St. Mary's Church, Clifton

Coordinates: 52°54′29″N 1°11′49″W / 52.9080°N 1.1969°W / 52.9080; -1.1969

St. Mary's Church, Clifton
Denomination Church of England
Churchmanship Broad Church
Website www.clifton-village.org.uk/church.htm
History
Dedication St. Mary
Administration
Parish Clifton, Nottinghamshire
Diocese Southwell and Nottingham
Province York

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

The church is Grade I listed by the Department for Culture, Media & Sport as a building of outstanding architectural or historic interest.

History

The church is medieval. It was restored by Lewis Nockalls Cottingham in 1846, C. Hodgson Fowler in 1874, George Frederick Bodley in 1884,[1] George Pace and Ronald Sims between 1969 and 1979.

Features

The reredos formerly at the Society of the Sacred Mission at Kelham College and much of the decoration is by George Frederick Bodley.

Organ

The organ is by Marcussen & Søn of Denmark and was installed in 1973. The organist at this time was Ian Abernethy.

Source

See also

References

  1. Nottingham Evening Post - Friday 7 November 1884
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