Emmanuel Church, Nottingham
| Emmanuel Church, Nottingham | |
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| 52°57′50″N 1°8′41″W / 52.96389°N 1.14472°W | |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Denomination | Church of England |
| Churchmanship | Broad Church |
| History | |
| Dedication | Emmanuel |
| Architecture | |
| Architect(s) | Watson Fothergill |
| Groundbreaking | 1883 |
| Completed | 1885 |
| Construction cost | £4,045 |
| Demolished | 1972 |
| Administration | |
| Province | York |
| Diocese | Diocese of Southwell |
| Parish | Nottingham |
| Laity | |
| Organist(s) | Henry Harold Snell c.1953-1969 |
Emmanuel Church, Nottingham was a Church of England church in Nottingham on Woodborough Road between 1883 and 1972.[1]
History
It was built to designs by the local architect Watson Fothergill and consecrated on 27 January 1885. There were 600 free seats, and a parish of 6,000. It was situated on Woodborough Road.
The patrons of the church were an Evangelical charity known as Hyndman's Trustees, who gave £2,000 to the building fund.
In the early 1970s it merged with St. Ann's Church, Nottingham and a new parish of St. Ann with Emmanuel, Nottingham was formed.
Incumbents
- Frederick William Paul 1886 - 1892
- Llewellyn Henry Gwynne 1892 - 1899
- William Ernest Ives 1899 - 1904
- Frederick William Paul 1904 - 1917
- Richard Eardley Thomas Bell 1917 - 1918
- Francis Josiah Pratt 1918 - 1927
- Howard Henry Taylor 1927 - 1932
- Patrick Kevin Horan 1932 - 1946
- Francis Henry Outram 1946 - 1950
- Arthur Henry Brown 1950 - ????
Organ
The church had a 3 manual organ by Compton and Musson dating from 1903. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.
List of organists
- Walter Henry Moore 1887 - 1894[2]
- E.U. Ireland ca. 1903
- James Harold Alton (later organist of St. John the Baptist Church, Beeston)
- Robert John Taylor 1969 - 1972 (later organist and choirmaster Church of St. Mary the Virgin and All Souls, Bulwell)
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Closure
The church was demolished in 1972.