St. Andrew's Church,

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, England, is a

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in the

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History

The church was built as a daughter church to St. Ann's Church, Nottingham between 1869 and 1871 by William Knight, and extended by

Sidney Roberts Stevenson Sidney Roberts Stevenson (1850 - 21 January 1928) was an English architect based in Nottingham. Career He was born in 1850 in Nottingham and educated at Ockbrook School and later in Leamington. He studied at Nottingham School of Art at which h ...

in 1884. In 2023, St Andrew's Church merged into Trinity Church Nottingham, a church that had been planted on the same road in Nottingham by the

HTB network The HTB network consists of churches planted by Holy Trinity Brompton (HTB) or by HTB plants themselves. As such, it is a network of Anglican churches within the Church of England and the Church in Wales that are linked back to HTB. The network ...

in 2016. The Revd Jonny Hughes, priest-in-charge (lead pastor) of Trinity Church, Nottingham (Bishop's Mission Order), was made vicar of St Andrew's Church, Nottingham on 5 March 2023.

Incumbents

Stained glass

The stained glass windows are by

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Organ

The organ contains historic pipework from 1777 by

John Snetzler John Snetzler (or Schnetzler) was an organ builder of Swiss origin, who worked mostly in England. Born in Schaffhausen in 1710, he trained with the firm of Egedacher in Passau and came to London about 1741. When he retired in 1781, his business ...

taken from the organ formerly installed in St. Mary's Church, Nottingham. It was installed in St. Andrew's Church in 1871 by Lloyd and Dudgeon. In 1876 the organ was re-built by Bishop and Starr, and a further re-build took place in 1898 by

Conacher and Co Conacher and Co was a firm of British Organ building, organ builders based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England. History The firm originated with Peter Conacher (1823–1894), who was born in Scotland and who studied as an apprentice organ ...

. Other work was carried out by Charles Lloyd in 1914 and 1922. In 1926,

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added a Tuba. The last re-build was in 1934 by

Hill, Norman and Beard William Hill & Son & Norman & Beard Limited (commonly known as Hill, Norman and Beard) were a major pipe organ manufacturer originally based in Norfolk. History They were founded in 1916 by the merger of Norman and Beard and William Hill & So ...

Organists

*Stephen Moore 1871-1874/5 *Dr. Briggs 1876 * Herbert Stephen Irons 1876-1905 (formerly organist and Rector Chori at

Southwell Minster Southwell Minster_(church), Minster, strictly since 1884 Southwell Cathedral, and formally the Cathedral and Parish Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, is a Church of England cathedral in Southwell, Nottinghamshire, England. The cathedral is the s ...

) *Frederick Edward Hollingshead, FRCO. 1905 (formerly organist of Uttoxeter Parish Church, later organist of St. James' Church, Standard Hill) *Dr. Samuel Corbett, FRCO 1905 - 1908 (afterwards organist at

St Mary the Virgin's Church, Bottesford St Mary the Virgin's Church is in the village of Bottesford, Leicestershire, Bottesford, Leicestershire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Framland, the archdeaconry of Leicester and the diocese of Leicester. Its b ...

) *Leonard Henniker, Mus.B. (Oxon), FRCO, ARCM., 1908 - 1950 *Robert Dickinson Sep 1950 - May 1951 *Charles Pickard May 1951 - May 1953 (previously organist of

Holy Trinity Church, Lenton Holy Trinity Church, Lenton is a parish church in the Church of England Diocese of Southwell, located in Lenton, Nottingham. The church is Grade II* listed by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport as it is a particularly signific ...

) *Harry Williams May 1953 - July 1957 *Harold E.F. Bebbington July 1957 - Feb 1962 (previously organist of

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and

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) *Kenneth J. Eade Feb 1962 - June 1969 *David Wilson 1969-1977 *Peter Price 1978-1990 *Leslie Roberts 1990-1992 *John Churchill 1992-

Sources

External links

St Andrew's Church websiteNottingham St. Andrew on the Southwell & Nottingham Church History Project
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nottingham, St Andrew Nottingham St Andrew Grade II* listed churches in Nottinghamshire Church of England church buildings in Nottinghamshire Churches completed in 1871 19th-century Church of England church buildings