St. Mark's Church, Nottingham
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St. Mark's Church, Nottingham was a Church of England
Church of England
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 church in Nottingham between 1856 and 1958. The section of Huntingdon Street where the church was located, was formerly called Windsor Street.

History

It was formed as a parish in 1855, from the parish of St. Mary's Church, Nottingham
St. Mary's Church, Nottingham
The Church of St Mary the Virgin is the oldest religious foundation in the City of Nottingham, England, the largest church after the Roman Catholic Cathedral and the largest mediæval building in Nottingham....

. The site was a free gift from G.J.P. Smith. It consisted of 3176 sq yards of the old Clay Field and cost £375. The church building cost £4,000 (£ as of ).

It was built as a Trustee's Church under the Act of Parliament of William IV. The trustees were Henry Kingscote of Spring Gardens
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, London, Francis Wright of Osmaston
Osmaston
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, Derbyshire, Revd. Charles Eyre of Rampton Hall, Nottinghamshire and Revd. Joshua William Brooks
Joshua William Brooks
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, vicar of St. Mary's
St. Mary's Church, Nottingham
The Church of St Mary the Virgin is the oldest religious foundation in the City of Nottingham, England, the largest church after the Roman Catholic Cathedral and the largest mediæval building in Nottingham....

.

It was built by the architect Robert Jalland in the early English thin Gothic perpendicular style, with twin octagonals at the west end, crowned with pepper pots with crockets.

The church was consecrated on 4 April 1856, three months after St. Matthew's Church, Talbot Street
St. Matthew's Church, Talbot Street
St. Matthew’s Church, Talbot Street was a Church of England church in Nottingham between 1856 and 1956.-History:It was formed as a parish in 1856, from the parish of St. Mary's Church, Nottingham. The site of 3,000 square yards in Sand Field off Talbot Street was bought by G.J.P...

. The singing was led by the choir of St. Mary's
St. Mary's Church, Nottingham
The Church of St Mary the Virgin is the oldest religious foundation in the City of Nottingham, England, the largest church after the Roman Catholic Cathedral and the largest mediæval building in Nottingham....

.

There were 1,100 seats, half of them free from pew-rents.

List of vicars

  • Russell Cope 1856 - 1873 (afterwards vicar of St. Paul's Church, Newport
    Newport
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    , Monmouthshire
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     1876 - 1877)
  • William Felton 1873 - 1883 (afterwards rector of Thwing
    Thwing
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     1883 - ca.1908)
  • Thomas Francis Boultbee 1883 - 1887 (afterwards vicar of Loddiswell
    Loddiswell
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    1887 - 1907)
  • James Lewis 1887 - 1927

Closure

On the resignation of James Lewis in 1927, Canon Holbrook of Holy Trinity took charge of the parish. By order in Council 29 January 1930, the two parishes were united.

The church was demolished in 1958.
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