Church of St Mary Magdalene, Sutton-in-Ashfield explained

Church of St Mary Magdalene, Sutton-in-Ashfield
Dedication:St Mary Magdalene
Denomination:Church of England
Churchmanship:Modern Anglo-Catholic
Parish:Sutton-in-Ashfield
Deanery:Newstead
Archdeaconry:Newark
Diocese:Southwell and Nottingham
Province:York
Vicar:Rev Julie Cotterill
Curate:Vacant
Minister:Andrew Halfpenny
Organist:John Bullock
Website:http://www.stmarysutton.org.uk/

The Church of St Mary Magdalene, Sutton-in-Ashfield is a parish church in the Church of England in Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire.

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

History

The church is medieval but was rebuilt in 1854 and 1867.[1] It contains a rare 12th century pillar piscina and the remains of the font top from the original Norman church.[2]

By American searches, on 5 July 1607, Edward FitzRandolph was baptised at St. Mary's Church Sutton, marrying Elizabeth Blossom in Scituate, Massachusetts - they are Barack Obama's 10x great-grandparents.[3]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: Pevsner, Nikolaus. 1979 . Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) . Harmondsworth, Middx. Penguin. 978-0300096361 . 343.
  2. Churches in the Ashfield Area. Ashfield District Council
  3. Web site: Rival English 'ancestral home' claims for Barack Obama . Daily Telegraph . 6 March 2009 . 12 October 2022.