been behind the construction of several Catholic churches in Lincolnshire, drew up plans to build in a church in its place. These plans came to nothing, so in 1886, the mayor of Lincoln, Francis Clarke, put forward £7,000 to build a church in the same place. He hired Albert Vicars, who designed St Anne's Church in Birmingham and helped design St Peter's Cathedral in Belfast. Francis Clarke died in 1888, and £3,500 was given for the church's construction by his estate trustees. By 1892, enough money had been collected to build the church.Lincoln - St Hugh of Lincoln
from

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, retrieved 20 December 2015

Construction

On 17 November 1892, the church foundation stone was laid by the Bishop of Nottingham, Edward Bagshawe. Construction work finished the next year, to a total cost of £7,300, and on 19 December 1893, the church was opened by Cardinal Herbert Vaughan.

Renovations

In November 1897 the stations of the cross were added. A new porch was added to the church in 1909 as well as several stained-glass windows. Some were designed by Alexander Gascoyne, who also did windows for St Peter and St Paul's Church in Nottinghamshire. The west window was installed in 1921. From 2008 to 2010, the church interior was refurbished with a new stone

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being added and the ceiling painted.

Parish

Included in the

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is the Chapel of St Francis in

Bardney Bardney is a village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish was 1,643 at the 2001 census increasing to 1,848 (including Southrey) at the 2011 census. The village sits on the e ...

. It is situated on Station Road in the village. It has a Sunday

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at 5pm on Saturdays. St Hugh's Church has three Sunday Masses at 8.30am, 10.00am and 6.00pm. There is a Mass in Polish at 12 midday. From Monday to Saturday there is a weekday Mass at 10am.Mass times
from StHughsLincoln.org.uk

External features

File:St Hugh, Lincoln - geograph.org.uk - 488073.jpg, Church detail File:St Hugh, Lincoln - geograph.org.uk - 488066.jpg, Statue of St Hugh of Lincoln File:St Hugh, Lincoln - geograph.org.uk - 488101.jpg, Foundation Stone

References

External links

St Hugh's Parish site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Saint Hugh's Church, Lincoln Grade II listed churches in Lincolnshire Roman Catholic churches in Lincolnshire

Saint Hugh Saint Hugh may refer to: * Áed mac Bricc (died 589), Saint Hugh of Rahugh * Hugh of Rouen (died 730), archbishop of Rouen and bishop of Paris and Bayeux * Hugh of Cluny (1024–1109), influential leader of monastic orders * Hugh of Châteauneuf, o ...

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