St. Lawrence’s Church, Gotham
St. Lawrence’s Church, Gotham
52°51′56.59″N 1°12′17.81″W / 52.8657194°N 1.2049472°W / 52.8657194; -1.2049472
LocationGotham, Nottinghamshire
CountryEngland
DenominationChurch of England
ChurchmanshipLow Church / Evangelical
Website453churches.com
History
DedicationSt. Lawrence
Architecture
Heritage designationGrade I listed
Administration
ProvinceYork
DioceseSouthwell and Nottingham
ArchdeaconryNottingham
DeaneryWest Bingham
ParishGotham
Clergy
Minister(s)Richard Coleman

St. Lawrence's Church, Gotham is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England[1] in Gotham, Nottinghamshire.

It is part of an informal grouping of five churches that are known collectively as "The 453 Churches" as they straddle the A453. The other churches in the group are:

History

The church dates from the 13th century[2] and was restored in 1789 and repaired in 1869.

A new clock for the tower designed and constructed by Reuben Bosworth at a cost of £70 was installed in 1848.[3] It comprised two dials, one facing the town street, and the other the road from Nottingham to Leake.

St. Lawrence, Gotham is the largest of the five churches and was re-ordered in 2010 to create a flexible modern worship space that is used for many different events throughout the year.

Incumbents

  • ???? Robert de Nottingham
  • ???? Saher de St Andrew
  • ???? Richard de Role
  • ???? Peter de Leyke
  • 1303 John de Gotham
  • 1342 John de Gotham
  • 1351 John Cayn
  • 1353 William Hunt
  • 1395 John Swyft
  • ???? William Maltby
  • 1431 Richard Peas
  • 1440 John Ketall
  • 1463 William Redeman
  • 1480 William Buckley
  • 1487 John Haygate
  • 1507 Hugh de St Andrew
  • 1528 Thomas Babbington
  • 1543 John Sacheverell
  • 1546 Richard Walker
  • 1567 John Lowthe
  • 1590 Richard Dodds
  • 1607 John Savage
  • 1609 Oliver Withington
  • 1619 John Foxcroft
  • 1663 Moses Foxcroft
  • 1673 William Danvers
  • 1674 John Bridges
  • 1710 William Bridges
  • 1746 Samuel Martin
  • 1776 John Lightfoot
  • 1788 John Kirkby
  • 1836 John James Vaughan
  • 1882 Frederick A Wodehouse
  • 1915 Reginald Alfred Bidwell
  • 1925 Claude Wilfred Good
  • 1930 Bernard Parker Hall
  • 1954 Norman Copeland, O.B.E.
  • 1971 Alfred Donald Williams
  • 1989 David Gorick
  • 2000 Stephen Osman
  • 2011 Richard Coleman

Memorials

There are many memorials within the church including:

  • Anne Borrow, 1799[4]
  • Thomas Borrow, 1773
  • John Barrow, 1707
  • Isaac Barrow, 1745
  • Samuel Martin, 1775
  • Gergii Loxcroete, 1619
  • John Bridges, 1710
  • John Foxcroft, 1662
  • John St. Andrew and his wife, 1625[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ The Buildings of England: Nottinghamshire: Nikolaus Pevsner.
  2. ↑ "Church of St. Lawrence, Leake Road (east side) Gotham, Rushcliffe, Nottinghamshire". historicengland.org.uk. London, United Kingdom: English Heritage. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  3. ↑ "Gotham". Nottingham and Newark Mercury. England. 22 December 1848. Retrieved 15 August 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. 1 2 Gotham monuments, Southwell Churches, retrieved 28 July 2014


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