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St Alban's Church, Forest Town

Church in Nottinghamshire, England

53°09′11″N 01°08′52″W / 53.15306°N 1.14778°W / 53.15306; -1.14778LocationForest Town, NottinghamshireCountryEnglandDenominationChurch of EnglandChurchmanshipBroad ChurchWebsitewww.stalbans-foresttown.co.ukHistoryDedicationSt AlbanConsecrated2 July 1911ArchitectureArchitect(s)Louis AmblerGroundbreaking5 November 1910AdministrationProvinceYorkDioceseSouthwell and NottinghamArchdeaconryNewarkDeaneryMansfield^[1]ParishForest Town, NottinghamshireClergyVicar(s)Revd Philip Stead

St. Albans Church, Forest Town is a parish church in the Church of England in Forest Town, Nottinghamshire.^[2]

History

St. Albans Church was built by the architect Louis Ambler. The foundation stone was laid by the William Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland on 5 November 1910 by the Duke of Portland.^[3] and the church was consecrated by the Bishop of Southwell, Sir Edwyn Hoskyns, on 2 July 1911.^[4]

The north aisle was added at a cost of £1,400 and consecrated on 31 September 1937.^[5]

After a major fire in 1968, a restoration was carried out and the church re-opened in 1969.

Stained glass

There is a new east window installed in 1995.

Organ

A new organ by Brindley and Foster was installed in 1917 and dedicated on 18 March 1918 by the Bishop of Southwell.^[6]

Incumbents

Revd Harry Bull 1911 - 24
Revd Robert Percival Tinsley 1924 - 29
Revd George Sprittles 1929 - 35
Revd Percy Clegg 1935 - 42
Revd Douglas Mortimer 1942 - 47
Revd John Spencer 1947 - 55
Revd Philip Walker 1955 - 64
Revd Walter Beasley 1964 - 70
Revd Leslie Standley 1970 - 76
Revd A Parsons 1976 - 78
Revd Ian Gibbs 1979 - 83
Revd Robin Walford 1984 - 92
Revd Robert Smith 1992 - 98
Revd Philip Stead 1999 -

References

^ "St Albans Forest Town". A Church Near You. The Church of England. Archived from the original on 30 June 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
^ Pevsner, Nikolaus (1979). Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England). Harmondsworth, Middx. Penguin. p. 169. ISBN 978-0300096361.
^ "News Echoes". Nottingham Evening Post. England. 5 November 1910. Retrieved 31 March 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Growth of Southwell. Bishop consecrates church at Forest Town". Sheffield Daily Telegraph. England. 3 July 1911. Retrieved 31 March 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Consecration of New Aisle at St Alban's Church". Nottingham Evening Post. England. 1 October 1937. Retrieved 31 March 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Organ for Forest Town". Mansfield Reporter. England. 15 March 1918. Retrieved 31 March 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.