St Mary's Church, Bleasby
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St Mary's Church, Bleasby is a
Grade II listed In the United Kingdom, a listed building is a structure of particular architectural or historic interest deserving of special protection. Such buildings are placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, H ...
parish church in the
Church of England The Church of England (C of E) is the State religion#State churches, established List of Christian denominations, Christian church in England and the Crown Dependencies. It is the mother church of the Anglicanism, Anglican Christian tradition, ...
in
Bleasby, Nottinghamshire Bleasby is a village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire, England, located 15 mi northeast of Nottingham. It has a population of 804 for the 2001 census, increasing to 824 (and including Goverton) at the 2011 census, and 840 at the 202 ...
.


History

The church dates from the 13th century. It was restored in 1853, and again in 1869 by
Ewan Christian Ewan Christian (1814–1895) was a British architect. He is most frequently noted for the restorations of Southwell Minster and Carlisle Cathedral, and the design of the National Portrait Gallery (London), National Portrait Gallery. He was Arch ...
. It is in a joint parish with: *
St James' Church, Halloughton St James' Church, Halloughton is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Halloughton. History The church dates from the 13th century. It was restored between 1879 - 1882 by Ewan Christian. It is in a joint parish with: * ...
* St Michael's Church, Hoveringham * Priory Church of St. Peter, Thurgarton


Organ

The organ dates from 1863 by
Gray & Davison Gray & Davison was a large-scale manufacturer of church and cathedral pipe organ The pipe organ is a musical instrument that produces sound by driving pressurised air (called ''wind'') through the organ pipes selected from a Musical keyboar ...
. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.


See also

* Listed buildings in Bleasby, Nottinghamshire


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bleasby, St Mary Church of England church buildings in Nottinghamshire Grade II listed churches in Nottinghamshire Newark and Sherwood