The church of St Peter and St Paul, Sturton-le-Steeple, is the featured church for February 2023. The village of Sturton-le-Steeple is approximately 9 km (6 miles) north-east of Retford. The church comprises an impressive west tower, a four-bay nave with north and south aisles, south… Read More »Church of the Month (February 2023)
A gentle reminder that the annual “Ride and Stride” event takes place this year on Saturday, 9th September. A big thank you to all those Churches who took part last year helping to raise much needed funds. The Ride & Stride event is, as usual,… Read More »RIDE & STRIDE 2023
Quite a challenge to improve a safe access onto the Tower roof at Norwell which the Nottinghamshire Historic Churches Trust were pleased to assist with funding.
The church of St Giles, Costock, is the featured church for January 2023. Costock is located about 14 km (9 miles) south of Nottingham city centre. It consists of a nave, south porch, north aisle and chancel. There is a bell turret with a single… Read More »Church of the Month (January 2023)
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It was with great delight that we welcomed Taylors of Loughborough to St Mary’s Church Car Colston on Monday 28th November to start the process of lowering our historic bells. Following considerable preparatory work by the St Mary’s project team of Nigel Crockford, Charles Bignall… Read More »Restoration of the Historic Bells at St Mary’s church, Car Colston
Thanks to a grant from the Nottinghamshire Historic Churches Trust urgent roofing repairs have been successfully completed to the flat roofs over the south and north aisles and repairs have been made to coping stones.
The church of Holy Trinity, Lambley, is the featured church for December 2022. Lambley is located about 8 km (5 miles) north-east of Nottingham city centre. The church consists of a west tower, aisleless nave, south porch, chancel with a 20th century north vestry. The… Read More »Church of the Month (December 2022)
St Joseph’s Church Retford had Mr Huga and his two daughters, Emily and Alice (aged 7 and 9 years) taking part in this year’s RIDE & STRIDE. The photograph shows them outside St. Bartholomew’s Church in Sutton cum Lound. They covered 37 miles going from church… Read More »RIDE & STRIDE 2022 stories
The church of St Mary, Greasley, is the featured church for November 2022. Greasley is located about 11 km (7 miles) north-west of Nottingham. The church consists of a west tower, nave, north and south aisles, and chancel with north vestry (1910) and south vestry… Read More »Church of the Month (November 2022)