St. Mary's Church, Arnold
Coordinates: 53°00′33″N 01°07′37″W / 53.00917°N 1.12694°W
| St. Mary's Church, Arnold | |
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| Denomination | Church of England |
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| Churchmanship | Broad Church |
| Website | stmarysarnold.org.uk |
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| Dedication | St. Mary |
| Administration | |
| Parish | Arnold, Nottinghamshire |
| Diocese | Southwell and Nottingham |
| Province | York |
| Clergy | |
| Vicar(s) | Revd Kenneth Shill |
| Curate(s) | Revd Jane Blatherwick |
| Laity | |
| Organist/Director of music | Ian Rosillo |
St. Mary's Church, Arnold is a parish church in the Church of England in Arnold, Nottinghamshire.
The church is Grade II* listed by the Department for Culture, Media & Sport as it is a particularly significant building of more than local interest.
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[edit] History
The church is medieval but was restored in 1868 to 1869 by Scott.[1]
The church contains the remains of an Easter Sepulchre.
[edit] Organ
The church contains a 2 manual organ dating from 1876 by Brindley & Foster. It was restored in 1958 by Nelson and Co and 1982 by Henry Groves and Son.
A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.
[edit] List of organists
- W. Smith. ca. 1883[2]
[edit] Bells
There are 8 bells in the Tower, the largest of which is the Tenor weighing over 8cwt. The Tenor is also the newest bell, cast by Taylors Eayre & Smith Ltd on 20 April 2006 and installed by Pembleton’s on 28 April 2007. The Tenor was dedicated by the Rt. Rev. Tony Porter, Bishop of Sherwood, on 3 June 2007.
[edit] The Churchyard Gravestones and Memorials
The oldest decipherable and dated inscription in the Churchyard will be found on a small stone situated ten yards south of the Church and close to the tomb of the Stanfields.
It reads as follows: 1690, Near this place lyeth ye Body of John, Son of Sam Leadbeater by Mary his Wife, who departed this life Novm. ye 14th. Rebecca Elley was one of the benefactors of the Free School; she died December 27, 1785, aged 70.
Sulley - There are some very old stones of this family, which has been located in Arnold for more than 300 years.
Daft - One of this family was founder of the firm of Daft & Jessop, Drapers, Long Row, Nottingham.
Rev. G. F. Holcombe, died August 24, 1872, aged 84 years.
Rev. M. J. Truman, died December 2, 1906, aged 65 years. Adjoining Mr. Truman's grave is the grave of Emma Burwell Truman, his first wife.
William Morris, died 1800, aged 70; was apparently landlord of the "Three Crowns " Inn, at Red Hill. The concluding lines of his epitaph read as follows: "Three Crowns on Earth adorn'd my Name, One Crown immortal now I claim."
John Worrall, died 1898, aged 88, was a well-known builder and farmer; for many years he collected the Taxes.
John Simpson, of Arnot Hill, died 1853, aged 67, was a man of some note.
Thomas Robinson, died 1878, aged 77. His first wife, Alice, died 1839, in her 34th year, and is also interred here; these were the parents of Sir John Robinson, of Worksop Manor, and Mr. Samuel Robinson. Mr. Thomas Robinson's second wife, Ann, died 1879, aged 74, and is also interred with other members of the family in this, the family burying-ground, which was carefully tended.
Acton - The burying ground of the Acton family, ancestors and relatives of Mr. James Acton, of Goodwood House, was a carefully kept plot just inside the gate of the north Churchyard. Thomas Sheldon, died 1875, aged 80; he fought at Waterloo.
The families of Redgate, Sturtevant, Settles, Need, Oscroft, Frost, Morris, Moore, Rhodes, Newham, Stanfield, Surgey, Dickinson, Simkin, Clay, Williamson, Blatherwick, Bryan, Phipps, Leverton, Alvey, Atherley, Lee, Gill, Truman, Askew, Hearson, Dove, Smedley, Wilkinson, Dean, Skerritt, Barrow, Jones, Challand, Shelton, Allcock, Jeffrey, Bacon, Bradbury, Ward, Holbrook, Pembleton, Jackson, Gadsby, Parr, Howitt, Kelk, Burton, Bradley, Mellors, Marshall, Wood, Garratt, Lamin, Stones, Hart, Clarke, Chadburn, Simpson, Holt, Jew, Worton, Extall, Showell, George, Kendall, Stretch, Robinson, Acton, Mann, Godfrey, Prior, Hartshorn, Peck, and Willows, are among the many families whose ancestors are represented in the inscriptions.
Mr. John Atherley was the last of the musicians who played instruments in the old gallery of Arnold Church. His remains were interred in the Churchyard on July 30, 1912; he had reached the age of 81 years.
The Churchyard was enlarged about 1851. At the Consecration a young man named John Toplis was present, and when the ceremony was over he exclaimed, "I wonder what poor devil will be buried there first." Soon after reaching home he was seized with small-pox, and died in three days, his own interment thus giving a very prompt and unexpected reply to the question.[3]
