Church of St Mary and All Saints, Willoughby-on-the-Wolds

Church of St Mary and All Saints, Willoughby-on-the-Wolds

Coordinates: 52°49′22″N 01°03′39″W / 52.82278°N 1.06083°W / 52.82278; -1.06083

Church of St. Mary and All Saints, Willoughby-on-the-Wolds


Denomination Church of England
Churchmanship Broad Church
History
Dedication St. Mary and All Saints
Administration
Parish Willoughby on the Wolds
Diocese Southwell and Nottingham
Province York

The Church of St. Mary and All Saints, Willoughby-on-the-Wolds is a parish church in the Church of England in Willoughby on the Wolds, Nottinghamshire, England.

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History

The church, dedicated to St Mary, is medieval[1] 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."[2]

Parish status

The church is in a cluster comprising:

  • St. Peter and St. Paul's Church, Widmerpool
  • Church of St. Mary and All Saints, Willoughby-on-the-Wolds
  • Holy Trinity Church, Wysall

Organ

The church has a pipe organ by E. Wragg & Son. A specification of the pipe organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.[3]

References

  1. ^ The Buildings of England, Nottinghamshire Nikolaus Pevsner, p.379
  2. ^ White's Directory of Nottinghamshire 1853
  3. ^ http://www.npor.org.uk/cgi-bin/Rsearch.cgi?Fn=Rsearch&rec_index=N01416

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