St Faith's Church, Nottingham
| St Faith's Church, Nottingham | |
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St Faith's Church, Bathley Street, Nottingham | |
| 52°56′16.56″N 1°08′39.32″W / 52.9379333°N 1.1442556°WCoordinates: 52°56′16.56″N 1°08′39.32″W / 52.9379333°N 1.1442556°W | |
| Location | Nottingham |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Church of England |
| History | |
| Dedication | St Faith |
| Consecrated | 16 October 1915 |
| Architecture | |
| Architect(s) | Sutton and Gregory, Nottingham |
| Groundbreaking | 26 October 1913 |
| Completed | 16 October 1915 |
| Construction cost | £7,000 |
| Specifications | |
| Capacity | 636 |
| Administration | |
| Diocese | Diocese of Southwell |
St Faith’s Church, Nottingham (also known as St Faith's Church, North Wilford) is a former parish church in the Church of England in Nottingham.
History
The church was opened on 16 October 1915 by the Bishop of Southwell[1] It was built at a cost of some £7,000[2] (equivalent to £505,881 in 2015) [3] and the parish was taken out of that of St Wilfrid's Church, Wilford.
It remained an Anglican parish church until 1981. The building was then adopted by an Elim Pentecostal Church. Later it was taken over by the Full Gospel Revival Church which is aiming to raise £500,000 to restore the building.[4]
Vicars
- Albert Edward Barnacle 1914 - 1919
- Sidney Charles Belcher 1919 - 1937 (afterwards vicar of St. Mary's Church, Radcliffe on Trent)
- Angus Inglis 1937 - ???? (later vicar of St Peter's Church, Nottingham)
- Rupert Hoyle Brunt 1946 - 1951 (afterwards vicar of St James' Church, Hampton Hill, London)
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Organ
The church had two manual pipe organ by E. Wragg & Son. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register. [5]
References
- ↑ Nottingham Evening Post, Saturday 16 October 1915. p.2.
- ↑ Albert Edward Barnacle, A memoir. Sidney Fell Potter. George Lomas Printer, Nottingham.
- ↑ UK CPI inflation numbers based on data available from Gregory Clark (2016), "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)" MeasuringWorth.
- ↑ "Building Project". www.fgrc.co.uk. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
- ↑ "NPOR N13542". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
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