Holy Trinity Church

Holy Trinity Church, Southwell

A new church, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, was erected in Westhorpe, the first stone of which was laid October 1844. It is in the early English style, 124 feet long and 46 wide, and consists of a nave, chancel, side aisles, porch, and tower 60 feet in height, surmounted by a spire of 78 feet. The cost was £2,500, including the site, containing one acre and a half of land, and £1,000 for the endowment, the whole of which was raised by voluntary subscriptions, towards which Mrs Heathcote, of Southwell, gave £2,000 and H.C. Stenton Esq. £500.

The church will accommodate 600 persons, one third of the sittings free and unappropriated or, instead thereof, to be let at such low rents, as the Bishop of the Diocese shall from time to time direct. This certainly is a very desirable improvement, the district having a population of 899 persons.

The Rev. John Conington B.A. is the incumbent, who resides at the parsonage house, a good substantial building, erected by volunary subscriptions in 1847, in the centre of the district. A new school was also erected about the same time, at a cost of £520, the whole of which was raised by voluntary subscriptions, except a grant of £165 from the Council of Education.

White's Directory of Nottinghamshire 1853

[Last updated: Thursday 2nd October 1997 - Clive Henly]