St Aidan's Church, Caythorpe

St Aidan's Church, Caythorpe

St Aidan's Church, Caythorpe
53°0′13.28″N 0°58′43.98″W / 53.0036889°N 0.9788833°W / 53.0036889; -0.9788833Coordinates: 53°0′13.28″N 0°58′43.98″W / 53.0036889°N 0.9788833°W / 53.0036889; -0.9788833
Location Caythorpe, Nottinghamshire
Country England
Denomination Church of England
History
Dedication St Aidan
Dedicated 1900
Administration
Parish Caythorpe
Deanery Gedling
Archdeaconry Nottingham
Diocese Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham

St Aidan's Church, Caythorpe is a Chapel of Ease in the Church of England in Caythorpe, Nottinghamshire. It is notable as being one of very few surviving 'tin tabernacles', still in use a parish churches.[1]

History

The church was built in 1900 as a Chapel of Ease in the parish of Lowdham, and it remains in a joint parish with:

Organ

There is a pipe organ and a Canadian reed organ.

References

  1. Ian Smith, Tin Tabernacles Corrugated Iron Mission Halls, Churches and Chapels of Britain. Ian Smith, 2004
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