Church of St Mary Magdalene, Sutton-in-Ashfield
53°07′31″N 01°16′12″W / 53.12528°N 1.27000°W
| Church of St Mary Magdalene, Sutton-in-Ashfield | |
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| Denomination | Church of England |
| Churchmanship | Modern Anglo-Catholic |
| Website | http://www.stmarysutton.org.uk/ |
| History | |
| Dedication | St Mary Magdalene |
| Administration | |
| Province | York |
| Diocese | Southwell and Nottingham |
| Archdeaconry | Newark |
| Deanery | Newstead |
| Parish | Sutton-in-Ashfield |
| Clergy | |
| Vicar(s) | Rev Julie Cotterill |
| Curate(s) | Vacant |
| Minister(s) | Andrew Halfpenny |
| Laity | |
| Organist(s) | John Bullock |
The Church of St Mary Magdalene, Sutton-in-Ashfield is a parish church in the Church of England in Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire.
The church is Grade II* listed by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport[1] as it is a particularly significant building of more than local interest.
History
[edit]The church is medieval but was rebuilt in 1854 and 1867.[2] It contains a rare 12th century pillar piscina[1] and the remains of the font top from the original Norman church.[3]
By American searches, on 5 July 1607, Edward FitzRandolph was baptised at St. Mary's Church Sutton, marrying Elizabeth Blossom in Scituate, Massachusetts - they are Barack Obama's 10x great-grandparents.[4]
See also
[edit]Sources
[edit]- ^ a b Historic England. "CHURCH OF ST MARY MAGDALENE (1221773)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
- ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus (1979). Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England). Harmondsworth, Middx. Penguin. p. 343. ISBN 978-0300096361.
- ^ Churches in the Ashfield Area. Ashfield District Council
- ^ "Rival English 'ancestral home' claims for Barack Obama". Daily Telegraph. 6 March 2009. Retrieved 12 October 2022.