St Mary's Church, Westwood

St. Mary's Church, Westwood is a parish church in the Church of England in Jacksdale, Nottinghamshire.

For the church in Wiltshire, see Church of St Mary, Westwood, Wiltshire.

St. Mary's Church, Westwood
St. Mary's Church, Westwood
DenominationChurch of England
ChurchmanshipBroad Church
Websitewww.stmarys-westwood.org
History
DedicationSt. Mary
Administration
ParishJacksdale
DioceseSouthwell and Nottingham
ProvinceYork
Clergy
Vicar(s)Revd Fiona Shouler
AssistantErnie Hill

History

The church was built in 1898 to the designs of the architect Percy Heylyn Currey to serve the expanding mining villages. Francis Cowper, 7th Earl Cowper provided the land and James Oakes provided funding. The church cost £2,000.

Although the church is in Jacksdale, it takes its name from the village of Westwood where services were held at the village school for 30 years before the church was built.[1]

Current parish status

It is a daughter church to St. Helen's Church, Selston.

Notes
  1. More Churches in the Ashfield Area. Ashfield District Council.
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