St. Thomas' Church, Aslockton is a late 19th-century

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in the village of

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. The church is

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by the

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as a building of special architectural or historic interest.

History

The church was built between 1890 and 1892 by Sir

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. The National Heritage listing however states that the architect was Sir

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. It is Grade II listed and was erected in memory of a former vicar of Whatton, Thomas K. Hall, who drowned in February 1890 when RMS ''Quetta'' was wrecked off

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on her way to

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. His mother, Mrs Sophia E. Hall, paid for the church to be built. The Quetta window on the north wall, showing the shipwreck, was designed by Michael Stokes in 2002, as was the east window, dedicated to Cranmer, with Jesus displaying his wounded hands to

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. The church has a single bell in a

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at the west end.''A Short Guide to the Parish Churches of the Bingham Rural Deanery'', ed. J. Pickworth-Hutchinson. (Bingham: Deanery Chapter, 1963).

Parish structure

The church belongs to the Cranmer Group of parishes which consists of: *St Thomas's Church, Aslockton *

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*St Mary's Church, Orston

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Aslockton, St Thomas' Church Church of England church buildings in Nottinghamshire Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham Churches completed in 1892 19th-century Church of England church buildings Grade II listed churches in Nottinghamshire

History

Parish structure

See also

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