St Mary's Church, Wollaton Park

St. Mary's Church, Wollaton Park
St. Mary's Church, Wollaton Park
	St. Mary's Church, Wollaton Park
Denomination	Church of England
Churchmanship	Conservative Evangelical
Website	www.stmaryswollatonpark.co.uk
History
Dedication	St. Mary
Administration
Province	York
Diocese	Southwell and Nottingham
Parish	Wollaton
Clergy
Bishop(s)	The Rt Revd Paul Williams, Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham
Vicar(s)	The Revd Henry Curran

52°56′50″N 01°11′09″W / 52.94722°N 1.18583°W / 52.94722; -1.18583

St. Mary's Church, Wollaton Park, is a parish church in the Church of England. It is located in Wollaton, Nottingham.

History edit

St. Mary's Wollaton Park was designed by the architect Thomas Cecil Howitt and was opened in 1939.

The church was originally served by curates from Holy Trinity Church, Lenton, but in 1957 it became a parish church in its own right.

List of incumbents edit

Revd E. Strickland
?
Revd Robin Fletcher, c. 1963-1973
Revd Malcolm Kitchen c. 1973-1988
Revd Frank Sudworth
?
Revd Henry Curran c. 2009–2021
Revd Robert Brewis 2023-Present

Features edit

It contains a font which is modelled on the 12th century one from Lenton Priory now in Holy Trinity Church, Lenton.

Organ edit

The organ was built by J. W. Walker & Sons Ltd in 1938. The instrument has been erected in a divided position at the west end of the church, the detached console being placed at rear of the choir stalls on the south side of the chancel.

Organists edit

Dennis Marriot 1938-1941 from Holy Trinity Church, Lenton
Mr. Towlson 1942
Mr. Whitehead 1943-1951
Mr. Williams 1952
Mr. Baker 1953-1956
David Reynolds 1957-1965
P.L. Noble 1965
Mr. Kirk 1966-1968
Peter Price 1968-1974
Mr. Welton 1974
Mr. Beck 1974-
Mrs. C. Smith 1977
Mr. D Laregrove 1981

References edit

The Buildings of England, Nottinghamshire. Nikolaus Pevsner

External links edit

See St. Mary's Church on Google Street View