St Peter's Church, Gamston
| St Peter’s Church, Gamston | |
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 St Peter’s Church, Gamston | |
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| 53°16′35.81″N 0°56′19.13″W / 53.2766139°N 0.9386472°W | |
| OS grid reference | SK 70874 76022 |
| Location | Gamston, Bassetlaw |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Church of England |
| History | |
| Dedication | St Peter |
| Architecture | |
| Heritage designation | Grade I listed |
| Administration | |
| Diocese | Southwell and Nottingham |
| Archdeaconry | Newark |
| Deanery | Bassetlaw and Bawtry |
| Parish | Eaton & Gamston |
St Peter's Church, Gamston is a Grade I listed[1] redundant parish church in the Church of England[2] in Gamston, Bassetlaw.
History
[edit]The church dates from the 13th century.[1] It was restored by Sir George Gilbert Scott in 1855.[1] It closed in 2015, and was vested in the Churches Conservation Trust in 2018.[3]
It was in a joint benefice with
- St. Nicholas' Church, Askham
- All Saints' Church, Babworth
- St Martin's Church, Bole
- Our Lady and St Peter's Church, Bothamsall
- St John the Baptist Church, Clarborough
- All Saints' Church, Eaton
- St Giles' Church, Elkesley
- St. Helen's Church, Grove
- St Peter's Church, Hayton
- St Martin's Church, North Leverton
- St Peter and St Paul's Church, North Wheatley
- All Hallows' Church, Ordsall
- St Martin's Church, Ranby
- St Saviour's Church Retford
- St Swithun's Church, East Retford
- St Michael the Archangel's Church, Retford
- All Saints' Church, South Leverton
- St Peter and St Paul's Church, Sturton-le-Steeple
- St Bartholomew's Church, Sutton-cum-Lound
- St Paul's Church, West Drayton
Organ
[edit]The church has a two manual pipe organ installed in 1964. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.[4]
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to St Peter's Church, Gamston.
- ^ a b c Historic England. "Church of St Peter, Gamston (Grade I) (1224125)". National Heritage List for England.
- ^ The Buildings of England: Nottinghamshire: Nikolaus Pevsner.
- ^ "St Peter's Church, Gamston, Nottinghamshire". Churches Conservation Trust. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
- ^ "Nottinghamshire Gamston, St. Peter and St. Paul [K00466]". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies. Retrieved 9 February 2014.