Church of St. Mary and All Saints, Willoughby-on-the-Wolds
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The Church of St. Mary and All Saints, Willoughby-on-the-Wolds is a parish church
Parish church
A parish church , in Christianity, is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish, the basic administrative unit of episcopal churches....

 in the Church of England
Church of England
The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St...

 in Willoughby on the Wolds
Willoughby on the Wolds
Willoughby on the Wolds is a small village in Nottinghamshire, England, on the border with Leicestershire. Its nearest neighbouring villages are Wysall, Widmerpool, Wymeswold and Keyworth, with the nearest towns and cities being Loughborough, Melton Mowbray, Nottingham and Leicester...

, Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire is a county in the East Midlands of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west...

, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

.

History

The church, dedicated to St Mary, is medieval and has many ancient and splendid monuments of the Willoughbys, ancestors of Lord Middleton, whose predecessors sold this lordship many years ago to various proprietors."

Parish status

The church is in a cluster comprising:
  • St. Peter and St. Paul's Church, Widmerpool
    St. Peter and St. Paul's Church, Widmerpool
    St. Peter's Church, Widmerpool is a parish church in the Church of England in Widmerpool.-History:The church is medieval but was heavily restored between 1888 and 1895....

  • Church of St. Mary and All Saints, Willoughby-on-the-Wolds
  • Holy Trinity Church, Wysall
    Holy Trinity Church, Wysall
    Holy Trinity Church, Wysall is a parish church in the Church of England in Wysall.-History:The church is medievalThe church ... has some ancient monuments of the Armstrong family, and former vicars of this parish. The vicarage has been augmented with Queen Anne's Bounty, and is valued in the King's...


Organ

The church has a pipe organ by E. Wragg & Son
E. Wragg & Son
E. Wragg & Son was a pipe organ builder based in Nottingham who flourished between 1894 and 1969.-Background:Ernest Wragg of Carlton trained with Charles Lloyd in Nottingham and set up as an organ builder himself in 1894 on Carlton Road, Thorneywood, Later the company changed its name when his...

. A specification of the pipe organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.
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