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St Saviour's Church, Retford

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Location
  
Retford

Denomination
  
Church of England

Consecrated
  
27 September 1829

Opened
  
1829

Parish
  
Retford

Country
  
England

Dedication
  
St Saviour

Heritage designation
  
Grade II* listed

Phone
  
+44 1777 704222

St Saviour's Church, Retford

Address
  
Welham Road, Retford, Nottinghamshire, DN22 6QW, United Kingdom DN22, United Kingdom

Diocese
  
Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham

Similar
  
St Michael the Archange, St Swithun's Church - E, All Hallows' Church - Ordsall, All Saints' Church - Babworth, St Peter and St Paul's Ch

St Saviour’s Church, Retford is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Retford.

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History

The church dates from 1829. It was consecrated on 27 September 1829 by the Rt. Revd. Edward Venables-Vernon-Harcourt Archbishop of York as a daughter church of St John the Baptist Church, Clarborough, the church became a parish in its own right in 1871. It was restored in 1878. In 2002 it was united with St Swithun’s and St Michael’s in Retford to become a joint parish.

Two stained glass memorial windows are by Charles Eamer Kempe

It is in a joint parish with

  • St. Nicholas' Church, Askham
  • All Saints' Church, Babworth
  • St Martin's Church, Bole
  • Our Lady and St Peter's Church, Bothamsall
  • St John the Baptist Church, Clarborough
  • All Saints' Church, Eaton
  • St Giles' Church, Elkesley
  • St Peter's Church, Gamston
  • St. Helen's Church, Grove
  • St Peter's Church, Hayton
  • St Martin's Church, North Leverton
  • St Peter and St Paul's Church, North Wheatley
  • All Hallows' Church, Ordsall
  • St Martin's Church, Ranby
  • St Swithun's Church, East Retford
  • St Michael the Archangel's Church, Retford
  • All Saints' Church, South Leverton
  • St Peter and St Paul's Church, Sturton-le-Steeple
  • St Bartholomew's Church, Sutton-cum-Lound
  • St Paul's Church, West Drayton
  • Clergy

  • Joshua William Brooks 1827 - 1843
  • Charles Hodge 1844 - 1858
  • James Disney 1860 - 1876
  • Lawrence Roworth 1877 - 1913
  • Edwin Paxton 1914 - 1927
  • Frederic Eddy 1927 - 1930
  • Edward Hester 1931 - 1933
  • Lawrence Ashcroft 1934 - 1943
  • James Godsmark 1943 - 1955
  • Thomas Womack 1956 - 1967
  • John Moore 1967 - 1973
  • John Tompkins 1973 - 1987
  • Tony Walker 1988 - current
  • References

    St Saviour's Church, Retford Wikipedia