All Saints' Church, Sutton-on-Trent

All Saints' Church, Sutton-on-Trent is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England[1] in Sutton-on-Trent.

All Saints' Church, Sutton-on-Trent
All Saints' Church, Sutton-on-Trent
53°11′3.4″N 0°48′10.9″W
LocationSutton-on-Trent
CountryEngland
DenominationChurch of England
History
DedicationAll Saints'
Architecture
Heritage designationGrade I listed
Administration
ParishSutton-on-Trent
DeaneryNewark and Southwell
ArchdeaconryNewark
DioceseDiocese of Southwell and Nottingham

History

A Saxon church was listed in the Domesday Book. but was replaced by the current Norman building. The tower contains Saxon foundations and Norman herringbone work, the upper stages are 13th and early 14th century respectively.[2] The Mering Chapel was built around 1525.

The current, Grade I listed church is dedicated to All Saints. It can hold 350 persons and was repaired in 1848 and again in 1902-03and all the grave stones in the churchyard were moved to the edges some years ago and the graveyard was levelled.[3][4]

The tower was rebuilt in the 1902-1903 renovations, and restored in 1932 by William Weir. The tower was further restored in 1956 - 1968.

It is part of a joint parish with:

Organ

The church contains an organ dating from 1911 by Henry Speechly. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.[5]

References
  1. The Buildings of England: Nottinghamshire: Nikolaus Pevsner.
  2. Sutton-on-Trent, Grassthorpe and Marnham at Nottingham Shire History.
  3. Sutton on Trent, at GenUK.
  4. History of All Saints Church, Sutton.
  5. "E10609". National Pipe Organ Register. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
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