Church of St John the Evangelist, Carrington

Church

52°58′32″N 1°09′02″W / 52.9755°N 1.1505°W / 52.9755; -1.1505DenominationChurch of EnglandChurchmanshipInclusive Anglo CatholicWebsiteChurch websiteHistoryDedicationSt. John the EvangelistAdministrationDioceseDiocese of Southwell and NottinghamParishCarrington, NottinghamClergyPriest(s)Tracey Byrne

St. John the Evanglist, Carrington is a parish church in the Church of England in Carrington, Nottingham.

The church is Grade II listed by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport as it is a building of special architectural or historic interest.

History

It was first opened in 1843 to a design by William Surplice. The chancel was added in 1866 - 1877 by Jackson & Heazell. The north aisle was added in 1922.

When the spire of Holy Trinity Church, Trinity Square was removed by October 1942^[1] stones from the spire were used in the new drive at St John's when the entrance from Mansfield Road was walled up and a new drive created from Church Drive. Other stones were incorporated into a wall on the Carrington Lido side of the churchyard.^[2]

Incumbents

1843–1849: T. Bleaymire
1849-1866: David Whalley (afterwards Rector of St. Peter's Church, Nottingham)
1866-1877: J. G. Wright
1877-1883: T. J. Rider
1883-1905: W. R. Sparks
1904-1909: Herbert Wild (later Bishop of Newcastle)
1909-1917: Alfred Blunt (later Bishop of Bradford)
1917-1947: C. Dudley Hart
1947-1952: Ronald Sargison
1952-1963: P. Black
1963-1978: J. S. Wilkins
1978-1987: G. Maltby
1987-1995: Andrew Burnham (later Bishop of Ebbsfleet)
1995-2001: J. Walker
2002-2013: J. M. MacGillivray
2014–2017: J. W. B. Tomlinson
2018-2020 :James Pacey
2022 Tracey Byrne

Organ

The organ was installed in 1949 and was obtained second hand from a private residence in Radcliffe on Trent. It had been built in 1936 by Roger Yates. The same builder rebuilt it in St. John's Church in 1949, and it was opened on 23 February 1949 by Harry Gabb, the sub-organist of St. Paul's Cathedral. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.^[3]

Sources

The Buildings of England, Nottinghamshire, 1951, Nikolaus Pevsner

References

^ "Holy Trinity Spire". Nottingham Evening Post. England. 7 October 1942. Retrieved 17 September 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Day to Day. Stones from a Demolished Spire in an appropriate place". Nottingham Evening Post. England. 12 December 1945. Retrieved 17 September 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "E01650". Archived from the original on 19 April 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2013.