Church of St. John of Beverley, Whatton

Coordinates: 52°56′57″N 00°53′36″W / 52.94917°N 0.89333°W / 52.94917; -0.89333

Church of St. John of Beverley, Whatton
Denomination	Church of England
Website	www.aslockton.org/churchnews/index.php
History
Dedication	St. John of Beverley
Administration
Parish	Whatton
Diocese	Southwell and Nottingham
Province	York
Clergy
Vicar(s)	The Revd Karl Przywala

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The Church of St. John of Beverley, Whatton is a parish church in the Church of England in Whatton, Nottinghamshire.

The church is Grade II* listed by the Department for Culture, Media & Sport as it is a particularly significant building of more than local interest.

History

The church is medieval but little survived the restorations of 1846 and 1866 to 1867, and 1870.^[1]

The church is an ancient structure, with a handsome tower surmounted by a spire, and contains the effigy of a Knight Templar in armour, and a tablet in memory of Thomas Cranmer, father of the archbishop, who was born at Aslacton in 1489.^[2]

Parish status

The church is in a group of parishes which includes

• St. Thomas' Church, Aslockton
• Church of St. Mary and All Saints, Hawksworth
• Church of St. John of Beverley, Scarrington
• St. Helena's Church, Thoroton
• Church of St. John of Beverley, Whatton

Source

1. ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus. 1979. The Buildings of England:Nottinghamshire. page 377 Harmondsworth, Middx. Penguin.
2. ^ A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 534-537.